why is this happening?

Question

so, i was asking how to get reputation in learn and "DSPatrick" deleted it i still don't know how to, oh and somehow i lost reputaion for asking that

Answer 1

There were duplicates so the copy was deleted.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/792724/how-to-1.html

Answer 2

oh no, one was how to get badges and one was how to get reputation