User blog comment:Cyan Wind/Change a rule on the leaderboards/@comment-29331244-20140915084256/@comment-25143095-20140918034614

Personally I think a lot of effort has gone into creating these leaderboards. When we find someone who qualifies to be on this list (because of a public profile) they should remain on this list. Should we start removing those folks who have taken their profiles private - do we keep a separate list of these private profiles so we can check them periodically to see if they are still private? How do these folks get discovered once again should their profiles become public?

As a person who updates the Energy Points Lists, I check each profile on the list (private or public). If it is a public profile - and the points have increased - I update the leaderboard. If there has been no activity - I note that there has been no change (NC). If the profile goes private - I record a note that the profile is now private as of the date I checked.

If the profile is removed (no longer can be found at KA) then that person is removed from the list. We have no way of knowing if the person left KA or just changed their Name.