I know that MW recently experienced problems that affected some users' credits. I too have experienced a negative credit today (7-29) of 175 points, but I'm not connected to MW currently. I haven't crunched for MW since July 7. Also, Free-DC doesn't show the same loss of credits as BS does, and in fact shows a gain as usual.
So a few questions:
- Since I haven't been working on any MW units lately, was I still affected by their crash?
- If I was affected by MW, and they recover, will I be re-credited those 175 points?
- If I was not affected by MW, then why would my credits turn negative, and will I get them back eventually? (it doesn't seem possible to have negative credits in Boinc, so that especially bugs me)
Thanks.

Whether you've crunched anything for them recently or not, your stats and account data are still in their database, which is the source for BOINCstats and other stats sites. The discrepancy between different sites is probably related to when their updates happen. I would wait until the project says everything is fixed (then give a day for the stats to update) before getting too concerned.

ScarabDrowner, because you said you had crunched for MilkyWay until 7th of July and the fact that MilkyWay is not in the list of your projects, I conclude that the -175 is the difference of the positive credit of 1 day of your other projects and the loss of MW.
Wait until MilkyWay has restored fully and you will have one day a bigger increase than normal.

you were right... top spot in the "best 5" box. thanks