When a questioned is pushed to editing, why does the lurve stay?

just wondered.
How come, when we’ve had a question pushed to editing, (say it was a duplicate and the questioner decides to bin the question) but already had answers and earned this “Lurve” thing you guys have, well, how come we keep the lurve earned on that question?
Shouldnt we lose those points?
(let me just say I have no problem with my question being binned as it’s a duplicate and I appreciate questions do need edited, however belatedly)
or is this another indication of why I just don’t get this Lurve thing?
Am I making the Lurve thing more complicated than it needs to be?
I’m genuinely interested.