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Badges

In addition to the reputation earned through asking useful questions and providing correct answers, you'll be recognised with badges to recognise actions that benefit the community. Below is the list of available badges and number of times each type of badge has been awarded.

Completed all user profile fields

First flagged post

Voted 300 times

First rollback

 Critic × 21

First down vote

Deleted own post with score of 3 or higher

 Editor × 104

First edit

First answer was accepted with at least 10 up votes

Asked a question with 10000 views

Question favorited by 25 users

Answer voted up 25 times

Question voted up 25 times

Answer voted up 100 times

Question voted up 100 times

 Guru × 0

Accepted answer and voted up 40 times

Answered a question more than 60 days later with at least 5 votes

Answer voted up 10 times

Question voted up 10 times

Asked a question with 2500 views

First retag

Deleted own post with score of -3 or lower

Asked a question with 1000 views

Left 10 comments

 Scholar × 68

First accepted answer on your own question

Answered your own question with at least 3 up votes

Question favorited by 100 users

Edited 100 entries

 Student × 165

Asked first question with at least one up vote

First up vote

Created a tag used by 50 questions

 Teacher × 313

Answered first question with at least one up vote

User who has validated email associated to the account

Badge levels

 Gold

Gold badges are rare. You'll need to work hard to earn one of these.

 Silver

Silver badges aren't common. They take work and attention to earn.

 Bronze

Bronze badges recognise active participation in the site. Wear them with pride!

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