Awarded to encourage and incentivize positive community actions within the site.
Badges (along with reputation) are what makes Stack Exchange sites tick.
If you have a question about how the badge system works, or a question about a specific badge, this is the tag to use.
A user may be awarded
Gold Badge
Gold Badges are rare. You'll have to actively work toward these. They're something of an accomplishment!
Silver Badge
Silver badges are awarded for longer term goals. Silver badges are uncommon, but definitely attainable if you're interested.
Bronze Badge
Bronze badges are awarded for basic use of Meta Stack Exchange. They are easy to earn.
Note
Some badges are awarded based on score. The term score means the total number of upvotes minus the total number of downvotes.
What surrounds a badge on the badge page?
The tick before the badge denotes that you've already been awarded that badge.
The description after the badge shows what you have to do to earn it.
The number next to the description indicates the number of times the badge has been awarded.
Want to know more?
Visit the Badges page for a list of available badges.
See also:
