User blog comment:CreepyPastaKitty12/Pardon me for asking./@comment-25428589-20150225220629

Every 1000 edits, a badge is given out. It doesn't mean anything & you don't really have to worry about it. Badges are basically a form of gamification to encourage editing, however making pointless edits just to get badges is considered pointsgaming and can get you banned.