User blog comment:Adam Carl Castillo/About the badges./@comment-4991125-20130725170636

1. There really is no purpose other than to show who has contributed the most over a variety of different aspects on the wiki such as grammar edits and pictures.

2. No, it's not and probably never be a requirment. If it were, there would be people trying to pointsgame to try and get "voted" into power.

3. No, it's not necessary. Also, as I've stated, pointsgamming is a terrible thing that can happen with badges which is why we got rid of them in the first place. Well that and they are basicly useless.