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I have 6 out of 5 days toward the Curious badge, but it has not yet been awarded. Why is that?
The full explanation of the Curious badge is as follows:
Ask a well-received question on 5 separate days, and maintain a positive question record
While you meet the former, you do not meet the ...
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Why are there so few badge tagged tag-badge questions on meta?
The Criteria for the gold tag badge is difficult to meet, lesser badges do nothing. The site needs enough questions with the tag so that a user can get 1000 score on answers to the tag; with answers ...
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Why are there so few badge tagged tag-badge questions on meta?
Or is this a somewhat "invisible" feature that few discover?
Hard to prove that, but my suspicion is yes. It is not mentioned in the tour, and in normal perusal of the site you're not ...
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I have 6 out of 5 days toward the Curious badge, but it has not yet been awarded. Why is that?
Various badges have different time thresholds when they are calculated. Please read the FAQ pages on meta for answers.
For your specific question, that page says:
General rule: Wait at least 24 hours....
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How have I earned 7 “Yearling” badges in the last 4 years?
They see how long you have, and how much reputation you have. It doesn't care that the reputation wasn't earned early on. You are pretty much spot on.
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Fanatic badge issue
You can only get one Fanatic badge.
Badges, rep and privileges are network wide, so your best bet is to look on meta.stackexchange.com for questions like this or for questions tagged FAQ
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