Global Masters Badges Descriptions

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Olga Zavrazhnova · Oct 6, 2017 8m read

Hi Community!

Here you will find info about badges of the Developer Community & InterSystems Global Masters Advocacy Hub, and the complete list of badges with descriptions on how to get them.

General info about Levels & Badges on Global Masters Advocate Hub

All the participants are located on the 1^st"Insider" level after joining the Hub. To level up, you should earn a number of badges from the next level. Badges can be earned for completing various challenges at the Global Masters.

You can find all levels and badges at the Global Masters Advocate Hub here:

1. Click on your profile picture at the top right corner > then click on your name
2. Click on the "See available badges" to view all the badges and levels of the program

Also, you can see all earned badges at your DC profile page, except the badges from the Global Masters Achievements section (these badges related to Global Masters achievements only and visible at your Global Masters profile page).

Rules on how to achieve GM badges

We will update the table as the new badges are introduced.

Badge's Name

Rules

Badges for Views

Popular Writer - 750 views

Awarded if any of your posts (questions or articles) on Developer Community gather more than 750/ 2000 / 5000 unique views accordingly.

Post must not be deleted; it must be published.
Counted only the posts with a positive rating.
Posts from the Developer Community Feedback group are not counted.
Badge is given only once. Points are given for each post that gatheres listed amount of points.

Notable Writer - 2,000 views

Famous Writer - 5,000 views

Gold Writer - 15,000 views

Badges for Published Articles

Reporter - 5 articles

Awarded when the number of your articles (not questions) on Developer Community reaches 5 / 10 / 25 / 50 accordingly.

Posts must not be deleted; they must be published.
Counted only the posts with a positive rating.
Posts from the Developer Community Feedback group are not counted.

Blogger - 10 articles

Influencer - 25 articles

Opinion Maker - 50 articles

DC Best Practices Author Badge - 1 best practice

Awarded after your 1 / 10 / 25 / 50 articles (not questions) were considered as InterSystems Data Platform Best Practice on Developer Community.

Posts must not be deleted; they must be published.
Counted only the posts with a positive rating.
Posts from the Developer Community Feedback group are not counted.

Recognizable
Best Practices Author Badge
- 2 best practices

Bronze Best Practices Author Badge
- 3 best practices

Silver Best Practices Author Badge
- 4 best practices

Gold Best Practices Author Badge
- 5 best practices

Master of Answers - 5 accepted answers on DC

Awarded after your 5 / 10 / 25 / 50 answers marked as accepted answers on Developer Community.

Marked as Accepted
Answers from the Developer Community Feedback group are not counted.
Owner-accepted answers are not counted.

Bronze Master of Answers - 10 accepted answers on DC

Silver Master of Answers - 25 accepted answers on DC

Gold Master of Answers - 50 accepted answers on DC

Badges for Questions

Curious Member - 5 questions

Awarded when the number of your questions on the Developer Community reaches 5 / 10/ 25 / 50 accordingly.

Questions must not be deleted, they must be published.
Counted only questions with a positive rating.
Questions from the Developer Community Feedback group are not counted.

Thorough Member - 10 questions

Inquisitive Member - 25 questions

Socratic Member - 50 questions

Badges for Favorites

Favorite Post - 10 times

Awarded when your post (article, question) on DC has been added to favorites 10 / 50/ 100 times.

Post must not be deleted; it must be published.
Counted only the posts with positive rating.
Posts from the Developer Community Feedback group are not counted.

Remarkable Post - 50 times

Unforgettable Post - 100 times

Badges for Votes

Insightful Author - 50 likes

Awarded when your posts (articles, questions) gathered 50 / 100 / 500 / 1000 likes in sum on DC.

Posts must not be deleted; they must be published.
Posts from the Developer Community Feedback group are not counted.

Expert Author - 100 likes

Recognizable Author - 500 likes

Powerful Author - 1000 likes

Insightful Commenter - 50 votes

Awarded when your answers (comments to questions) gathered 50 / 100 / 500 / 1000 votes in sum on DC.

Deleted answers are not counted
Answers at the Developer Community Feedback group are not counted.

Expert Commenter - 100 votes

Recognizable Commenter - 500 votes

Powerful Commenter - 1000 votes

DC Moderator

Awarded to DC Moderators. The badge is not linked to levels.

Yearly Achievements- Top 10 Authors

Gold Best-Selling Author 2016, 2017, 2018 - 1st place

1st / 2nd/ 3rd / 4th-10th place in "Best-Selling Author" nomination.

Given to authors whose articles gathered the maximum amount of views on Developer Community in 2016, 2017, 2018.

Silver Best-Selling Author 2016, 2017, 2018 - 2nd place

Bronze Best-Selling Author 2016, 2017, 2018 - 3rd place

DC Best-Selling Author 2016, 2017, 2018 - 4th-10th places

Gold Expert 2017, 2018 - 1st place

1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4th-10th place in “DC Expert 2017” nomination.

Given to authors, who got the largest number of accepted answers in 2017, 2018.

Silver Expert 2017, 2018 - 2nd place

Bronze Expert 2017, 2018 - 3rd place

DC Expert 2017, 2018 - 4th-10th places

Gold Opinion Leader 2016, 2017, 2018 - 1st place

1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4th-10th place in “DC Opinion Leader” nomination.

Given to authors whose posts and answers scored the highest number of votes on Developer Community in 2016, 2017, 2018.

Silver Opinion Leader 2016, 2017, 2018 - 2nd place

Bronze Opinion Leader 2016, 2017, 2018 - 3rd place

DC Opinion Leader 2016, 2017, 2018 - 4th-10th places

Recruiter Achievements

Gold Recruiter - 100 referrals

Awarded after 1 /10 / 50 / 100 of your referrals have joined Developer Community.

Silver Recruiter - 50 referrals

Bronze Recruiter - 10 referrals

DC Recruiter - 1 referral

Basic DC Contributions

DC Author

Awarded after you published your first article on Developer Community.

Post must not be deleted; it must be published.
Articles from the Developer Community Feedback group are not counted.
Should be an "Article" type of post.

InterSystems Researcher

Awarded after you published your first question on Developer Community.

The question must not be deleted; it must be published.
Positive rating (votes up) or zero votes
Questions from the Developer Community Feedback group are not counted.
Should be a "Question" type of post.

DC Commenter

Awarded after you published your first comment on Developer Community.

Positive rating (votes up) or zero votes
Comments from the Developer Community Feedback group are not counted.

DC Problem Solver

Awarded after your answer was marked as the accepted answer on Developer
Community.

Marked as Accepted
Answers from the Developer Community Feedback group are not counted.

DC Translator

Awarded after you translate 1 post on the Developer Community.

Positive rating (votes up) or zero votes
Posts from the Developer Community Feedback group are not counted.

Winner of Advent Of COS 2017, 2018

Awarded to the Winners of the Advent of Code 2017 / 2018 in Caché ObjectScript. Info here.

Global Master of the Month

Awarded after you became the Advocate of the Month on Global
Masters Advocacy Hub.

Gold Advocate of the Year 2018

Awarded after you became one of the Best Advocates of the Year in 2018 on Global Masters Advocacy Hub.

Silver Advocate of the Year 2018

Bronze Advocate of the Year 2018

Open Exchange Achievements

InterSystems Open Exchange Developer

Awarded after you published 1 / 5 / 10 / 25 applications on InterSystems Open Exchange.

Bronze Open Exchange Developer

Silver Open Exchange Developer

Gold Open Exchange Developer

And...

Please check the additional information about Global Masters:

Feel free to ask your questions regarding Levels and Badges here!

Gold Recruiter - 10 referrals		Awarded after 10 / 50 / 100 of your referrals have joined Developer Community.
Silver Recruiter - 50 referrals
Bronze Recruiter - 100 referrals