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I was thinking that user in Physics.SE or other SE sites should know the current status for their eligibility for a badge.

For eg. say the gold badge Marshall, which has a silver counterpart Deputy. But as i don't know the my current status that after how many useful flags, I need more to get the badge.

Can such a feature be enabled in SE sites? I believe such a thing will be able to push users further to achieve their target.

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I only just realized this, but if you hover over the progress badge of a review task, a "badge progress" pop-up appears:

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    $\begingroup$ I was thinking "Why is this popu-up appearing here and obstructing all the text" and trying to get rid of it when I realised it was an image. : ). $\endgroup$
    – Abhimanyu Pallavi Sudhir
    Jul 5, 2013 at 15:57
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In additon to dmckee's post, it's always better to have an air of mystery around the badges. Otherwise, you'll end up working for the badges instead of the posts. Strive for the badges, but don't obsess about them. If you want a badge, work towards it, not for the badge, but for the site. The badge will follow on it's own :)

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  • $\begingroup$ aaahhh..that was a draconian argument... :P $\endgroup$
    – Vineet Menon
    Apr 9, 2012 at 4:52
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Variations of this request have been made on the mother meta many times (or I'd migrate this there because this request is not specific to physics).

If you hunt around on the Data Explorer, you will find queries to report your progress on many badges, though I don't know if Deputy and Marshal are something that can be found that way.

For Deputy and Marshal in particular, your user profile shows how many helpful flags you have made:

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  • $\begingroup$ okay helpful flag's are shown but that was just an example..there's a badge for number of edits, there's one for comments...and a lots of others as well.. $\endgroup$
    – Vineet Menon
    Apr 8, 2012 at 17:16
  • $\begingroup$ @VineetMenon: That is where the data explorer comes in... $\endgroup$
    – dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten
    Apr 8, 2012 at 17:51
  • $\begingroup$ aha...your second edit was helpful...thx... $\endgroup$
    – Vineet Menon
    Apr 9, 2012 at 4:51
  • $\begingroup$ @dmckee, I can't seem to find my progress towards Strunk & White in any review sidebar. Did this feature get suppressed? If so, then shouldn't this answer be ammended? $\endgroup$
    – Emilio Pisanty
    Dec 6, 2012 at 13:08
  • $\begingroup$ @EmilioPisanty Don't know. They have been tinkering with the review tools. I'll try to find out. Come to think of it, they've completely changed the layout of those tool since I wrote the above. I'll remove it and suggest that you try the data explorer. $\endgroup$
    – dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten
    Dec 6, 2012 at 15:52

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