# Is there some kind of bug preventing me from receiving the “Curious” badge?

According to this I have 17/5 for the Curious badge. So I have effectively 'earned' this badge more than 3 times over. So why haven't I received it yet? I have maintained a positive question record so what do I have to do to get this elusive badge?

• – lucas Mar 12 '17 at 15:45
• Yes, exact duplicate, but that user only asked 6 questions, I have asked 17 well-received questions and still don't have the badge. If my rep was high enough I could use that formula in @David Z 's answer and find out why myself. But my rep is too low to see deleted posts. – BLAZE Mar 12 '17 at 21:33
• No, you haven't "earned" this badge either once, twice, or thrice over; the requirements are very clear and the answer has not changed since David's answer was posted. The metric for 'positive question record' (which your profile badge tracker will tell you you don't meet at the moment) is public and detailed in David's post. It's impossible for non-mods to help because your deleted posts are not visible, but in essence, if you have four questions which are closed and deleted and have negative score, that would kill your positive question record. – Emilio Pisanty Mar 13 '17 at 22:31

• A positive question record means you don't have too many closed, downvoted or deleted questions, overall. The formula is (total questions - negative questions - closed - deleted)/total questions ≥ 0.5. Questions that have been downvoted and closed and deleted count three times in this calculation!