It would be a very nice incentive for people to add a profile picture if they would be granted a first-steps-badge when they do it the first time.

Adding a profile picture is part of the Autobiographer badge: https://meta.discourse.org/badges/9/autobiographer

Hi, I am not sure this works, I have 159 users who do not use the default avatar (from data explorer ) and 16 only that got the Autobiographer badge. Shoul’dnt they be 159 with the badge ?

I said having an avatar is part of the badge. How many of the 159 users added information about them in the “about me” field in their profile?

Firstly, it was a hint that there is already a badge that can be triggered when uploading an avatar. So if you want to add your own SQL-triggered badge , you might want to disable it so that the user doesn’t receive two at once. Secondly, you can use the query for the badge as an example to create a …

Very interesting source for querying, thanks !

Add badge for adding profile picture

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patrickemin (Patrick EMIN) October 25, 2025, 11:34pm 5

Got it, avatar and profile data are two different things, but that means that badge does not answer the initial query ?

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