# Badge order doesn't make sense

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**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [June 11, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-order-doesnt-make-sense/120073 "2019-06-11T20:45:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-order-doesnt-make-sense/120073/2 "2019-06-11T21:20:09Z")

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They’re grouped by type, then sorted first by quality, subsequently by alpha.

The criteria for each is basically a database query, which makes it nigh-on impossible to sort by criterion beyond the initial gold/silver/bronze.

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