# Badges: Member needs more explanatory text

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-member-needs-more-explanatory-text/26532>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** badges\
**Created:** [2015年三月19日 15:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-member-needs-more-explanatory-text/26532 "2015-03-19T15:43:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![omouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/omouse/32/141073_2.png) [@omouse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omouse)\
**Post date:** [2015年三月19日 15:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-member-needs-more-explanatory-text/26532/1 "2015-03-19T15:43:08Z")

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I just got upgraded to members status on a forum and I wasn’t sure what “granted invitations” meant and I had to dig through the badges list to figure it out. I can understand why there’s a link instead of the actual text (it’ll always be up to date) but it might be nice if the sentence explained more clearly what is meant by an invitation.

All I see is this: “Granted invitations” ([screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/pEypiwl.png))

It would be more clear if it read: “Granted invitations (you can now invite new users to topics)”

Or some other wording.

The url of the page I was on was: `/badges/2/member`

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2015年三月20日 00:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-member-needs-more-explanatory-text/26532/2 "2015-03-20T00:07:11Z")

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Yes, this is on my plate, adding more copy to explain badges when you are on the badge page and have not seen that page before – but I have not gotten to it yet.

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**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Post date:** [2015年三月20日 20:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-member-needs-more-explanatory-text/26532/3 "2015-03-20T20:12:53Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> and have not seen that page before

Wait, why just show it on first visit?

There should be a “short description” for the `/badges` screen, and an “extended description” for the individual badge page. Show it all the time, no “first visit” stuff.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2015年四月25日 09:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-member-needs-more-explanatory-text/26532/4 "2015-04-25T09:35:54Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> adding more copy to explain badges when you are on the badge page and have not seen that page before

This copy is in now, so it’s up to @sam to display it before we release 1.3. Some other priorities at the moment.

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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [2015年六月23日 04:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-member-needs-more-explanatory-text/26532/5 "2015-06-23T04:44:58Z")

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I added the text

“Invited 3 basic users (trust level 1)”

Should be ok?

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**Author:** ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)\
**Post date:** [2025年十二月4日 11:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-member-needs-more-explanatory-text/26532/6 "2025-12-04T11:35:47Z")

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