# How does the reader / read guideline badges work?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-the-reader-read-guideline-badges-work/26264>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [12 Marzo 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-the-reader-read-guideline-badges-work/26264 "2015-03-12T13:46:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![wolftune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/wolftune/32/103569_2.png) [@wolftune](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wolftune)\
**Post date:** [12 Luglio 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-the-reader-read-guideline-badges-work/26264/18 "2018-07-12T05:13:07Z")

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Well, I _want_ the badge, but I want it to be granted only for visiting /guidelines and _not_ for visiting /faq (this is when we have set an external FAQ so that “Guidelines” shows up again in the nav system).

Anyway, I found an adequate workaround: I used a CSS customization to _hide_ the faq links so that it’s unlikely for anyone to go to any FAQ at all:

```plaintext
.faq-link, .nav-item-faq {
    display: none !important;

```

If we want an FAQ separately from Guidelines, we can add links in other ways, distinct from the specific classes. And this way, we get to keep the badge active for reading the Guidelines.

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