# New badge added: Scribe
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-badge-added-scribe/37481
**Category:** Site feedback
**Created:** [2016年一月5日 13:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-badge-added-scribe/37481 "2016-01-05T13:41:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [2016年一月5日 13:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-badge-added-scribe/37481/1 "2016-01-05T13:41:15Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Grant a badge for anyone that posts in a certain category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grant-a-badge-for-anyone-that-posts-in-a-certain-category/22088/2):
Using @downey’s query (so blame him if something goes awry! :badpokerface: ) I created a new badge: [Scribe](https://meta.discourse.org/badges/127/scribe). You get this by having a topic in the #howto category.
Might be a day or so until the query propagates through.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2016年一月5日 13:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-badge-added-scribe/37481/2 "2016-01-05T13:54:39Z")
Maybe also a second one for “first edit of a wiki topic” in the howto category, would have to be bronze cause its mainly about teaching.
Can’t have people gaming edits without edits being vetted it becomes painful
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### Author:  [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [2016年一月5日 14:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-badge-added-scribe/37481/3 "2016-01-05T14:05:17Z")
> [@sam](#):
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> Maybe also a second one for “first edit of a wiki topic” in the howto category
Or, to spice things up; first edit of a wiki-editable post. In any case I’m all for it, but I’d need the query wrapped up with a bow on top. I’m a copy-pasta kind of guy when it comes to SQL queries.
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [2016年一月5日 14:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-badge-added-scribe/37481/4 "2016-01-05T14:13:11Z")
I’d say you’d want the first edit of a wiki post that wasn’t an edit by the original author … but that’s just my perception of such a badge.
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### Author:  [@ky\_metro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ky_metro)
#### Post date: [2016年三月27日 23:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-badge-added-scribe/37481/5 "2016-03-27T23:40:24Z")
I just got a notification, and I’m thinking… “What the heck is a scribe?”
Yes I know how to search for the answer… but you might want to add a description, what it is and how you get one.
[No idea why I just got one BTW… I haven’t posted in the how-to section for six months.]
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2016年三月27日 23:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-badge-added-scribe/37481/6 "2016-03-27T23:44:22Z")
> [@ky\_metro](#):
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> “What the heck is a scribe?”
hmmm … did you try clicking on the link?
ahh … I see the bug/s
1. No way to add long description in badge UI
2. If long description is absent show short description on badge page.
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### Author:  [@ky\_metro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ky_metro)
#### Post date: [2016年三月27日 23:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-badge-added-scribe/37481/7 "2016-03-27T23:46:33Z")
I think this has already been reported… Sorry for the noise.
> [@Descriptions for custom badges not showing up on specific badge pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/descriptions-for-custom-badges-not-showing-up-on-specific-badge-pages/41602):
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> Continuing the discussion from [Descriptions for custom badges not showing up on the new badge pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/descriptions-for-custom-badges-not-showing-up-on-the-new-badge-pages/41587/2): This fixes the badges landing page, but not the specific page for each badge - see screenshot. I got the scribe badge today and was looking to find out what it was about, clicked the link and got no useful description. As in yesterday’s post, this affects only custom badges.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2016年三月28日 01:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-badge-added-scribe/37481/8 "2016-03-28T01:52:50Z")
No this is actually a different problem. Related for sure.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2016年三月28日 07:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-badge-added-scribe/37481/9 "2016-03-28T07:47:28Z")
Well, once [this](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/fe51f84aa7225e984730d9354e535507180e00ce) is deployed @erlend_sh can add a long description for scribe.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [2016年三月29日 08:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-badge-added-scribe/37481/10 "2016-03-29T08:41:21Z")
I should have mentioned that I fixed the SQL query for that badge last Friday. That’s why you only got the notification now 😉
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [2023年八月27日 09:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-badge-added-scribe/37481/11 "2023-08-27T09:26:58Z")