# Non-link reason for badge?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-link-reason-for-badge/34975
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [27.Октябрь.2015 17:05:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-link-reason-for-badge/34975 "2015-10-27T17:05:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)
#### Post date: [27.Октябрь.2015 17:05:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-link-reason-for-badge/34975/1 "2015-10-27T17:05:48Z")
Would it be possible to expand the reasons for giving a badge to non-link content? Sometimes it is overall contributions and not a specific post that we want to use badges for. Or even multiple posts. I’d love to have more flexibility with that field.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [28.Октябрь.2015 05:00:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-link-reason-for-badge/34975/2 "2015-10-28T05:00:34Z")
> [@lisajill](#):
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> Sometimes it is overall contributions and not a specific post that we want to use badges for.
The simple workaround here is to create a post that explains why the user is being granted the badge, or simply add an arbitrary link into the badge description and not assign it a post.
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### Author:  [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)
#### Post date: [28.Октябрь.2015 13:27:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-link-reason-for-badge/34975/3 "2015-10-28T13:27:51Z")
We give away a few of these. The workarounds do work - I’m still requesting expanded capabilities here… 🙂
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [29.Октябрь.2015 01:06:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-link-reason-for-badge/34975/4 "2015-10-29T01:06:30Z")
Unclear on how the expanded capabilities would work, can you do some screenshots explaining with an example?
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### Author:  [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)
#### Post date: [29.Октябрь.2015 13:35:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-link-reason-for-badge/34975/5 "2015-10-29T13:35:37Z")
Well right now if I type in a reason in plain text it simply blanks it out when submitting (much to my dismay). I want it to look the same - but accept plain text and not only links.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [04.Декабрь.2025 11:37:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-link-reason-for-badge/34975/6 "2025-12-04T11:37:05Z")