# TL2 promotion seemingly only counts public contributions

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl2-promotion-seemingly-only-counts-public-contributions/396458>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** trust-levels\
**Created:** [February 18, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl2-promotion-seemingly-only-counts-public-contributions/396458 "2026-02-18T22:33:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl2-promotion-seemingly-only-counts-public-contributions/396458/14 "2026-02-20T18:29:57Z")

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I think you were talking about badges, not trust levels.

This issue is resolved; it was not related to a private category, but the user replying to their own topic.

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