User blog comment:Numbuhthreefan/Badges? Seriously?!?!/@comment-1915803-20100709214918

I'm not a fan of these badges either. Already there have been incidents of cheating - A user removed 250 images and added them back in order to obtain the 250 image-adding award. And also, users who made plenty of edits and other contributions before the badge system was added don't get any points at all - They'd have to start editing again in order to obtain badges, and they'd be level with the newer editors.