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For Archaeologist badge, users need

Edited 100 posts that were inactive for 6 months.

I can see my all edits but, Is there any way to see how many edits of mine fits for Archaeologist badge?

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There are several queries on Data Explorer for this one. I can't vouch for any of them being accurate though, but you can have a play and see.

This one has been favourited a few times, so might mean it is accurate:

https://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/69607/what-is-my-archaeologist-badge-progress

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    Hmm, I'm not sure that query makes sense - wouldn't p.LastActivityDate since have been updated, at the very least by the activity of you editing the post?
    – Paul Bellora
    Commented Jan 25, 2013 at 5:45
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    fyi your query said I had 136, but I don't have the badge :/
    – Bohemian
    Commented Jul 6, 2013 at 11:52
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    How come I got a 0 even though I at least earned an Excavator?
    – puretppc
    Commented Feb 5, 2014 at 3:48
  • The query you linked is completely wrong. data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/119332/… is pretty accurate, it gives me 103 rows on a 2-day-old data dump and I just earned the badge.
    – Stijn
    Commented Sep 9, 2014 at 10:00
  • The query you have posted says I have edited 101 posts on EL&U. I don't think it accounts for the editing of one's own posts. :(
    – Mari-Lou A Слава Україні
    Commented Nov 30, 2014 at 20:12
  • @Stijn That query gives me 107 results. So I guess it's flawed, because I don't have the archaeologist badge.
    – Mari-Lou A Слава Україні
    Commented Nov 30, 2014 at 20:20
  • @Mari-LouA Yeah it is flawed, that's why I said "pretty accurate" :) but for me it was a lot more accurate than the one linked in the answer.
    – Stijn
    Commented Dec 1, 2014 at 9:45
  • @Stijn on other queries I get 87, 103, and 107. How do I know if the one saying 87 results is more or less accurate? :^/
    – Mari-Lou A Слава Україні
    Commented Dec 1, 2014 at 10:06
  • @Mari-LouA perhaps it was more accurate for me and it's less accurate for you. I guess you'll have to wait and see :)
    – Stijn
    Commented Dec 1, 2014 at 10:30
  • Either something is accurate or it's not. And if a query says I have 107 edits when clearly I don't, because I haven't been awarded a badge, then it's pretty much far off.
    – Mari-Lou A Слава Україні
    Commented Dec 1, 2014 at 11:11
  • The first link in this answer points to the main Data Explorer list of user-generated queries related to the Archaeologist badge. If the Favorited one isn't as accurate as it could be then hopefully one of the others is. If that's the case we can update this answer referencing the mor accurate query.
    – JonW
    Commented Dec 1, 2014 at 11:30
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I tried this query and it works fine. This should be more accurate than the others. I obtained 5 edits from there.

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  • This one gives me about the right count, the one in the accepted answer definitely doesn't work.
    – OGHaza
    Commented Feb 25, 2014 at 9:28
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    This one gives me 135 on stats.SE (and by its count I've been well over 100 for many months now). I don't think it can be accurate.
    – Glen_b
    Commented Jul 10, 2014 at 3:03
  • This query is not accurate, it says I have edited 124 posts, but I haven't received any badge on EL&U. Other queries I have tried pull out 107, 101 but one "forked query" (whatever that is) has me at 87 edited posts.
    – Mari-Lou A Слава Україні
    Commented Nov 30, 2014 at 20:09
  • Perfect +1, I need 25 more edits for stackoverflow
    – George G
    Commented Dec 11, 2014 at 10:49
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No.

I don't see a need to.

To quote Jeff answering a similar question:

Some of the badges are supposed to be surprises, not World of Warcraft style level grinds based on numbers.

I worry that if we provide too many metrics:

  • it becomes noise, like a bunch of inscrutable F-16 cockpit gauges -- how are all these numbers useful except for these specific badges?
  • the badge becomes the explicit goal instead of the desired behavior
  • the badges are no longer a pleasant surprise and reward but an expected "level up"
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  • I'm sure this is a duplicate but I couldn't find it.
    – ben is uǝq backwards
    Commented Jan 2, 2013 at 15:13
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    But what if I die before I achieve a badge that I was only ONE point away from achieving?!? #tragedy
    – Thom Blair III
    Commented Apr 19, 2014 at 4:14
  • You'd better hope you respawn without losing too much reputation then @Thorn.
    – ben is uǝq backwards
    Commented Apr 19, 2014 at 6:33
  • Maybe I'll reincarnate in one of the latest Zelda games where if you get hurt (or die, for that matter) you show right back up where you were moments before, Groundhog Day-Style. BTW, your avatar's moniker reminded me...do you know what "dogfood lid" spelled backwards is? ( point #77 ) It's a real philosophical and liturgical eye-opener & ponderable!
    – Thom Blair III
    Commented Apr 19, 2014 at 11:57
  • That's certainly a novel way of thinking about it @thorn. I normally get into arguments about whether rotational symmetry could be considered "backwards;" :).
    – ben is uǝq backwards
    Commented Apr 19, 2014 at 13:03

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