So far, I've unlocked one of the secret hats. I'm wondering what other secret hats are out there and how to earn them?
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Now that Winter Bash 2014 is over, a wrap-up blog post has been written: So long Winter Bash 2014
Chameleon
Chameleon was supposed to be awarded to users when they change their avatar, but a bug triggered it in other situations, such as editing other profile fields or creating a linked account.
Eureka!
Eureka! was manually awarded by the Stack Exchange staff to users who independently guessed how to get any secret hat (except Eureka! itself, which first appeared during Winter Bash 2013).
Fascinating
Fascinating was earned by upvoting an accepted answer that had a score of at least 5.
Fascinating, Ma'am
Fascinating, Ma'am was earned by upvoting a question that had a score of at least 25 and 10K views.
Hairboat
Hairboat was earned by commenting on one of abby hairboat's posts or replying to one of her comments.
Time Lord
Time Lord was earned by editing five questions that were posted more than a year ago.
Waffles
Waffles was earned by downvoting a question, editing it (approved suggested edits count) and then changing your downvote to an upvote.
Warm Welcome
Warm Welcome was earned by upvoting any user's first post.
Please note that I (The Guy with The Elf Hat) did not figure out any of these hats by myself; I merely compiled all the information into one answer.
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16Thanks for this. Not related to award conditions, but worth noting that the comments on at least one of abby's recent posts are being cleaned up (presumably to avoid Abby Overflow).– AirCommented Dec 16, 2014 at 17:02
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4I really appreciate you creating a canonical list, Guy with the Elf Hat!– KevinCommented Dec 16, 2014 at 20:58
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1I upvoted a few 25-score questions but didn't get Fascinating, Ma'am. Commented Dec 16, 2014 at 21:01
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16I find the “warm welcome” in a bad taste. A hat with a communist symbol that looks like it could possibly belong to a border patrol or gulag guard uniform? Shouldn’t such a thing rather be awarded for shooting new users’ posts on sight? Are we going to get hats with Hakenkreuze, too? Commented Dec 16, 2014 at 23:18
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3and I'm very interested in hearing more about your reasons. How can I sign up for your newsletter? Commented Dec 18, 2014 at 15:43
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8@abbyhairboat Do you want to get spammed with notifications? Commented Dec 18, 2014 at 16:01
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1@abbyhairboat you are really bad at playing hide and seek. You could have at least hid in Expatriates meta or something.– jmacCommented Dec 18, 2014 at 17:05
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4I just got a "Warm Welcome" for upvoting a 2-year-old post on StackOverflow (this one) Commented Dec 19, 2014 at 4:13
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2Arguably useful information: Fascinating is Spock (obviously). Fascinating, Ma'am appears to be Tuvok. "Ma'am" because he would be saying it to Janeway, I suppose.– hobbsCommented Dec 19, 2014 at 7:00
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1@Chenmunka Interesting . . . I tried several questions on Blender.SE (3D application) and I did not get the hat. So I decided to try it again, and after making sure it fit the criteria, I got it within a few minutes. Commented Dec 19, 2014 at 15:04
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2@Sompuperoo Of course it's a real separate hat! Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 14:31
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8@Sompuperoo You already got it. It's a weird hat in that it's automatically worn as soon as you earn it. However, because it's a secret secret hat, it doesn't show up in the hat list. Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 15:56
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2Hm, I've also been wearing the Chameleon hat upside down for quite a while and I see no separate hat. If it doesn't count in the hatcount, why is there a separate hat name for it? :/ Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 16:19
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8@Ahaan If you're not privy yet, the Praying Mantis "hat" is a joke. The Chameleon hat looks like a bug upside-down, but you don't actually earn a new hat for it.– KevinCommented Dec 22, 2014 at 21:16
I've noticed a mod with this hat and he recently did a roll back on a question. Seems like an appropriate action for a time lord.It seems like edits to old questions instead of rollback based on comments below, but how old is TBD.
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5Rollback on a question as a non-mod is not enough. Commented Dec 15, 2014 at 9:27
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1can't be mod only. Look here. stackoverflow.com/users/2221895/don-chakkappan Commented Dec 15, 2014 at 9:47
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1@Cerbrus: Oh, you sly wolf, who did you get to upvote that post? Commented Dec 15, 2014 at 13:30
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I edited an old post of mine and it was updated: no tardis :(– fredleyCommented Dec 15, 2014 at 13:53
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@fredley I upvoted your edited question on Arqade to see if it would make a difference. Looks like you got the hat, so maybe it did :)– EranCommented Dec 15, 2014 at 15:26
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@Eran Maybe it was the upvote that made the difference! Still no waffle though... :(– fredleyCommented Dec 15, 2014 at 15:28
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1I edited very old question (not mine) and within 5 minutes, I got this hat. may be 3 years. Commented Dec 15, 2014 at 16:15
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