Top 10 Members!

there are any number of others on down the list whose contributions I have enjoyed greatly.

Couldn't agree more.

Now that we are on the topic of points. Maybe some experienced people can help me here?

How does this thing work? I have not managed to rack up any points in here it seems

Cheers

I have not managed to rack up any points in here it seems

Surely you mean badges ?

The points for each of the groups you've pasted above show how many points were in each group.

Mark

Yes I meant badges. So it means if you complete all the points you get the badge? If I got it correctly.

What does 6/19 and 6/15 mean though?

Cheers

snidhi

Explanation: 6/19 - Number of times you have completed the activity/ Number of times it is required to complete the mission and earn the badge. You need to like something 13 more times and vote 9 more times to earn the badge.

Edited:

The above looks to be wrong! Please take Dave’s reply below.

...So it means if you complete all the points you get the badge? If I got it correctly.

No, 'Places' work a bit differently to 'Missions'.

Associated mission badges will appear in the badges section below the accumulated points score for that place.

(try completing the CodeBug mission to see how it works

Read through all 10 projects at

10 CodeBug Projects in 10 Days

and like two of them to earn the badge and then you should also see it appear in Places.)

What does 6/19 and 6/15 mean though?

it's the month/day you earned the points.

6/19 = 19th June, and you got +5 points for liking something

6/15 = 15th June, and you got +15 points for participating in a poll

Wow I never thought the system would be this way. Thank you!

btw,

the 300th user has 3,049 points;

the top 379 users gets you level 4 and above;

the top 1238 users gets you level 3 and above.

hhhmm.. sounds complicated. I will try to give it a go though as you suggested.

Thanks

With Missions you require to complete a set of specific tasks in order to earn the mission badge. e.g. the 11 tasks will earn you the CodeBug badge.

With Places, you just accumulate points for activities you do in that place. I'm not aware of any prizes for gaining a specific number of points in any given place however. It appears just to give you an overview of where you have been most active on the site.

The "You haven't earned any badges here" message is a bit confusing as it appears to imply that you can earn badges by accumulating points, however instead it just appears to be a place for displaying related mission badges.

Perhaps keep in mind that the Jive platform used to host the Element14 site can be configured in many different ways depending on the specific community requirements. The Places section is probably used slightly differently on other community sites compared with how it is used here on Element14.

I suspect you could base a task required for a Mission badge on the Place score in such a way that one task requires you to accumulated a specific number of activity points in that Place. Some sites may use this to encourage people to participate in areas which currently have a low amount of activity.