Badge Ranks Overview

patkelly — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:30:02 GMT

Current Revision posted to Documents by patkelly on 12/6/2012 11:30:02 AM

On the element14 Community, every user gets a rank that shows how much they've contributed to the community.

What are the ranks?

		New Member: the 555
1.		Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
2.		Count Alessandro GAA Volta
3.		Andre-Marie Ampere
4.		Georg Simon Ohm
5.		Michael Faraday
6.		Ada Lovelace
7.		Thomas Edison
8.		Nikola Tesla
9.		Heinrich Hertz
10.		Gordon Kidd Teal
11.		Guglielmo Marconi
12.		Nick Holonyak Jr
13.		Walter Hermann Schottky
14.		Claude Elwood Shannon
15		James Clerk Maxwell

How do I move up the ranks?

If you're new to the community, you'll start out with a "New Member" rank. As you spend more time with the community, engage in positive conversations, create helpful posts, and help out other members, you'll automatically move up in rank.

How can I see my rank?

You can see your rank by going to your profile page. Your rank will appear right under your username.

Special ranks

In addition to the ranks mentioned above, you may notice that some community members have the following ranks:

Top Contributor
Expert
Community Manager
element14 (Premier Farnell) Employee

The last two are reserved for element14 employees, while the "Top Contributor" rank is given out to our most-esteemed element14 members of the element14 Community.