Guru Badges

But the members themselves don't have anything to say if they're willing to accept such a badge? As said earlier personally I won't.
 

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But the members themselves don't have anything to say if they're willing to accept such a badge? As said earlier personally I won't.
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I gave back one of mine ("American cichlid guru". Well, at least I informed a mod I want it removed) because I find it uncalled-for and for the time being marked it on my publicly visible profile as "not shown". I still have no idea who nominated me for that one.
"Blackwater" I happily accept, though.
 

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But the members themselves don't have anything to say if they're willing to accept such a badge? As said earlier personally I won't.
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Hi DD,
You have a couple of choices if awarded a badge.
You can choose to accept it, but not display/announce it to the public (per above instructions)
Or you can contact a moderator, and we can remove it.

It's also very new to us mods, so we'll discuss it, and maybe change the 'approval process'
 
Is there a limit for an amount of nominations someone has to have in order to become a guru? I mean no negativity, but we can't go around making everyone a guru. I think maybe somewhere in between 5-10. Also, will there be a way to remove a guru from someone? I know this sounds harsh, but I'm just wondering. And again, as always, a colossal thank you to Mike who is probably getting as much sleep as a teenager working on this forum.
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I will respectfully disagree. I believe the moderators are perfectly capable of determining who qualifies as a guru without requiring a certain number of nominations.
 
I will respectfully disagree. I believe the moderators are perfectly capable of determining who qualifies as a guru without requiring a certain number of nominations.
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Thanks for the vote of confidence.
We have already established a process for approval of badges (details are irrelevant)
As always on FL, we will always accept and review member suggestions/criticisms of the system(s) and make changes as are deemed necessary.

Heck, Mike sprung it on all of us, so we're all learning on the fly (Please bare with us, till we figure it all out.)

But we will have hiccups, and if you're not sure, feel free to msg one of us, and we'll try sort it out
 
I would just like to say that so far I’m really liking the badges. It makes me very happy to see what others have earned, particularly the honorable member badge. I think that all of the members who earned guru badges deserve it. I really hope this works out for everyone else too
 

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I would just like to say that so far I’m really liking the badges. It makes me very happy to see what others have earned, particularly the honorable member badge. I think that all of the members who earned guru badges deserve it. I really hope this works out for everyone else too
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Lol that's cuz you have a guru badge
 
Lol that's cuz you have a guru badge
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Lol. I was gonna post this last night before I received it. They’re just badges tho! It doesn’t mean I have more experience or even knowledge than anyone else.
 

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Lol. I was gonna post this last night before I received it. They’re just badges tho! It doesn’t mean I have more experience or even knowledge than anyone else.
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Lol that’s why you got it
 
Lol that’s why you got it
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I don’t think it’s a measure of experience or knowledge. I think it’s just supposed to be like “hey, we’ve gotten good feedback from this member on this topic”. I mean if you go through my posts, I talk QUITE a bit about snails. It definitely doesn’t mean I know more about snails than anyone else on the forum.
 
Hahaha, yes, That's southern for pretty.
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Oooh. Yeah we don't say purty here in California.
Lol. I was gonna post this last night before I received it. They’re just badges tho! It doesn’t mean I have more experience or even knowledge than anyone else.
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Maybe I'll get aquascaping guru
 
Well, I just found out that I´ve got the Livebearer guru badge. Thank you for it. I wasn´t even aware that a handing out of such badges was going on.
I´m not even aware of who nominated me. But thank you again...
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But to be honest, I would´ve never come up with a labeling with "guru" in it... You guys are very creative with words...
 
Well, I just found out that I´ve got the Livebearer guru badge. Thank you for it. I wasn´t even aware that a handing out of such badges was going on.
I´m not even aware of who nominated me. But thank you again...
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But to be honest, I would´ve never come up with a labeling with "guru" in it... You guys are very creative with words...
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Why are we not handing out plaques like this lol
 

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Well having read this thread, which was probably a mistake, there should most likely be a badge for most obnoxious. as well as well i better leave it at that.
 
Well having read this thread, which was probably a mistake, there should most likely be a badge for most obnoxious. as well as well i better leave it at that.
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Well I’m ready for it I guess
 
Well having read this thread, which was probably a mistake, there should most likely be a badge for most obnoxious. as well as well i better leave it at that.
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I feel like I'll be getting some nominations now...
 
I think there should be a "Stocking Guru" badge!
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This was discussed. There won't be one at this time. Stocking can be controversial and often subjective.
Maybe a later date we will re-visit this.
 
A quick question. where do I go to get a list of guru badges? Say I need to find a particular guru and I don't know the name off the top of my head. Where would I go to find it?
 
A quick question. where do I go to get a list of guru badges? Say I need to find a particular guru and I don't know the name off the top of my head. Where would I go to find it?
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Here's the link:
Badges
 
A quick question. where do I go to get a list of guru badges? Say I need to find a particular guru and I don't know the name off the top of my head. Where would I go to find it?
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On the bottom of every page there is the help button and there is a section for the badges.
 
On the bottom of every page there is the help button and there is a section for the badges.
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Thank you. Someone mentioned the help button before and for some dumb reason I couldn't find it. YAY!!!!!!! I finally did I never would have looked there for a list of Badges. I assumed it would take me somewhere to get help on using this forum. I was pleasantly surprised by what I found when I clicked on it. Now I know.
 
Just in case you missed it when you see the list of badges each one has a little symbol with the number of people with that badge. If you click on that symbol it shows who holds the badge.

Thank you. Someone mentioned the help button before and for some dumb reason I couldn't find it. YAY!!!!!!! I finally did I never would have looked there for a list of Badges. I assumed it would take me somewhere to get help on using this forum. I was pleasantly surprised by what I found when I clicked on it. Now I know.
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Just in case you missed it when you see the list of badges each one has a little symbol with the number of people with that badge. If you click on that symbol it shows who holds the badge.
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Thank you. Yes, I noticed that right away. My biggest problem was finding the easiest way to get to the list.
 
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Just added the "find a guru" button that shows on the sidebar for desktop/tablet users and at the bottom of the page for mobile users. The button shows on the forum listing pages and the thread view pages.
 
He should get the Guru of Gurus badge Always adding neat stuff.
 
Just added the "find a guru" button that shows on the sidebar for desktop/tablet users and at the bottom of the page for mobile users. The button shows on the forum listing pages and the thread view pages.
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Perfect. Thank you bunches. This is going to make it so much easier for folks to find it.
 
I was reading a thread in which folks were suggesting a person gives another person advice on something. And I was thinking - this person doesn't know what they are talking about yet their friend is suggesting they are an expert. And this made me realize there should be some sort of badge for people who consistently give bad advice so new readers know to not listen to them. And being the idiot i am i would gladly accept such a badge.
 
I was reading a thread in which folks were suggesting a person gives another person advice on something. And I was thinking - this person doesn't know what they are talking about yet their friend is suggesting they are an expert. And this made me realize there should be some sort of badge for people who consistently give bad advice so new readers know to not listen to them. And being the idiot i am i would gladly accept such a badge.
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You are not an idiot! You've given me good advice before!
 
Jake your far from an idiot and offer solid advice. Got to say I really don’t care for the badges. They may be fun but may also put people out. Yes it’s nice to know those who specialize in certain aspects of fish keeping. But there are so many different ways to do things and people all have different types of water that one persons way may not work for someone else. I appreciate the discus guru tag but in reality I’m just a keeper. My ways don’t work for everyone. If you go to the discus sites I’m an outsider. Discus and plants together are frowned on by the pros . Again I do enjoy answering people’s questions and will help anyone with discus questions .
 
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I couldn't resist, and I'm surprised I'm the first one to post this.
 
I was reading a thread in which folks were suggesting a person gives another person advice on something. And I was thinking - this person doesn't know what they are talking about yet their friend is suggesting they are an expert. And this made me realize there should be some sort of badge for people who consistently give bad advice so new readers know to not listen to them. And being the idiot i am i would gladly accept such a badge.
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I was thinking along the lines of this for me too lol. What I do works in my very narrow and specific way, probably could get someone's house burned down following my diy stuff without my (non-fish) training. I also have very non-conventional (not the easy way) views on some stuff.

Maybe the "holy hand grenade" badge for those of us that over simplify an overly complicated means to a simple end lol.
 

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Maybe an angelfish guru badge would be handy, angelfish seem super popular so naturally quite a few questions about them pop up
 
Maybe an angelfish guru badge would be handy, angelfish seem super popular so naturally quite a few questions about them pop up
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You are right but I think we have one of these. It is called Freshwater Angelfish Guru. If I am remembering correctly bizaliz3 has been nominated as someone that knows quite a bit about these fish.
 
You are right but I think we have one of these. It is called Freshwater Angelfish Guru. If I am remembering correctly bizaliz3 has been nominated as someone than knows quite a bit about these fish.
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Oh oops I must have missed that
 
It is very easy to miss it since it isn't up in the A's
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I think it’s been done like that as there are also Saltwater angelfish
 
There is already such a badge and there is already a person who is marked as angel guru; but perhaps it is a different type of angel


Maybe an angelfish guru badge would be handy, angelfish seem super popular so naturally quite a few questions about them pop up
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I think it’s been done like that as there are also Saltwater angelfish
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I suspected that was the reason for it being the way it is. Fortunately the guru list isn't very long so it is easy to scroll through and find what we are looking for.
 
So, let's see if my self-entitlement worked. Edited my location, and here it comes.
 

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