[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #3878: Adding Badges for WordCamp Volunteers and Attendees

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#3878: Adding Badges for WordCamp Volunteers and Attendees
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 Reporter:  sebastienserre           |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:
Component:  Profiles                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch 2nd-opinion  |
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Comment (by sippis):

 I have to agree with @Kenshino and @hlashbrooke. Profile badges are for
 those who contribute to the WordPress project. As
 [https://make.wordpress.org/meta/handbook/documentation/profile-badges/,
 Profile Badges] page say:

   badges are added based on your contributions to the WordPress project.
 There are two kinds of badges: contributor and team. The contributor
 badges are generally assigned to anyone who has contributed to a
 particular team. Meanwhile, the team badges are given to those who are
 active on their team.

 I do not want to sound uptight, rigorous or give the impression that I
 don't respect WordCamp attendees or volunteers - as @sebastienserre said,
 there wouldn't be any WordCamps without attendees or volunteers and
 WordPress would not succeed without its enthusiast users.

 But if we see the scenario through, attendees are just basically coming to
 a ready-made event and are paying for it (small amount, but nevertheless).
 I think they are not contributing to the WordPress project itself in a
 way, they are just attending to WordPress event. If we start to add badges
 for WordCamps attendees on these grounds, WordPress meetup attendees
 should also get a badge.

 What comes to volunteers, I again greatly respect each and one of them.
 WordCamps wouldn't function without them. At least we couldn't have so
 cheap ticket prices without amazing volunteers contributing their own
 time. Usually, volunteers are giving a one to two, sometimes three days,
 their time for the event.  In contrast to other community badges (speaker,
 organizer, deputy, mentor), that is considerably less time given to the
 WordPress project - as valuable as it is. But thinking in another way, you
 can also get a core or polyglots badge with a relatively small amount of
 work.

 Some volunteers also contribute more their time than others, so who is
 going to draw the line what is enough for earning a badge and where the
 line will be drawn? For example, is it enough volunteering if you design a
 custom Wapuu for WordCamp, compared to handling cloakroom the whole event
 day? Organizers might have different opinions on this, which directly
 affects who will get the badge and who not.

 Maybe I'm a bit more towards to think that volunteers should get profile
 badge. But at least for now, we don't have any viable way to make it
 happen. There isn't any database or special field to mark who has
 volunteered at WordCamp. Maybe someday we will have. If that day comes, we
 should add a WordCamp volunteer badge.

 To end up with, I do want to again note that we wouldn't have WordPress or
 WordCamps without awesome, enthusiast users, attendees and volunteers.
 This community is great. We shouldn't give too much value to some profile
 badges on the internet. We need to show and give the respect and
 appreciation in person when we communicate or meet.

 For me when I first time volunteered in WordCamp, our lead organizer
 inviting every volunteer on the stage during closing remarks and attendees
 giving huge applause was the best thanks.

 ''Well, this comment ended up being longer than intended and did get
 somewhat side-tracked.''

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