For the first answer criterion for the Enlightened badge, is the first answer the one

• that remains, excluding deleted answers; or
• that ever was, including deleted answers

As for the suggestion, if it were the latter, can we please make it the former? It would make sense to exclude squatters from the equation if they later retract their answer from the question (having reached no good solution).

EDIT - ChrisF has posted convincing proof that it is the former, so - great stuff, SE!

For the first answer criterion for the Enlightened badge, is the first answer the one

• that remains, excluding deleted answers; or
• that ever was, including deleted answers

As for the suggestion, if it were the latter, can we please make it the former? It would make sense to exclude squatters from the equation if they later retract their answer from the question (having reached no good solution).

For the first answer criterion for the Enlightened badge, is the first answer the one

• that remains, excluding deleted answers; or
• that ever was, including deleted answers

As for the suggestion, if it were the latter, can we please make it the former? It would make sense to exclude squatters from the equation if they later retract their answer from the question (having reached no good solution).

For the first answer criterion for the Enlightened badge, is the first answer the one

• that remains, excluding deleted answers; or
• that ever was, including deleted answers

As for the suggestion, if it were the latter, can we please make it the former? It would make sense to exclude squatters from the equation if they later retract their answer from the question (having reached no good solution).

EDIT - ChrisF has posted convincing proof that it is the former, so - great stuff, SE!

For the first answer criterion for the Enlightened badge, is the first answer the one

• that remains, excluding deleted answers; or
• that ever was, including deleted answers

As for the suggestion, if it were the latter, can we please make it the former? It would make sense to exclude squatters from the equation if they later retract their answer from the question (having reached no good solution).

_{(2 questions in 1)}
I know about SEDE and have seen some queries on it.

• Is there a definitive [official] list of queries used for badges on there?
• Is there a way to distinguish/quickly find queries used by SE itself and not user-contributed queries?

For the first answer criterion for the Enlightened badge, is the first answer the one

• that remains, excluding deleted answers; or
• that ever was, including deleted answers

As for the suggestion, if it were the latter, can we please make it the former? It would make sense to exclude squatters from the equation if they later retract their answer from the question (having reached no good solution).