Should unearnable Badges been shown under unearned?

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[Beta] Actively participated in the private beta (if the site is not anymore beta)
[Precognitive] Followed the Area 51 proposal for this site before it entered the commitment phase (it the site is online)
[Guru] Accepted answer and score of 40 or more (on some new sites it is impossible: there must be at least 40 tags with 200 questions)
[Analytical] Visited every section of the FAQ (Is also not earnable anymore since there is no FAQ anymore.) Reported by Daanvn.

Here: stackoverflow.com/help/badges?tab=general&filter=unearned — rekire, Commented Jun 19, 2013 at 8:58
Why? Also, Guru is not impossible. It might not be possible early on, but it will eventually become possible as the site grows. — yannis, Commented Jun 19, 2013 at 8:58
@rekire Thank you, I just saw it now. It doesn't appear in Meta, only in the main site. — Daniel Daranas, Commented Jun 19, 2013 at 8:59
@Yannis I wrote "on some new sites it is impossible..." so I know that :-) but however that one can be unearned for the moment. — rekire, Commented Jun 19, 2013 at 9:00
@rekire - I think Analytical badge can be earned by visiting help center instead of FAQ. — Himanshu, Commented Jun 19, 2013 at 9:03
If we start hiding badges that can't be earned at the moment, we'll have to hide a lot of them on young sites. An example would be Famous Question, 10,000 views is not really something that can happen in a young beta site. — yannis, Commented Jun 19, 2013 at 9:03
@Yannis IMHO there is a great difference if something unreachable or impossible. — rekire, Commented Jun 19, 2013 at 9:06
@hims056 take a look at this answer on a question I asked about the Analytical badge, it cant be earned anymore. — Daanvn, Commented Jun 19, 2013 at 9:09

Sklivvz · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-19 09:08:52Z

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The current behavior is fine.

The unearned page is meant to show one the badges they don't have. The badges that you mention fall in this category.

I would find it much more awkward if there were badges that are neither earned or unearned!

answered Jun 19, 2013 at 9:08

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I disagree with you. I see there no problem to show them under all badges, but the list unearned is for me some kind of list of Achivments to get and I cannot get them. So far this makes no sense for me.
– rekire
Commented Jun 19, 2013 at 9:17
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@rekire That's the point, to realize that you can't get them all, and stop obsessing about them.
– yannis
Commented Jun 19, 2013 at 9:52

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