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What should we do for Winter Bash 2016? [closed]

This is in the same vein as Winter Bash closing remarks - ideas for next year as What should we consider for next year's Winter Bash?. I figured we might as well have one for this year. . . So, ...
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Can we add a badge having similar criteria as Weed Eater hat?

I suggest that we turn the Weed Eater hat of Winter Bash 2015 into a permanent badge. I'm not sure what name it should be given, or what color the badge should be. Perhaps we can introduce several ...
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How to share my Darth Vader winter hat display picture on facebook?

As a part of winter bash, Stack Exchange is celebrating the end of the year with hats! I love my SO display picture with these cool hats! Is there anyway I can save them and then share them? I ...
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Flip Flop is missing some colours!

Warning! Spoilers!
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Please could hats be ordered by when they were earned?

Like several others, I've been keeping an eye on the leaderboards for Winter Bash 2015. One thing I've found annoying is that when people gain a new hat and change position, it's not always clear ...
Rand al'Thor's user avatar
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One click to my community Leaderboard

Yes, I do check my community leaderboard frequently, hard for me to go every time over there. Is there any chance to get direct link in snowflake menu?
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Choose Winter Bash language

For some reason the Winter Bash page is in Spanish. It might be because in my Accept-Language HTTP header Spanish has more priority than English. But the Spanish page is so confusing for me, because ...
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Make it clear that certain hats can be awarded earlier, in their description

Time based hats, e.g. A New Hope can be awarded as soon as 12-14 hours before the actual time stated in the hat description, as explained nicely here. However, this is far from being trivial, and ...
Shadow Wizard's user avatar
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How to group or sort Winter Bash 2015 leaderboard in other ways?

I'd like to see different ways to display the information in the Winter Bash leaderboard. The leaderboard has lots of data, and changes frequently, so it would be infeasable to me to generate these ...
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Don't show Private Beta sites in Leaderboard

Just noticed this in the Winter Bash Leaderboard when scrolling all the way down: Excited, I clicked to see the profiles on that site, e.g. this one, just to be greeted with... In my opinion, ...
Shadow Wizard's user avatar
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Do not show hats to people who haven't visited the site

I have seen a user who has not visited the site since Winter Bash has started, and still, his avatar shows a hat. In my opinion, this is at least disrespectful to them. Therefore I suggest that hats ...
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Make the "hats" vs "no hats" choice instead "users can opt out" vs "users can opt in"

I realise I'm a bit late with this suggestion... It's too late to apply it to 2015, so treat it as a thought for 2016. Most sites are very positive about the "Winter Bash" hat-related activity. Some ...
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Maintaining secrecy of secret hats [duplicate]

Winter Bash 2014 was fun, especially the "secret hat" concept. However, by the time I found out about it, all the secret hats were not 'secret' anymore. I don't mean that revealing secret hats is a ...
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Winter Bash 2014 closing remarks - ideas for next year [closed]

Last year we had a question like this, and other SE staff members have supported one this year, and nobody seems to have made one yet. Hence: What does everybody want for next year's Winter Bash? It'...
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No hats on mobile

I've scarcely touched my laptop over the winter break, satisfying my SO addiction entirely through the iOS app. (And occasionally the mobile website.) It's been a great exercise in seeing how livable ...
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How about a new hat for Joining / Opting for Winter Bash?

I'm a big, big fan of Hats, especially when it's with Winter Bash. I have a small query [or, consider suggestion] related to the Hats Collection available. All I want to ask, Can't there be a ...
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Can reindeers change into unicorns?

The winter bash page is pretty cool! However, there is a reindeer: Now while I have nothing against reindeers, unicorns are better. How about this: Now I'm not the best unicorn drawer, but ...
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Can we have much more complex 2015 Winter Bash hats?

We are only a few hours into Winter Bash 2014, and already almost all the secret hats have been found and understood. This is all very well, but it leads to a very rapid spike of posts and votes (not ...
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