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How points and awards work
Points show how much a collector has put into The Philatelist and how much other collectors value what they share. You earn them by building your collection, keeping notes, planning exhibits and helping others with their research. Awards mark milestones along the way.
Earning points
| Complete your profile (city, a line about you, interests, photo, swaps or help) | +25 |
| Finish setting up your account | +5 |
| Create an album (up to 10) | +5 |
| Add a stamp to your collection (up to 500) | +1 |
| Write a public note on a stamp | +2 |
| Publish an exhibit plan | +10 |
| Mark an exhibit plan completed | +15 |
| Add a finished exhibit | +20 |
| Answer a question on someone's exhibit plan | +2 |
| Your answer is voted up | +10 |
| Your answer is accepted by the plan's author | +15 |
| Someone likes your exhibit plan or exhibit | +2 |
Losing points
| Your answer is voted down | -2 |
| You vote someone's answer down | -1 |
| A moderator removes something you wrote | -5 |
Good to know
- Points come from what you've done, so everything since you joined counts, not just what you do from now on.
- Delete something and its points go with it: an album, a note made private, an answer.
- Albums count up to 10 and collection stamps up to 500, so points reward taking part, not just size.
- Anyone signed in can vote an answer up. Voting one down needs 50 points and costs you 1, so it's kept for answers that are wrong.
- The author of an exhibit plan can accept the answer that helped them most. You can't vote on, or earn points for, answers on your own plan.
- Points show on your profile, in the collectors list and beside your name on answers and comments.
Awards
Bronze, silver and gold, for milestones. Once you've earned an award you keep it.
Gold
- Great collector 1,000 stamps in their collection
- Expert Had 10 answers accepted
- Respected Reached 1,000 points
Silver
- Curator Created 5 albums
- Keen collector 500 stamps in their collection
- Annotator Wrote 25 public stamp notes
- Research done Completed an exhibit plan
- Exhibitor Added a finished exhibit
- Helpful Had an answer accepted
- Good answer An answer with a score of 5 or more
- Well liked An exhibit or plan with 10 likes
Bronze
- Welcome Completed their profile
- First album Created an album
- Collector 100 stamps in their collection
- Note-taker Wrote 5 public stamp notes
- Researcher Published an exhibit plan
- Helper Answered a question
