Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24108228-20131103192423

I am rather new to the wiki and I do not understand this system too well. How exactly are badges obtained? Having read through this and finding myself eligible for 9 already, I would like to know how the system works. Is it just an honour system, where people who have obtained the badge can feel like they have achieved something, or is it a computerised thing, where they will automatically be put on your user page? Do explain. 