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Pretty simple one this time, the Badge FAQ does not have anything about the alumni badges people seem to be getting, nor does it mention the tick "badge".
This has to happen. If we have an ambitious super mod who wants to take a shot at it, that would be great... otherwise I'll do it my spare time, which is very sparse at the moment.