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ASP.NET Community Recognition

The Community Recognition Program is a way to recognize each person’s contributions to the ASP.NET community. Historically the greatest contribution has been in the forums, where many people moderate and answer questions from developers. More recent initiatives include the ability for people to submit articles for the home page, to provide suggestions for content (see the Videos page), and to publish weblog entries (see the Community Blogs page). With the launch of the foreign-language sites, there are additional levels of contributions that people can make to the site.

Community Recognition Levels

The Program awards points for each person’s contributions to the site. As a person earns more points, he or she will progress through five different levels, starting with Member and ending with All-Star.

Level	Name	Points
	Member	1 to 750
	Participant	751 to 2,000
	Contributor	2,001 to 7,500
	Star	7,501 to 15,000
	All-Star	over 15,000

Hall of Fame

In the ASP.NET community we have a number of people whose contributions help developers from all over the world. Visit the Hall of Fame page and view the stars.

If you’d like to rise through the levels and see your name in the Hall of Fame, all you need to do is participate in the ways listed below.

How to Earn Points

The program is very simple. Various activities on the site have points associated with them, and when a community member does that activity he or she will receive that many points. Specifically, here’s the current set of activities and points for each:

Location	Activity	Description	Points
Forums	Reply	You reply to a thread started by another member	2
	AnswerPost	Your reply is marked as the answer	10
	Mark Post as Answer	You mark a post as the answer	1
	Moderate a Post **	You approve a post	1
Blogs	Aggregated Post **	Your weblog post is aggregated on the Community Blogs page	5
	Foreign Language Post **	Your weblog post is aggregated on one of the foreign-language sites	10
Wiki	Comment	You submit a comment for an article	1
	Edit Existing Article	You submit modifications to an existing article which is accepted	2
	Create New Article	You submit an article which is accepted	5
	Moderate an Article **	You approve a new article or modifications to an existing article	1
Content	Submit an Article	You submit an article which is accepted for the home page	10
	Create Original Content	You submit a tutorial or tool that is accepted for the site	100
	Translate Content **	You translate some content for use on one of the foreign-language sites	variable
	Vote on a Poll	You vote on any poll on the site	1
	Suggestion	You submit a suggestion through one of the suggestion boxes on the site	1
	Moderate Foreign Articles **	You moderate the article queue on one of the foreign-language sites	250
	Video Comment	You add a comment to a video	1

** by invitation only

Questions and Answers About the Program

(Q) Do I start with any points?: As many members have already made valuable contributions to the forums, we have awarded 5 points for every post you have made prior to the program’s commencement. This is the baseline number of points that you start with.
(Q) Can I lose points?: Yes. There are four situations where you can lose points. First, if one of your posts is marked as the answer but later unmarked, you will lose the 10 points. Second, if you mark a post as answered but it is later unmarked, you will lose the 1 point. Third, if you submit a reply which is then deleted, you will lose the 1 point. Finally, if you breach the Terms of Use, you will lose 50 points.
(Q) Can I find out where my points are coming from?: Yes. A new tab called "Community Recognition" has been added to your profile, and that tab shows your points total for each area where you can earn points.
(Q) Won’t some people try to manipulate the system?: A. Yes, and where we determine that is occurring we reserve the right to either deduct points or ban the account.
(Q) What does "By Invitation Only" mean in the above list?: There are some activities on the site that only a subset of members can perform. For example, there are about ten community members that have their blogs aggregated on the French front page, which is not an activity that every member will be able to do.
(Q) Will you be expanding the set of activities that points can be earned from?: Yes. Over time we expect to expand this list of activities.
(Q) Where can I see who are the experts on the site?: Visit the Hall of Fame page.

If you have a question that is not answered here, please post your question to the "Feedback on this Website" forum.

Community Recognition Program

Top Community Members

Mikesdotnetting is at the "All-Star" level with 59,637 points.

Learn about the Community Recognition program and visit the Hall of Fame.