Board Thread:Internal management/@comment-25154254-20150718160833/@comment-5079138-20150719105725

BTW, here's the proof that the edit counter caches the edit count and doesn't count deleted pages.



When I took these screenshots, I made 4 mainspace edits, and the edit count's counter didn't go up (should be 612 instead of 608). However, the badge mainspace counter did. Also, notice that it's a huge leap from 623 to 608 (actually 612 if not cached). The editcount doesn't count deleted mainspace edits while the badge counts them (11 deleted mainspace edits).

So, in conclusion, if the badge system is removed, the user who wants to be promoted needs to take more time since it's cached (needs to come back the next day to see the updated results), and it doesn't count deleted mainspace edits (getting 10 mainspace edits may take a day)