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I viewed all the sections in the FAQ of Stack Overflow but have still not been awarded the "Analytical" badge.

Is it that I need to see all the FAQs in Meta, Programmers and other Stack Exchange sites?

P.S: This is not a duplicate question, all the questions related to this I have seen, however I did not find a satisfying answer.

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marked as duplicate by Mat, Toon Krijthe, hims056, Time Traveling Bobby, Martijn Pieters Mar 12 '13 at 7:50


You need to read all the sections, not just view. –  Mat Mar 12 '13 at 6:22
And some sections are collapsed. You have to click on show more to read whole section. –  hims056 Mar 12 '13 at 6:24

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First, you should read all the sections - expand them all and scroll down.
Second, badges are not awarded immediately - there's a script that is run from time to time. So even if you have read the entire FAQ, you will have to wait until the badge is awarded - this may take a few minutes to a few hours.

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