Recognition, not gamification
Reader Certificates
Six printable certificates. Self-award, or issued by the Editorial Team when a neighbor has earned one through verifiable work.
There are no points here. No badges. No leaderboards. A reader who prints and signs a Prepared Neighbor certificate is participating in the same tradition as the neighbor who mails us a correction on a handbook. Both are being honest about the work they did.
- Prepared Neighbor
For the reader who came ready.
- Community Steward
For sustained local participation.
- Research Contributor
For strengthening the record.
- Local Historian
For documenting what would otherwise be lost.
- Evidence Contributor
For documenting what happened.
- Editorial Reviewer
For catching what we missed.
Adopted at V1.0. See Editorial Principles and Bylaws 46–47.