Talk:Merit badge (Boy Scouts of America)

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*January 2006 – June 2007

1 Dates
2 Former Eagle required
3 Images- old and new

[edit] Dates

Looking at revision dates, I think there was a lot of confusion between requirement dates and pamphlet dates, so I added the column on pamphlets. The BSA just added a list of pamphlets, so I went with those dates. In fact, the BSA site now has listings for all of the Boy Scout requirements. The table is now sortable- just click on the icon in the top row. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 10:54, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Good catch on the dates. They only change the requirements about once every 5 years. COOL SORTING!. I didn't know that could be done in wiki.Rlevse 11:35, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

See Help:Sorting for more info on sorting. Full dates need special formatting. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 12:06, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Former Eagle required

If we are going to start noting the merit badges formerly required for Eagle, there are going to be a lot of notes. For example, Cooking, Bird Study, Pioneering, Athletics, Nature, Soil and Water Conservation, Safety and more were all once required. The scope of the article is on the current requirements. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 13:00, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Agree with Gadget, the person that made those entries only noted more recent ones. The list of former requireds is VERY long, going all the way back to 1910.Rlevse 13:22, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images- old and new

Some merit badges have two images. Aviation, Journalism, Nuclear Science and Railroading looks like they have both an older and a redesigned badge; Cycling, Family Life, Safety and Sports have images with the green border and with the silver border. Again, within the scope of this article, these should use the current images. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 13:38, 8 June 2007 (UTC)