What's the exact point of quickdraw achievement

[rilysh]

As the title, what is the point of this badge? I had closed one of my own PR as I mistakenly created two in one repo. However, today I noticed that I got a badge called quickdraw. But why so? I mean, I closed a PR because I mistakenly created two same PR.

I didn't understand, and to be honest, it looks quite unrelated and amateurish badge. ...how this gonna help me when it's totally meaningless achievement.

[surya-murugan-ai]

this is the first achievement i have got and it seems kind a cool!

[adityavijay21]

can you please tell me how to take that badge?

[rphair]

@kiriotheo

1. find some public repository where you don't mind looking dumb
2. open up a pull request against its content
3. close that pull request in less than 5 minutes

[cookierw]

@kiriotheo

1. find some public repository where you don't mind looking dumb
2. open up a pull request against its content
3. close that pull request in less than 5 minutes

cringe please don't do this.

[rphair]

@sean-rw it sounds like you completely missed the irony / sarcasm in my posting (even with the explicit "looking dumb" statement). 😝

[Zoltus]

They are trying to get people more active.

[its-alikhokher]

i really agree with you point,

[ttrreevvoorr]

you shot your own PR dead. you are now the fastest gunslinger in the west. that is something you will have to live with.

[LarominitaputitA]

Jjajaj

[CarlosLeonCode]

LOL

[tosmartak]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Mehul2203]

Hey @kiwimoe, 👋
I would like to answer this question 😊.

I think GitHub created this achievement just to show how quickly we respond to any PR. 🚀
They are trying to get all of the GitHub users to get more active and to keep us motivated to work with team dynamics in an effective manner. 👍

I hope this answers your question and makes sense.
Thank you!!

[santosh2702]

Totally Agreed with @Mehul2203 Its just for motivation.
Thank You!

[rphair]

This badge can made the bearer look a little stupid. For instance you might open a PR in error and then have to close it yourself because something went wrong about the submission. Since this badge links to that PR, it exposes the mistake right on the developer's front page.

The problem could be mitigated by awarding it only if the PR "closed within 5 minutes of opening" were a merged PR rather than just a cancelling close. Otherwise this "gunslinger" icon will frequently be awarding people for shooting themselves in the foot 🤠

[rphair]

I appreciate the response but ticking that box hides all the achievements, including the legitimate-looking ones. 😞

I would be tempted to submit a GitHub issue requesting that achievements be individually selectable in this part of the Settings... if not for most users in this Discussion being happy about these trivial achievements based on their social aspect & unwilling to look at any downside or loss of professionalism. 🤕

[Carlos-Simim]

You could make the repository private

[rphair]

@Carlos-Simim imagine (as in my case) you opened up some stupid looking PR through a fork (which cannot be made private) on a high visibility repository (which really cannot be made private) and then had to close it immediately.

Under most conditions the error would recede into the background along with the closed PRs for the main repository... but not with the friendly Quickdraw icon who will always be there on your profile to say HOWDY DOODY and keep announcing that improperly posted PR to the world.

Of course this is precisely what happened to me, so you can currently see exactly what I'm talking about on my own GitHub profile. Now just imagine it happening to you and whether you would want to "fix" the problem by hiding the repository itself rather than this little turd of an icon. 🤪

[Carlos-Simim]

My bad, I said you could make it private as a possible solution to your problem, I didn't check your profile.
I also think they could change this, however, making one mistake public isn't a big problem in my opinion either, it happens 🤷‍♂️

[sammyhori]

I appreciate the response but ticking that box hides all the achievements, including the legitimate-looking ones. 😞

I would be tempted to submit a GitHub issue requesting that achievements be individually selectable in this part of the Settings... if not for most users in this Discussion being happy about these trivial achievements based on their social aspect & unwilling to look at any downside or loss of professionalism. 🤕

This is now possible, you can now individually select and hide achievements from your profile page

[fredrikaverpil]

This is not necessarily a pointless or nonsensical achievement. Let's say you are observant of opened issues and are quick with answering (thus having either the OP or yourself closing it).

But yeah, sure, one could always argue that this is a pointless achievement (or even making you look stupid). But I'm sure you can find such angles for most of the other achievements too in that case.

[rilysh]

one could always argue that this is a pointless achievement

It's pointless, no matter what type of statement you want to push here. Everyone have their own opinions, instead of writing "making you look stupid" you can write your own opinion about it. This isn't anything stupid nor embarrassing to argue about it. Furthermore, I found that, this achievement doesn't make a sense just for closing a PR because in any case it didn't fit for the repository.

But I'm sure you can find such angles for most of the other achievements too in that case

Yeah, I did find many opinions about other achievements. If you disliked something, can't you talk about it? And here in case, I had not directly write that to remove the whole achievement structure, but did write about "pointless" ones. Such as "YOLO" (which can be different meaning for each person, as it says "you only live once"), "quickdraw" (I may close my PR for any reason or mistakenly create which may not be fit for the repo even completing in limited time) and for these reasons having such colorful icons/achievements on profile feels embarrassing.

[jovian-explorer]

It is an achievement that is given if you close a PR or an issue within 5 minutes of opening it. Although it does sound crappy, the original way it was intended to be achieved was if you close someone else's issue or PR, thereby helping them, all in 5 minutes. I know, this may seem trivial, but to be honest, it is a nice achievement to have.

[TrungJamin]

<3

[kycasdzxc]

this is just fun!🌟

[tonguyenducmanh]

Seem like when you delete some repo within 5 minutes created, you achive it

[luan0ap]

The same happened to me, I earned this badge by a mistake. Its just fun

[rilysh]

GitHub is for code hosting, you shouldn't volunteer for such a stupid thing.

[DeepanshuGoel1122]

i achieve quicedraw badge, if i delete that repository by which i get this, badge will remain or not ?

[jfullstackdev]

latest update, you can now pick what you want to hide, unlike in the past, it was all or nothing

go to Achievements Tab, click the Achievements word, it is a link

or this URL, it's same thing

https://github.com/[username]?tab=achievements

you should be seeing like this

then, click any badge, hover left then you should be seeing like this

then boom ... you now have the option to hide those badges that you want to hide

[rphair]

This is exactly the change & constructive comment about it that I've been waiting for... thanks 😍

[LGD-hades0701]

thanks for your reply.

[WeWuzNidokangz]

I think it's likely a net negative that this achievement exists in its current form. Regardless of how one feels about gamification, some of the other achievements such as 'Pull Shark' at least seem to primarily incentivize productive behavior. However, 'Quickdraw' is at best likely to be unlocked through accidents, but conceivably might even encourage an inexperienced user to open a PR on another user's repository, specifically with the intention of immediately closing it in order to unlock the achievement. That's not high-impact disruptive behavior, but it's certainly not a good thing.

IMO if an achievement like this is going to exist, it should probably only be unlocked if the PR is merged rather than closed (and in a more reasonable timeframe, like 24 hours).

[rphair]

That's what I've also said above but it seems not to attract any attention except from the "peanut gallery" who find the whole situation entertaining... perhaps out point of view was influential in making these achievements "opt-out" (as I was finally able to do with Quickdraw about a month ago).

[gianlucag]

Totally agree. As implemented now, it's a shame-badge ! No wonder people wants to selectively hide it. If people were proud of it, it would be all over the place (who never quick drawn it's own PR ?)

[adityavijay21]

[rphair]

You are getting Quick Draw confused with one of the other badges perhaps. 🤠

[rilysh]

Can you stop giving misinformation?
For sure Quickdraw isn't intended to anything like that you mentioned, rather it's a badge that is given when an issue is closed under 5 minutes prior. This is completely useless as it mentions nothing to do with a contribution but a shameful badge which gets attached on profile.

Remember GitHub is controlled by a tech giant not by open-souce folks. Also this is pretty outdated discussion to answer.

[ff137]

It is absolutely an achievement to have the audacity to open up a faulty pull request, and then very shortly follow up with some due diligence, being like "oh fuck I missed something", and close it.

[adityavijay21]

are these achievements downgrading?

[gmoniava]

I also closed a issue which I opened mistakenly and got this badge. But when I reopened the issue, for testing purposes, the badge was still there.

[ahsanba-id]

This always seems to happen. I'm a self-learner, I started exploring things and baam! It's not like I want my future clients to see my moron.

[jorgcastellano]

Go to Achidvement, Regards

[theurikarue]

As the title, what is the point of this badge? I had closed one of my own PR as I mistakenly created two in one repo. However, today I noticed that I got a badge called quickdraw. But why so? I mean, I closed a PR because I mistakenly created two same PR.

I didn't understand, and to be honest, it looks quite unrelated and amateurish badge. ...how this gonna help me when it's totally meaningless achievement.

Go to this site it will help https://github.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements#achievements

[theurikarue]

Not everyone finds it easy to interact with Github at first so i think such an achievements acts to motivate somebody to know more and interact more with Github

[Bohousek007]

The "Quickdraw" badge you received is likely related to the speed at which you closed the pull request (PR) after it was created. Some platforms, like GitHub, award this badge when a user closes a PR or issue very quickly after it is opened, usually within a few minutes or even seconds.

The idea behind this badge is to acknowledge quick actions, regardless of the reason behind them. In your case, you closed the PR quickly because you realized it was a duplicate. The system recognized the speed of your action and awarded you the "Quickdraw" badge.

So, while the badge might seem odd given the circumstances, it's simply a reflection of how promptly you addressed the situation. It's more about the speed of your response than the context of why the PR was closed.