Editing Badge (section)

==Various uses==
One of the best-known badges is the typically star-shaped [[Sheriffs in the United States|U.S. sheriff]]'s badge, made famous in [[Western (genre)|Westerns]]. The [[Chairman Mao badge]] is probably the most famous political badge. Members of [[fraternities]] and [[sororities]] often refer to the pins that signify their membership as badges.

[[File:A Badge Pinning.jpg|thumb|Badge pinning]]

The [[BBC]] children's programme ''[[Blue Peter]]'' also awards its own "[[Blue Peter badge]]" to members of the public who appear on the show. These are highly collectable as they cannot be bought—except from people who have been awarded one and wish to sell it.

Case badges are thick, about {{convert|3|mm|abbr=on}} deep, {{convert|3|x|3|cm|adj=on}} [[lucite]] stickers that are often packaged with various computer parts, such as processors and video cards. Modern computer cases are frequently embellished with an indentation on the case's front panel to facilitate the affixing of a case badge.

[[Pin-back button|Button badge]]s are a highly collectible round badge with a plastic coating over a design or image. They often have a metal pin back or a safety pin style back. The most popular size is {{convert|25.4|mm|adj=on}} but the badges can range anywhere from this size right up to {{convert|120|mm|adj=on}} badges. This style of badge is used in [[political campaigning]] and often given as part of a birthday greeting such as a [[birthday card]].

In the United States, the badges used by [[law enforcement]], [[Fire guard|fire]], and [[security guards]] are usually made of metal in various colors and finishes and are worn above the left chest pocket on the uniform shirt or jacket.
[[Detective]]s and other [[Undercover|plainclothes personnel]] may wear them on a belt holder, or on a chain around the neck. Shapes are manifold, with [[municipal]] [[police]] departments tending to have some variation of a shield shape, and sheriff's departments usually going with a 5, 6, or 7 point star shape. In most cases, an enameled seal of the organization, city, county, or company can be found in the center of the badge.
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File:Greenville, North Carolina Police Badge.jpg|Police Badge, Greenville, North Carolina, presented to the Mayor, [[William J. Hadden]]
File:GeneseeDABadge.jpg|The badge of an Assistant District Attorney in Genesee County, NY.
File:Domoljubna značka 1914.jpg|Patriotic badge (Croatia, 1914)
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In [[computing]], badges are used to demonstrate skills.<ref>[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges Mozilla Open Badges Project]</ref> In education, [[digital badges]] are used as alternative forms of credentials, similar to those being used in the [[MacArthur Foundation]]'s Badges for Lifelong Learning initiative.<ref>{{cite web  | url =http://hastac.org/competitions  | title =Badges for Lifelong Learning  | access-date =2012-11-20  | archive-date =2013-01-15  | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130115095750/http://hastac.org/competitions  | url-status =dead  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/badges-about.php  | title = About the Badges for Lifelong Learning initiative | access-date = 2012-11-20}}</ref>

In [[Japan]], [[Lawyer|lawyers]] are often issued [[lapel pin]] badges which serve as an identification tool in court, or during their normal course of work. Since lawyers are vested with special powers by law, such as the power to compel government agencies to provide information, these badges provide a quick way for lawyers to identify themselves as such.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Colin P. A.|date=2015-02-23|title=Badges of honor: what Japan's legal lapel pins really mean|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/02/23/issues/badges-honor-japans-legal-lapel-pins-really-mean/|access-date=2021-11-03|website=The Japan Times|language=en-US}}</ref>