Shows a user's total edits so far, how many edits until the "Strunk and White" (now 80 at SO) badge, and how many edits until the "Copy Editor" badge (now 500 at SO).
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-- How many edits until Copy Editor (proper)? -- Shows a user's total edits so far, how many edits until the "Strunk and White" (now 80 at SO) -- badge, and how many edits until the "Copy Editor" badge (now 500 at SO). -- 2011-12-18 Fix: multiple edits on the same post count once only. -- only edits to title and body count, editing tags alone does not. -- Source of info: -- http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/67397/list-of-all-badges-with-full-descriptions DECLARE @USER int = ##UserId##; SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT ph.PostId) AS 'Number of Edits', -- every post counts once only 80 - COUNT(DISTINCT ph.PostId) AS 'Edits until "Strunk and White"', 500 - COUNT(DISTINCT ph.PostId) AS 'Edits until "Copy Editor"' FROM PostHistory ph JOIN Posts p ON p.Id = ph.PostId AND p.OwnerUserId <> @User WHERE ph.UserId = @User AND ph.PostHistoryTypeId BETWEEN 4 AND 5 -- only edits to title & body count