Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29849685-20161225231437/@comment-1038387-20161228225838

No, that's not how it works - the first lucky badge is given to the first 000 edit AFTER badges are enabled. Otherwise, old wikis would start well into the 10.000s.

Also, image uploads, blog replies and forum posts also count for the lucky edit. Added categories through the module don't.