User blog comment:Woganhemlock/What's up with the badges?/@comment-3270905-20110508015719/@comment-1997905-20110508020123

No, thankfully all wikis will not have badges. They're default on some new wikis, but they can always be turned off with a request to Special:Contact. Wikia also won't put them on older wikis unless requested to, also via Special:Contact. This is because many wikis are simply not suited for badges - or as one user once said, "wiki building is not a game and shouldn't be treated like one".