Issue dossier
The official event and first-timer pages explicitly describe the student artifact as a paper badge and say it is not electronic. They provide no visual design, material detail beyond paper, credential technology, PCB, component, firmware, or manufacturing record.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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non-electronic artifact boundary · official event and attendee guidance · source-backed identity artifact
The dossier models a real disclosed identity artifact without upgrading it into an electronic badge or inventing attributes of a paper credential.
- Badge
- cackalackycon 2026 Student Paper Badge
- Category
- non-electronic artifact boundary
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- official event and attendee guidance
- Status
- source-backed identity artifact
- Timeframe
- 2026 attendee guidance
- Source note
- cackalackycon 2026 official event page and Cackalackycon 101.
official attendee guide
Official first-timer guidance repeating that student admission includes a paper badge rather than an electronic badge, with valid-ID and no-preregistration instructions.
Badge: cackalackycon 2026 Student Paper Badge
official event page
Official source for the May 15-17, 2026 Durham event and its explicit student paper-badge, no-electronic-badge admission wording.
Badge: cackalackycon 2026 Student Paper Badge
official schedule
Official schedule source corroborating the May 15-17, 2026 dates and Durham venue context.
Badge: cackalackycon 2026 Student Paper Badge
organizer-linked ticketing page
Ticketing page that records the completed event, separately markets an electronic badge, and calls the student artifact a paper ticket; it supplies no 2026 electronic-badge specification or allocation detail.
Badge: cackalackycon 2026 Student Paper Badge
organizer-provided call for papers
Organizer-provided Sessionize CFP that distinguishes the student paper badge from selected speakers' speaker-colored electronic badges and paper-badge guest admissions.
Badge: cackalackycon 2026 Student Paper Badge
cackalackycon · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary attendee-guide source stating that student admission includes a paper badge, not an electronic badge, with valid student ID at registration and no preregistration required.
Badge: cackalackycon 2026 Student Paper Badge
cackalackycon · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary source for the May 15-17, 2026 Durham event and the statement that students attend with a paper badge, no electronic badge.
Badge: cackalackycon 2026 Student Paper Badge
cackalackycon · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official schedule source corroborating the May 15-17 date range and Durham venue context.
Badge: cackalackycon 2026 Student Paper Badge
cackalackycon / Eventzilla · retrieved 2026-05-15
Organizer-linked ticketing page marked ended that separately markets an electronic badge and describes student entry as a paper ticket, without badge-specific technical, delivery, or distribution detail.
Badge: cackalackycon 2026 Student Paper Badge
cackalackycon / Sessionize · retrieved 2026-05-15
Organizer-provided CFP source proving that accepted speakers receive a speaker-colored electronic badge, while the included guest admission is paper and a guest seeking an electronic badge must purchase a ticket.
Badge: cackalackycon 2026 Student Paper Badge