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Hello this guy tried to beg a merit for accept me to their translation campaign.

Bitcointalk Username: gaga org (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1017137)

It looks like he is bounty manager,so asking for a merit is very bad thing but if he is asking for the first you may let him know about merit begging is not allowed in the forum.

But if he got all the merits from this way he should be tagged for this shady activity.

I do not know either he is a good bounty manager or not but obviously another bounty manager will be out for posting this.

Glad Vod made the call to tag this guy, because I got a PM from OP about this and I'm not tagging people for merit abuse/begging.  But in a case as blatant as this, I do think he deserves some sort of censure.

Members who don't want to earn merits like everyone else has to annoy me to no end.  And if this guy is a bounty manager, he's basically asking for a bribe in exchange for giving someone work.  I've heard that's common in a lot of places in this world, but that shouldn't be happening on bitcointalk. 

I don't know the whole story about this guy or this project, but how these bounty managers get their positions is beyond me when they're pulling crap like this.  They probably bribe the project devs with kickbacks (but that's just speculation on my part).

I understand Theymos is not a fan of red trust for merit begging (as I get reminded constantly in PM by those I tag - they seem to be very aware of the rules) but I feel it is critical to maintain some resemblance of consequence in this forum.  Otherwise, everyone would beg for merit.   :-\

I agree with this wholeheartedly and have said as much in thread like this (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5067167.msg47819545#msg47819545) and this (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5063753.msg47773687#msg47773687).  Where bitcointalk rules fall short, or they're not being enforced, DT members become useful for tagging.  Merit abuse and begging has always been a gray area that I don't want to touch, but I'm delighted when other DT members don't have misgivings about neg-givings.

behavior that is not very commendable, and that indicates that he is indeed not worthy of being in this forum, a merit is very valuable for information

Begging for merit is not the best way to get some of it and if this dude happens to be a bounty manager, how can he troll the forum for what he can easily get by doing his job properly as a manager. It keeps me wondering anyway...