Well, LOL. He's been given one merit more since I opened the thread.
Yeah, that's basically the definition of merit begging. He's not asking anyone to review his post history to see if there's anything worth meriting; he's just straight-out asking for someone to give him not one, but three(!) merits.
Actually, he posted in this thread:
[Merit] Help newbies and those who have a little left to the next rankand got no merit, which isn't surprising to me
One thing I've noticed about the WO thread is that its members are exceedingly generous with their sMerits, and that guy certainly picked the right thread to beg for merits in--and I'm guessing it was intentional on his part. I'm not saying there's merit abuse in that section, just that there are some very generous members who frequent the thread.
Yeah, well. I quite like that thread because it is more like being in a pub with your friends. It's totally different from the rest of the forum, so it's not surprising that merit is given in a more funny way I'd say.
OP, you should report posts like that when you see them--and don't bother creating a thread like this one. If the mods agree with your report, they'll act on it. If not, at least you've done your part.
Well but my understanding is that if they agree they will delete the post but he will still keep the merits. I've googled the subject and it doesn't seem to me that he is going to be nuked for that. I've also given him negative trust, as I've seen some people do in these cases.