Merit source application by Daniel91

[BTCHadzija]

As someone who frequents the Croatian board on a regular basis, I can vouch for Daniel given that he has made a real effort to distribute merits to all users who enriched the forum with their quality posts, regardless of seniority, join date or personal connections - just pure post quality.


If there's anybody who deserves to become a merit sourcer, it is Daniel in my opinion. 

[Bokile]

I know, I know, patience is a virtue, but I'm just curious and need to ask Will admins announce their decision even if it's negative, or will just leave thread without answer? Daniel91 really deserve do become merit source.

[Trofo]

And you are correct about this.  Unfortunately I have no way of judging whether the posts he merited were of high quality or not, since I don't speak the language(s) on the boards he frequents.  As long as he's not giving merits for shitposts and doesn't look like he's sending merits to buddies or selling them, that's also to his advantage.

For what it's worth I can also add my assurances regarding Daniel91 distribution of Merit at Croatian local board. He is giving merit to only for good posts (I intentionally wrote good not excellent). And he is usually awarding them with only 1 merit each. This way he actually helps a lot of junior members to get some merit for good, contributing posts and that members doesn't feel pressured to write over elaborate/long/repetitive posts in order to get some extra attention (merit). I believe he helped to make a Croatian board a better place with his service and would love to see him as one of merit sources.

I know, I know, patience is a virtue, but I'm just curious and need to ask Will admins announce their decision even if it's negative, or will just leave thread without answer? Daniel91 really deserve do become merit source.

You can exchange admins with theymos. And he will not answer. If Daniel gets accepted he will receive a notice, the rest of us will not know if he doesen't share the news with us. I am expecting quite a long wait since theymos recently added new merit sources. He will probably give it few months before next batch gets promoted/demoted.

[jeromix]

It is a good thing to add more merit source because we had needed it also because the merit is not being distribtued properly as there is something a littlr bit problem with it for now. I mean the focus of awarding the merit is not yet that good or establish. Probably only those users who had a good English skill can get merit and those probably will be awarded in this section. Yet, I doubt also that theymos will consider adding merit source on local boards for the users there can cheat on giving merit especially if the merit source is not a trusted one.

[S_Therapist]

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Merit is being distributed properly. If you take a look at the ranked up members, you will learn.
Those who are not good at English, the forum has local boards too. Afaik, we doo have some merit sources from various local section and they are active in the local boards too. So, people who are not good at English can post on their respective local board. I do think they will get merit if they become active and post quality content in local.

[Dzeronimo]

Any update on this? Daniel91 applied over a month ago. It would be nice to see some feedback from admins.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Any update on this? Daniel91 applied over a month ago. It would be nice to see some feedback from admins.

Yeah, but Theymos added a bunch of new merit sources in September, some of whom (like me) didn't even apply.  I'm not sure if he's even looking at applications right now or what the deal is as far as adding more sources.  I think we do need some more, especially on the local boards but that's up to Theymos.

Merit is being distributed properly.

I don't quite agree with you there.  I think there would be much less merit-begging attempts in Meta if there were more merit sources  in the local sections, but I honestly don't know how good the coverage is there since it isn't quite clear who all the merit sources are.

[Dzeronimo]

Any update on this? Daniel91 applied over a month ago. It would be nice to see some feedback from admins.

Yeah, but Theymos added a bunch of new merit sources in September, some of whom (like me) didn't even apply.  I'm not sure if he's even looking at applications right now or what the deal is as far as adding more sources.  I think we do need some more, especially on the local boards but that's up to Theymos.

I'm not complaining on admin's right to choose new merit sources when and how they want. I'm just surprised that there is no official answer for months. A simple "Yes", "No", or "Not now, submit you application in two months" would be enough.

[slocker]

Any update on this? Daniel91 applied over a month ago. It would be nice to see some feedback from admins.

Yeah, but Theymos added a bunch of new merit sources in September, some of whom (like me) didn't even apply.  I'm not sure if he's even looking at applications right now or what the deal is as far as adding more sources.  I think we do need some more, especially on the local boards but that's up to Theymos.

Ok but if this is the case he could add some new ones dont you agree. Think that every Local section should have more then just one. Ok for the small ones with less then 50 pages if there is some but for some its not so good.

I'm not complaining on admin's right to choose new merit sources when and how they want. I'm just surprised that there is no official answer for months. A simple "Yes", "No", or "Not now, submit you application in two months" would be enough.

On this think that it should be with at least some simple answer or at least some new topic in meta with 3, 5, 7 or more candidates for new merit sources and we could have some sort of voting on this topic and believe we could think or consider about this.

Daniel91 as member of this forum deserve this.

[Daniel91]

I just got message from theymos that I'm new merit source!
I'm really grateful for all your suport here, and I promise to continue my mission to support new members on local croatian section to rank up on this forum, by giving merits for good quality posts.
Thank you guys, I really appreciate all your kind words and support here.
You are the best!

I will lock topic now since my applicatio for merit source is accepted, so there is no reason to continue discussion here.