I find the "requirements" far too easy for merit.
However, much more important: after the first good answer you should no longer award another answer for the same question, else people will just copy.
Hmmm, I think the same question is easy to answer and if this thread runs for a long time and assure you that all the answers are almost the same. And there's a possibility that other users easily copy the answer before them.
Must be better if the the mechanic of the thread is little bit strict so that newbies contribute well in this community in order to get merits.
But what Op said above should be follow this is his thread.