Can Merits be Deleted if the Merited Post is Removed in a Self-Moderated Thread?

[Fivestar4everMVP]

If this topic has been discussed sometime in the past, I will lock it and read the comments on the previous topic.

I am curios to know if merits can be deleted. From this self moderated mega thread, the notice on it simply reads, "This is a self-moderated topic. If you do not want to be moderated by the person who started this topic, create a new topic. (170 posts by 1 users with 9 merit deleted.)" Does this sentence in any way implies that merits can be deleted if the post by a user is removed?

From what I have seen on the forum so far, that line you quoted is simply telling you that the 170 posts that were deleted earned a total of 9 merits, this does not mean that the merits earned from those posts was deleted from the user's profile, no, merit earned is already earned and can't be deleted, no matter what, even if as a user who have earned a total of 200 merits, decided to delete all your posts, including the ones that earned you those 200 merits, those 200 merits will still remain in your profile, only your activity score will be will be affected which will drop and take you back to a lower rank depending on the number of activity you have left, but merit can never be reduced or deleted after you've earned it.

This is believe other users have actually explained and it's clearly understandable,.
And let me also add that the ability for earned merit not to be deleted out of a users profile is actually a very nice feature, else, many users would possibly lost a good number of merits when ever their post is deleted with its earned merits.

[Casdinyard]

Had this happen to me in the past, the good thing is that you'd still keep the merits, the bad thing is that you won't know where it came from, I mean if you're like me who opted to not use my email for notifications or my telegram account for notifs that is. Merits are irrevocable once granted, the sender won't be able to get them back, and the one that got sent merits with wouldn't be able to rid them of these merits even if they wanted to (and why would you want to in the first place).

Nope, the merit stays.

Probably the forum show the "amount merit deleted" is to let people know if the @OP might misuse his moderation power because "merit is for high quality post", so if @OP deleted a merited post, it could be a something wrong i.e. he didn't accept a criticism, but someone might send the merit by accident or they just want it because merit is subjective.

I think the reason's just because it's way easier to implement something that's permanently granted rather than something that could be revoked any time, but I can see how your reason could be a possible motive for merits being permanent too. But if I rarely see someone delete a self-moderated post because they got cooked in the comments, most of the time they just lock the entire post to prevent further roasting which is a solid move from these people cause by all means, you have all the rights to rid yourself of the burning but they still choose not to, so props to that.

[Doan9269]

First of all, know this that merits cant be deleted, and that you received merit from a thread means the content to that thread is impactful or what you post make some meaning, assuming you're the OP to the thread and you receive merits, that alone proves the quality in what you posted to have attracted merits and is likely not to be deleted, instead may be moved to the appropriate board as the case may be, am not saying that merited posts cant be deleted, but for such to receive merit, it deserves not to be deleted and is likely not going to be deleted.

[Porfirii]

First of all, know this that merits cant be deleted, and that you received merit from a thread means the content to that thread is impactful or what you post make some meaning, assuming you're the OP to the thread and you receive merits, that alone proves the quality in what you posted to have attracted merits and is likely not to be deleted, instead may be moved to the appropriate board as the case may be, am not saying that merited posts cant be deleted, but for such to receive merit, it deserves not to be deleted and is likely not going to be deleted.

It can happen, though, as the moderators of self-moderated threads may not share the criteria of those who merited the post. So I think that it is positive to respect the opinion of those who merited, taking into account that merits are limited, and therefore don't delete the merits only because of the decision of the OPs.

[Alone055]

am not saying that merited posts cant be deleted, but for such to receive merit, it deserves not to be deleted and is likely not going to be deleted.

That's not accurate. Merit is given subjectively on a lot of occasions, and it doesn't mean that if you have received a merit from me for a certain post that you made should make your post stay and mods shouldn't delete it even if it isn't good enough but maybe I liked something in it.

Do you think that every single post in this forum that has received at least one merit from the announcement day of the merit system till today is constructive and deserves merits or shouldn't/shouldn't have been deleted?