I won't publish his name, as there seems to be a lot of grief and stress in the forum at the moment. I hope he will see this thread, and modify his behaviour in the future. Merit is something you earn, and not a commodity.

One thing that I will suggest to merit sources. Please look at recent post history if a guy appears to be trying. I see that some members are active and productive members of the community, but they don't receive any merit. This is because they don't make any of those outstanding posts in the high reward topic threads. Sometimes I give a merit or two to a member as a reward for making ten or twelve 'useful' posts. Just choose one of the posts, and award that with the merit. The forum needs good supportive, non-spammy posts as well as the coruscating ones.