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I think a good start to creating the lists of users that the merit sources would review would be people whom already got the activity but are missing the merits. I think I saw a list about that in some merit analysis thread.
I figure you mean missing only a "few merits", not merits in general, since that list would be long and ever increasing is size.
I just checked on the
Merit Dashboard, to see how many would be on such a list. If I go to the Ranking-up Pipeline Tab, and select Sr. Members for example, there are 500 who could have ranked-up (they have enough activity), but have not due to lack of merit.
Out of those 500, 6 are in the [80%..100%) range of their merit goal to reach Hero Member, 39 are in the [60%..80% range) and 455 are in the [40%..60%) range.
The 6 should probably get there soon with no additional help, the 39 would need to be analysed to see how they are evolving, and the 455 have barely advanced since the initial airdrop.
If you go down a rank, there are 2.022 Full Members that have enough activity but not enough merit.
I cant quite see how these lists would be managed in an even manner without favoring a subset such as "the least needed" or "the most needed". Regardless, the lists are easy to draw if needed.