Well, you managed to get a contradiction going there, nearly an oximoron. You cannot seriously consider the thread enlightening and not having understood what this is all about. With that lack of effort on your behalf, ranking-up is going to be an ideal that will simply not crystallize.

Often, when you study for an exam or prepare a meeting, you need to reread it all a couple of times to get the hang of it first and eventually master it. Consider this something of the kind: if after reading this thread you cannot answer your own question, reread the thread until you eventually do:

WHILE merit is not understood AND still wanting to contribute to this community
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    Read posts on thread (or extend over to other threads on the topic if necessary)
    Refrain from creating posts asking trivial or sufficiently answered questions
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There are three posible exit combination to the above algorithm. Hopefully you will do it meeting them in positive...