Look Like you got offended by Pharmacist but you need not to be. Answer is already in your post.


Just wondering, How you will take "TMAN" comments. (look like he is not active in Meta.)

Now coming to your post, "Meta" at one time is flooded with so many "Merit" suggestion /improvement threads that people ( Jetcash I guess) suggested for creating a separate "Merit Board".  So much discussed about Merit here that seeing one more thread created on Merit is generally frowned.
 
Now coming to question who proposed first about Merit requirement for becoming Jr. Member , I guess it was nullius in this post..

I found this one  also as a good suggestion and even I had created a thread.