PHI1618, I believe to get considered, you'll have to follow rules. Forget about much unnecessary burden on the page by quotes and do as the rules say. The quoting was added so it will be easier to read without visiting the original thread.
If you want to be a merit source:
2. Collect TEN posts written in the last couple of months by other people that have not received nearly enough merit for how good they are, and post quotes for them all in a new Meta thread. The point of this is to demonstrate your ability to give out merit usefully.
Goodluck with your application.
Thank you for your kind attention. I'm updating my application right now.