It looks as if I awarded meits to 15 subsequently banned members. I'm going to have to ignore this fact, as it is hrd enough to find post to reward, and I've had to cut down on post history research. Looking at it from a strict perspective, I believe that merits are related to specific posts and/or threads, and not to posters behaviour. The trust/reputation system should take care of that, and the mods of course.

I don't believe it would be right to avoid meriting posts of red trusted members. Of course there is the issue of meriting posts AFTER the poster has been banned, and I don't think that should be done. That raises the issue of included the banned status in the displayed profile.