Your knowledge is appreciated here, you can easily find Merit.
I looked at OP's post history, and there's nothing there yet that's worth meriting IMO. I'd be more than happy to give him his first merit so he can rank up....but he's got to make a good post first. That's just me, though. Anyone else could give him a charity merit and I don't think there would be too much of an uproar.
I whitelisted you. Not sure how many PMs that allows you though. Maybe Junior Member levels. Maybe report back on how many it gives you so we know for future.
That was very nice of you. Boy, how the mood around here has improved in the last year or so. Questions like OP's would have been greeted with open hostility not so long ago.
OP, if you haven't earned any merits in a week or so (assuming you're making posts), drop me a PM and I'll take a look at what you've written and give out merits accordingly.