Excellent data dump and presentation, Rikafip!  Lately I've been wondering about merit distribution on the local boards, and everything you presented in your last post pretty much answers every question I had, so thank you.

I wish there was some way I could help out with handing out merits in local sections, but I don't speak any of the languages.  If I were to be willing to trust a trusted member reporting an unmerited post that was worthy of merit (in their opinion) and merit it myself, do any of you think that would present a major issue?  The only reason I want to do this is because I know some boards don't have their own merit sources (or simply enough merits to go around).  If I could inject a bunch of merits into a local board, hopefully they'd continue to circulate among the members there.

Good idea, bad idea?