It really doesn't work that way... The fact you have received ZERO merits should disqualify you from any and all signature campaigns.  Bounty posts, and simultaneously claiming from the same campaign are frowned upon and you're never, ever going to get people to change their opinions on that one within this forum.

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There seems to be universal approval to migrate this thread into a moderated thread (something I never thought I'd find myself typing out, but there you have it) .

I do however, feel there should be some ground rules so that there are no misunderstandings about which posts are going to be deleted through moderation.  (Hopefully these ground rules will address @holydarkness ' concerns)

• No "Newbie" or, "Junior Member" can post an investigation in this thread.  They can however post a link (once) to a thread in the reputation section where their investigations can be investigated and analised.
• The only way in which a newbie, or Jr Member can post is if they are appealing NEGATIVE trust being left on their trust feedback page.  (If the post is neutral, then their appeal *may* be deleted)
• Any user of any rank who quotes an entire post then makes a one line comment in response (usually "it wasn't me!" or similar) will have their post deleted. 
  
  Trim a quote e.g.
  
  
  Quote from: (name of investigator)
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• Two UID's  being uncovered as alts does not justify either, or both receiving negative trust feedback.  Unless, of course they have done something such as claiming from the same camaign which is frowned upon by most users here.
• There needs to be a minimum standard of "proof" connecting two or more UID's - e.g.
  
  
  • multiple alts claiming from the same campaign.  In saying this, there have been instances of brand new/newbies using the details of another user to join a campaign.  This may be a case of the newbie copying another users work.  In this case, that does not warrant a negative.
  • multiple users waking up on the same date
• If you merit an investigation, you are asserting that you have verified the contents of the other person's investigation to be correct.
• You cannot post an investigation via an alt, known, suspected, or not known now, but uncovered at a later date.  i.e. choose just one UID you are going to post investigation from.  ^{I'm not sure what action I'll take, but it may involve one, or all alts posts being deleted.}
• If you leave negative trust feedback with a link to a post in this thread, you agree to remove (or change to neutral) any trust feedback found to be incorrect and agree to either remove, or modify with updated information to correct your mistake of a post in this thread in a timely mannor.  Should you leave negative trust feedback, or incorrect information in this thread after multiple requests to have that information removed, the post may be deleted, and you may be temp-banned.
• Teletalk.org is banned from posting for twelve months from the date of the first post in the Mk IV thread.

How do people feel about these guidelines?

I'll leave this open for discussion for a few more days.