There is one such thread by @Ratimov in which if you are eligible to apply or have the little amount of merits left for your next rank : [Merit] ]Help newbies and those who have a little left to the next rank

These are big merit lags and you see merit sources could help you to reach next rank if you are having little amount of merits only but suppose if a full member is having 110 merits so he still have 140 merits left so will they be dropping out such numbers at once? The merits will be send on quality based only and sometimes the members has left few left so that can be helped by sources but not these numbers.Those who are quality posters think they are unnoticed they can post their threads here

So there should be fixed criteria for these applications as shitposters will spam this thread as soon as it's open for all with no restriction so you need to review your criteria.