It's still hard to believe that op is a newbie and not an alt, because from the looks of things, he know more on how the forum works. I had checked for that thread where he applied for merit but saw that he deleted it already.
Nevertheless op, you have been given a lot of pages and thread to guide you (that's if you Are really a newbie) make you to read them well and understand each of those rules. One major rule you should keep up with, is that of plagarism as the forum doesn't condow any form of it. I will drop this thread so you should check out, on how to avoid plagiarism

[TIPS] to avoid plagiarism
Nice having you here.