To be honest with you philipma1957, you can say that because you have been on the forum since 2012, you are the human user who has written the most posts etc., otherwise anyone who said that would be severely criticized and I would personally have left a neutral tag on your profile about it.
It's good that we're being honest lately. Here's an honest question of mine: what are the mitigating factors of having a 12-year-old account? If you think this deserves a neutral feedback, then you should do it regardless the reputation of the user, otherwise you're being dishonest to the new users.
This recent discussion is the reason I'm in favor of not having strict rules when it comes to the merit system. People should be free to do whatever they want with their merits. If the admin notices suspicious activity from a merit source, they can just take their source role away.