No, these aren't negative merits, but they are sMerits that can be delegated.
I gave seoinc. 10 merits so that he can award some in the Spanish community, and I messed up by giving a couple of merits to a copy paster. It would have been great if I could have delegated the 10 sMerits to seoinc. for him to pass on all 10, and of course no merits would have been added to his personal total.
How about giving some merit sources the ability to delegate the awarding of a limited number of sMerits. It would make the task of merit sources much simpler, and it would act as a form of apprenticeship for future merit sources.
I like the idea, I do, but, cannot become that a way to farm?
Well, maybe it can be implemented just by merit sources and between their "trusted network". Maybe by creating a "Smerit source trust network" , or, "merit source team" we can be able of sparing those Dmerits in local sections, and no new merit sources would be required.
As I told you before, becoming a merit source, to me, is a difficult task, and I don't really desire to become one, but having 10 merits to give away from time to time will be really useful to my local board (Spanish).
Whatever, it seems a really interesting idea. Besides, some of us could be able of wearing your shoes for a while and understand how difficult is your task as a merit source, before even thinking on applying to become one.
PD: I've already spared all the merits you provide me, and also founded a great post with no merits, but I'm out.