As far as I can see, you have created and maintain a useful thread spotting "known alts of anyone", so maybe you will earn 1000 merits in the future. Now you are 5 merits closer to become a "Self-made Hero Member". Good luck!
I haven't counted the number of merits for quite a while now, but it comes in at 113 merits just for the OP of the Known Alts thread (there's a handful of other posts in that thread I've picked up merits for). People have been very generous and it inspires me to keep investigating & maintaining the thread.
The merit requirement will be doubled and quadrupled. I assume that I will maintain another two additional lists of users who have over 4000 and 8000 merits. The chart probably will not illustrate the number of such members.
Just a suggestion, perhaps in blocks of 2,500...
i.e.
1,000
2,500
5,000 then
10,000
??