You lose merits by the word so I couldn't think of a better person to quote than JJG who, by the way, I appreciate for the time and effort he puts into his posts; sharing his wisdom freely.
I think that theymos should punish you because of your finding a loophole, which was to quote and then to delete, which still preserves your negative merit status..
And the punishment is that you have to read and then write a short report on each of the posts that you quoted (and subsequently deleted) and each time you write your separate report for each post, it has to be with some original and interesting insight.. not just AI generated gobble-dee-gook.
hahahahahahaha
Now I am Death, the Destroyer of Forums.
Edit: I've achieved AI status

Currently "certified shitposter."
Some interesting titles, and I am sure theymos had anticipated some attempts at gaming it.