We seem to have a cork stuck in the bottle (neck) of the Promotion algorithm. It seems to stop at USER LEVEL then if a member wants to get promoted they must request it. There are members on the site less than a year that are at the user level and members on the site over ten year who are still at the user level. WHY? Other members have tried to guide the way for those stuck in purgatory and with enough squeaky wheel additive and a bit of hoop jumping they may attain the requested Promotion. Sometimes you need lots of Squeaky wheel additive I think one member (name not revealed) must have used gallons of the additive before he made it to the top. Now once you're at the top it does not require any further requests , however for those who should be trackers by now and are stuck in User Level I feel your pain. In all that has been suggested by other trackers all I might add is apply a large amount of S.W.A. in the forums and see if your promotion is granted.

PLEASE NOTE : The views expressed in the message are only my opinions and are not meant to ruffle anyone's feathers.