They are entitled for attention, yes. And if they respond to code review and ready to address comments, they will likely get it merged (depends on the project a

They are entitled for attention, yes. And if they respond to code review and ready to address comments, they will likely get it merged (depends on the project and the PR, obviously). The requirement to be a member of a collective is a filter. For popular projects it will likely do more good than bad. For niche projects, it might be worse than no filter.