The latest Realm Connections thread only has one server merge listed this coming week, though notably, it’s a cluster that’s been tried more than once and had several issues. Khadgar characters were somehow rolled back to MoP. Considering that Khadgar was released the same time Earthen Ring was, it makes me wonder if we would face similar bumps and it’s one of the reasons why we haven’t previously been connected.
That said, keep posting, keep using the in-game suggestion tool. Tell your guildies. Post weekly. Use the tool weekly. The most we can do is make it abundantly clear what we want, and these are the methods we’ve been told how to make ourselves heard.