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Obviously we would love every editor to sign up and edit 24hrs a day 7 days a week. Obviously we can't ask that. Since this is a volunteer project, based solely on your enjoyment on helping out, no one will ever write to you and say "thou shalt edit one hour a day". We're just not like that. /images/icons/smile.gif Even if your login is de-activated due to inactivity, having it re-activated again is a quick and simple process after an e-mail is sent to a meta, or staff. Personally I spend a gigantic, probably unhealthy /images/icons/wink.gif , amount of time editing and participating in the community. But people such as myself aren't the majority of editors.

Advice for getting accepted as an editor Actually it is completely possible that one wouldn't get an e-mail if their application to be an editor was denied. Sending a rejection letter is the meta's choice. My best advice to you at this point, is to read the editor guidelines, a public document, that can help you learn what we're looking for in a description. You can find that document here: http://dmoz.org/guidelines.html . It's quite long, the most relevant section for someone just looking to become an editor is the "Describing Sites" section. My other advice is to only apply for a category with less than 100 sites. Sometimes new editors are accepted to larger areas, but sticking under 100 sites in that first category is a big plus. Lastly, since you submitted your site to that category, be sure to be completely honest about that fact, and perhaps supply 2-3 URLs other than your own to show us that you're interested in helping the directory not just your site. /images/icons/wink.gif Goodluck! And don't hesitate to apply again at this point.