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Joe_Noreal · Dec 1, 2003

Hello,

I applied to become an editor this morning and received a rejection letter a little while ago. Is there anyone that can review my application and to help me or point out what I did wrong?

Any help would be appreciated.

-Joe

thehelper · Dec 1, 2003

Sorry but the editor application is the only thing the metas have to go by in accepting new editors. If you can get past the application process there is no end to the help you can get with editing questions, but the application process is something you have to work out for yourself. Tip - follow the directions to the tee and treat the application like it was a job application. Good Luck!

Joe_Noreal · Dec 1, 2003

If I do reapply , is it okay to use the same url's I used with my first application? They took me hours to find.

Thanks

kokopeli · Dec 1, 2003

That isn't a problem, provided they are appropriate for the category you are applying to.

musicman2059 · Dec 1, 2003

Hello,

I applied to become an editor this morning and received a rejection letter a little while ago. Is there anyone that can review my application and to help me or point out what I did wrong?

Any help would be appreciated.

-Joe

So this is a reapply? Normally when they give you the reason that your application was rejected, you take into consideration might have caused that reason and avoid it the first time. If it's something like, "your application doesn't show sufficient spelling or grammar techniques", or the sites you put as your examples on the application weren't good, take not of that, and the next time you apply you'll have a great application.

donaldb · Dec 1, 2003

Were there no reviewer's comments at the bottom of the e-mail that you received? Sometimes the reveiwer will briefly explain what you might have done wrong.

thehelper · Dec 2, 2003

My advice is keep trying buddy. I have faith that if you do not get up you will achieve the fulfilling position of dmoz.org editor. Don't let tech problems stand in your way. If you are capable of creating dmoz.org compliant titles and descriptions for websites you are wanted - imho.

Joe_Noreal · Dec 2, 2003

No, there were not any comments at the bottom, which is weird because I believe everything was right on target.

The only thing I could think of is that my descriptions were too detailed. I looked at the descriptions that are there already and they really do not tell too much. http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Designers/Freelance/F/ I was trying to show that I could write much better descriptions.

donaldb · Dec 2, 2003

I'm curious why you decided to pick Freelance/F/ You mention above that it took you hours to find sites that would fit in that category, so why would you take on a category that is going to be so dificult to find sites for?

Do you have a web site of your own? Would this be the category that your site would go in? I could see choosing this category if that was the case, but only if you were willing to be objective about all of the sites that are also in that category

Joe_Noreal · Dec 3, 2003

I picked that one because it was the first letter that had under 75 listings. I think I read somewhere that new editors have to start with categories with under 75.

Joe_Noreal · Dec 8, 2003

The first time I applied I was rejected within a couple of hours. Is this a good sign (I hope) that I have not gotten a rejection letter yet?

lissa · Dec 8, 2003

I was rejected within a couple of hours

My understanding is that this usually happens when it is an "easy" reject, such as applying for too big a category or having bad spelling/grammar errors. Presumably, your application has improved in this aspect. Beyond that, I can't comment.

donaldb · Dec 8, 2003

I picked that one because it was the first letter that had under 75 listings. I think I read somewhere that new editors have to start with categories with under 75.

Actually Freelnace/E would have been the first letter with less than 75 listings

We don't have a specific number that we are looking for, but depending on the category or area we generally prefer granting categories with less than 100, and more than 25-30 sites listed. Unfortunately there are sometimes other factors that may come into play when granting categories. The category may look good with only 50-70 sites listed, but it might have hundreds of sites waiting to be reviewed. Sometimes that might overwhelm a new editor. It would depend on how well the applicant does at showing us that they understand the process.

Joe_Noreal · Dec 9, 2003

The category may look good with only 50-70 sites listed, but it might have hundreds of sites waiting to be reviewed.

If this were the case, would the applicant be told that? There is no way I could see how many sites are waiting, is there? I would not want to go crazy thinking I did something wrong on the application, if the real reason was just too many sites waiting.

donaldb · Dec 9, 2003

If this were the case, would the applicant be told that?

Possibly

I was just using that as an example as there are a lot of different reasons why an application may be denied. Every reviewer is going to respond in a different way, but for the most part you are going to at the least receive a standard denial e-mail, and possibly the reviewer would add comments about what the specific issues might have been.

One of the issues that we often see is applicants neglecting to mention that they have some type of affiliation with the category that they are applying to edit. We don't deny an application because the applicant has a web site that they want to list in the category and they declare it in the application, but we may be a tad hesitant to grant an application if we discover while doing our review that the applicant neglected to mention their affiliation with the category.

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