How do you find out who is the editor of a category?

Hi,

sorry if the answer's obvious, but I just don't know. I guess I'd rather as and look dumb than not ask and never know.

Thanks

Sorry about the duplicate, I clicked the button twice by mistake. Now I really look dumb. Please delete.

The concept "the editor of a category" has no correspondence with reality. It's like "how do you find the square root of asparagus?"

Reality is, there are always hundreds of editors who CAN edit in ANY category. Most of them will never have edited any particular category; however, most of them spend much of their time editing in categories where they have never edited before.

So, who will be the NEXT editor to edit a category? Editors choose for themselves where to edit; nobody attempts to track their choices; nobody CAN predict their choices.

Rather than micromanaging editors, our community leaders lead by example -- that is, edit. It's a far more efficient, and far more EFFECTIVE approach, and that's very important. But it is not at all PREDICTABLE -- and that's OK, any effort spent trying to predict it could better be spent doing something constructive.

And it is not at all CONTROLLABLE -- and THAT'S extremely important. a controllable process will be taken over by control freaks as soon as some value is seen in controlling it: and (rightly or wrongly) many spammers see a great value in controlling the ODP.

Two name tango

Why do answers from people "in the know" on this forum always sound like they're trying to be zen masters - that is, sounds self important but never really helpful.

There is a site on the DMOZ with the same name as mine, almost. This happens often with a site that is doing well. Someone tries to copy it you in an attempt to steal traffic. Anyway, This site, which is just another link site (mine has actual "content" ) name is so similar that I think editors are getting them confused. And I can't figure out how to clear up the misunderstanding. It's very frustrating. I entered two reports, and each time within 12 hours the report has been deemed "resolved" with no reply and I'm still shut out.
Is there NO way to see that an unjust situation gets fixed. As you can imagine, I'm in serious distress.

Fascinating.

Did you not receive the email pointing out that the other site was listed on 22 Nov 2003 with a link to an April 2004 archive.org page? These demonstrate that your allegations are false.

Please be patient. We'll evaluate your website when a volunteer volunteers to do so and not before. If an ODP listing is going to happen, it'll happen when it happens.

Fascinating.

Ok, I DID receive an email. Thank you for your reply. My lack of eloquence does not serve me, I'll admit.

You are deceived by appearances, little dormouse. What is, is; what seems to be is only the seeming, not the reality. When you achieve enlightenment you will be able to be deceived your reliance on appearances.

Hey, feed us a question that has something to do with reality, and we can be unhelpful without relying on mysticism.

Hello

With all due respect, I was merley pointing out that the names were so similar that they might be confused. The example I gave about stealing traffic was, I'll admit, unfortunate at worst, but I never said that this was the case here. The answer about the email sent to me was helpful.

I sincerely appreciate the amount of labor each person donates to the directory, and the toll it must take on all of you volunteers. You all must get tired of answering the same questions over and over.

hutcheson said:

It's like "how do you find the square root of asparagus?"

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The square root of asparagus is artichoke.

Blankety-blank zen vegetarians.... And wrong, to boot: everybody knows that asparagus roots, like rhubarb pie, are round.

Artichokes are round.

mmm...I'm thinking asparagus, spinach artichoke dip with pita, and strawberry rhubarb pie would be mighty nice right about now.

Artichokes are round.

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What have I been eating then?

It's like "how do you find the square root of asparagus?"

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by planting asparagus seeds in very small 4-sided pots and being patient.

Two years ago I forgot to transplant some seedlings planted in that way and discovered the square root of turnip.

Ahh... similar to the square fruit of a watermelon.

oneeye said:

What have I been eating then?

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Don't know, is this an invitation to speculate?

I'd be interested to know... They are green, square in profile, but very woody - you have to boil them for hours.

They are green, square in profile, but very woody - you have to boil them for hours.

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It's either deep-frozen spinach coming out of a box, or you just forgot to remove the packaging of whatever it was...

I think it is a military MRE. You know, the alleged food items that are standard fare for our military, but not acceptable to the New Orleans evacuees.

Sounds like the bits of globe arthichokes that we usually throw away....