http://cableorganizer.com/

The category I submitted to (Top: Business: Electronics and Electrical: Wiring and Accessories) says "This category needs an editor."

I submitted http://cableorganizer.com to this category several months ago and haven't heard anything since. I wouldn't mind becoming an editor for the category but my application got rejected. Probably for a conflict of interest.

Any help you could offer would be appreciated.

Re: Can I submit to a category missing an editor?

Oh yes.
There are parent category editors who may choose to edit
the subcategories and editors who have privileges to edit throughout the
directory.

Your site was moved to Shopping/Consumer_Electronics/
for review.

Your site was deleted from: Computers/Hardware/Cables/

Your site was listed in Regional/

Re: Can I submit to a category missing an editor?

Thanks for your response. I looked at the Consumer Electronics category and I'm not sure where they'll fit me in under that. Maybe "Parts." That has been one of the problems I've had, What category should this go under?

Hopefully, it gets resolved soon. Any idea when they may review it? Thanks again,

--Paul Holstein
http://cableorganizer.com

Re: Can I submit to a category missing an editor?

No, I'm affraid not.

The unreviewed queue isn't very deep there but I'm not really aware of editor activity in that area.

You might just have to become an editor. <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Start be reading
the ODP Guidelines (at least twice)
especially the Editing Style Guidelines .

Approving editor applications is not within the scope of my permissions but...
There isn't really anything wrong with having affiliations,
if you can demonstrate the abillity to be impartial in your listings and descriptions.

Think about it, how could anyone ever edit their hometown in Regional/ and say they don't have
any affiliations. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />
For editor applications: open and honest.
Titles and descriptions to the above referenced guidelines.
Read it all.

VJL

http://cableorganizer.com

My site was moved to http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Consumer_Electronics for review a few months ago and haven't heard anything. I think the section is missing an editor. Can anyone else look at my submission?

It has been published in: http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Florida/Localities/P/Pompano_Beach/Business_and_Economy/Shopping/ .

It was Deleted from unreviewed in http://dmoz.org/Computers/Hardware/Cables/ because your other, earlier, submission to http://dmoz.org/Business/Industries/Electronics_and_Electrical/Wiring_and_Accessories/ was moved to Unreviewed in http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Consumer_Electronics/ where it is still waiting. If you also submitted there, then I guess there will now be two submissions awaiting review in that category. This is the peril of multiple submissions, some get deleted, others get moved around. If you are unlucky they all get deleted.

Re: http://cableorganizer.com

Eh? I didn't quite understand what you are trying to say.

Re: http://cableorganizer.com

What is your advice at this time? I only resubmit every two months. It's not as if I am resubmiting often.

should I try another category that has an editor or should I leave it here and hope a general editor takes a look at it?

So far, you should have found the ONE best category in the Topical (i.e. By Subject) categories (or World categories for non-English sites), and the ONE best category in the Regional (i.e. By Location) categories. You should have submitted once to each of these.

If nothing happens within say 4 to 6 weeks, then you may submit again; just in case the submission was not received or has been lost. After that you should not resubmit again. Multiple submissions begin to look like spam. In any case, when editors look at a category they will clear all duplicate submissions within that category, keeping the newest, then add sites starting with the oldest. So, resubmitting puts you to the back of the queue each time.

Since you already submitted to the one best category, submitting again to other categories just wastes editing time as the submission has to be moved back to the correct category, and then these multiple submissions all being sent over to the correct category begin to look like spam, and each one pushes your site review to the back of the queue.

Advice: wait 4 weeks and ask again if you see no change. Either ask here in this thread (which will move to the top of the list every time a new message is added), or write to the editor of the category, or categories above. Whatever you do, please don't resubmit again.

I'll try to explain giz's post better.

You have a listing in Pompano Beach. The guidelines will allow you one other listing somewhere outside Regional.

You originally submitted to Wiring and Accessories, but this submission was moved to Consumer Electronics where it is still waiting for review.

You also submitted to Cables, but because your site was already waitong for review elsewhere, this submission was deleted.

Therefore, your site is listed in the directory, but is awaiting a second listing in another category. Therefore, please do not resubmit as you are already 'on file', as it were, and we'll get to your site in due course.

Hope this helps,

Help,

It's been over four weeks since I re-submitted my re-submission. I don't want to shoot myself in the foot by submitting again. Is there anyone who can look at this and help me out? <img src="/images/icons/crazy.gif" alt="" />

I have moved your site down to the appropriate letter of the alphabar. Therefore it is currently awaiting review in Shopping/Consumer_Electronics/C/ with around 20 other sites.

Thanks, (I think)

Has there been any sites approved in these categories in the past 6 months? Since there is no editor, I'm afraid, it will never be listed. Of course, I hurt myself by re-submitting but, then again, who knew?

It does not matter that there is not a specific editor listed in this category, as other editors do have access to it. I did some work in this category within the last few weeks and plan to continue in the near future. It is not a matter of never (if a site qualifies) but when <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" alt="" /> .

It's been a few months now. Any ideas if cableorganizer.com is still up for review and when it might get reviewed?

It's still awaiting review with around a dozen other sites.

Looks like in 3 months we went from 20 unreviewed to 12. Do you know if I am at the top of the list or bottom? Is there anything anyone can do in light of the long delay here?

The best anyone can do is volunteer ... There's a lack of editors in this part of the directory. Many of the letter subcategories of Shopping: Consumer Electronics could use new editors.

It's been over a year now since I've tried getting into DMOZ ordinary listings. Anybody have any idea when I might get reviewed?

Can anyone help me answer the above question?