is there a way of telling if your submission has been declined?

i know you dont do status requests anymore

if your site is declined from dmoz do you get an email or something telling you? or does it just never get listed??

Sites that get listed are seen in the public listings within a few days of being added.

Everything else stays invisible. There is no feedback.

If you think it makes a difference in your plans and actions -- then follow this simple rule: Act as if you knew the site had been rejected permanently.

Regardless of how much you know, you cannot make a better plan than that.

This is one reason that we stopped giving feedback -- it could not help a rational person, and it confused or even misled too many people.