Many years passed and we are not listed!

mikayola · Jul 21, 2008

Hello,

I am always very surprised why a popular site like the <url removed> is not listed. Can somebody out there help to give us an insight to what maybe wrong with our site? We have tried listing this site in the appropriate category and we have done all, to the best of our knowledge and understanding, what we are required to do.

This site is one of the most patronized sites for Nigerian News!

Thank you and waiting for someones's hint on what is wrong.

jimnoble · Jul 21, 2008

Many years passed and we are not listed!

Most listing suggestions from before October 2006 were lost in a crash.

If you've suggested it since then, there's no need to do so again. Assuming that the site is listable, the usual reason why it hasn't yet been listed is that nobody has volunteered to evaluate it yet. Please be patient.

hutcheson · Jul 21, 2008

Many unpopular sites have been listed, and many unsuggested sites have been listed. Some popular sites haven't been listed, and most suggested sites (including some popular ones) never will be listed.

That's because neither popularity nor suggestions have any bearing at all, on whether a site will be listed. (Both factors might have some effect on how soon a site will be reviewed, but there are other, more important factors.)

There is no way of predicting when something will happen. There is no way of explaining why something that has happened, happened then. (Think about it. We don't know why YOU chose that moment to suggest the site. How can we know why some OTHER volunteer would choose this or that moment to review the site?)

mikayola · Jul 21, 2008

Thanks Jim for your uplifting reply. Is it advisable to resubmit this site again, or patience as you suggested is the answer?

pvgool · Jul 21, 2008

As Jim already wrote.
We had a crash at he end of 2006.
If you did suggest your site in 2007 or 2008 there is no need to suggest it again.
If you did not suggest your site after 2006 you are free to suggest it to the most appropriate category.

mikayola · Jul 21, 2008

hutcheson said:
Many unpopular sites have been listed, and many unsuggested sites have been listed. Some popular sites haven't been listed, and most suggested sites (including some popular ones) never will be listed.

That's because neither popularity nor suggestions have any bearing at all, on whether a site will be listed. (Both factors might have some effect on how soon a site will be reviewed, but there are other, more important factors.)

There is no way of predicting when something will happen. There is no way of explaining why something that has happened, happened then. (Think about it. We don't know why YOU chose that moment to suggest the site. How can we know why some OTHER volunteer would choose this or that moment to review the site?)

Very Insightful! Thanks

mikayola · Jul 30, 2008

hutcheson said:
Many unpopular sites have been listed, and many unsuggested sites have been listed. Some popular sites haven't been listed, and most suggested sites (including some popular ones) never will be listed.

That's because neither popularity nor suggestions have any bearing at all, on whether a site will be listed. (Both factors might have some effect on how soon a site will be reviewed, but there are other, more important factors.)

There is no way of predicting when something will happen. There is no way of explaining why something that has happened, happened then. (Think about it. We don't know why YOU chose that moment to suggest the site. How can we know why some OTHER volunteer would choose this or that moment to review the site?)

Sifting through to the bottom of your rhetorics, what are you really trying to say? The Editor or DMOZ is beyond reproach? All in All? Several days after, I am still trying to see what your prose portends in its entire composition. Please explain in poor, petty men's term!!

hutcheson · Jul 30, 2008

Popularity doesn't matter.

DMOZ isn't beyond everyone's reproach. It may not even be beyond your reproach. But so far, you just haven't mentioned anything that might be a reason for reproach.

mikayola · Jul 30, 2008

hutcheson said:
Popularity doesn't matter.

DMOZ isn't beyond everyone's reproach. It may not even be beyond your reproach. But so far, you just haven't mentioned anything that might be a reason for reproach.

Then, since everyone including DMOZ is down to earth and not above all, what then must we mention to point to the merit of [Removed URL - again] being worthy of inclusion in the Open directory project - DMOZ?

nea · Jul 31, 2008

All you need to do is suggest your site, as you've done. If the site is the kind we include, then the editor will list it when s/he has reviewed it. If you haven't suggested it for the last year or so you may do so - once only, please - to eliminate the risk that it never got through to the category because of some technical error.

hutcheson · Jul 31, 2008

If someone to do something to prove a site's merit to be listed -- then that fact proves the site does NOT merit a listing.

A site that is worth listing, can be recognized by anyone: you just visit the site and surf around it, looking for unique content.

mikayola · Jul 31, 2008

hutcheson said:
If someone to do something to prove a site's merit to be listed -- then that fact proves the site does NOT merit a listing.

A site that is worth listing, can be recognized by anyone: you just visit the site and surf around it, looking for unique content.

If I may ask your imperial majesty again, what have you just said? Nea seems clear, but what has hutcheson just said? <URL removed> with lists of special columnists, interviews, guest columns, editorials, business, religious and other broad featured and top news contents etc are not worth listing? You seem right from the beginning like you know and perhaps responsible for the non-listing of this site (maybe I do not understand you, but compare your haughty replies to that of Jim and Nea).Frankly, please do come to earth and talk to me in a layman language! You know, not all of us are that smart!!

Warmest regards.

mikayola · Jul 31, 2008

nea said:
All you need to do is suggest your site, as you've done. If the site is the kind we include, then the editor will list it when s/he has reviewed it. If you haven't suggested it for the last year or so you may do so - once only, please - to eliminate the risk that it never got through to the category because of some technical error.

Thanks Nea, our last submission was perhaps as recent as March/May 2008. I guess we do not need to try again? I know for sure our last submision was less than a year. Please advice if we need to resubmit for certainty sake

pvgool · Jul 31, 2008

mikayola said:
Thanks Nea, our last submission was perhaps as recent as March/May 2008. I guess we do not need to try again? I know for sure our last submision was less than a year. Please advice if we need to resubmit for certainty sake

As has been said severtal times before
If you suggested the site in 2007 or 2008 there is no need to suggest the site anymore.

There is also no need to ask us again if you need to suggest it again (you have been given the answer more than once).
We have also removed your url before and don't like it that you tried to include it again.

mikayola · Jul 31, 2008

pvgool said:
As has been said severtal times before
If you suggested the site in 2007 or 2008 there is no need to suggest the site anymore.

There is also no need to ask us again if you need to suggest it again (you have been given the answer more than once).
We have also removed your url before and don't like it that you tried to include it again.

Hello pvgool, I thought what you read was my REPLY to Nea's earlier response to mine? Sorry if I mistake pvgool for Nea! Did you also read my response to Hucheson as well? I bet I will soon hear from you on that one too or this one has taken care of both? Sorry, I am new here, sipping my green tea all the way here in New Jersey, USA. Please do not remove New Jersey, USA

Cheers

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