no response from my candidature to become an Editor

goldorak1975 · Mar 29, 2013

hello,

Several weeks passed and i still not receive any response (yes or no) from my candidature
to become an Editor

Someone can check that it's correctly under process (and well received) or if i need to redo it ?

my login: goldorak1975

thanks !

jimnoble · Mar 29, 2013

It's awaiting evaluation. However, this category has a very big pool of websites awaiting evaluation, much of it spam. For this reason, it's unsuitable for a beginner. I've disposed of it for you.

goldorak1975 · Mar 29, 2013

big pool of websites ? hmmm i was thinking this was a small category ...
but it's good if their is a lot of websites awaiting for evaluation (in some way), because i m here to help no ?

below the categories i would like to become editor :

* http://www.dmoz.org/World/Français/Commerce_et_économie/Immobilier/Petites_annonces/
* http://www.dmoz.org/World/Français/Régional/Europe/France/Commerce_et_économie/Immobilier/Petites_annonces/
* http://www.dmoz.org/World/Français/Régional/Europe/France/Commerce_et_économie/Immobilier/Portails/
* http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/France/Business_and_Economy/Real_Estate/

with categories you thing i can apply ?

jimnoble · Mar 29, 2013

Of those, only World/Français/Régional/Europe/France/Commerce_et_économie/Immobilier/Portails is suitable for a new editor. Even that will be spam prone.

pvgool · Mar 29, 2013

World: Français: Commerce et économie: Immobilier: Petites annonces
you have already been told this is not a good start for a new editor
World/Français/Régional/Europe/France/Commerce_et_économie/Immobilier/Petites_annonces/
has the same problem, I would not advise a new editor to apply for this category
World/Français/Régional/Europe/France/Commerce_et_économie/Immobilier/Portails/
seems to be less of a spam magnet, but I still would clasify it as a difficult category
Regional/Europe/France/Business_and_Economy/Real_Estate/
easier, but limited in the numver of websites that can be listed, see its description http://www.dmoz.org/desc/Regional/Europe/France/Business_and_Economy/Real_Estate

Real estate is one of the most difficult subjects in DMOZ as it atracts enormous amounts of spam. I would advise a different subject. Maybe your hometown.

goldorak1975 · Mar 29, 2013

jimnoble said:
Of those, only World/Français/Régional/Europe/France/Commerce_et_économie/Immobilier/Portails is suitable for a new editor. Even that will be spam prone.

Thanks Jim,

i just applied to this category !
i hope i will be accepted ...

I m not affraid about spam, i come here to help not to have nothing to do

goldorak1975 · Mar 29, 2013

pvgool said:
Real estate is one of the most difficult subjects in DMOZ as it atracts enormous amounts of spam. I would advise a different subject. Maybe your hometown.

But i work in real estate, why i will apply in something where i have no knowledge or passion

the idea is that for my job, i always need to stay informed of new real estate websites where i can advertise.
so you understand why dmoz seam the perfect tools for me, and at the same time i will share all my work ... i like it

pvgool · Mar 29, 2013

the idea is that for my job, i always need to stay informed of new real estate websites where i can advertise.

that kind of websites often are not the ones we are looking for in real estate

goldorak1975 · Mar 29, 2013

pvgool said:
that kind of websites often are not the ones we are looking for in real estate

yes but i need to start somewhere

actually their is only few real estate portails / websites / etc.. By few i mean only around max 100 serious websites this why i m a little "chocked" when you learn me that their is a lot of websites pending (we speak about 10 ? 100 ? 1000? 10000? of course review 10 or 100 websites is pretty fast, review 1000 or more take ... lot of time

but i m sure if 1000 then it's surely 985 spam or no adequoate category website

i will see ... if i becone one day an editor off course

goldorak1975 · Mar 29, 2013

for exemple, on http://www.dmoz.org/...ilier/Portails/
i see the link "imoogle", for me this kind of link have nothing to do in the directory, it's just a very poor and useless page to redirect to 123 immo, entreparticuler or explorimmo
but after if this is correct for the directory, then it's correct, i will aknowledge ...

Elper · Mar 29, 2013

The question is simply if imoogle is a "Portail Immobilier" - I'd say it is...
The sites in spammed areas take some time to review, and the results are usually less than satisfying, but if you are determined

goldorak1975 · Mar 30, 2013

Elper said:
but if you are determined

i m

goldorak1975 · Apr 6, 2013

hello,

By the way, how many time it's take to receive an answer (negative or positive )?
I m still waiting my answer for the category World/Français/Régional/Europe/France/Commerce_et_économie/Immobilier/Portails

pvgool · Apr 6, 2013

There is no specific time. We try to handle requests as soon as posisble. But we are still volunteers and sometimes we can not spend mauch time and sometimes we can spend a lot of time. It also depends on the language and type of category. Many meta editors understand English but there are languages with only a few meta's. Some subjects are easy to handle, others a difficult and not all meta's feel confortable with such subjects.

goldorak1975 · Apr 6, 2013

ok i understand ! thanks ... so probably it's better to write the canditature in english ?

pvgool · Apr 6, 2013

No. An application should be written in the language of the category the person is applying for. We need to establish that the candidate-editor is able to write in that language.

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