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Charlescc · Jan 30, 2006

Hello!

Took the the time to check through the links of one of my favorite categories...

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/N/Nirvana/

Smiley's Nirvana Home Page
http://www.seds.org/~smiley/nirvana/
gone/replaced by personal homepage

Nirvanaway
http://teufonline.port5.com/nirvanaway/
404

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/N/Nirvana/Chats_and_Forums/

Nirvana Message Board
http://morbidblue.proboards2.com/index.cgi
gone/possible hijack

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/N/Nirvana/Smear,_Pat/

RollingStone.com: Pat Smear
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=7214&cf=1527
gone/page empty, tested in Firefox, Opera, and IE

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/N/Nirvana/Channing,_Chad/

Nirvana Fan Club Interview with Burnyce and Doug Channing
http://www.nirvanaclub.com/channing/
404/found the article's new location:
http://www.nirvanaclub.com/index.php?section=info/nfcinterviews&file=channing.htm

Hope this helps!

Charlescc · Jan 31, 2006

More Nirvana!

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/N/Nirvana/Cobain,_Kurt/

Kurt Cobain: The Man Who Sold The World
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/swing/38/
gone/spam

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/N/Nirvana/Fan_Pages/

Althea's Riot Page
http://planeta.terra.com.br/arte/violetriot/English-index.htm
404

D.P.'s Nirvana Home Page
http://pw1.netcom.com/~dperle/nirvana/
404

The Hard-Core Nirvana Fan Page
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stadium/5503/
hijack/placeholder/this one is great, really

Help Me I'm Hungry
http://www.southcom.com.au/~ahowell/
hijack

I Need An Easy Friend
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/8482/
empty

Lee Bishop's Nirvana and Foo Fighters Page
http://expage.com/page/leepage712/
page seems gone, contains just one small list of shows/recordings

Nirvana - Safer than Heaven
http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/nirvanasth/index.html
empty/ads only

Nirvana 4eva
http://www.maxpages.com/grungefreaks/Nirvanas_homepage
empty/ads only with invalid redirect to new address

I understand that most of the links in this last category, which I suppose to be still fairly popular, are very old, and that these are "fan" pages, but it seems that average quality of websites listed here is very very low. Indeed, this is also because many free web hosting services have gone crazy with their ads on their users' websites, but, as a matter of fact, some of the websites have entirely broken navigation bars and menus thanks to the ads thrown into the page by angelfire or geocities. If I am able to get editor status again on my older category, I would like to apply to become an editor also in this category, once I have gained enough experience. Things seem much more complex today than they were some years ago.

disklabs · Jan 31, 2006

jeanmanco said:
#2108 and #2109 dealt with, thanks.

#2111 - The category seems fine to me. This is a directory of self catering rental accommodation in the UK & Ireland. It has some links at the bottom of the page to related sites for other parts of the world, but those don't make it a world-wide directory.

Sorry about that, I am still learning all the time!

Simon

disklabs · Jan 31, 2006

jeanmanco said:
I have treated Kroll and Ontrack as the same company. I have treated Vogon and Ibas as the same company. So that means that we would not want separate listings from (for example) Kroll and Ontrack in the same category. It would not benefit our users. Each listing should lead to unique content.

QUOTE]

Jeanmanco, I thought this might prove useful:

Dear Ontrack Data Recovery Customer:

We are pleased to announce the acquisition of IBAS Holdings ASA, a leading Norwegian provider of data recovery, data erasure and computer forensics services. Earlier in 2005, IBAS acquired Vogon International, a UK-based private company specialising in data recovery and computer forensics. By combining the strengths of these organisations, we are able to bring leading edge data recovery and computer forensics services to customers in 13 different languages through our presence in more than 21 countries. This results in more local service and convenient options for customers and partners. What more does this mean for you? The integration of our industry-leading companies will enable us to leverage and exchange resources, expertise and technical capabilities and reinforce best practices for the data recovery and computer forensics industry at large.

This transition will be smooth and seamless for you and customer service will be uninterrupted.

We invite you to read the press release to learn more about the benefits offered through this exciting development. If you have any questions, please contact us at 0800 243 996 or visit our Web site at www.ontrack.co.uk.

We look forward to a very exciting future.

Best Regards,

Ben F. Allen,
President
Kroll Ontrack

Ontrack Data Recovery (www.ontrack.co.uk) is a division of Kroll Ontrack.

I was sent it today.

Simon

jeanmanco · Jan 31, 2006

#2124
Simon - I already saw the news of the acquisition of IBAS on the Kroll website. I mentioned it in one of my posts above. What further proof would I need?

What I have tried to explain is that an acquistion may not result in the immediate removal of ODP listings for the bought company. Give it a few months and we will probably see the Kroll website(s) giving all the information that is now only available in the IBAS sites. By all means return then and nag some more.

jeanmanco · Jan 31, 2006

#2121 dealt with, thanks. Especial thanks for finding a replacement url. I found another - for the RollingStone link.

#2122 dealt with, thanks. It would be good to have an editor for the category.

Charlescc · Jan 31, 2006

Jean, I would love to become an editor there if I am reinstated - I should know in a couple of weeks, maybe more; but if this happens, I think I will still need a bit of practice with the new system. I suppose a lot of things have changed since 2001.

Anyhow, more stuff... sorry for bothering but I had "human crawler mode" set to ON.

Missed a couple in Nirvana category, plus I found some more in Foo Fighers' category (which, by the way, contains an amazing number of great websites I did not know).

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/N/Nirvana

RollingStone.com: Nirvana
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/default.asp?oid=76
moved/followed your suggestion, here is the new link
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nirvana/

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/N/Nirvana/Grohl,_Dave/

could include a "see also" link to

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/F/Foo_Fighters/

Like it's done in the other band's components' subdirectories?

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/F/Foo_Fighters/
(great category, lot of stuff I did not know even existed!)

Jack Feeny Reviews The Foo Fighters
http://www.geocities.com/jackfeeny/foo.htm
moved/new link is
http://www.jackfeenyreviews.com/foo.htm

RollingStone.com: Foo Fighters
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/default.asp?oid=63
moved/new link is
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/foofighters

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/F/Foo_Fighters/Fan_Pages/

Disenchanted Lullaby's
http://www.angelfire.com/punk4/foofighters/
moved/ http://www.disenchantedlullabys.vze.com/

Stacked Actors
http://www.angelfire.com/rock/foonet/
hijack/this redirects to website:
http://thedst.com/foofighters/
already in the directory in the category http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/F/Foo_Fighters/

Foo Fighters - One By One
http://www.geocities.com/fooonebyone/index.html
placeholder/website might be back?

Foo Fighters Fan
http://www.freewebs.com/foofightersfan/
moved / http://www.geocities.com/assman_92/2005.html
Content seems to be limited just to a good concert list, so description should be:
Fan site offering a concert chronology.

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/F/Foo_Fighters/Tablature/

The Foo Fighters Tab Archive
http://baz.perlmonk.org/ff/tabs/index.cgi
placeholder

Charlescc · Jan 31, 2006

More music for you!

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/R/Rock/Alternative/

EuroRanch Music
http://makotter.tripod.com/
redirect/ http://www.euroranch.org/
Also, website is really good, but it is now German, not in English.
Should be moved to
http://dmoz.org/World/Deutsch/Kultur/Musik/Genres/Rock/Alternative_Rock/

Fifth Dream Today
http://members.aol.com/oneirosv/
redirect/ http://fifthdreamtoday.toastednet.org/
Probably http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/R/Rock/Gothic/ would be more appropriate, as website focuses on this branch of Alternative music.

1mMIDIJaDay
http://www.fora.gr/stergios/midi
gone/website first redirects to new domain, but new domain is just a placeholder.

A Modern Alternative Multimedia Journey
http://www.doesnot.com/
gone/seems just a "stylish" place holder is left here

http://www.alterflava.4t.com/
gone/placeholder

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Sound_Files/MP3/Streaming/Stations/Rock/Alternative/

8BallRadio
http://www.8ballradio.com/
radio closed

Club DJ
http://home.pacbell.net/id242/
radio closed

indiePOPradio.com
http://indiepopradio.com/
radio closed

One Take Radio
http://www.onetakerecords.de/framesradio.htm
404

The Phantom
http://xfxwbroadcasting.tripod.com/
radio closed/Live 365 reports invalid radio link

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/R/Rock/Gothic/

Angelique's Gothic Newsletter
http://angeliquenews.mybravenet.com/
404/placeholder

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/R/Rock/Gothic/Magazines_and_E-zines/

Enochian Apocalypse
http://www.geocities.com/enochianapocalypse
moved/new link is
http://www.enochianapocalypse.com

Recycle Your Ears
http://www.recycleyourears.com/
gone/points to a website administration page - maybe webmaster is working on it?

Artisands · Jan 31, 2006

Item 2127 is done with the following exceptions:
Grohl,_Dave category was not found
and
http://www.angelfire.com/rock/foonet/ looked OK. The site entrance is the red bar on top.
Thanks

Charlescc · Jan 31, 2006

Sorry about it, maybe the category has been already removed from the index but it's still showing in the frontend?

And sorry about the website http://www.angelfire.com/rock/foonet/ , in Opera the red banner was under another angelfire banner!

Artisands · Jan 31, 2006

Item 2128 is done.
Re: Fifth Dream Today - I left in Alternative as all of the bands really didn't fit Goth.

Thanks

Charlescc · Jan 31, 2006

I didn't think so, and while I am not an expert, I know a bit goth music. The website has a section dedicated to goth subculture, a section dedicated to a popular goth puppet show, a section with goth artworks, and most of the bands are either part of the goth movement or they derive from it. Cure (New Wave/Goth), Nine Inch Nails (industrial goth rock, goth for the masses, alternative music of the 90s mixed with the goth subculture), Switchblade Symphony (Goth).

Anyhow, thanks a lot for taking care of it!

disklabs · Jan 31, 2006

jeanmanco said:
#2124
Simon - I already saw the news of the acquisition of IBAS on the Kroll website. I mentioned it in one of my posts above. What further proof would I need?

What I have tried to explain is that an acquistion may not result in the immediate removal of ODP listings for the bought company. Give it a few months and we will probably see the Kroll website(s) giving all the information that is now only available in the IBAS sites. By all means return then and nag some more.

JeanManco,

No problems, as ever, I appreciate the polite way of you telling me that I am a bit of a div

Consider me looking forward to the future nag!

Take care, and keep up with the good work.

As ever, regards,

Simon

Charlescc · Jan 31, 2006

Different genre!

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/R/Rock/Gothic/Radio/

God's Wil
http://radio.godswil.com/index.php
radio closed

http://dmoz.org/Business/Arts_and_Entertainment/Music/Labels/Specialty/Rock/Gothic/

Manic Depression
http://manic.depression.free.fr/
empty

There is one more, http://217.160.52.55/prophecy_en/index.php, that returns a php error, but it might be fixed soon. I will repost this later, if it is still inactive.

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/R/Rock/Heavy_Metal/Doom_Metal/

Stoner Doom Rock
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/~stonerdoomrock/
closed/empty

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/R/Rock/Industrial/

Darkwave Produktions
http://www.geocities.com/darkwaveproductions/
moved/ http://www.darkwave-produktions.com/

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/R/Rock/Alternative/Madchester/

Live365: Madchester Radio
http://www.live365.com/stations/163154

http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Canada/Arts_and_Entertainment/Music/Styles/Rock/Alternative/

Chalice
http://chalice.8k.com/index.html
closed/webmaster provided a link to a new address, but there is just an empty apache server directory

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Lyrics/Alternative/

http://catalog.agava.ru/
hijack/redirects to russian (matchmaking?) website

http://dmoz.org/World/Italiano/Arte/Musica/Artisti/N/Nirvana/

Nirvana
http://web.tiscali.it/nirvanabyfab/
moved/http://fabrizioferra.altervista.org//nirvana/index.htm

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/R/Rock/Alternative/Magazines_and_E-zines/

Re:mote Induction
http://members.tripod.com/rem_ind/
closed/hijack/redirects to a new url (http://www.remoteinduction.co.uk/), then to the company selling it, where it's specified the url is no longer in use. On a note, some of the random photos displayed in this company's homepage contain nudity and violence

http://www.geocities.com/spaceturtlesinx/
closed/author provided an url to a new website, but topic is different - photos of rock-alternative bands

The Exclusive Fanzine
http://www.exclusive2.freeserve.co.uk/
gone

4ster · Feb 1, 2006

editors may wish to look at the following links

When time is available, editors may wish to look at the following links. Hopefully, I have done this correctly and provided sufficient information.

Top: Business: Agriculture and Forestry: Forestry: Consulting (56)

http://www.fourwindsforestry.com/ Blank page

http://client.forestindustry.com/hawkins-assoc/ Update link – new link provided

http://216.219.253.217/ The error message says the site is listed as temporarily unavailable. DMOZ has the site name as Sustainable Forestry Advisors

4ster · Feb 1, 2006

Business: Agriculture and Forestry: Forestry: Associations: North America

When time is available, editors may wish to look at the following:

Top: Business: Agriculture and Forestry: Forestry: Associations: North America

http://hawaii-forest.org/ This site concerns a forestry association in Hawaii and may be better located in Oceania.

The following site is listed twice in this category. The URL’s, http://www.lumber.org/ and http://www.nawla.org/ , point to what appears to be the same site.

• North American Wholesale Lumber Association - An international trade association of over 500 wholesalers and manufacturers in the United States and Canada.
• North American Wholesale Lumber Association - International trade association of over 650 forest products and building material industry wholesalers, manufacturers and industry affiliated companies throughout the United States and Canada.

The following listing is under construction with almost no content.

Private Forest Landowners Association - The PFLA was established to represent owners of private managed forests in British Columbia's forest and agricultural land reserves. The PFLA's mission is to promote responsible forestry, and promote government policy that encourages investment on private forest lands, including incentives to grow trees.

jeanmanco · Feb 1, 2006

#2134 dealt with, thanks.

I found a new url for Prophecy Productions, so there is no need to repost later.
The Exclusive Fanzine is still online, but there hasn't been a new issue for years, so thanks for pointing it out.

Changes may not appear immediately on the public side.

4ster · Feb 1, 2006

When editors have time:

When editors have time:

Top: Business: Agriculture and Forestry: Forestry: News and Media

The following listing is under construction and contains no relative content:

Forestsource.com - Online forest industry information and news for North America.

jeanmanco · Feb 1, 2006

#2135 dealt with, thanks.

You are giving all the information needed, though it would be more helpful to give the ODP title for every listing you mention. That is what is easily visible. Finding a listing by url is possible, but takes longer. In fact the url doesn't need to be given at all if you supply category and title.

If you would like to be even more helpful you could provide a clickable link to the category. Again it saves time for the editor.

Note that changes may not be immediately visible on the public side of the directory. You should see them within a day or so, probably less.

jeanmanco · Feb 1, 2006

#2136 dealt with, thanks.

I know that in geographical terms Hawaii is not part of North America, but in political terms it is part of the US, and so that is how it is classified in the ODP. See http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/ .

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