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gckorn
Yes, you are right about deeplinks being the exception.

It appears that Recipes is one of those exceptions.

From what I can see (and I don't edit in Home either) it was decided that listing individual recipes is preferred as that allows us to link to different categorisations on external sites. It appears that where complete collections of a specific food type exist, the index page should be listed, but I'm not absolutely positive.

It's an area I don't normally watch the internal forums for. Editor discussion is what sets the individual categories listing criteria.

:tree:

(Disregard. Too slow.)

Affiliate schemes

Dear Editors,

I think I may have posted in the wrong area of this forum. Recently, I complained about suspected abuse in the category, http://dmoz.org/Games/Gambling/Slots, but was unsure if it was due to editor abuse or simply neglect. I think it is because of neglect. Some of the sites have become packed with affiliate marketing, and it is a fairly small category. http://www.slots-info.com and http://www.slot-machine-games.net, both have a 'golden palace casino' moving banner that pops up every two seconds wherever your curser moves over the content. Some of the sites do have quality and original content, but other sites are strictly for the purpose of affiliate marketing and are bordering on what I would consider as not having enough useful and UNIQUE content to justify the affiliate marketing. Since I am not an expert on ODP policy, I was really hoping someone could go in and take a look since the decision regarding what's appropriate is not mine. I took a look at some other sub categories under gambling, such as poker, and found that it was very clean and had sites with little to no affiliate marketing and really quality content. I hope this will bring the issue to your awareness. Thanks for your time.

Rob

Dead Links?

Hi,

I've found the following in this catagory...

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Business_and_Economy/Shopping/Jewellery/

Some of the links just displayed a 'page not displayed message' so I'm not sure if the sites were just down when I was looking or are no longer available.

http://www.jewelleryadventure.co.uk/ (says not live yet)

http://www.jewellerywebshop.co.uk/ (says page cannot be displayed)

http://www.jsculley.com/ (says page cannot be displayed)

http://www.ams-creations.co.uk/ (ceased trading?)

http://www.bluetopaz-jewellery.co.uk/ message ‘website no longer available’

http://www.thejewellerystore.com/ can't get into this site, it just takes you to the thank you page.

Still looking so let me know if the format I've written these isn't correct and I'll do any future ones properly. This category was edited on March 19th so perhaps they've already been identified and it just hasn't updated yet in which case apologies for making you go look.

More links

In the same category, I've found the following...

http://www.kubos.co.uk/ (page cannot be displayed)

http://www.lola-b-accessories.co.uk/ (just get a page full of ‘tempw’s’)

http://jewellery.hanfordonline.co.uk/ (just get a blank page)

http://www.silverose.co.uk/ (page not displayed )

http://www.percy-french.com/ (nothing to do with jewellery, seem to be a mobile phone distributor.)

http://www.vandenberg.co.uk/ (page not displayed)

http://www.world-crystals.com/ (page not displayed)

Goldcast Jewellery Auctions goes to http://www.gold-cast.co.uk/ (which doesn’t seem to have anything to do with jewellery, but, first time for everything, I could be wrong )

http://www.gemsnthings.co.uk/ (get message ‘you don’t have authorisation on this server’)

http://www.gemline.co.uk/ (page cannot be displayed)

GillS Thanks for that, I think they have all been taken care of. A couple of sites worked when I checked, so they are still listed.

As for format, If at all possible, rather than just the URL, can you please provide the site Title as well: http://jewellery.hanfordonline.co.uk/ took forever to find
Rachel Lee Jewellery - http://jewellery.hanfordonline.co.uk/ would have made it much quicker, thanks (this is now on a different URL rachel-lee-jewellery.wahmweb.com )

Thanks again
:tree:

Dead Links

The following general category contains the 16 counties of Maine:

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Maine/Counties/

For each county there is a subcategory. In each subcategory there is a listing for NACO, the National Association of Counties. So far, so good.

However, within each county subcategory, the NACO listing for the specific county is dead. Because it is dead, the user is directed to a NACO page that is a map of the entire United States.

If the original intention for including these deeplinks is to be preserved, then the deeplinks in each of the 16 categories need to be redone.

1. The Androscoggin subcategory is:
http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Maine/Counties/Androscoggin/
Within this category, the NACO listing is:
NACo: Androscoggin County
http://www.naco.org/counties/counties/county.cfm?id=23001 - This does not properly resolve. The new link should be: http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Se...emplate=/cffiles/counties/county.cfm&id=23001

2. The Aroostook subcategory is:
http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Maine/Counties/Aroostook/
Within this category, the NACO listing is:
NACo: Aroostook County
http://www.naco.org/counties/counties/county.cfm?id=23003 - This does not properly resolve. The new link should be: http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Se...emplate=/cffiles/counties/county.cfm&id=23003

3. The Cumberland subcategory is:
http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Maine/Counties/Cumberland/
Within this category, the NACO listing is:
Cumberland County
http://www.naco.org/counties/counties/county.cfm?id=23005 - This does not properly resolve. The new link should be: http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Se...emplate=/cffiles/counties/county.cfm&id=23005

4. The Franklin subcategory is:
http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Maine/Counties/Franklin/
Within this category, the NACO listing is:
Franklin County
http://www.naco.org/counties/counties/county.cfm?id=23007 - This does not properly resolve. The new link should be:
http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Se...emplate=/cffiles/counties/county.cfm&id=23007

5. The Hancock subcategory is:
http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Maine/Counties/Hancock/
Within this category, the NACO listing is:
Hancock County
http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/usamap.cfm - This does not properly resolve. The new link should be:
http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Se...emplate=/cffiles/counties/county.cfm&id=23009

6. The Kennebec subcategory is:
http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Maine/Counties/Kennebec/
Within this category, the NACO listing is:
Kennebec County
http://www.naco.org/counties/counties/county.cfm?id=23011 - This does not properly resolve. The new link should be:
http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Se...emplate=/cffiles/counties/county.cfm&id=23011

7. The Knox subcategory is:
http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Maine/Counties/Knox/
Within this category, the NACO listing is:
http://www.naco.org/counties/counties/county.cfm?id=23013 - This does not properly resolve. The new link should be:
http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Se...emplate=/cffiles/counties/county.cfm&id=23013

8. The Lincoln subcategory is:
http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Maine/Counties/Lincoln/
Within this category, the NACO listing is:
http://www.naco.org/counties/counties/county.cfm?id=23015 - This does not properly resolve. The new link should be:
http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Se...emplate=/cffiles/counties/county.cfm&id=23015

That is half of them, and this is tiring. Before I do the rest, could someone please comment as to whether it is worthwhile for me to do so? Thanks!

gckorn

What you've done is good: It gives us the pattern. Thank you!

Having the pattern for this, I think we can deal with them without you having to wear your fingers out typing in the rest of them.

I've started working on #367. Don't expect instant gratification here, it's not just Maine. There are hundreds of them to do all over the country.

Hi, have some for you. Hope they're in the right format. The ones that when clicked say 'page cannot be displayed', do you want me to feed these back to you, or should I assume that it's just the site is down temporarily?

Top: Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Business and Economy: Shopping: Jewellery: Precious Metals

High-quality gold and silver jewellery http://www.hallmark7.com/ no longer taking orders

Joyce Treasure http://www.joycetreasure.co.uk/ can’t access

SilverStuff http://www.silverstuff.com/ “oops you appear to have lost your way” message


Top: Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Business and Economy: Industries: Manufacturing: Consumer Products: Jewellery


Hot Diamonds http://www.hot-diamonds.co.uk Page cannot be displayed

Top: Shopping: Jewelry: Bead and Gemstone

BeadBrain Designs http://www.beadbrain.com/ - not shopping anymore (might be temporary)

Club Gem http://www.clubgem.com/ goes to ebay

Debs Bead Emporium Deb's Bead Emporium page cannot be displayed

Emma Laura http://www.emmalaura.com/ site under construction

Hip Essentials http://hipessentials.com/ the only link on the front page (that I can find) goes to http://www.alaac.org/ which doesn’t seem to have anything to do with beads.

Jems Trends http://jems-trends.hypermart.net/ Page is no longer available

M plus M Designs M plus M Designs just goes to a directory listing page

Mike Jewelry http://www.mikejewelry.com/ Page not available

Natures Universe http://www.naturesuniverse.com/ The page you have accessed is not currently available

Rana Bauer Designs http://www.ranabauer.com/ page not available

RS Designs Jewellery http://ww.rsdesignsjewelry.com/ page not available

Skitz Gems http://skitzgems.com/ page not available

Tierra Sol Jewelry http://www.tierrasol.com/ Just go to directory page

A Tropic Jewel http://www.atropicjewel.com/ Says its closing in June 2003. No shopping available

GillS
Thanks again, I have dealt with the Regional ones, but cannot edit the Shopping tree, so will leave them for someone else.

Yes, please let us know if sites are not resolving, we can take them out from the live directory without deleting them, and check to see if they return.

As for format,
yes the site format is fine, but can you please stay with the way you provide the category in your first post

ie not Top: Shopping: Jewelry: Bead and Gemstone
but http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Jewelry/Bead_and_Gemstone
so we can click to the category

Thanks
quality control is important to us
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brmehlman]I said:

There are hundreds of them to do all over the country[/B'].

Click to expand...

That was my fear. Please let me know if there is any way I can help with this NACo issue. It can done offline, i.e., divide up the states, assign some, and I'll work through a list that can be emailed to whomever. I do want to help, and not simply point out problems.

gckorn

Thanks for the offer, but I'm afraid what's left can only be done by editors. I've done the finding them part, they're all over the country, and now we need to do the change on each of them.

More dead links

Some more to be going on with...

http://www.dmoz.org/Shopping/Jewelry/Body/

Bad Bellies goes to http://www.14ktbman.com/ and a page cannot be displayed


http://www.dmoz.org/Shopping/Health/Beauty/Hair_Care/Accessories/Jewelry/


Adorable Hair Accessory page not displayed

Hotc Totc http://www.hotctotc.com/ Just styling irons, no jewellery



http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Business_and_Economy/Shopping/Alternative/

Crescent Moon http://www.spiritualliving.co.uk/ Page not displayed

Interesting Times http://www.occult-shop.co.uk/

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe...d_Economy/Shopping/Antiques_and_Collectibles/

Antique and modern English silverware http://www.mplevene.co.uk/

Antiques and Collectables http://www.elizabethantiques.com/

The Incurable Collector http://www.ad-antiques.com/ goes to holding page

Phils Brass http://www.philsbrass.com/ site ‘not yet published’

Romics http://www.romics.com/ site temporarily shut down. No date

Few more dead links

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Business_and_Economy/Shopping/Auctions/

Estop http://www.estop.co.uk/ site now closed

Freeauctions http://www.freeauctions.co.uk/ Page not displayed

Freeserve Warehouse http://www.freeservewarehouse.com/ Page not displayed

Loot Auctions http://auction.loot.com/scripts/lootsite.dll page cannot be found

Online Auctions Directory http://guestservices.hypermart.net/uk.htm Says currently setting up, only link goes to Ebay

Power Auctions http://www.powerauctions.co.uk/ page cannot be displayed

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe.../Shopping/Auctions/Antiques_and_Collectibles/

A.S.H. Auctions http://members.aol.com/ASH01782/ sorry, cannot find page message

MD's Auction Co http://www.scotlandauction.co.uk/ site under construction

Wellers Auctioneers http://www.wellers.co.uk/auctioneers/index.htm Redirect page but still goes to Wellers Auctions, just slightly different URL

Car Auctions UK http://www.carauctionsuk.com/ disabled by system administrator

Incorrect Links

The category is:

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Mobile_Computing/Wireless_Data/WAP/Portals/

The listings are:

bewoopi : Mobile Portal
http://www.bewoopi.com/web/index.htm - While I don't parles vouz French, I believe they want the consumer to go to http://www.bewoopi.com/web . . . so if you take out the /index.htm it will get there directly. An alternative is the higher level http://www.bewoopi.com though I don't believe that is what they intend.

PPT WAP Resource Centre
http://www.palopt.com.au/wap - The new URL is http://www.palowireless.com/

gckorn

More Dead Links

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe.../Sales_and_Services/Auctions_and_Classifieds/

BobsComputerShop.co.uk http://www.bobscomputershop.co.uk/ don’t really understand what’s happening here…

Estop http://www.estop.co.uk/ same as in other section, just one link to ebay

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe..._Economy/Shopping/Auctions/Home_and_Property/

Edwin Evanshttp://www.edwinevans.force9.co.uk/ site has moved

Wilson's Auctions http://www.wilsons-auctions.com/homepageja.htm page not found

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Business_and_Economy/Shopping/Children/

Chipper http://www.sastex.btinternet.co.uk/ page not found

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Business_and_Economy/Shopping/Clothing/

Argos Additions http://www.argosadditions.co.uk/

Get the page “Following the sale by Argos of the Additions business, the website argosadditions.co.uk is no longer available.

Additions is now part of the Shop Direct Group. If you have a query relating to a previous order, please visit their new website www.additionsdirect.co.uk.

To shop on-line with Argos, click here to go to our homepage.”

BMW Lifestyle https://www.lifestyle.bmw.co.uk/ Page not available

Coalition Clothing http://www.coalitionclothing.co.uk/ Message ‘New site up soon, keep checking’

Hippocampus http://www.hippocampus.co.uk/ Page not available

Josephs Coat http://www.josephscoat.com/ page not found

Kitmeout http://www.kitmeout.com/ not on line. Message says back in two weeks, but no time stamp

Phoenix Trading Company http://www.phoenixtradingco.demon.co.uk/ Page not found. Also says location of company not disclosed. I thought all Dmoz entries had to have a physical address?

The Shopping sites in #370 are all dealt with.

Even More dead links

Hi, Found some more. Can you let me know please if you'd like me to slow down on these? And also, could you send me some money to cover the cost of buying loads of stuff on these shopping sites? I think you know it's only fair...

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe...ss_and_Economy/Shopping/Clothing/Accessories/

Bags http://www.treewicks.fsnet.co.uk/ Goes to directory tree

Christian Ties http://www.christianties.co.uk/ Says domain name is for sale, and open to offers

Leather labels http://www.leatherlabels.com/ Updating redesign call back soon

Nhomcel http://www.nhomcel.co.uk/ page not displayed

UV Stalls http://www.uvstalls.com/ under construction

Denim Knit http://www.denimknit.com/ under construction

Firetrap http://www.firetrap.net/ Under construction, ready 2004

Sports, Soccer and Designerwear Clothing for sale - bargain prices http://www.brandshop.co.uk/ Under Construction

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe..._and_Economy/Shopping/Clothing/Childrenswear/

BabyClothes2u http://www.babyclothes2u.co.uk/ page cannot be found

BabyFlower http://www.babyflower.co.uk/ Page cannot be found

Breast Tees Designs http://www.breastbuddies.co.uk/ Under construction

Catwoodkids http://www.catwoodkids.com/ page cannot be found

ChildStyle http://www.childstyle.co.uk/ page cannot be found

Darling Moon http://www.darlingmoon.co.uk/ page cannot be found

Edge Clothing 2000 http://www.edgekids.co.uk/ asks for password and then unauthorised to view this page

Jokids http://www.jokids.com/ site being rebranded, no shopping currently available

Little Labels http://www.little-labels.com/ message ‘Little Labels has shut down’

Muddy Puddles http://www.muddypuddles.com/ and http://www.muddy-puddles.com 2 entries for same site next to each other

Oilyrags http://www.oilyrags.co.uk/ page not found

Tigs Store http://www.tigs-store.com/ Store now closed

Dead Links

Feeling rather low from my most recent editorial application and rejection. Working here to help wash away the blues.

The following category contains dead links:

http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Maine/Education/Private_Schools/

The listings are:

Dayschool
http://home.maine.rr.com/smlc/dayschool.html - The link is dead. Cannot find a replacement (not listed in the yellow pages or elsewhere on the internet as best as I can find).

Liberty School
http://ellsworthme.org/liberty/ - The link is old. The redirect is to a new URL which should be used in its place: http://www.liberty-school.org/

Springvale School
http://www.springvaleschool.com/ - Contrary to the description, it is now a facility that is up for sale as an apartment or condominium conversion opportunity.

St. Thomas School
http://www.stthomas.sanford.pvt.k12.me.us/ - The link is old. The redirect is to a new URL which should be used in its place: http://www.saintthomassanford.org/

Stillwater Montessori School
http://www.stillwater-montessori.pvt.k12.me.us/ - The link is old. The redirect is to a new URL which should be used in its place:
http://www.stillwatermontessori.org/

gckorn