Not trying to play a game here, Arkoid. I was posting this in response to another thread - which I linked - asking for me to provide some information, perhaps help weed out some of the sites.
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I agree, but I'm getting some ASP script errors
Was definitely a bit funky. I went to visit the Brokopp questions area and it was close to impossible to use, seemed as if it had been broken into four separate frames.
I see some unique content on this site (polls, quizzes, screensavers, wallpapers, scores and stats, etc...)
I have very, very grave doubts about this. First of all, the "unique" content is NOT promoted on the front page - instead there is a list of casinos. I don't know what that reminds you of, but it reminds me of a banner farm, except instead of banners there are direct links to casinos. There is nothing else of any substance on the page.
Five polls were created on this site ever. The last one - in fact ALL of them - expired on 12/22/2000. That is nearly two years.
Based on this, I would be willing to bet that the horoscope has not changed for a while either. I'll check back tomorrow and see what mine says but there is a specific reference to lucky number for "Today". The likelihood is that this is also syndicated content, and certainly does not qualify as unique gambling content. And although there are screensavers and wallpapers, I cannot personally justify them as unique content, particularly as there are four there which have probably never ever changed.
Keep in mind that I am not an editor - instead, I am a visitor to the site with a good knowledge of the industry. Also keep in mind that, if through some very strange twist of fate this site is allowed to remain, it belongs in games/gambling/guides, NOT the main section.
I can send other people there to give their opinions as well - but saying that this site is unique and meets the ODP Gambling guidelines is really going out on a limb. No offense intended, but I strongly disagree with you on this one.
Why not please? I think that's the only site listed in Games/Gambling offering this type of service to webmasters. That makes it unique.
Arkoid, do you mind if I ask you if you have anything to do with these sites?
This is of ZERO use to the average visitor. I'm sorry, but that definitely does not qualify as unique content. And even if you consider it a resource - which it is - it does NOT belong in the main category. As for temporary, and "one site", if you ask me that is not justified.
Useful to webmasters, yes. Useful to the great majority of visitors to this category, I highly doubt it.
Unless the last time you checked is before May 2000, then you're wrong. This site has gaming rules and strategies that could be pretty useful to the visitors. I know that this content is also available on various sites, but who's the legitimate author of these pages? Who is copying who? Since I don't know the answer, I'll keep this site listed for now.
I said I was willing to be wrong LOL.
If the articles are not properly attributed, it would be a safe bet to say that the content is not unique. Not only have I seen the same articles elsewhere, none of it has attribution anywhere that I can remember.
By the way, the dates on the news say August 29 - but just from personal memory I can tell you that the news is more than ONE YEAR old. Besides, this belongs in games/gambling/guides if it is allowed to stay.
Does it behoove DMOZ to leave its categories full of trash and abandoned sites?
I don't mean to directly challenge you as a person - however, in your position as editor of the category, I would have to say that I strongly disagree with some of the criteria by which you have listed some of the sites in the main area.
I know. DMOZ is a free resource staffed by volunteers. But that does not mean that any section should be allowed to go stagnant. And even though I did not qualify as an editor - by your reckoning if I am not mistaken - I still believe that I have sufficient knowledge to know about this industry and what is and isn't working. But outdated sites really do not belong here anywhere at all.
I am prepared to help as I said before, as an outsider or as an editor. But I am also going to to continue to do everything I can to make sure that this category is kept fresh, regardless of what that entails, because it reflects not only on DMOZ, but the industry itself.
Lastly, let me point out that this is not a vendetta. I said I would do this regardless of whether my site was listed or not - and kc was kind enough to take another look at the site and list it in games/gambling/guides. So I have little to gain by pointing out what I believe needs to be done.
Any of you who would like to know more about me can simply email me, I don't feel it is appropriate to say too much about myself in the forums (other than what has already been said here and in the thread in the Submissions forum). I have updated my profile to show my email address.
