Could someone confirm it's in the queue for
http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Travel/Guides_and_Directories/
It was submitted sept/oct 03. Thanks
http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Travel/Guides_and_Directories/
It was submitted sept/oct 03. Thanks
status: www.travel-lists.co.uk
- Thread starter nedguy
- Start date
Yes, your site is still awaiting review.
The last update for any category is easily seen at the bottom of any page. In this case, it was Feb 14, 2004. Of course, an update can mean many things, such as deleting a broken link, updating a description, or various other editing tasks.
No category in the ODP is truly inactive. Every category has many editors that can edit in it, and the bottom line is that every category is edited just as actively as the interests, motivation, and available time of the ODP's volunteer editors will allow.
The last update for any category is easily seen at the bottom of any page. In this case, it was Feb 14, 2004. Of course, an update can mean many things, such as deleting a broken link, updating a description, or various other editing tasks.
No category in the ODP is truly inactive. Every category has many editors that can edit in it, and the bottom line is that every category is edited just as actively as the interests, motivation, and available time of the ODP's volunteer editors will allow.
jimnoble
DMOZ Meta
Nobody's touched it since you last asked.
It's not a queue by the way; that implies some sort of orderly first in first out system. It's actually a heap which an editor can process in any order s/he chooses. I usually give priority to the ones that have made an attempt to follow our guidelines for example
It's not a queue by the way; that implies some sort of orderly first in first out system. It's actually a heap which an editor can process in any order s/he chooses. I usually give priority to the ones that have made an attempt to follow our guidelines for example
My last posting (13 Nov) was after the six month interval but nobody answered.
I've just been thinking.
As I understand it, there's no notification system. So the only way I would learn that my site has been reviewed and entered is if I looked/searched dmoz or noticed a dmoz referral in my stats.
No prob
But, what if it was reviewed and rejected? (un-thinkable! ) The only way I would know is by asking here.
So I have to ask again.
Is www.travel-lists.co.uk still awaiting review for http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Travel/Guides_and_Directories/
?
NG
I've just been thinking.
As I understand it, there's no notification system. So the only way I would learn that my site has been reviewed and entered is if I looked/searched dmoz or noticed a dmoz referral in my stats.
No prob
But, what if it was reviewed and rejected? (un-thinkable!
) The only way I would know is by asking here.So I have to ask again.
Is www.travel-lists.co.uk still awaiting review for http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Travel/Guides_and_Directories/
?
NG
jimnoble
DMOZ Meta
Your suggestion has been received and is awaiting review. We can't predict when that might be. If it hasn't been listed in 6 months, please ask again in this same thread.
>But, what if it was reviewed and rejected? (un-thinkable! ) The only way I would know is by asking here.
That is true ... but ... look at it from a functional perspective.
Does it help US for you to know your site has been rejected? No, it doesn't. And that's really as far as the analysis needs to go, for the software developers on a site designed to support directory builders.
But...does it help an honest submtter to know that his site has been rejected? Nearly always, not really, no. Whether rejected or waiting for rejection, the simple fact is: it isn't listed, and there's no guarantee it will ever be listed. So he'd better be arranging for whatever website promotion he needs from somewhere else. His ACTIONS don't depend on that information in any way whatsoever!
And, does it help the SPAMMER to know one of his sites has been rejected? YES, it's a GREAT help! And it will give him information to better disguise the next spam site he submits to us. (And that hurts us!)
So not reporting rejections helps us, hurts spammers, and in reality doesn't effect honest submitters at all.
I've repeated this analysis dozens of times in various forums. Nobody has ever even attempted to refute it by suggesting any action an honest submitter might take as a result of such a notice. And in these forums, almost the only people who have ever asked after rejection what they might be able to do, are generators of obvious affiliate/doorway/drip-shopping-ship-dropping spam sites (no surprise, what are most of the sites we reject, do you think?)
That is true ... but ... look at it from a functional perspective.
Does it help US for you to know your site has been rejected? No, it doesn't. And that's really as far as the analysis needs to go, for the software developers on a site designed to support directory builders.
But...does it help an honest submtter to know that his site has been rejected? Nearly always, not really, no. Whether rejected or waiting for rejection, the simple fact is: it isn't listed, and there's no guarantee it will ever be listed. So he'd better be arranging for whatever website promotion he needs from somewhere else. His ACTIONS don't depend on that information in any way whatsoever!
And, does it help the SPAMMER to know one of his sites has been rejected? YES, it's a GREAT help! And it will give him information to better disguise the next spam site he submits to us. (And that hurts us!)
So not reporting rejections helps us, hurts spammers, and in reality doesn't effect honest submitters at all.
I've repeated this analysis dozens of times in various forums. Nobody has ever even attempted to refute it by suggesting any action an honest submitter might take as a result of such a notice. And in these forums, almost the only people who have ever asked after rejection what they might be able to do, are generators of obvious affiliate/doorway/drip-shopping-ship-dropping spam sites (no surprise, what are most of the sites we reject, do you think?)
Don't disagree with any of that. You're right. It can't make much practical difference...(I was really only explaining why I wanted to ask again)
... but I'm not sure your essay addresses 'curiosity' - pure, simple, for the love of it, curiosity.
NG
It doesn't. I understand curiosity. I just submitted an e-text to Project Gutenberg. I'm still checking the "what's new" page daily to see whether it's posted yet. But ... I'd rather the project managers be working on the project backlog than assuaging my curiosity, regardless of how many cats I kill in the meantime.