Syphrus Recordings listing on DMOZ

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Record_Labels/S/
Syphrus Recordings: http://www.angelfire.com/wv/syphrus


Over the past several months I have repeatedly tried to update my site's description, and it does not get changed. Apparently there is no editor, so I contacted admin@dmoz.org and they still did not change it.

The problem is with the description. Syphrus Recordings is an independent record label, and the current description lists an artist who is no longer on the label. This band is threatening legal action in the near future because their name comes up in searches under Syphrus Recordings. I have tried every way I know to have this changed, and no one will even acknowledge the problem.

Your update request has been accepted. It probably won't help the fact that the artist's name comes up in searches for a while yet -- depends on when the search engine in question updates their information.

Ok, thanks. As long as it's changed on DMOZ, that's all that matters since it will probably eventually trickle down to all the other sites that use the directory. Thanks again so much!

You know, some of us strip out the artist list when we list record labels.

There are several good reasons for that practice. This is one of them. We certainly don't want to contribute to a misunderstanding like you've had.

Technically and legally, the performer should be contacting TW/AOL/Netscape, not you, since the guidelines clearly state that the editor is responsible for the site description: and when push comes to shove, you have no control whatsoever over its text or contents. Feel free to tell them that.

Practically speaking, we like to get inaccurate descriptions fixed quickly. There is a technical difficulty: update requests (such as I assume you made) are in the same heaped-non-queue as new site submittals, and tend to get processed at the same time--whereas for the sake of quality (and legal issues) it would be better to give them a higher priority (or at least a higher visibility, which is the nearest thing to priority in a volunteer effort.) That means that, unlike for a new site submittal, posting here with a genuine accuracy problem (such as yours) will almost always always get a quick response.