.........this is a joke right???

Eric-the-Bun · Dec 26, 2006

I don't think you understand the volunteer concept. Edtors decide what time they can offer to editing. If an editor has other commitments, they may not be able to edit regularly (eg school holidays). It is not as if someone being an editor stops anyone else becoming an editor. There is nothing to stop a category from having two or more editors.

Sometimes an editor has only made a personal commitment to a particular category which merely needs an occassional visit to maintain it. An editor in that position would find it extremely difficult to do a certain number of edits every week and, with your ruling, an editor doing a good job of maintaining a category would be dismissed or otherwise censured.

regards

lmocr · Dec 26, 2006

I can interpret the 1 a week for 3 weeks and then rest on the 4th week (which was a lame joke btw).

The individual thinks that the only work we do is list sites. So if the directory grew by 21000 sites in an average month and there are 7000 editors - then that would be 3 sites added per month per editor.

I wish that was the only work we did - if that was true, then the directory would never shrink and sites, once listed, would never go bad, and people wouldn't suggest a site to 500 different categories when it only belongs in one category, or someone wouldn't suggest a site to a county when it really belongs in a locality, or the sites written in languages other than English would not be suggested to English only categories, and sites only written in English would not be suggested to World categories, and people wouldn't mistype their URL, and .........

Added - and since I've reviewed about 400 sites in the last week - that means 39 other editors don't have to (using the review 10 sites per week requirement) - and I only listed a handful. Oh dear.

avh · Dec 27, 2006

It was a joke. I was quoting from the ODP reports

Sep 2006
# Net growth in listings: : ~22,073
Currently active editor accounts: 7,198

Aug 2006
Net growth in listings: : ~ -19,870

Currently active editor accounts: ~7,330

July 2006
Net growth in listings: 17,355
Currently active editor accounts: 7,407

I was slightly mean, but then again I could have used August 2006 as reference

PS: and no, I was not misinterpreting anything, I did not read any rules regardingthe minimal activity required. It was just a joke, which apparently nobody got

motsa said:
Huh? Where does it say that editors have to add 3 sites (over 3 weeks or anything else)?

hutcheson · Dec 27, 2006

So, avoid the jokes until you have established some commonality of interest with the community: otherwise you come across like a white racist making "nigger jokes".

kewltubes · Dec 28, 2006

hhhmmmmm

I just want the chance for my business web site to be listed in dmoz. I began this business in early 2006 manufacturing knit golf headcovers and my business is doing great through Google AdWords. But it would still be nice to be able to get listed in DMOZ. But I guess until they resolve these issues that seem to be going on for months I have no chance at being listed with dmoz.... very disappointing. Just my opinion.

hutcheson · Dec 28, 2006

>But I guess until they resolve these issues that seem to be going on for months I have no chance at being listed with dmoz.

Not true. Editors can find and list sites that have not been suggested.

pvgool · Dec 28, 2006

You are not totaly correct.
The possibility to suggest a site has not much to do with the possibility to be listed.
- From all suggested sites most are rejected.
- A lot of sites that get listed were never suggested.
How is this possible you ask.
Well, editors have many ways of finding good sites. We might find your site through an adverstisement in a local newspaper, as a link on another site or maybe through a serach on Google (or one of many other possibilities).

MissA · Dec 28, 2006

I have taken the time to read through many of the postings in the forums and have read the ODP rules before registering to post any message. There seems to be considerable frustration all around, so please excuse my question if it seems trivial. I am a small business owner and I have a site that I would like to have listed on DMOZ. I had a person that I hired to help with getting my site submitted/suggested to a number of places that has since been released from his duties because of questionable practices. I have since taken on the role of learning as much as I can and attempting to do this myself.

I do not know if my former "helper" ever suggested my site to DMOZ for inclusion. The site is not currently included. Since the technical difficulties have taken place and the submit feature is still not up and running, are there any suggestions as to how long is an appropriate time to wait, after the submit feature is functional again, to see if the site gets included before attempting to submit? I do not want to appear to spam the directory.

lmocr · Dec 28, 2006

One additional suggestion after the technical issues have been resolved would not be considered spam.

crowbar · Dec 28, 2006

What a pleasant post, MissA, you'll do well in your business, I think,

. People like you are a pleasure to help.

MissA · Dec 28, 2006

Thank you very much for the response. I will check back periodically. Good luck with your mission.

I'd also like to say that there are many people out here that appreciate all the volunteer efforts. I do not think I would be able to handle the constant harrassment and flogging that the editors are subjected to for something that is completely out of their control. This too shall pass.

gboisseau · Dec 28, 2006

The negative attitude against the volunteer editors is the reason many of us do not come to the forums. The mods and editors that do respond here, and do try to explain our mission, really deserve a medal for what they do (or, at least some valium).

lmocr · Dec 28, 2006

MissA - editors don't have to handle the harrassment if they don't want to - editors don't have to visit any forums (including this one) or read emails from noneditors if they don't want to. You can read up on the editing requirements and if it's something that might interest you, we always welcome applications for new editors.

sfromis · Dec 28, 2006

gboisseau said:
(or, at least some valium)

You obviously do not know the sufferings which can be caused by benzodiazepines (of which Valium is one). I've seen it close up, and would not wish that fate upon anyone, not even the worst spammer-trolls.

gboisseau · Dec 28, 2006

sfromis said:
You obviously do not know the sufferings which can be caused by benzodiazepines (of which Valium is one). I've seen it close up, and would not wish that fate upon anyone, not even the worst spammer-trolls.

Guess I had better make that beer-all-around!

crowbar · Dec 28, 2006

Yes, we wouldn't be here, if we weren't willing to handle a little venting from the public,

, MissA.

I think we all understand what their point of view is, somewhat sympathize with them, and do our best to explain why their assumptions are incorrect, but, sometimes it's like talking to a rock,

.

shadow575 · Dec 28, 2006

lmocr said:
editors don't have to handle the harrassment if they don't want to

Yes its just some of us are twisted like that and keep coming back for more (here and elsewhere).

crowbar · Dec 28, 2006

You'd think just being married would take care of any such proclivities.

Eric-the-Bun · Dec 28, 2006

Until you've been properly owned by a cat, you don't know what harassment is

lmocr · Dec 28, 2006

Eric-the-Bun said:
Until you've been properly owned by a cat, you don't know what harassment is

And three of them share ownership of my daughter and I, thank goodness the dogs, horses, rabbit and turtle aren't so demanding.

.........this is a joke right???

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