Hello,
I had recently applied for editor with username-swaraj. Yesterday I got rejection mail with useful reviewer comment :
I want to request metas to help me understand the Reviewer Comments better.
In the mail it is said that the category I applied for(http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/India/Gujarat/Localities/Gandhidham/) doesn't have any listing, but if you check it, it really have listings. Then it was said that such categories are not made to have listings of their own but to provide listing to other categories, but if you see the category it has its own listing and the category falls under "Localities", then I guess it really requires listings, it will help people using the directory to let them know about sites related to their locality. Moreover it has "Become an Editor" button, though I am not taking it as a point, it might be due to some programming mistake or some other matter.
I am not questioning reviewers decision, I respect it and therefore have applied again while keeping in mind his/her comments but I just want help from meta to understand his/her comment better.
Thank you.
I had recently applied for editor with username-swaraj. Yesterday I got rejection mail with useful reviewer comment :
The category you applied for does not contain any listings. Many categories in the directory exist to allow linking to related categories, but are not intended to have their own listings. Others are destined to be forever quite small, and therefore do not not allow a new editor sufficient opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the editing process - something that is necessary for editors to gain further editing privileges. Please select a somewhat larger category; categories with 15-70 listings are a good choice.
I want to request metas to help me understand the Reviewer Comments better.
In the mail it is said that the category I applied for(http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/India/Gujarat/Localities/Gandhidham/) doesn't have any listing, but if you check it, it really have listings. Then it was said that such categories are not made to have listings of their own but to provide listing to other categories, but if you see the category it has its own listing and the category falls under "Localities", then I guess it really requires listings, it will help people using the directory to let them know about sites related to their locality. Moreover it has "Become an Editor" button, though I am not taking it as a point, it might be due to some programming mistake or some other matter.
I am not questioning reviewers decision, I respect it and therefore have applied again while keeping in mind his/her comments but I just want help from meta to understand his/her comment better.
Thank you.