travelling man Posted March 24, 2004 Posted March 24, 2004 I'd be grateful if anyone could advise me of the status of http://shekou.freewebpage.org/ I believe that I placed it in the catagory http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/China/Travel and Tourism/Travel Guides Many thanks in advance for any assistance........
travelling man Posted March 26, 2004 Author Posted March 26, 2004 How long??? Not wanting to hassle anybody (just to save me logging in every few hours to see if there's an answer), does anyone know how long it normally takes for an answer to the state of your submission to be posted???? Thanks in advance......
spectregunner Posted March 27, 2004 Posted March 27, 2004 Well, when the request is formatted correctly, and the link is fully clickable, then we usually respond within a half a day. If the link is not completely clickable, sometimes we tweak the poster and tell them to read the posting guidelines they were supposed to read. Sometimes, when we get busy, we simply ignore improperly formatted requests on the theory that if the submitter is not willing to make the effort to read the guidelines, we'll focus our time on helping someone who is willing to read and comply with the posting guidelines.
travelling man Posted March 28, 2004 Author Posted March 28, 2004 Am I to assume???? Am I to assume from the manner of your response that I have inadvertantly aroused the displeasure of the moderators? I did read the rules prior to posting and also looked at a number of previous posts to ensure that I didn't mess us! However if I have done wrong then I humbly crawl on hands and knees begging forgiveness and words of wisdom from the all knowing as to how I should correct the error of my ways (ie what the heck did I do wrong???) If the site failed to load, I'm afraid that there's not a lot that I can do there, apart from obtaining a new (purchased) domain name and a faster host provider - which I intend to do!. It is there though and working correctly (at least when I checked it 30 secs ago). So aside from that - is the site likely to be listed or am I required to do major surgery on it first? Cheers in advance for any help......
travelling man Posted March 28, 2004 Author Posted March 28, 2004 Is this it??? LOL! http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/China/Travel_and_Tourism/Travel_Guides/ sorry, should have put underscores in for the spaces... my bad! http://shekou.freewebpage.org/ Thanks in advance again......
thehelper Posted March 28, 2004 Posted March 28, 2004 I was wondering how long it was going to take for you to catch that. Your submission is awaiting editorial review in the category. Have a great day!
travelling man Posted March 28, 2004 Author Posted March 28, 2004 Durrrrrrrrr.... LOL - some of us are just thicker than others and slower on the uptake! Thanks for the reply
travelling man Posted March 31, 2004 Author Posted March 31, 2004 I appreciate that the guys (& gals ) who review the submissions are only volunteers etc etc etc, but as the catagory I'm after currently only has a handfull of sites in, and I cannot believe that there are that many waiting to be reviewed, can anybody give me a guess at how long I'm likely to have to wait??? Is there actually currently a reviewer for this catagory? How do I find out if a catagory has a reviewer?? Really sorry to bug you guys but it's the not knowing whats actually happening that makes it hard to bear! Thanks for the understanding and help, please don't flame me too badly
yapuka Posted March 31, 2004 Posted March 31, 2004 No flame, but you can go over to the "General ODP Issues" forum, you'll find a thread where all this is discussed.
travelling man Posted April 7, 2004 Author Posted April 7, 2004 URL update Having noted the problems with loading that you guys seems to have suffered, I went and got my own domain name rather than the free web site address (plus it does away with the ads!). Is it possible therefore for this submission to have it's URL updated to http://shekou.china-direct-online.com or do I have to re-submit??? Thanks for your help in advance.
Meta hutcheson Posted April 7, 2004 Meta Posted April 7, 2004 You'll help us most by doing the following: (1) resubmit the OLD url with a description "replaced by new URL xxx.com" (2) submit the NEW URL with your actual suggested description; no additional communication with the editor will be necessary.
travelling man Posted April 7, 2004 Author Posted April 7, 2004 You'll help us most by doing the following: (1) resubmit the OLD url with a description "replaced by new URL xxx.com" (2) submit the NEW URL with your actual suggested description; no additional communication with the editor will be necessary. Many thanks, I have carried out your instructions as per above. Thanks for your time.
travelling man Posted April 23, 2004 Author Posted April 23, 2004 Hi, just a quick query to try and find out if there's any progress on the site submission??? Thanks in advance for your time.
travelling man Posted April 24, 2004 Author Posted April 24, 2004 any update.......... please...................
djdeeds Posted April 27, 2004 Posted April 27, 2004 Current status: waiting review. I think you did a good job in the submissions making it clear which one you want listed. But may I suggest that you get the freewebpage.org one pointing obviously to the china-direct-online one? That will help the editor even more when s/he gets to it. Right now they just look like mirrors. Great sig line.
travelling man Posted May 8, 2004 Author Posted May 8, 2004 My apologies, I hadn't noted the last post. I will wait and in the mean time do what you suggest... or at least try to - learning as I go along pretty much..... would it be better if I deleted the freepage one or just put a straight link from it??? and thanks, it's a motto that I live life by and generally stands me in good stead
travelling man Posted May 12, 2004 Author Posted May 12, 2004 The old site has been taken down and a link placed to the new site
travelling man Posted June 2, 2004 Author Posted June 2, 2004 Any update please?? Has the queue got any shorter????? Thanks in advance
donwiebe Posted June 3, 2004 Posted June 3, 2004 There has been no change in status: it's still awaiting review. The length of the queue isn't really an issue, since the pool of submissions isn't a queue: editors can review the sites in any order they wish.
spectregunner Posted June 3, 2004 Posted June 3, 2004 Remember, the forum rules have changed, so your next status request needs to be after December 2.
travelling man Posted July 6, 2004 Author Posted July 6, 2004 There are only 10 entries in the section that I am trying to get into, I assume that there are hardly any trying to get in - maybe you can confirm??? How many are awaiting review for this catagory???? I could understand a big wait in a heavily sought section, but why here???? I know that there's no reviewer and that the section has to wait for a parent level reviewer to take on the job but why doesn't this catagory have a reviewer??? I applied as there was no reviewer and was declined - I assume as I didn't have the relevant experience. Surely somebody willing to give his time freely is better than nobody. I admit that I'm not an "expert" but I do have some experience and surely thats better than nothing?
spectregunner Posted July 6, 2004 Posted July 6, 2004 There are only 10 entries in the section that I am trying to get into, I assume that there are hardly any trying to get in - maybe you can confirm??? How many are awaiting review for this catagory???? We no longer share that information because it is meaningless. Sites awaiting review in small submission pools have no inherant advantage or disadvantage over sites awaiting review in large submission pools. I know that there's no reviewer and that the section has to wait for a parent level reviewer to take on the job but why doesn't this catagory have a reviewer??? It does. Every editor in a direct line up the tree can edit there, as can the more than 200 editors with directory-wide editing permissions. Think about this, there are more than half a million categories and about 10,000 active editors.
travelling man Posted February 1, 2005 Author Posted February 1, 2005 Any Update??? Greetings, I know I could have requested an update on the 2nd Dec but I thought I'd be patient and let it run a little longer. Anyhow, it's now 8 months since my last request, surely SOMEBODY has reviewed submissions for this tiny section by now!!! Grateful for any update that you can provide. Thanks
Recommended Posts