Exclamation Point in Description?

[Guest wnaplay2]

Are exclamation points supposed to be in the descriptions? Look in the t's here:

 

http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Home_and_Garden/Swimming_Pools_and_Spas/

[Guest rfgdxm]

Nope. Looks like simple inattentive editing, and not abuse. Some of the other descriptions look less than optimal. Editing guidelines have changed over time, and thus you'll see sites added long ago with descriptions that aren't ideal according to the current guidelines.

[totalxsive]

The exclamation mark is gone. That category looks like it needs a lot of work, not at least because it has over 200 sites waiting in it.

[Guest]

Punctuation issues are not abuse. Neither are capitalization issues.

[Guest rfgdxm]

Almost surely this is just inattentive editing. If an editor had abuse in mind, they'd have to be a fool to use inappropriate punctuation and capitalization in a description. This is exactly the sort of thing that will attract attention of any meta or editall who happens to look at the cat. Heck, that will even attract attention to any line editor in the branch. This is exactly what an abusive editor would want to avoid.

[totalxsive]

It's not abuse, it's just embarrasing.