The Old Sarge Posted February 3, 2006 Posted February 3, 2006 Assuming you can find a few sites that aren't already listed that belong there and the rest of your application is good, it's probably a good category to choose. I just sent in my app today. I did not realize the sites I would "recommend" needed to be sites that are not already listed. I didn't even check them. I simply offered sites that I would include if it were up to me. If these sites are already listed, is this going to be a killer on my app? Thanks. The Old Sarge War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stewart Mill
motsa Posted February 3, 2006 Posted February 3, 2006 Possibly. Hard to say without looking at the app to check and we don't do application status checks until it's been at least 14 days since you applied.
The Old Sarge Posted February 3, 2006 Author Posted February 3, 2006 Thanks anyway, Meta. Right after I posed, I got the rejection notice. lol Seems the category was too large for a newbie. I've resubmitted in a smaller category. This time I made sure the sites I recommended were not already listed. The Old Sarge War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stewart Mill
The Old Sarge Posted February 4, 2006 Author Posted February 4, 2006 Rejected a second time. I thought DMOZ wanted volunteer editors. Too bad. I'll not be applying again. The Old Sarge War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stewart Mill
The Old Sarge Posted March 6, 2006 Author Posted March 6, 2006 I have several detailed questions concerning the application process. Would this be the appropriate place to ask them? The Old Sarge The Old Sarge War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stewart Mill
The Old Sarge Posted March 6, 2006 Author Posted March 6, 2006 Thanks, Jim. My second application was denied with the comment that I had not disclosed all my affiliations. I'm a bit confused about that. The only 'affiliations' I did not mention were some links I display at some of my web sites. i.e. An affiliate link for WordTracker, a couple affiliate links for a drop-ship directory that we use, and some links to article feeds from other sites. Are these, in fact, affiliations that I should disclose? Are links to other related sites on our 'Links' pages considered affiliations? Should I list all those too? Also, the application asks if I have contributed content to other sites. Does this include forums and bulletin boards? Does it include articles that are contributed to article directories? The Old Sarge The Old Sarge War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stewart Mill
jimnoble Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 We really want to know about websites that you created or promoted and websites from which you (hope to) make profit. We're not terribly interested in affiliate links or forum/BB contributions, but we'd like to know if you're a moderator or admin. You were sent a general email which includes unrevealed affiliations as one of several possible common reasons for declining an application. It doesn't necessarily mean that it applied to you. OTOH if the reviewer added a specific affiliations related comment at the bottom, take note. We're not happy if we know you own or promote a website but you forget to declare it. You might like to read FAQ and General Advice before trying again.
The Old Sarge Posted March 6, 2006 Author Posted March 6, 2006 Jim, I did list all the web sites we own and even mentioned that we're publishing others in the near future. I did not, however, say anything about our desire to make money. lol I thought it would have been obvious. They are shopping type sites. Should I mention it (money making) specifically? BTW, we are a ligitimate, registered business. Thanks for your time and answers. The Old Sarge edited to add: Yes, I've reviewed the FAQ and General Advice. Many of my questions were answered there but not all. The Old Sarge War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stewart Mill
The Old Sarge Posted March 10, 2006 Author Posted March 10, 2006 Ok. Got my third rejection. Seems I forgot to stick to the category ... "H" for the artists last name. :o Anyway, I have some questions before I start the process all over again. 1. In another thread, someone posted that the names/links posted here http://www.dmoz.org/Shopping/Visual_Arts/Painting/Artists/Watercolors/H/ are sites already in ODP. But when I copy and paste the URLs into ODP search, it says no "No Open Directory results found." Are these sites listed or are they not? If they are, why do I get the "No result" ? 2. If a site I would like to recommend as part of my application sells more than just watercolor paintings, does it still qualify for the category? I realize the paintings should at least be the main focus, but frankly, it's been extremely difficult to find three sites for this category that sell only watercolor paintings. Of the few I found, I can only recommend one.(Maybe I should pick another letter of the alphabet. ) 3. Not a question ... more something I think you eds/admins should know and I'm not sure how else to report it. If you go to the page I link above and go to "Harden, Luann" and click it, you will be taken to an entirely unrelated site. Thanks again. The Old Sarge The Old Sarge War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stewart Mill
donaldb Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 But when I copy and paste the URLs into ODP search, it says no "No Open Directory results found." Are these sites listed or are they not? If they are, why do I get the "No result" ? When you're using the search tool on dmoz.org it's best to just plug in only the domain name of the URL without the http://www. part. but frankly' date=' it"']only[/i'] watercolor paintings. I'd say that if you're having a hard time finding three sites to add to the category, then it's probably not a great category for a new editor. If you go to the page I link above and go to "Harden, Luann" and click it, you will be taken to an entirely unrelated site. Thanks. An editor has already dealt with that link.
The Old Sarge Posted March 14, 2006 Author Posted March 14, 2006 Thanks, Donald. I appreciate your reply. As for finding three sites to fit the category ... I found several sites with little problem. Trouble is, most are not specific enough and very many are not the quality sites I would recommend. Several are subdomains and some are redirects from urls so long they don't fit the address bar. I finally got desperate enough to start clicking links pages on art sites outside the category and managed to find a few. According to the category listing, there are currently 21 sites awaiting review. I resubmitted a couple days ago and am waiting for the reply. The Old Sarge The Old Sarge War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stewart Mill
jimnoble Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 According to the category listing, there are currently 21 sites awaiting review. Really? That information isn't visible on the public category page - and it's also wrong .
The Old Sarge Posted March 14, 2006 Author Posted March 14, 2006 Isn't that what the number (21) after the "H" in the category means? Can't remember who told me that ... Anyway, there are 18 shown in the list. What does the 21 represent? Confused ... The Old Sarge War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stewart Mill
motsa Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 It's the http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Visual_Arts/Painting/Painters/Watercolors/H/ category that shows (21) after it -- that's the number of sites currently listed in that category. The http://www.dmoz.org/Shopping/Visual_Arts/Painting/Artists/Watercolors/H/ category only has 18 listed, hence the reason it has (18) after it.
The Old Sarge Posted March 14, 2006 Author Posted March 14, 2006 http://www.dmoz.org/Shopping/Visual_Arts/Painting/Artists/Watercolors/H/ Sorry to disagree, Motsa, but that sure looks like (21) to me. The Old Sarge War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stewart Mill
motsa Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 There's a:See also: Arts: Visual Arts: Painting: Painters: Watercolors: H (21) on that page but that means that the Arts category has 21 listed sites (as I noted above). The top of the page says: Top: Shopping: Visual Arts: Painting: Artists: Watercolors: H (18) which means there are 18 sites listed in the Shopping category.
apollyein Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 Let me use images to clarify. http://www.apollyein.com/Polly/oops.jpg ~Polly
motsa Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 Thanks. You might want to make that puppy a jpg instead of a bmp, though -- she's a mighty large image file to load.
apollyein Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 Yeah, I was working with Paint. Didn't really think it was worth it to load up Photoshop. I'll do that, though. ~Polly
The Old Sarge Posted April 9, 2006 Author Posted April 9, 2006 Yet another application status check Catergory: http://www.dmoz.org/Shopping/Visual_Arts/Painting/Artists/Watercolors/H/ registration key: opendir - 9b3fe8df5dc0254b3905287216de4c9 editor name: theoldsarge date applied: 12 March 2006 Thanks. The Old Sarge The Old Sarge War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stewart Mill
The Old Sarge Posted April 9, 2006 Author Posted April 9, 2006 As I suspected, Jim. Thank you. The Old Sarge The Old Sarge War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stewart Mill
The Old Sarge Posted May 3, 2006 Author Posted May 3, 2006 While my application is awaiting evaluation, would it be a good idea to submit another for a different category? I suspect my current application is on a back burner because someone feels the category I selected is either already well-represented or they feel there are too few sites yet unlisted. The Old Sarge The Old Sarge War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stewart Mill
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