Meta hutcheson Posted August 24, 2002 Meta Posted August 24, 2002 >>If only the sites picked by the editors are entered then it is as I said in another posting "a club" not a SE or DIR. No doubt for many people, that would be the goal and result of their editing. We try to select editors from people who think differently. I think we often succeed. [Later, guys. I'm tired of deleting spam. I think I'll go search for some good sites that were never submitted.]
old_crone Posted August 24, 2002 Posted August 24, 2002 If only the sites picked by the editors are entered then it is as I said in another posting "a club" not a SE or DIR. I just realized that this was a comment to one of my posts and felt I should clarify that I never said that I, or any other editor, only adds the good submissions from the unreviewed queue. I said that I look for good submissions first. I think that dstanovic gave clear, precise explanations for why it takes so long for some sites to get reviewed. Even with a large dedicated work force it would take huge amounts of time to weed through the unreviewed, not to mention there are other tasks the editors need to do. All-n-all, the ODP editors do a good job. (Not counting the bad editors, they know who they are).
Guest Posted August 24, 2002 Posted August 24, 2002 You are assuming a lot here, my prime problem (I share it with hundreds) is that I have waited months for my site to be added. I have stimulated conversation thats all, I've not come on here to point fingers although I have pointed out problems. These problems are not new I was told some of them by editors some weeks ago. I work solving system problems, that does not mean I fit new hard drives. Workflow management, human behavour & dealing with acual facts not asumptions form my everyday work. I get paid well because I'm one of the best in my area. The reason I'm is simply because I have the ability to quickly see though problems to solutions. This is natural to me and hence the reason why I'm commenting on these problem, I can't help myself. Yes I'm looking form the outside in, this is in fact the best place to view problems. At the end of the day if the bods that run DMOZ think nothing needs improving then they have failed, things can always get better and thats why I point these things out. I sure, in fact I know a great deal of great work is done for no payment by 99% of editors. Unfortunatly for me my site is the hands of the other 1%.
dstanovic Posted August 24, 2002 Posted August 24, 2002 Driftwood, If you still fail to see why your site has taken this long and you still believe you have the answers to why - this thread can be closed as it is going nowhere <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" alt="" /> I am editing in a category that has 11,477 unreviewed sites. This is just one small area of the directory. I have run my own business for over 20 years and I believe (although biased) that I've done a pretty good job. There are sites I am listing that make the time you have waited seem like days instead of weeks. I can see the "facts" are not going to change your mind so I will refrain to further contribution of this thread as you are judging the work of others that you have absolutely no clue about. When told you ignore the facts and go on complaining about “your” problem. Sorry but I will not take part in this any more than I have. Dave
Meta theseeker Posted August 25, 2002 Meta Posted August 25, 2002 Since this forum is for status of submissions and that has been answered, I'm closing this thread. Discussions about problems perceived from the outside are not unwelcome, but they should be done in the General or Site Submission forum.
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