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[NCMan]

Category Entry Issue

 

Hi!

 

While searching:

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Idaho/Counties/Boise/Arts_and_Entertainment/Libraries/

 

I encountered the following issue I wanted to bring to your attention:

 

Page Not Found: I did a quick search and coundn't find a page targeted at Boise County Libraries but did find a portal page that I listed below for consideration.

 

Boise County Libraries

- Web access to catalog, information about the library.

 

Possible Landing Page:

 

http://www.lili.org/portal/

 

 

Regards,

NCMan

[NCMan]

Category Entry Issue

 

Hi!

 

While searching:

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Idaho/Counties/Boundary/Government/

 

I encountered the following issue I wanted to bring to your attention:

 

 

Hijacked Link On the landing page, a timed redirect and static link take you to a commercial site.

 

Boundary County

- County governmental offices and information.

 

 

Regards,

NCMan

[NCMan]

Category Entry Issue

 

Hi!

 

While searching:

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Idaho/Localities/S/Soda_Springs/Arts_and_Entertainment/Libraries/

 

 

I encountered the following issue I wanted to bring to your attention:

 

 

URL Changed. Timed redirect provided on landing page.

 

Soda Springs Public Library

- Includes an online database, and description of services.

 

 

Regards,

NCMan

[Alucard]

#3330 and #3332 dealt with, thanks!

[ravs]

kimatisports.com

http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Sports/Cricket/Equipment/

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/India/Delhi/Business_and_Economy/Industrial/Manufacturing/

 

 

netwebsol.com

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/India/Business_and_Economy/Computers_and_Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/

 

 

directions.ca

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Canada/Travel_and_Tourism/Travel_Guides/

 

 

familynyou.com & proudindian123.tripod.com/

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/India/Society_and_Culture/

 

AND

 

sgmartin.com

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/India/Business_and_Economy/Computers_and_Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/

 

That's all for today

[Alucard]

#3375 through #3379 dealt with - thank you very much.

 

Still needing attention:

3380 through 3385, 3396, 3400, 3439, 3440, 3475 through 3478 and 3480

[jshabitat]

Hi there,

 

http://www.habitat.ca currently has a snippet that reads:

Joint site of Habitat for Humanity Canada and Habitat for Humanity Jamaica.

 

This is incorrect. Please change to:

Site of Habitat for Humanity Canada.

 

Thanks!

[ravs]

At http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/India/Delhi/Business_and_Economy/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/

 

Vinove and PixelCrayons both are same company with different name.

[gimmster]

item #3483 done, thanks.

[cnxtrans]

Thai and English category

 

in http://www.dmoz.org/Business/Business_Services/Communications/Translation/Single_Language/Thai_and_English/

 

the entry Translatorthai points to a "We moved site" which points to an empty site.:icon_excl

[Christopher]

In

Top: Reference: Libraries: Library and Information Science: Weblogs

 

The entry Curmudgeony Librarian News Network points to a domain hijacked advertisting blog. Repeated attempts to change the url to the correct one <http://www.clnn.info> via the update listing link on the page have failed.

 

Thank you for your time.

[wheelies]

Hi!

 

While searching:

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Shopping/Vehicles/Parts_and_Accessories/Wheels_and_Tires/

 

 

I encountered the following issue I wanted to bring to your attention:

 

 

URL Changed. Timed redirect provided on landing page.

 

Vision Custom Wheels - Offers wheels for ATV, trucks, and cars, as well as accessories.

[gimmster]

Item #3482 - the description is in Society, I can't edit it there, but if it isn't done here by someone else, the way to flag it for attention is to use the 'update listing' link in the top right of the category page http://dmoz.org/Society/Philanthropy/Organizations/Habitat_for_Humanity/

[gimmster]

Item#3480 done, not all by me.

[wheelies]

3487

 

I inadvertently listed thread 3487 as a timed redirect when it actually is an automatic redirect. Sorry for the mistake.

[shadow575]

Off topic discussion regarding ODP copyright, etc has been moved to its own thread to keep this quality control thread on topic.

[informator]

Item#3485 done, the redirect was also virus-infected so thanks for alerting us.

[informator]

Item #3486: The hijacked entry removed, the update request is most probably waiting to be handled by a volunteer editor.

[informator]

Item # 3487 and 3490 done, thanks.

[cnxtrans]

2 more translation websites

 

http://phet.org/ is listed in

http://www.dmoz.org/Business/Business_Services/Communications/Translation/Single_Language/Thai_and_English/

 

But it is dealing with Laos and has nothing to do with translation.

 

 

Another site in the same category: http://www.seventranslation.com is dealing with Thai translation,

but it is pretty empty with a webboard full of spam, a link page and "Our profile" page is empty.

[aaleksanyants]

Dead and outdated links in shareware directories category

 

wapti.com - link takes to cPanel (host admin panel) warning message for more than 2 months

winark.com - the same as above

totalshareware.com - outdated content, contains some adware/spyware downloads (see siteadvisor.com report)

Game searches - why it is in shareware directories, not in games?!

freeshareweb.com (Free 'n' Share) - the site is in French, what does it do in English section?

daolnwod.com - this site does not provide any download links but links directly to affiliated purchase pages on shareware payment services, take a look at siteadvisor.com report, there is only 1 download link taking to their own PAD submitter! This is just an affiliate link farm!

[phantomize]

In

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Provinces/Surat_Thani/Koh_Samui/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/Hotels/

 

Hotel The White House - should be titled White House Beach Resort & Spa. Are you sure it's "very informative"?

 

Jungle Park Hotel - "informations"

 

Le Royal Meridien - Redirects to http://www.kosamui.com/baantalingngam/index.htm and it's a different hotel.

 

Red House Hotel - lousy description with all the redundancy.

 

 

In

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Provinces/Surat_Thani/Koh_Samui/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/Resorts/

 

Baan Talay Resort - How new is "new"?

 

Big John Resort and Restaurant - looks like desc was taken right out of the site itself.

 

Ko Samui Resort - is a mirror of http://www.rockyresort.com/ which is also listed under the title Rocky Resort, so the first one should go.

 

Weekender Villa Beach Resort - another desc taken from the site, hype and all.

 

 

In

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Provinces/Surat_Thani/Koh_Samui/Travel_and_Tourism/Guides/

 

Koh Samui Island Guide - I think the title here should be Kohsamui.com

 

Koh Samui Portal - This is nothing more than an affiliate site of r24.org and bookings.com - should not have been listed imo.

 

 

In

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Provinces/Surat_Thani/Koh_Phangan/

 

Maya Candles - looks like a pure shopping site and it's in Chiang Mai anyway, not Koh Phangan.

 

 

In

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Provinces/Trat/

 

Koh Mak Resort - involves a redirect.

 

Trat provincial governement - misspelling and I don't think there's an English page for the site.

[Artisands]

item3495 and item3496 are done. about half way through item3497 and will finish later.

 

Thanks

[sugieb]

Empty Website Link

 

http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Pets/Cats_and_Dogs/Clothing_and_Accessories/Dogs/

 

Debbie's Bows [EDIT]

404 / Empty Website, no content

[photofox]

#3499 - The site loads fine for me although it says "Closed for the summer" so I have dealt with it. Thanks