Report Hijacks, Dead Links, Inappropriate DMOZ Content, and other issues here ONLY

[mauri]

Item #5070 and 5071 done.

 

 

sandiegohaunted, please report only URLs that are effectively listed in the directory and that you can see with your eyes.

 

Some of your reports are inconsistent and related to URLs that were already removed from the public side by our automated tools months or years ago.

 

Thanks

[sandiegohaunted]

Every url I sent you came from the ODP listings as I found today and copied word for word, so not sure what you mean.

[mauri]

Parachasers I.N.C. - Investigative group that promotes the use of technology for collecting paranormal evidence. Site includes video and photographic evidence, equipment articles, and how-to videos.

-- http://www.parachasers.com Society: Paranormal: Organizations (null)

parked domain for sole purpose of advertising money.

 

For example, this URL is not listed in Dmoz since about 16 months, so I'm not sure where exactly you're doing your checks.

[sandiegohaunted]

I think I understand what your saying. The links I found were done using the "search" function which no longer actually works. The results are no longer updated, so it is possible for the link to still exist and not exist at the same time. In the example given above, http://www.dmoz.org/...arachasers.com/ behold there is the link however, if you click on the directory Society: Paranormal: Organizations (null) the link is gone. This seems very self defeating especially for all websites in DMOZ prior to the search function problem. A quick search of google and it is clear this link still links to ODP's directory even though it doesn't exist in the directory.

[photofox]

The search function is updated everyday, the problem is we have a bug which means sites deleted from the directory still show in the search results. The bug appeared when we switched from using the RDF to using a separate search database. Newly listed sites and changed listings are still be updated though. AOL are aware of the problem.

[Elper]

#5072 , #5073 , #5074 and #5075 done, thanks

[dsleno]

Hello,

I checked every link in this area:

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Shareware/Authors/

 

There were several links of concern:

 

http://www.artixmedia.com/ - does not go to main page. Seems to land on a error page

 

http://www.bcsoft.org/ - lots of links on site that go nowhere. Not updated since 2004

 

Modjex – public.modjex.com - under construction

 

Innersky software - Innersky.com – unresponsive. Doesn’t load

 

Fieldtown software - http://www.fieldtown.co.uk/ - redirects to a tennis site

 

Generally, this category is pretty low quality and looks like it hasn't seen an editor for years. My site has been waiting 4 years for inclusion. I hope someone will spend a day here and see if they can clean it up and add some of the new sites that have been waiting patiently for a long, long time. Thanks.

[Elper]

Hi dsleno,

Thanks for the report.

Imo bcsoft is still OK, although very old.

fieldtown seems OK to me, I found tennis software there.

The others removed.

Editing is a hobby activity, so timescales are variable...

We have a policy of not giving preferential treatment on these forums, so it might be a while yet :mellow:

If you'd like to try out editing (not just to list your site) consider applying to be an editor?

[mrix]

In catagory

Recreation: Outdoors: Metal Detecting: Organizations

 

Listing 5) San Antonio Area Metal Detector Club

http://www.texascouncil.net/ 404 not found

 

Listing 6) Central Ohio Metal Detecting Association http://www.ohiodetecting.com/ Site not longer Published

 

Listing 7) Camberley and Bagshot Metal Detecting Club http://cbamd.org.uk/ Forbidden access

 

Listing 10) Weekend Wanderers Metal Detecting http://weekend-wanderers.itgo.com/ website moved to http://www.weekendwanderersdetecting.com/

 

Listing 27) Stone Mountain Treasure Hunters Club http://www.underdirt.com/NEW_SMTH/index_SMTH.html 403 Access Denied

 

Listing 29) Susquehanna Valley Metal Detector Club http://svmdc.tripod.com/ website appears with broken images and just advertising, no longer a functional website.

 

Listing 37) Maryland Artifact Recovery Society http://marylandartifactrecoverysociety.org/ No website here.

 

Listing 38) Gwynedd Recovery & Search Society No longer a website here

 

Listing 42) Northern Independents

No longer a website here

 

Listing 44)

Wolverine Research & Recovery Club No longer a website there.

 

Listing 51) South Mountain Relic and Coin Club http://www.smrcc.com/ Only advertising now exists.

 

Listing 60) Internet Metal Detecting Association http://detectorist.tripod.com/club.html No real website here just a page with a few details.

[mrix]

http://www.dmoz.org/Shopping/Recreation/Outdoors/Metal_Detectors/

 

Last of the list within this catagory White's of Mid-Atlantic http://ww2.whites-midatlantic.com/ Only irrelevant advertising remains.

[mrix]

http://www.dmoz.org/Recreation/Outdoors/Metal_Detecting/Chats_and_Forums/

 

Kinzli's California Metal Detecting Forum

forum url has changed to

cadetecting.proboards.com

 

Metal Detecting Equipment

this page is now full of adds and the forum has moved to http://www.detectingequipment.com/

 

Olde's Metal Detecting Forum forum no longer there, been disabled.

 

The International Metal Detecting Group now moved to http://members.boardhost.com/Tom1/

[mrix]

http://www.dmoz.org/Recreation/Outdoors/Metal_Detecting/Personal_Pages/

 

Artefacts and Activities Through The Ages Problem with page load.

 

BoobieinPa page moved to explicit advertising.

[Artisands]

#5084

#5085

#5086

#5087 are done. Thank you

 

Note: The majority of dead links in #5084 (9 out of 12) had already been removed from the live directory some time ago with some over two years ago. Please be sure you are reporting problem links from an actual dmoz.org link rather than an outdated copy somewhere. Thanks again.

[jonnyy]

In the following category http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Business_and_Economy/Event_Planning/

 

Redseven Leisure - http://www.redsevenleisure.co.uk/ looks like a mirror and is the same company as Eclipse Leisure Ltd - http://www.eclipseleisure.co.uk/

 

Most of the content is the same and they are both owned by the same company in Brighton.

[jimnoble]

@jonnyy: Thanks for the heads up. Cursory investigation shows that you're correct but that there are a lot more related sites. I'll take a closer look later on today.

 

<added> Done </added>

[Snoman]

Hi Eds - this category is all about my industry:

http://www.dmoz.org/Sports/Winter_Sports/Skiing/Travel_Programs/Europe/

Jim mentioned this forum as a place to contribute.

 

Here are the dead or broken links:

- Albus Travel (first link in cat, seems to be dead)

 

- Austrian Snow Adventures (redirects to AlpenRider.com)

 

- Crystal Holidays (incorrect name as it links to CrystalSki.co.uk - there is a different site for CrystalHolidays.co.uk although its all the same company owned by travel giant TUI)

 

- Finlays Skiing Holidays (went bust in a previous winter - this site is now being used to generate leads by Interactive Resorts who own Chalet World which is already listed in this category - notice the dodgy pale hidden links to other Interactive micro-sites at bottom of Finlays page)

 

- Global Adventures (page says "Coop web hosting - this site has been suspended")

 

- Iglu.com (this is now their business hub with links to their ski site but also cruise site and many others - this link should be changed to IgluSki.com site, but should def. be kept, as they are UK's biggest ski travel agent)

 

- Ski Bon (dead site last updated 2006/7 according to homepage text)

 

- Ski Julia (site now redirects to V-ski as daughter has taken over family business - link needs updating)

 

- Ski Weekends and Board Breaks (site is only called "skiweekends".com now, so the ODP link looks like dodgy seo anchor text)

 

- Ski The Edge (proprietor retired so site is now seems to be a lead generator for someone else - like Findlays above)

 

- Snowtrip (redirects to skiingtransfers webmail login page)

 

- Vikingval (dead site with 1 image and title "Server 1")

 

- World Class Skiing (redirects to subdomain, link needs updating)

 

 

If any of the above is found to be useful (and you feel like doing even more work on this page!) please do consider my application for sno.co.uk as I think this category hasn't been worked on for some time. Apologies if you see a fresh application from me every year or so, as I didn't realise for the first few of years applying that I'm not supposed to submit more than once. Now I know better - sorry.

 

Best of luck - ODP is an incredibly worthwhile thing and I plan to help further by going off to learn the ropes in a less contentious category.

All best

[Snoman]

I should also have mentioned that you might decide the big firms on that page like Iglu and Inghams and Crystal should really be on this page http://www.dmoz.org/Sports/Winter_Sports/Skiing/ as they are not merely limited to Europe but are worldwide like us.

[mcglade]

This site appears dead http://www.pacificshoresbb.com/

[mauri]

Item #5093: done.

[Elper]

@snoman (items 5091 & 5092) - Reported issues taken care of, many thanks.

Sorry, we don't offer preferential treatment - however, owning site(s) is not incompatible with being an editor, should you be interested in a new hobby...

[Snoman]

thanks Elper - I'm looking for a less controversial category to learn the ropes on (I applied before for this ski category and was told its too spammy for a new editor).

If you have any suggestions of how I might choose a less contentious cat to edit, I'd be grateful. If there is something Ski/winter travel related that fits my current expertise, or background is beeb TV production (though I imagine those cats are pretty contentious too?)

regards

@snoman (items 5091 & 5092) - Reported issues taken care of, many thanks.

Sorry, we don't offer preferential treatment - however, owning site(s) is not incompatible with being an editor, should you be interested in a new hobby...

[Elper]

@snoman - I replied by PM to avoid cluttering this thread - by all means start a new thread on the subject under Becoming an Editor

[Benlnagel]

This category link is gone but I have a site <URL removed> that would fit right in its place.

 

 

Andre's Concessions - Food and beverage concession for festivals and events. Specializing in Curly Elephant Ears.

-- http://www.detours.n....net/andres Regional: North America: United States: Michigan: Localities: M: Muskegon: Business and Economy: Services ()

[jimnoble]

Thanks but our robots already delisted this dysfunctional site a couple of days ago.

 

We don't have quotas and so there is no concept of 'place' that your site could fit right into. If you haven't already done so, suggest your URL to the category in the usual way and some volunteer will attend to it in time.

[zazanas]

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Middle_East/Turkey/Provinces/Antalya/Districts/Alanya/Travel_and_Tourism/

 

The site below redirects to a different site.

 

Url:Alanya Guide - An association of hoteliers promoting social, sporting and recreational activities in the Turkish Riviera. Offers a guide, city plans, and an hotel

directory.

 

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Middle_East/Turkey/Provinces/Antalya/Districts/Alanya/Travel_and_Tourism/

 

Liv and Terje - Includes a personal perspective on the community, photos, and tourist tips. (Dead Link)