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[jeanmanco]

#1124 and 1125 dealt with, thanks. Zoplinx had turned into a mirror of another site.

[mort]

Dead links.

 

Hello,

On this page: http://dmoz.org/Business/Education_and_Training/Technology/

 

Alva Learning Sysytems

http://lambda.upc.es/catedraunesco/ads/adse.htm

 

DMG Engineering Training Group

http://www.dmgengineering.com/tgindex.html

(Redirects to: http://www.dmgengineering.com/)

 

eBITS free Internet Seminars for Idaho

http://www.ebits.org/

 

K&L Controls

http://klcontrols.com/

(Redirects to: http://www.ibctech.com/)

 

Technology Training Corporation

http://www.ttcus.com/us.html

(However, http://www.ttcus.com/ works fine.)

 

TrainEase, Inc.

http://www.trainease.net/

 

Kind Regards,

mort-

[Dorothy Arnold]

Totally wrong description and section

 

This site has recently changed and is now a forum

Buying A Home - Online book by an attorney. Explains exactly how to go about buying a home.

-- http://www.realestate-buyingahome.com/ Regional: North America: United States: Business and Economy: Real Estate: Directories and Guides (1)

[jeanmanco]

#1127 dealt with, thanks.

 

It was not Alva that was dead, but the listing above it with the URL you gave. (No problem - just clarification.)

eBITS works fine for me.

[jeanmanco]

#1128 dealt with. Thanks for pointing it out.

[perdue]

In category http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Music/Instruments/Stringed/Guitar/

 

 

Mike's Music

http://www.vaxxine.com/mikesmusic/

Returns page for http://www.landminepedals.com

 

Mill Hill Music

http://www.millhillmusic.co.uk

My computer just "flickers" Opening http://www.millhillmusic.freeserve.co.uk

 

Musikengros

http://www.musikengros.dk/

I don't speak Danish but this site appears, from what I can read, to be under construction or new development? No links, etc...just a phone number

 

Nicky's Antiques & Music

http://home.att.net/~nickysmusic/home.htm

Has new site as of 4/03: http://www.nickysmusic.com/

 

Palmetto Music

http://www.palmettomusic.com/

Is primarily percussion/drum site...better for another category?

 

The Red Dragon

http://www.thereddragon.com/music/musician.html

redirects to Musician's Friend, and most products return "Product Not Found" error

 

Regent Guitars

http://www.regentguitars.co.uk/

Has moved to http://www.guitars.co.uk/

[jeanmanco]

#1131 dealt with, thanks. Mill Hill Music worked fine for me.

[Dorothy Arnold]

Top: Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Business and Economy: Property (742)

World Properties and Land - Advertise your property or holiday home online. Newsletter available.

 

Description is wrong as you cannot advertise property.

[uzs980]

Thank you for the information. I have delisted the link for re-review.

[alphabetsoup]

Bad Links

 

Bad Links in http://www.dmoz.org/Shopping/Toys_and_Games/Educational/

 

Cat's Meow

http://www.catsmeow4kids.com/

 

Fun For Thought Toy Store

https://secure2.websitecomplete.com/denene/

 

leToy.co.uk

http://www.letoy.co.uk/

 

Play to grow

http://www.playtogrow.com/

(now sells furs..)

 

Rolka

http://www.rolka.com.au/

(doesn't sell toys anymore)

 

Soft Wonders

http://www.softwonders.com

(redirects to dollhouse site)

 

Therapyfun4kids

http://www.therapyfun4kids.com/

 

Treasure Island Toy Store

http://www.treasuretoys.com/

 

White Box Games

http://www.webeans.net/wbg/

[jeanmanco]

#1135 dealt with, thanks.

 

White Box Games works for me.

[Eric-the-Bun]

Possible Changed Site/incorrect placement

 

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/West_Midlands/Birmingham/Arts_and_Entertainment/Dance/

 

American Tribal Bellydance Troupe

 

the description says '- Offers classes and workshops. Includes details of performances and dancers.'

 

It may be me but all I get is an entry page which leads to pictures of corgi's and afghan hounds.

 

Possibly the site contents have mutated over the years ( or :-) perhaps the editor has a sense of humour!).

 

Hope this helps

 

regards

 

John

[jeanmanco]

Deary me! #1137 fixed thanks. Looks like it had both dogs and dance last year, but the dance element was removed in January.

[Dorothy Arnold]

Top: Regional: Middle East: Turkey: Provinces: Aydin: Districts: Kusadasi: Business and Economy: Real Estate (7)

Semra Travel and Real Estate - Includes pictures of seaside and garden houses for rent, as well as information on Bodrum and Gumusluk.

 

Has no information or properties in Kusadasi.

Has no pictures of "seaside and garden",

Has no property for rent.

 

And also is the same as

Top: Regional: Middle East: Turkey: Provinces: Mugla: Districts: Bodrum: Business and Economy: Real Estate (6)

Bodrum Real Estate - Several pages of property for sale in the area.

[mSmith]

Category

 

Unicode

 

Sun Microsystems: Unicode Support in Solaris 7

 

seems to be outdated.

 

 

I am missing a page where the unicode characters are listed by category.

 

Unicode Blocks

http://www.ascendercorp.com/unicodeblocks.html

 

lists only the blocks, AlanWood and other also. But using RegEx it would be helpful to have a list ordered by one of the 30 categories.

[bilfar2]

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/Resorts/

All of the lodging listings in this category belong in their respective localities, imo, except for Lost Horizons Thailand, which is a travel agent (based in BKK, so maybe it should be moved too.)

 

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/

Can the Guesthouses cat. be deleted as it's empty?

 

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Travel_and_Tourism/

Three @links do not belong here according to the Regional Template,

1. Adventure Travel

2. Travelogues

3. Maps and Views

 

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Business_and_Economy/Real_Estate/

The one listing here, thaiapartment.com, couldn't be found. (Well, actually, I just found it. It's Acute Realty based in BKK and also owns http://www.thaipropertyonline.com/index.htm , but the latter site appears not to be listed though apparently submitted to this same category. So I assume only one of these should be listed.)

 

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/

Asia Resort Hotel seems to be about only the Philippines, and nothing on Maldives that I saw, so probably this should be sent to a Ph. lodging or travel agent cat.

 

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/Lodges/

The first listing is about only Nepal, and while the second company covers 3 countries, perhaps it should be stated which ones, ie Nepal, India and Tibet.

 

 

Thanx.

[jeanmanco]

#1139 dealt with, thanks.

[goblinhorde]

expired link?

 

In http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Business_and_Economy/Consulting/Coaching/

the site for http://www.creare.co.uk/ seems to have reverted to the hosting company http://easily.co.uk/

[casimps1]

Dead link

 

http://dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Console_Platforms/Nintendo/NES/

 

HQ Scans is now a dead link

[jeff.saunders]

Wrong category for a site

 

Within http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Vehicles/Motorcycles/Parts_and_Accessories/Japanese/ a category for japanese motorcycle parts

 

Bellforest http://www.bellforest.com/ is listed - they are a Japanese company selling british motorcycle parts - so they should be listed in the European category http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Vehicles/Motorcycles/Parts_and_Accessories/European/

 

This site probably shouldn't be here

Yamaha TX500 Parts http://www.selinger.ca/yamaha/ is a personal one-page web site with the owner selling parts from just one bike (the content of the page hasn't changed in over a year).

 

Thanks, Jeff

[jcraven]

Dead links in /Computers/Software/Marketing/Surveys/

 

To avoid embarrassment I double-checked these links over the course of a couple of days & from home to make sure that it wasn't just me

 

Anyway, the category in question is:

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Marketing/Surveys/

 

The bad links:

http://www.able-surveys.com/

http://www.blackjester.com/

http://www.computassistomaha.com/qna/

http://www.evalu8.com.au/SITE/Corp_Site/

http://www.lesphinx-developpement.fr/en/index.htm

http://www.2way.com/

http://biz.planetfeedback.com/bizsite/index.jsp

http://www.pleaseletusknow.com/

 

Many thanks and happy editing!

[jeanmanco]

#1143 dealt with, thanks.

#1144 dealt with by another editor, thanks.

#1145 dealt with, thanks. (Actually the first site needed to be moved to a Japanese-language category, but not to worry.)

#1146 dealt with, thanks.

[Arrow_211]

Trying to remove a longggg dead OLD website.( mine )

 

This website has not "existed" for almost 3 1/2 years.

I've tried everything to get it removed.

Now,,, I'm hoping this will help !

Thank you in advance. Arrow 211

 

Hipperson, Kellie - http://www.intergate.bc.ca/khippersonartist

Kellie's wildlife art mainly consists of birds and flowers.

I'm hoping ALL references to:

http://www.intergate.bc.ca/khippersonartist

Can be deleted.

 

Our "new" website is already listed on DMOZ at :

http://www.wildlife-art-hipperson.com

 

Thanks a LOT... (webmaster) & .. husband. *L*

[jeanmanco]

#1148 http://www.intergate.bc.ca/khippersonartist was replaced by http://www.wildlife-art-hipperson.com/ in the category

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Visual_Arts/Painting/Painters/Wildlife/North_American/

on 1 April 2005.

[zuane]

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/Italy/Regions/Veneto/Localities/Venice/Arts_and_Entertainment/Architecture/

 

http://www.manitoulin-link.com/medieval/sanmarco.html : redirect to unrelated content. What a pity.