Webwork - 8:15 pm on Oct 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

Okay, it's taken a few minutes to re-read this thread and it is my view that one thing that happened here - as in other ODP threads - is that we have an OP (original poster for you noobs) who raises a question that gets a decent answer AND THEN the thread starts to veer off into new areas, new intervenors asking questions beyond the scope of the OP, etc.

In the case of this thread the initial issue related to whether good content was the prerequisite for admission and then veered off into a thread about submitting to multiple categories and onwards.

In looking at other DMOZ threads I can see that they often go from potentially having a discussion/debate about one issue to opening up to multiple issues and then the gates of hell sometimes break loose. ;0)

So, for now - until I get a better handle on how to move the ODP dialogue into a more focused and productive trend - I am going to apply a bit of a blunt instrument approach to moderating: One thread = One issue.

I really don't wont to act bossy nor do I wish to cut off valuable dialogue but something has to be done to raise the level of the dialogue about the ODP so bear with me while I experiment.

At this point I am going to attempt to split this thread into 2 threads: One about content quality (brief) and a second about submitting to multiple categories. I think they are both very good subjects and you all have done a very good job of raising the issue and responding to those issues.

Thank you.

[edited by: Webwork at 8:17 pm (utc) on Oct. 17, 2006]