BillyS - 2:45 am on Mar 7, 2007 (gmt 0)

Don't try to figure out why you might be rejected as an editor. I've got 25 years of industry experience in a category that is a complete mess in DMoz. I'm considered an expert at my company on how the industry is structured – so of course I was immediately rejected.

The explanation was that the category was too large for a newbie. Two years later this category is still a mess. Go figure.

I wound up applying to be an editor elsewhere and have spent numerous hours since keeping my category spam free. It’s all good in the end. DMoz is happy to reject me and I’m a happy editor elsewhere – win-win.

[edited by: BillyS at 2:51 am (utc) on Mar. 7, 2007]