hutcheson - 9:32 pm on Jul 20, 2007 (gmt 0)

>One should take their issues to those who are in charge and that isn't the volunteer editors.

There probably isn't anyone who's "in charge" in that sense. The volunteer editors are pretty much in charge of what gets done (by themselves, at least): reviewing sites to add, reviewing cases of abusive editing, deciding what to review and when.

The patron sets the standards under which the volunteers work (and selects the volunteer administrators who deal with abuse.)

So a question about "why don't you allow these kinds of sites to be added?" -- that would be the patron's decision, based on the patron's needs, neither your business nor mine, end of story. You can develop that kind of site -- or not, as you wish. I can review that kind of site -- or not, as I wish. You can suggest it, if you wish to help out that way; I can work on that topic, if I wish to help out that way.

But basically, neither of us has the right to ask the patron why he wants to subsidize this kind of content development, but not that kind. You can suggest ways for him to spend his money, but ... face reality here: since you aren't looking for suggestions from me as to how to spend YOUR money, why would you expect anyone else would be looking for suggestions from you on how to spend THEIR money?

A question about "why don't you add this particular site which is a kind that CAN be added?" -- IS the individual volunteer editor's decision, based on what he thinks is important -- again, neither your business as a webmaster nor mine as a meta-editor. So definitely, nobody's in charge, but anyone who's trusted can take the responsibility of acting. (In that respect, it's very much like Wikipedia.)

On the other hand, a question about "why is this editor only adding his own and his friends' sites?" -- is arguably everyone's business: other editors, the patron, and webmasters. That's why, unlike the other questions, there are multiple methods of asking that AND GETTING SOME KIND OF ANSWER.