RandomDot - 11:19 am on Oct 2, 2007 (gmt 0)

Again - if the editor wanted to contact a person who submitted a site - they could - but it is a really bad idea for an editor to contact the owner of a website - because they aren't always that nice and will try to persuade, convince or even buy their way in - and you will have to spend hours to try to explain to them what is and what isn't - time which could be better spent on alot of other things. Seriously.

Other times the site just wasn't good enough to get in - and didn't supply something new or original to the category - so it was just deleted and rejected with a note on why .. (yes, there's notes on everything - for other people in dmoz to look at - review of the reviewer you know and for when people resign from the category and another editor takes over - it makes it easier to see what has been done and what hasn't)

If the editor is in doubt - it's usually left in unreviewed - it's still there you know - just not in the directory results and usually looked at by other people at some point who has a more neutral standpoint - or its taken to editors in categories above, or its discussed in one of the forums what to do with it - sometimes sites are left in unreviewed to give them some time to develop more usefull content for the users... again, it's not black/white -

When it is a good resource on the topic - the sometimes long submission time before its added also has its advantages you know - people can develop more on their site, become an even better resource.. again, it's not a directory which is suited for business opportunities - when a site is reviewed - an editor goes to the website, and reads the content and look at it and makes an estimate of its value compared to the directory he/she is editing and compare with other websites in the same category - which they also looked at - you know... like any editor would do with his resources - they don't just send a spider out and let it handle it)