tangor - 3:55 am on Aug 24, 2009 (gmt 0)

I can't say that dmoz ranks in the following comment:

Human edited directories, I predict, will come back into vogue in the next few years. SE's have reached a plateau and have been good at that for some years, but are increasingly less relevant. High ranking niche directories may be the next "big thing" as the web continues to gigantisize. The web, these days, is like all the oceans of the Earth... it's everywhere! and study of that immense body comes down to sharks, whales, crustaceans and sponges. A refinement of what's in the ocean.

This is one reason why wikipedia works. Not saying wikipedia is a "directory", but it is a close cousin to same.