DMOZ is Down for Maintenance

Don't Panic

[g1smd]

Announced about three days ago to editors, but not so widely known elsewhere:

dmoz.org will be off for a couple of hours for maintenance Tuesday a.m. (PST).

It has just been taken down, and expected outage is a couple of hours.

A rare chance to find out if there is life outside the front door.

[deejay]

*SOB* ...and I just spent an hour typing my damn application. Hit "submit" and get an error.

oh well.. I'll try not to take it personally

<add> Waaaaiiitaminute I just noticed the twelve hour discrepancy. Can anyone shed any light? Should I be able to submit an application?

[rogerd]

Seems to be down again, on Wednesday (late morning, EST). Been down for an hour or so, so far.

[g1smd]

We've just had official word from staff @ ODP:

>> Dmoz may be up and down all day today due to maintenence. <<

See you all tomorrow then.

[deejay]

Thanks for the update g1smd... I'll leave my app til the weekend then. :)

[rogerd]

Seems to have been down continuously for 5+ hours. Figures... I started a way-too-long-delayed editing session (must have been feeling guilty about all the backlog complaints in the other thread!), got two edits in, and blammo... gone... :(

[Beachboy]

It's back. :)

[The Contractor]

Beachboy,

Yes, but staff has warned about editing for now. :(

[Beachboy]

I have never been one to heed warnings. LOL ... life on the edge.

[korkus2000]

>>Yes, but staff has warned about editing for now

Is there a major problem at dmoz? Is this something that happens a lot?

[The Contractor]

korkus2000,

Just maintenance :)

[g1smd]

ODP will be off again all day this coming Saturday (PST Time Zone) while the earlier work is being completed.

[Beachboy]

And it is in fact down, all the way. I hope Dmoz doesn't get dropped from the Google Directory for being absent.... ;)

[Air]

I wonder if Robzilla will flag it ;)

[Beachboy]

You know, I think the Powers That Be might be moving the whole doggone thing over to www.odp.com.

;)

[stuntdubl]

Oh boy....they are commercial now huh?

Just out of curiousity....has anyone become an editor?

I submitted an application to edit the category
for my city (which is a small tourist town), and
never heard a response back.

Should I expect a response even if it is a negative one?

If so, how long?

[g1smd]

ODP should be back on within the next few hours if all goes well. If you are submitting anything over the next day or so, keep a copy in your favourite text editor, just in case you need to submit it again (unlikely, but just in case).

[Marcia]

I've got no idea what all is working, but ODP is now back up.

[gimmster]

stuntdubl
Did you get the atomated reciept? You *must* reply to this for the application to enter the queue (it just confirms your email address).

If not, resubmit.

[Quadrille]

You know, I think the Powers That Be might be moving the whole doggone thing over to www.odp.com [odp.com]

Online Data Processing...?

[stechert]

<shameless plug> zeal.com was up the whole time </shameless plug>

now what did I do with that asbestos suit...

:) :) :) :) (in case it wasn't obvious)

[Quadrille]

<shameless plug> zeal.com was up the whole time </shameless plug>

And your point is ... ;)