Becoming A DMOZ Editor

I tried but....

[Hardwood Guy]

After reading alot of the information here and at the DMOZ site concerning becoming an editor I believe I have found a few reasons why I have had no replies? First the category I applied for is very small and I couldn't find many sites that are related to it. Hence my reason for only two entries. There may be other reasons that could include the holiday period and the lack of interest or familiarity in that particular category?

By the way, the cateogry is service related. Any ideas? The submission was approximately ten days ago but I am unsure of the exact date because I deleted the two followup auto generated emails. Deleted becasuse I felt there was no interest on the part of DMOZ, however I did comply with their mail confirmation.

[EliteWeb]

DMOZ editor applications often take a little while. Keep in mind also its Holiday season so theyre doing the family things. You will get a reply email wether it be custom tailored or template when they get to your application :D

[steveb]

You can ask at the Resource Zone.

[edited by: Laisha at 6:38 pm (utc) on Dec. 26, 2002]
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[cornwall]

As Steveb said Resource Zone is your best bet for information as to the status of your request.

They will not pass judgement on your suitability, but you will be told if your submission is in the queue for processing, or has disappeared forever into cyberspace.

One gets the impression (perhaps wrongly ;) ) that a fair proportion of applications to become a DMOZ editor "disappear". Glitch in submission, lack of confirmation of their auto responses, or whatever.

As Hardwood_Guy says, DMOZ do not seem to give the impression to applicants that they are a real friendly place to join!

[Hardwood Guy]

"As Hardwood_Guy says, DMOZ do not seem to give the impression to applicants that they are a real friendly place to join!"

I don't remember saying that.

[gimmster]

"One gets the impression (perhaps wrongly ) that a fair proportion of applications to become a DMOZ editor "disappear". "

That impession is from the responses 'I cannot see your application in the queue' and 'there is no application waiting with that username'?

Both these would be because once an application has been rejected, no record of the application is kept OR because if the applicant has not responded to the automatic email confirmation.

Applicants *must* respond to the auto generated email confirmation letter before the application is forwarded to the application queue. If no response is received it is never reviewed.

:)

[rfgdxm1]

In my case, I literally had an application disappear. The software said I had a pending application, but they couldn't find it in the queue. It is true that the ODP keeps no record of rejected apps.

[Hardwood Guy]

"Both these would be because once an application has been rejected, no record of the application is kept OR because if the applicant has not responded to the automatic email confirmation."

Done within minutes after submission. With all due respect to the folks at DMOZ this doesn't interest me anymore. Best Wishes for a happy new year.

[motsa]

...this doesn't interest me anymore.

Why did you bother posting about it in the first place, then? I'm genuinely curious, not trying to be troublesome. You seemed to be interested a day ago when you started this thread. And you were given the suggestion to go to Resource Zone where someone would have been able to tell you more about your specific application.

[Hardwood Guy]

Well, I did get a confirmation after the last post. I will look into this and probably consider it. One question: I don't want any conflict of interest but I would like to have my site included in the index. Okay, I'll read all the rules etc.

Motsa:

I have alot of things going and the way I look at it without being cynical or impulsive; We have to move on to better things if no interest is shown on the other side. It happens in my business with people all the time and frankly I get tired of it. What did Ted Turner say years ago. "Lead follow or get out of the way?"

Regards,
Ken