A little fun game with no winners. Find a category that has not been updated in at least one year or greater and get +1 point. Category not updated in two or more years = +2 Etc. Only one listing per post. Here's one to kick off: http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Kentucky/Localities/V/Varney/ Last update: 15:40 PT, Thursday, June 22, 2000 5 points
http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_Amer...Business_and_Economy/Event_Planning/Caterers/ Last update: 17:40 PT, Monday, July 12, 2004
http://dmoz.org/News/Online_Archives/CNN.com/2003/July/Tech/ Last update: 22:10 PT, Monday, April 12, 2004 Now why did this category updated in 2004?
Don't know how this one would rate, but virtually every category underneath it is untouched for over a year now. I know, I keep waiting patiently http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Texas/Localities/A/Amarillo/ As untouched as the whole category is, I applied for a DMOZ editorship earlier this year for a subcategory and was declined. Was ashame, as I'm from the area and know lots of sites I could add.
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Authoring/Mailing_Lists/ Last update: 15:19 PT, Sunday, September 14, 2003
hahaha I like this game... http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Montana/Society_and_Culture/Genealogy/ Last update: 11:03 PT, Monday, October 20, 2003 - edit
http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_...hire/Society_and_Culture/Genealogy/Resources/ Last update: 16:38 PT, Saturday, January 26, 2002 The regional ones are good, 2000 is going to be hard to beat!
http://dmoz.org/Arts/Movies/Titles/P/Pickpocket_-_Con_Dog_of_the_North/ Last update: 19:01 PT, Tuesday, November 9, 1999 The odd thing is that the site listed is still working, and even looks good.
http://dmoz.org/Business/Transporta...me/Ports/North_America/United_States/Georgia/ Last update: 19:00 PT, Monday, December 21, 1998 Only site listed is working too
WOW - great finds .... I thought finding one from 2000 was pretty old. Here's another: http://www.dmoz.org/Science/Technology/Pyrotechnics/Civilian/ Last update: 6:45 PT, Monday, July 1, 2002 - edit
It's not a matter of loving or hating DMOZ ... but I guess it has a two-fold purpose of having a little fun while showing that they could use some updating ...
why stop it? it draws attention to areas that need updating. If anything, it's useful; at least it's fun (though I personally prefer Half Life 2 or soccer)
I can say with certainty it's useful. I must withdraw the categories I submitted. They have been tended to
It is fun, we play editing games a lot. Over Thanksgiving holiday we gathered in Shopping/Food and reviewed submissions for 5 days straight. Got a lot done. By the way, the regional categories mentioned in this thread (other than Amarillo) have no submissions waiting so I vote no points for those. Do I get a vote? Only wrmineo's category is left. Any editor's feel like robbing him of that point? I would but I hate that part of the directory.
Nah, he's probably got a link to his site waiting there... Why be manipulated by another self-interested webmaster into adding another deeplink to their site? I knew there was a "real" reason for this thread. It wasn't about categories being outdated, or improving the directory, it was "how can I get more listings for my site faster?" Nice.
You really think he has sites waiting in all three of the categories he found? Come on - play nice now
You're right, I should play nice... I apologize. I didn't check but when I saw http://dmoz.org/Arts/People/H/Hannigan,_Alyson/ I figured he had another deeplink to freshdames.com waiting for review and this was a way to get his review expedited. I'm sure that's not the reason, I guess I just deal with too many webmasters.