Hehe great .. my soccer forum at http://www.goalchat.com was reviewed today by dmoz editor... hope he approved it .... And it was quick ... I submitted to dmoz last month or april I think Thought to share this with you hehe
Welll, you can see within minutes if he, or she, approved it. Your topic is one which invokes alot of passion so chances are you will be edited more quickly than some of the dryer categories. On the other hand it may have been moved and who knows when it'll next be looked at. Damn fine skin on that forum though Good luck building it up.
probably it was not approved...I will wait couple of days and see hehe. The same happened to my history site ... there were editors checking and it was in in one week Thanks for thumbs up for my forum
hey i dint knew goal chat is yours, can u list it at forumrating ill approve it mostly i reject forums with less then 50 members, coz most of them are stuck or shut down, managing forum directory is bit difficult : )
If you don't get listed wait a few days and email the editor. Ask what he or she thought about your site and then ask them what would make it worthy of their catagory.
Really? It's worked for me when one of my sites wasn't accepted. I made a few changes, resubmitted and got accepted. If you didn't get approved what have you got to loose?
It's lucky that it may have worked for you. You have no way of knowing which editor reviewed your site, and most editors do not respond to feedback.
I don't think there is any reason why you should not email an editor as long as you are polite and don't go offering bribes (penalty - site banned). There is a feedback facility, it isn't there for decoration. Most editors will read a submitter email, very very few will reply or enter into correspondence. And editors should not review a site quicker because someone asked. But it might prompt an editor who has cleared their submissions to log in and see what is waiting for them. Some editors will give advice on a site's eligibility through forums like this - not through Resource Zone though. And point out technical flaws. As long as the site is genuine that is. It isn't a recommended thing for an editor to do via email as it causes arguments when an editor says the site is rejected and the submitter does not accept that.
My personal experience with them has been positive, but I've only communicated with one editor in the past. While most editors may not reply to email requests, this editor did and approved my blog after it was live for about one year. I submitted the site after writing for about three months and it was not included. I tried again in six months and it was not included. After almost a year, I asked the editor to take a look again via the DMOZ email link. I told him I had been working hard the past year to improve content and my writing skills. He replied back within 24 hours and told me my blog was approved and complemented my progress in building a good site. While it may not be an iron clad rule, maybe some editors want to see if folks are willing to stick with a site or blog over the long run rather than just trying it for awhile and then getting bored and not working the site anymore. I don't know this for a fact, but it does make sense in a logical kind of way.
Certainly true for me when it comes to blogs. It's like the old-fashioned diary. People start one, full of enthusiasm, on 1 January. Then it peters out by February more often than not. So it's best to wait a while and see if people keep a blog up. Same thing for forums - I wait to see if unique content builds up.