I just found this link in my webalizer stats, does this mean after 8 years of waiting for my website to be listed that somehow my site is now been deleted. http://editors.dmoz.org/editors/editcat-unrev.cgi
I think you mean UNREViewed, not UNREVealed Though, it means positively nothing for the most part, other then maybe an editor looked at the submission list, but I can bet money that it was NOT an 8 year old submission... the list was cleared (through a crash) a few years back, so there was NOTHING.
Well, as far as I know, that submission is gone... the one you see could have been from another editor, or possibly from, *gasp* THE END USER, lol. EDIT: Alternatively, it could have been from another webmaster trying to get you labeled as spam, or in hopes that the editor of your category is one of the editors that view their unreviewed list as a BLACKLIST... lol.
Obviously unknown to people like Q ( as he never spent more than 2 seconds after listing his site there , Dmoz editors search and hunt for sites of their own and add your site to the category under Un-Reviewed , if he doesn't have the time to go through it all at that time . Another editor who passes by the same category can as well check the listing- nothing odd about such happening .
Whats up with the personal attack? heh... are you trying to say that the submission from 2000 from the member is actually still someplace in the queue and that is what got looked at? Or maybe you are saying that the end user does NOT submit sites? As I joined JUST after the big crash the ONLY sites in the queue in my cat were the ones *I* placed there... so yeah, I don't know what I'm talking about If you look close, I already said that, or something akin to it, making your post 100% pointless in this thread other then to maybe increase your post count or to make a personal attack against another DP member. Well, as far as I know, that submission is gone... the one you see could have been from another editor, or possibly from, *gasp* THE END USER, lol. My edit even stands true, unless of course you are saying that such things as spamming the ODP to get other sites in trouble does not happen, and if you are saying that, then you really need to look around DP and see just why many editors think webmasters are evil.
Yet another story that confirms that DMOZ should have an automated way to check status. Nothing fancy, just "pending, rejected, etc". For example, if the list was cleared accidentally via a crash, how would anyone know to resubmit ? The stock advice is not to, because you risk going to the end of the queue again. DMOZ apologists are free to chime in and tell me why I'm wrong again
Since January 2006, our advice has been to re-suggest your website if it was last suggested before then. HTH.
TS, how did you manage to open the link? It requires a password, I suppose you don't have any do you?
If the shoe fits? All that I've said has some basis in truth, again, an editor points a personal finger at me while leaving the actual issues aside. If there was something I said that was in any way wrong, then feel free to point it out. If not, then why bother posting at all? Trying to discred what I say by making me look bad, in many ways just makes the ODP look bad, as it should be clear who is saying what. The posibilities I gave as to why that site was seen from the queue all stand, or are you another editor saying that the end user does not submit sites or that webmasters do not try to cheat other webmasters... heh, in this thread I've not called the ODP a cess pool, in fact, I've taken more of an editor standpoint and have called the webmaster community a cess pool. Now are there ANY editors willing to give valuable input to this thread?
That's freaking shocking! Exactly. Another failure on the part of DMOZ to be transparent. I reserve that for people not entities and corporations. As far as I know the ODP doesn't have feelings to hurt. Some ego's of the editors might get bruised but that's not my problem they work for a company that has poor policies. I keep a log now of all my entries and the dates. I believe after 2 years I will resubmit. If after 2 years I can't get listed by an editor I don't see a reason why a resubmission would hurt me. I have right now the #1 site in a category and I submitted about a year ago and still nothing. There are only 5 sites listed and mine is ranked #1 in google along with 8 suggestion links yet DMOZ is not listing me (at least not yet). BAH...as everyone else is...I am frustrated with their lack of transparency. If I could kill a company DMOZ would be the top of my list.
Well, actually we don't "work" for a "company". We are volunteers in a project run by AOL, but I doubt that many editors consider themselves as providing a service to AOL. Most of us enjoy this hobby for the benefits it provides to the average web surfer, so if we "work" for anyone, it is them. The 2006 server crash was indeed shocking, unnecessary, deeply disruptive and distressing for everyone, but it had nothing whatsoever to do with volunteer editors. We did our best to recover from it, but of course we have no access to any of the "machinery" that runs the directory, so our efforts are limited. Please direct your anger and frustration to AOL, if you disagree with their policies and service. Berating volunteers for something over which they have no control is unpleasantly unproductive.
Why would anyone want to hijack my submitted website, it not as if i have any competition for the sites serps.
No real clue, I do not adhere to such practices... though it is done. People can submit and resubmit and resubmit others sites enough times to get that site flagged (or so it seems from other posts here on DP). I'm NOT saying that is what has happened, just saying it's a possibility...as your original submission is no longer there, it being in the queue shows that SOMEONE submitted it other then you. I was just giving a few possibilities Though, chances are it was the end user or an editor that submitted your site. Best of luck with the listing!
I'm afraid these are incorrect assumptions. The fact that you noticed one or more ODP referrals does not necessarily mean that a volunteer editor was reviewing your site suggestion, and the fact that your site is not yet listed does not mean that it never will be. Of course you can check for yourself whether your site meets the Selection Criteria. If it does, then at some stage an editor will review your suggestion, or perhaps find your site through some other means. There is no need to suggest it again.