Many new editors are accepted every day, so as long as you read and complete the application form carefully and honestly, you are welcome to apply.
You misunderstand... The listing of those site didn't need any other editor to bother with them. It's been said time & time again that it was a matter of the Staff doing it. Which means that an editor did not have to take the time to get them listed. How long did it take you to get 10k listings put in? How long did it take that bot? See, MUCH easier, and MUCH faster then a human hand. Are you disagreeing with that as well? What is the easiest way to get into DMOZ? Having a robot do it is easier... I've not twisted anything. TOPIX was listed by bots. How am I changing the facts on that one? It was listed without the consent of editors (according to most editors here). Again, you are attacking the poster, rather then the post. If I have mislead anyone here, clear up my facts... please. If you can not, then by all means, just take personal jabs at me Oh wait... thats what you are doing. Again, I was an editor : http://www.dmoz.org/profiles/qryztufre.html] You never were: http://www.dmoz.org/profiles/anonym...t submitting to DMOZ likely won't do much....
Of course, but readers should also consider exactly how much experience the poster has/had, and how long ago it was, because that will of course affect how reliable and current their advice is. And how many editors here use their ODP nicknames anyway? For example gworld claims to have had multiple editing accounts, but there was never an editor of that name, or I'm sure I would have noticed.
That is true... and according to many here he does not have an account. So I say to both, put up or shut up Though, with all of the guidelines being open to the public actual experience is rather moot. It should not be all that hard to read them and make an educated call based on what is publicly available... Though again, that is neither here nor there... the question is what is the easiest way into the directory... and the easiest way would be to have a page automatically listed. I'm not saying that it'll happen again, but it has happened, and as it has, and as those sites are still there, that is the easiest way... I even clarified the second easiest way to get a listing... Granted I didn't go into much detail... but humans listing a page is the next easiest step.
The ODP is not a listing service, but thank you for suggesting a site, spikky. A volunteer editor will no doubt review your suggestion at some stage, and if your site meets the DMOZ selection criteria, it will probably be listed. Of course, an editor might find your site somewhere else before noticing your suggestion, but we appreciate your help anyway.
Oh one of such great experience, we bow in awe at your 4 listings was that, Q? ROFL Can you continue your argument about how easy it was to get in by bot, how do you know it was easy if you have not done it or experienced it. You went the hard way and had to become an editor, you know that experience, and then had a spat and left. Tell us how much you have had getting sites listed by bot in DMOZ and then we can evaluate your statement.
Again, I have not done it. And again, you are attacking the poster rather then the post. This says a LOT about the type of person you are. Now, answer these few questions. Is it true that TOPIX was added by a bot rather then a human? What is easier, an automated listing or a manual one? Was my post wrong? Why are you such a troll? Seriously, get with the topic, your trolling is getting rather old. I gave my opinion as to what the easiest method is, and you have brought up my edit count. Tell me, which of the two of us are actually here to talk about DMOZ... heh, maybe Shawn would make a Qryztufre forum just for you.
I've been in and out of dmoz over the years. The first time was other jealous webmasters which I was lucky to find out from an editor. At the time they had 8 editors in my category. I was lucky to have Netscape as a sponsor which owned dmoz.org and they fired all eight editors and replaced with just one editor. As editors changed, my site disappeared. Never bothered to ask and go thru all that again. Later on I got listed but in a wrong category. I've tried to ask them to move me so I could go into the proper category but no luck. I figure the best way is to become an editor if your lucky and list your own site.
Tell us please how much you know about the work that went on to actually get that list up and working, or don't you know? If you don't know how was it easier? Or are you just guessing and twisting and trying to use your oldest chestnut to try and titlt at the directory as usual? I will let others judge because you certainly won't tell us how much you know, you never admiut to your lack of knowledge. Some of us are glad to talk about ODP some just want to work out their bitterness to the directory, I'll let others judge where you are coming from. Perhaps we should really ask for a section for you to keep repeating your comments about Topix, it bores the rest of us, you should be an expert in getting wind up and to stop repeating, try it.
I've already said all I know on the subject. Now it's your turn. How much do you now? Personally I think you are an impostor posing as an editor, going around trying to twist everything I have to say because I would not list your site when you asked me so long ago. I'm not bitter, not in the slightest, I'm just calling it like I see it. And as I see it, it's easier to not lift a finger to list 10k pages as it is to manually list them. again DO YOU DISAGREE!?!?!?!? You keep making this about ME, is the letter Q your fetish? You certainly are not posting in this thread to keep it on topic, as each and every one of your posts here has been about me. I'll let others judge where you are coming from.
DMOZ, Hmmm..........! I do not think Dmoz will ever accept webmasters as editors because I tried but to no avail. And I have also tried so many times to submit our site but no listing.
Many editors ARE webmasters. I got accepted and was a webmaster, I even put my own site in the application that got accepted. Though, if you come across as only wanting to list your site(s) you likely may have a harder time. I would suggest that you stop trying to get in... if you submitted once, that should be enough, your site is now in the queue and there is little more you can do (other then to make your site the best it can be, and to promote it through other means). Q
Owning a site has absolutely nothing to do with being accepted as an editor or not, provided you are honest in your application and impartial in your editing. You received feedback when your application was unsuccessful, giving you reasons and including advice for being more successful another time. If you wish to help the directory you will follow the advice and re-apply. However, if your only interest is in your own site, you have already done what you can by suggesting it, and some volunteer will review it at some stage. Apparently you did not read the instruction to suggest your site only once, and the warning that excessively repeated suggestions may be regarded as spam. If you wish to become an editor you will need to pay more attention to the guidelines.
So you know nothing about it, yet you know its the eaiest way to get a site listed, funny that. Perhaps your next advice should be to set up a new directory, with your own money, then you can try and persuade many other people to work for free and you can write in the rules that your own sites are listed, you know much like the owner here decides what the rules are, what sections to have, what threads can be closed, who can edit and what they can include in their signatures. But you don't filter on your blog, do you, Q. You allow anybody to write anything about anything, you don't exercise any control over it do you? Owning it does not give you any rights does it? Is that easier than submitting?