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[Ghufran]

Guess it works fine for both of us now  

Edited by Ghufran, 18 October 2011 - 09:11 PM.

[Ghufran]

/Business/Publishing_and_Printing/Publishing/Services/Free_Content/

Article Bin

[Elper]

duly binned, thanks.

[jrewing]

I work at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corp.

The description of the TV-show at <url removed> contains the Norwegian word "fremmedkulturell". Which means something like "person of alien culture". This is a term considered as negative, and NRK does not wish to use that term.

Thank you,

Andreas Wiik

<email address removed>

Edited by motsa, 31 October 2011 - 05:24 AM.

[motsa]

This thread is for reporting hijacks, dead links, and other issues. To request an update to your site's description, it's best if you go to the category page where that site is listed and use the "oppdater URL" link at the top right of the page to request a change to the description.

[pmbug]

http://www.dmoz.org/...ats_and_Forums/

All 3 listed sites are bad:

• Commodity Forum - It's dead.  5 total posts and the most recent post is from 2006.  Registration is closed.
• Futures Trading Chat Room - It's not a chat room anymore (if it ever was).  It's a commercial site touting some trading software / platform.
• Futures trading and Traders education - Same as above.  It's not a chat/forum - it's a commercial site touting a trading program.

I suggest the following sites as replacements / additions*:
<list of URLs removed>

I recently volunteered to edit this category but my application was denied because I've registered an account at every recommended site (which I disclosed on the application).  I'm very actively scouring the web for all forums in this niche and so I guess I will never meet the dmoz editor application requirement to supply 2-3 examples that I'm not affiliated with.  If I find a good candidate, I'm joining it.

* () does not represent suggested descriptions nor is it indicative of the descriptions supplied on my editor application.  () is merely for your edification.

Edited by motsa, 09 November 2011 - 03:39 PM.
Please do not suggest sites to be added to the category

[motsa]

I've removed the list of sites to add to the category from your post. This thread is only for reporting existing listings that are problematic. If you would like to suggest new sites to be added to the category, please use the "Suggest URL" link at the top of the category page. Thanks.

[Elper]

Cita

my application was denied because I've registered an account at every recommended site (which I disclosed on the application).

Just try again with three non-affiliated example sites (but remember to includes all sites which you own, built or marketed in the affiliations section)  
I've removed the two sites which have no chats/forums/content and left the "commercial" one, as it claims to be chatroom based if I understand it correctly. There may well be a better spot for it.

[pmbug]

pmbug, su 09 November 2011 - 11:40 AM, dicono:

<list of URLs removed>

I did not post a list of URLs or links.  I know you guys are hyper-sensitive about that.  I listed the domain name only.

If you don't want the suggestions, that's fine, I figured it might be helpful since otherwise the category would be empty.  No problems.  It's your show.

Elper, su 09 November 2011 - 08:05 PM, dicono:

Just try again with three non-affiliated example sites

I already explained that there are no other example sites out there.  Listen - I've scoured the net for several days now exploring this niche.  There are only a handful of sites out there and I've registered an account at all of them.  This isn't like some categories where there are thousands of options.

Elper, su 09 November 2011 - 08:05 PM, dicono:

(but remember to includes all sites which you own, built or marketed in the affiliations section)  

I did not own, build or market any of the example sites offered in my original application.  I was no more affiliated with them than I am with the Resource-Zone.  I merely registered an account with them so I could participate.

Elper, su 09 November 2011 - 08:05 PM, dicono:

I've removed the two sites which have no chats/forums/content and left the "commercial" one, as it claims to be chatroom based if I understand it correctly. There may well be a better spot for it.

Thanks for looking into it.

[motsa]

Cita

I did not post a list of URLs or links. I know you guys are hyper-sensitive about that. I listed the domain name only.

Domain name is essentially the URL. We're not hypersensitive about people posting links -- we're hypersensitive about people posting site-specific details (including links, domain names, site names, etc.) except when reporting issues with listed sites.

Cita

If you don't want the suggestions, that's fine, I figured it might be helpful since otherwise the category would be empty. No problems. It's your show.

We love to receive suggestions for sites to add, but this is not the venue for doing that. That's what the "Suggest URL" link is for at the top of each category. If you really want to be helpful, there's your chance to do it.

Cita

I already explained that there are no other example sites out there. Listen - I've scoured the net for several days now exploring this niche. There are only a handful of sites out there and I've registered an account at all of them. This isn't like some categories where there are thousands of options.

Being a registered member of a forum should not be counted as an affiliation unless your activities there count as marketing, promotion, or administration of said site. To use your example of this site: for me, resource-zone.com would be an affiliation because I am an admin here; but it wouldn't be considered an affiliation if you are just a member here.

A more important thing to consider is that, if you could only find a couple of sites that belong in the category that aren't already listed there, it would be a terrible starting category for a new editor. You'd run out of work before you'd even started, which would lead to huge frustrations. That's something we've learned. If you would really like to be an editor, you might consider picking a small category for which you can find a lot of listable sites that aren't yet listed (perhaps a category in your local home town in Regional) and apply there -- once you're an editor and have experience, you can move on to other categories, perhaps including the one mentioned here.

[Ghufran]

Hey superiors,

Society/People/Otherkin/

Anara's Haven - Moved
Realmscape: A Spiritual Resource - Not available
Social Networking for OtherKin - Taken offline

[Elper]

I'm not so sure about the superiors bit...  
But thank you for the report - all three sites removed.

[Ghufran]

Elper, su 14 November 2011 - 04:30 PM, dicono:

I'm not so sure about the superiors bit...  
But thank you for the report - all three sites removed.

Just being respectful

[Stizerg]

Check it out:

<Thanks for reporting. Moved to internal forum>

Edited by windharp, 17 November 2011 - 05:16 AM.

[Stizerg]

same category:

<Thanks for reporting. Moved to internal forum>

Edited by windharp, 17 November 2011 - 05:16 AM.

[windharp]

Thanks for noticing Stizerg. Seems we need to do some housecleaning there. I moved the details from your post to an internal forum, becasue this will result in an abuse investigation against an editor, which we prefer not to be interfered by parts of it being publicly readable.

Edited by windharp, 17 November 2011 - 05:16 AM.

[Stizerg]

No worries. I was looking for my link, submitted couple of years ago, instead I found <what suppose to be removed>

[sarolosa]

in  http://www.dmoz.org/...megaupload  and this category  http://www.dmoz.org/...s/Storage/Free/ has listed megaupload.com but.. this websiteno longer exists

[Artisan]

#5038 is all set. Thank you.

[whatafy]

http://www.dmoz.org/...riuri_sportive/

Golazzo.ro is not longer there is redirecting to another website !

Also case-de-pariuri.ro is not according to dmoz guidelines at all, is an affiliate website with no content just banners to online bookies. Pariuri-sportive.com is in same situation. Is incredibile how romanian make abuse.

I made a complain 2 weeks ago but noone ever sawed that complain regarding pariuri sportive section.

Also i don't understand why our sports website was rejected : pariuri-x.ro , we have a team of 7 sports journalist analyzing most of the games offering high qualitty content, we also hev a forum with over 650 k messages and many quality reviews and info. Last rejection was because we promote bookies, but all sports websites promote them even the biggest one. You can use google translate to see that every content is unique and very good info. Isn't this the main purpose of dmoz ? offering resources for high quality content for their visitors. We are on the market since 2006 and helped lots of users with our info. So please let me know what we are doing wrong, and how some simple websites like case-de-pariuri.ro and pariuri-sportive.com be approved and have low low quality info and are just build for affiliate programs.

I don;t know where to write anymore because i'm very confused how romanian editors eliminate the competition and put their friends or their websites there rejecting other, is not fair and is clear an abuse.  

The id of my complain :
2f088f0aff295c5df07e39c663cc8dee

If someone here is very kind to help me with this problem i thank him from now.

Thank you.

Edited by informator, 22 February 2012 - 04:06 AM.