Can we volunteer to help fix some of the ODP bugs

[Raindeck]

I've been trying to get my site listed and have even tried to become an editor to get it listed faster. Truth is I wouldn't be a good editor writing is not my skill. Can we volunteer to help streamline ODP or fix some of the bugs instead of becoming an editor. All I really want is to get my site listed but would love to help contribute in anyway. Look if you are an editor who is looking to pick apart the semantics of my question save yourself the energy simple no or anything constructive would be nice.

[chaos127]

The only way you can hope to contribute in that way would be by becoming an editor. It doesn't really require any great writing skills, other than the ability to form correct sentences to accurately describe websites in your favourite language. However, even then there may not be any opportunity to really do what you're thinking of, since the ODP codebase is maintained by AOL, and the volunteer editors don't have anything to do with it (other than reporting bugs they find). But editors are able to write tools that interact with the directory to improve things and make life easier for other editors.

[makrhod]

I've been trying to get my site listed and have even tried to become an editor to get it listed faster

We do not accept editors who are interested only in their own site(s), but if you can demonstrate your willingness to build and improve the directory in impartial ways, you are welcome to re-apply, taking careful note of the feedback you received when you were unsuccessful.