Just wanted to pass this along for those of us interested in Gary's "whatis" proposal of which I am a supporter. dotYP will provide a technology platform to...
1131
From Gary
replies@...
Sep 3, 2001 1:39 am
Nick, Thanks for the link. It made interesting reading. The part I didn’t understand was the need for this “service” to be tied to a top level domain...
1132
Richard
richardw@...
Sep 3, 2001 1:05 pm
I have a site that has been sitting in unreviewed at DMOZ for more than a year now. I made multiple attempts at contacting those editors, the editors above...
1133
David Prenatt
netesq@...
Sep 3, 2001 2:05 pm
[Richard:] ... Frankly, Richard . . . I'm baffled. How is anyone supposed to expedite your unreviewed site submission if you won't give them the URL? Am I the...
1134
new_adv@...
Sep 3, 2001 6:10 pm
As a current editor, I agree with David. Whenever someone is ambitious enough to request special consideration I always give it. But if no URL is provided, I...
1135
cbrockman@...
Sep 3, 2001 7:45 pm
... would ... expedite your unreviewed site submission if you won't give them the URL? ... That is pretty funny. You should save that and put it in the xODP ...
1136
David F. Prenatt, Jr.
netesq@...
Sep 3, 2001 8:06 pm
[Richard:] ... [David Prenatt:] ... [cbrockman:] ... The funny thing is, it probably makes perfect sense to Richard. In any event, it occurred to me that...
1137
David Prenatt
netesq@...
Sep 3, 2001 10:15 pm
[Gary:] ... In fact, the domain name dotYP (< *.yp>) is an abbreviation of the term "yellow pages," and dotYP, Inc. is a corporation organized under the laws...
1138
From Gary
replies@...
Sep 4, 2001 2:40 pm
[David Prenatt:] In fact, the domain name dotYP (< *.yp>) is an abbreviation of the term "yellow pages [Gary:] I hope you can figure out on your own what "FU"...
1139
skrento@...
Sep 4, 2001 2:41 pm
of DMOZ / ODP at work. Google pulled this up but it seems to be hidden at the actual forum. "I agree with TheKnight, watching these people spill their guts...
1140
David Prenatt
netesq@...
Sep 4, 2001 5:23 pm
[Gary:] ... I'm sure I don't know what you mean: * Wherewithal Hires Former Open Directory `Editall' < http://www.wherewithal.com/static/pr-davep.html > ...
1141
David F. Prenatt, Jr.
netesq@...
Sep 4, 2001 10:49 pm
LookSmart extends distribution of LookListings through Ask Jeeves, increasing volume of qualified leads for direct marketers. (See <...
1142
Aaron D. Gross
aaron1728@...
Sep 4, 2001 10:49 pm
I finally got through to an editor who says she refused to communicate with me for a while because I had been removed as an editor by ODP three times.
How...
1143
David F. Prenatt, Jr.
netesq@...
Sep 5, 2001 12:37 am
[Aaron D. Gross:] ... The standard line proffered by ODP's cheerleaders and apologists is that they find it hard to believe that you don't know exactly why...
1144
From Gary
replies@...
Sep 5, 2001 1:10 am
David, I am not going to get into a pointless, detailed argument about what constitutes “having sex” or “lying”. These are “know-it-when-you-do-it...
1145
David Prenatt
netesq@...
Sep 5, 2001 1:48 am
[Gary:] ... So what kind of pointless, detailed argument *ARE* you going to get into? [Gary:] ... Oh *THAT* kind of pointless, detailed argument. Just so you...
1146
David F. Prenatt, Jr.
netesq@...
Sep 5, 2001 2:13 am
Julian McCreary, a high ranking ODP editor publishing under a pseudonym, sings like a canary at Traffick. (See <...
1147
From Gary
replies@...
Sep 5, 2001 11:10 am
David, So I am guessing that you “stepped down” as WWA Chief Evangelist to become “Lord of the Playful Raillery”. As a last bit of badinage-ie I will...
1148
hitch-hiker@...
Sep 5, 2001 11:11 am
... that they find it hard to believe that you don't know exactly why your editing privileges were removed. Of course, this does not excuse ODP's lack of...
1149
Richard
richardw@...
Sep 5, 2001 11:12 am
... No, no. I couldn't even get anybody who would even be willing to LOOK at it. Nobody would even reply with my pleas for help, not only with the URL, but...
1150
David F. Prenatt, Jr.
netesq@...
Sep 5, 2001 12:00 pm
[hitch-hiker:] ... That is simply not true. As a matter of standard operating procedure, editors are not notified. They find out that their editing...
1151
David Prenatt
netesq@...
Sep 5, 2001 12:01 pm
[David Prenatt:] ... [Richard:] ... I realize that you are convinced that this is a global conspiracy, reaching from the highest levels of government to the...
1152
new_adv@...
Sep 5, 2001 12:14 pm
... You're ... It's happened. A lot. Not everyone is as paranoid as you seem to be. And remember, silly is as silly does. ... Yes. In the trees I edit....
1153
David Grant
david@...
Sep 5, 2001 1:40 pm
[hitch-hiker:] ... [David Prenatt] ... editors are not notified. >They find out that their editing privileges have been removed when they try to log in and...
1154
David F. Prenatt, Jr.
netesq@...
Sep 5, 2001 3:38 pm
[David Grant:] ... Until the formation of the XODP eGroup and the publication of my article "Life After the Open Directory Project" at Traffick (<...
1155
Keith T.
kctipton@...
Sep 5, 2001 4:37 pm
... So... why would you want an answer now? I can't believe you're so sure about how you were wrongly removed while very vague about your many login names and...
1156
David Grant
david@...
Sep 5, 2001 5:52 pm
[David Prenatt] ... it missed. [David Prenatt] ... rejoining ODP David Out of mild curiosity, if your statement one is true, how can your statement two follow?...
1157
David Grant
david@...
Sep 5, 2001 5:54 pm
[Aaron] ... [Keith Tipton] ... Keith Your reply begs the point. Whatever you feel about Aaron, his editing or his ethics, the valid point that he is making is...
1158
David F. Prenatt, Jr.
netesq@...
Sep 5, 2001 5:55 pm
[Aaron Gross:] ... [Keith T. (aka ODP Meta Editor kctipton):] ... Good question. Better question: Why not just give the guy a straight answer? On the one...
1159
Tim Maroney
tim@...
Sep 5, 2001 7:10 pm
Slashdot and MozillaQuest are covering a high-profile layoff by AOL on the Mozilla project, Mitchell Baker. That led me to wonder whether there had been any...
