[David Prenatt} ... [skrento (aka Nick Sahadi):] ... This is not a sudden turnaround, not by any means. Even if it were, it would be totally in line with the...
[dan:] ... That it would be. Many XODPers have e-mailed me with their thoughts and comments. BTW, I took a look at the site. It's a good start, but it still...
[dan:] ... [n8chz:] ... As the owner and sole moderator of XODP, I'm not sure what you think makes XODP a less than ideal venue for the Open Database Project....
Jim World is very narrow in its guidelines on what is acceptable to post. They don't like people who try to help too much either :) I think Search Engine...
[cbrockman:] ... That, my friend, is an understatement, and that is why I have endorsed WebMasterWorld, which (IMHO) is a much more open and honest forum for...
... [skrento aka Nick Sahadi] Jim's World aka searchengineforums.com http://www.searchengineforums.com is nothing more than a front for a group of SEO Search...
[skrento:] ... So, just to be clear, you do *NOT* approve of the way that Jim Wilson operates JimWorld and Search Engine Forums, correct? Well, that's your...
Hi, I'm an ex-editor. I have no idea why I was removed. I've written so many people trying to figure out why, but to no avail. I got into arguments with a few...
[chris:] ... Your comments below make me wonder how you lasted as long as you did, as the powers that be at ODP do not tolerate anyone questioning their ...
Hello all, Thanks for the report about our Open Database Project site, www.eCriteria.net/Open. We will soon be found at our new domain name recently secured:...
... database ... I was referring to eCriterion, not XODP, as a less than ideal venue. ... I guess I'm a big O Openist; a copyleftist hardliner. With database ...
[dan:] ... Cool name! [dan:] ... Given that the product is still in beta -- and being provided for free -- it is of exceptional quality. I've sent quite a few...
Hello, It's probably useful to reinforce our project's name: "Open Database Project" found at: www.eCriteria.net/Open. The sponsor is a company named...
Just wanting some opinions and suggestions about how to make scability really work well in a directory, both the volunteer-driven type and the paid-staff type...
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Steve Thomas
steveth@...
Nov 6, 2001 7:22 am
... When I began developing the Wherewithal concept back in early 1998 (before anybody had heard of ODP, GnuHoo, etc.), scalability was the core issue. The...
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hitch-hiker@...
Nov 6, 2001 2:58 pm
... You probably has but you are looking for some other explanation because you can't admit that you did something wrong. ... Picking fights with your fellow...
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David Grant
david@...
Nov 6, 2001 3:00 pm
[Keith] ... I don't think that it can be done with the present format by either Yahoo or ODP. 1. Yahoo has "got round" the problem with paid listings. In other...
[chris:] ... [hitch-hiker:] ... Unless, of course, you are a senior editor who picks a fight with a junior editor, in which case it's a good way to get the...
[Keith] ... [David Grant:] ... As I see it, the problem is one of centralized control. Over a year ago, I suggested that Wherewithal implement a decentralized...
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hitch-hiker@...
Nov 7, 2001 2:14 pm
... junior editor That was how you got booted? ... with his opinions booted from ODP. That is ofcourse a "BIG FAT LIE"<tm>, but that is what everyone expects...
As an ODP editor I have excepted some criticism and even control- freakism from meta-editors - although i think editors should be allowed to have more leeway...
[David F. Prenatt] So, just to be clear, you do *NOT* approve of the way that Jim Wilson operates JimWorld and Search Engine Forums, correct? [skrento aka Nick...
I honestly don't know why I was kicked out. And I explained in my post that I was always objective with my own sites and that the descriptions I used were...
[David Prenatt:] ... [hitch-hiker:] ... Most certainly not. As you well know, and as any and all of the editors at ODP who are familiar with me and my work at...
[the__almighty:] ... This is the age old problem of "too many chiefs, not enough indians." Once someone achieves meta-hood, he or she is usually quite eager...
[skrento:] ... One man's exploitation is another man's free enterprise. As near as I can tell, JimWorld's heavy-handed censorship takes two forms: 1. A...
[chris:] ... ODP's standing policy is to ignore the inquiries of XODP editors who are looking for reasons once a decision has been made by ODP's Council of...
... indians." Once someone achieves meta-hood, he or she is usually quite eager to impose his or her own will upon more junior editors, and since there is no...
