There are plenty of controls in place internally to deal with this. Are you familair with them?

There is nothing wrong with an editor listing their own site, providing it is done explicitly and within the guidelines.

I certainly listed my own site and as I said in a previous message, I also listed all my "competitor's" sites (they were not even submitted!!!).... the only advantage I go is that my site was listed for a whole day longer than my competitors :-(

The sites that I am associated with are all declared internally at DMOZ. I am not an employee of WPW or any associated companies...I am not even in the same country, but am just a voluntary mod here --- I even declared WPW on my list of affiliated sites inernally at DMOZ with a description of my involvement to keep it "above board".

Most editors are above board.

Don't jump to conclusions that all editors have sites - I know several DMOZ editors personaly - many are teachers, doctors etc, have no sites of their own, have no idea about Google rankings - they just have an interest and some knowledge in the area

CBP