As a previous "editor" for three different cats at Dmoz, I was quite shocked at the latest WebProWorld newsletter that arrived in my email box!

All the editors are *volunteers*; during the 18 months in which I donated some of my very limited "spare time", I - like the other volunteers - undertook a very thorough assessment of each website submitted, in order to evaluate its "quality" and the potential contribution the site might make to the global information landscape.

In a number of instances, there were times when submitted URLs were unreachable; these were not automatically deleted from the submissions list, merely shuffled down the list for accessing at a later time.

In other instances, the submission could only be described as complete crap. With the mission of the Open Directory Project clearly stating that the object was to provide links to quality material ...

Biblia, the Warrior Librarian
Warrior Librarian