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Originally Posted by martty
Raise it in the internal forums at DMOZ, as that is how the system is supposed to work. It was set up that way as a method to deal with the serial submitter. I do know that it does not work if the exact URL is not resubmitted (ie with/without www;deep link) .... if it didn't work that way, imagine how big the pool of repeated listings there will be in the submission pool.
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martty, Each of us had a part of the truth.
Re-suggesting an identical URL
that has not been listed, moved or deleted by an editor
does overwrite the original site suggestion, and will show the date of the last submission. Re-suggesting is clearly counterproductive as the date will remain relatively recent and not raise an editor's concern. The more obsessive a webmaster is about re-suggesting his site, the less likely it is to hit the top of an editor's reverse-calendar queue.
URLs that
have been
listed, moved or deleted by an editor
will not overwrite prior suggestions - it is retained like an update request. In this case site suggestions will stack up in the editor's queue where they will require action. Of course action has already been taken (site listed, moved or deleted) and this instance is also counterproductive for re-suggestors because there is little for an editor to do but delete the re-suggestion.
Depending upon the editor, the dmoz disposition of the URL, and the number of times and frequency with which it is re-suggested it
might become an annoyance and should be avoided.
What to do? Well in the category I'm responsible for a polite note still gets a response. There is no dmoz obligation to do so, and, much advice that it is a waste of an editor's time at best.
Full Disclosure - I'm a very junior editor, and, these are only my understandings of the ODP process. They are meant to be accurate and helpful, but not in any way authoritative.