A Tale of Three Deletes

Posted May 27, 2005

Must be my lucky day - I got three really annoying reviews in a row. They were all in a category that is subdivided by country and then by state. Most sites have to be listed at the state level, and a site can only be listed in one state.

1. This site has been listed in ODP for several months in the correct state. Earlier this month it was submitted to the USA level and denied. Today a page within the site was submitted to the world wide level. Deleted again. This is just plain annnoying - and could be avoided by reading the category description.

2. Site has been listed for a while. Earlier this month, got an update request to change the URL and confirm that state it was listed in. No problem. But today, he wants to be listed in a different state. Please, guys, one state per customer. Deleted.

3. New site submitted to a state. Now in fact, it ’s the wrong category, but I can understand the confusion, and normally I would move it the the right place for another editor to review. But then I see in big red letters - This site is under construction some of the information may be incorrect. Then why do you submit the site? You want us to put in the directory this confusing and incorrect information about your organization, you want this glaring example of sloppy web site to be shown to the world? Deleted - and the next time it’s submitted - it will be looked at very carefully before it’s allowed in. (You really should thank us)

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