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Hmmm...an encyclopedia is vastly more complex than a links directory, yet Wiki manages it to a much higher level of user satisfaction than does DMOZ. We can think of many ways to deal with spam submissions.
"I have not found one who has become protective or behaved in any way badly about competitors sites"
OK. Unfortunately, we have heard from many insiders and outsiders who have.
"I can edit in any category on the whole of DMOZ and so can hundreds of other editors, also any editor in a higher category can edit in a lower one. So an editor trying to keep sites out or protect their own might have a few problems when other edits come and edit. "
Here's where you could really add some insight into the process. That's great that you can edit in any category, but we'd like to know who sees the submitted sites? Does every editor eligible to edit a category see or have access to see all the submissions made for sites ? Do the submitted sites stay in a submitted list forever, or does someone look at them and clear them in some way. Please explain how you would know if another editor removed/deleted/cleared a submission in an effort to block competitor sites?
Do most editors share your view that those sites that have been unable to get included fall into your categories of sites whose owners think they are the "bees knees" (but aren't) or are just "spammy, get rich quick, copied site to be listed for their own ends"?
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