New privileges! - Greenbusting.

I just got approve for the last category I applied for, but instead of getting full privileges in the category, I was only granted greenbusting privileges. Greenbusting means I move and delete sites in un-reviewed, but I can't touch listed sites, and I can't list any sites in the category without another editor reviewing them first. I don't like greenbusting that much. But, I did have doubts about one of the sample sites I used on my application, so I was probably right about my doubts. When I checked my e-mail and saw the e-mail welcoming me to that section of the directory, I pretty much new that it was going to be either greenbusting privileges or to give me constructive feedback on the sites I submitted. After reading the e-mail, I still don't know what's wrong with the sites I submitted. I think it might be only one of the three sites that don't belong in the category. I'll have to take time this weekend to re-review my sample sites and look over similar categories again to find out what's wrong.

Of course, the easiest thing to do is to quite the category and apply for full permissions in another one, since I don't like greenbusting. But, since I eventually want to master most of the sections in Dmoz, I think I'll stick around and try to learn something while greenbusting. I'll look at all of the sites in the category (nearly 100) and take some kind of action with them. Hopefully, soon, I'll gain full permissions in the category.

Until them, I'm going to start looking for another category to apply to. I keep a list in a text document on my computer of categories I want to eventually apply to. Maybe next week I'll send in an application for another category.

Editing stats at the time of this post:

1744 / 483 unique adds / 468 deletes / 278 unreviewed