Firstly, the dashboard allows editors quick access to where they need to go, whether its the internal forums, a quick reference to the guidelines via links, or to a certain category in which they have permissions. What also appears on editor dashboard are notes to editors. Hahah, that's why they call it a dashboard, right? For example, if the forums are temporarily down, then they'll notify everyone via a dashboard note. Dashboard notes editors can either hide or keep displayed. I hide mine. There is a pesky "tip of the week" thing going on that annoys me to no end...nevermind, I'm getting off topic. No offense to the editors who took the time to put it together, but it's not something I'm interested in.
Alright, lets get to the part you have all been waiting for. You want to see a quick snapshot I took of the editor dashboard, correct? Well, here ya go.
I'll explain the different parts of it. The dashboard will display the name of the editor (real name, maybe), but you can't see the editor's real name unless they put it in their profile, but only Meta editors can. Below the editor's name will be all the categories in which they are a listed editor. In this case, our "editor" is the listed editor of only one, very large category. The first, very large number in black type is the total number of listed sites for the Arts/People category and all of its sub-categories. This number is available to the public. Just go to a category and the number in parenthesis is the total number of sites listed, including those of its sub-categories.
What editors commonly refer to as "greens" are the number of submissions waiting for a review. That number varies by category, and, as editors gain higher permissions in a category, they'll often see the number of greens increase, because that number will represent the number of sites waiting for review in all of its categories added together.
The next number, the purple one, refers to update requests. You will often read editors say that update requests, on average, are handled quicker than site submissions. Generally, that's true. Update requests will appear on our dashboard in a certain color that differentiates it from the greens. When editors go to a category with an update request waiting and looks into the unreviewed queue the update request, itself, will stick out amongst all the other types of sites, so that it'll catch the editor's attention.
Another color, which is not displayed on our annonymous editor's dashboard are the reds. Reds are links that the Dmoz link checker, Robozilla, tags as being broken links, or pages containing errors that makes the link checker thinks the site is down. On the dashboard, next to all the other numbers, will appear the total number of reds for the category. Reds are sites that editors have to recheck to see if the site is dead or if it was just having temporary problems and can be re-listed. I hate dealing with reds, so I don't bother with them, but there are some editors who really love the challenge of finding out if the reds have moved to a new web address.
Also on the dashboard will appear quick links for editors, new and old. Those links could include anything from links to specific topics in the internal forums, links to guidelines, or links to some of the editor tools and resources. There is, of course, a link to the internal forums. How else would editors get there without having to remember the address?
There are more things on the editor dashboard, like a way for editors to update their affiliations, which only Meta editors can see. Editors can also choose to make their affiliations list public if they want, some do, some don't. And, there are other things that are on the editor dashboard, but I've covered the major things.
Since you've read this far I'll give you a nice little Dmoz tid-bit that you probably didn't know about. Sometimes by looking at editors' profiles you might be able to see the total number of unreviewed sites in a category. Through permissions called "Greenbuster" Dmoz lets editors who might not have experience to edit in a large category gain that experience by being a Greenbuster. Greenbusters are not listed as the category editor. Instead, only editors can see who is Greenbusting a category. You'll be lucky to view the profile of an editor who is also Greenbusting a category you want your site listed in, then you can see how many sites are actually waiting for review along with yours. Remember what I said about Greens ealier? Well, editors who are Greenbusting a category will have "Unreviewed" next to a link to the category and a number in green. If you see "Unreviewed" and a number in green next to it, then that's the number of sites waiting for review in that particular category. For example:
Regional/United_States Unreviewed (23,204).
That's an example of what it will look like. That means that in the Reginal category and under the United States sub-category there are approximately 23,000 sites waiting for review. Now remember, that includes all the unreviewed sites for each of the United States sub-categories. But, finding an editor who's profile contains this information will have you reviewing profiles for a very long time, especially if you want to find an editor who's Greenbusting the category where you want your site listed. That editor could be the listed editor of some teeny, tiny category in the Games/ section of the directory.
Here are my current edits at the time of this posting:
1937 / 563 unique adds / 507 deletes / 331 unreviewed
Summary
I haven't edited much in the last two weeks. I've been taking a break from editing, and sometimes have went 2-3 days without making an edit. Usually, I try to make at least one edit per day, but I don't think I've went this long without having made an edit, but I could be wrong. I probably won't get back to editing regularly until sometime next week.
Also, I applied for antother small category and got accepted. Too easy. Next time, I'm applying for something bigger and different. Maybe if I stick with my current theme of websites then I'll make editall quickly. Muahahahahh. But, you can compare my current edits to the edits from my last post and see that I've made very few edits since. I'm kinda worn out, since I do edit so much, so I'm going to keep on track with this little break I'm taking.
*The category figures in this post are fake and are used only for example purposes. They do not represent real category figures. The rendition of the editor dashboard was creatively made to look like the real thing. If it does resemble the real thing then it's by coincidence only.*
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