Re: Professional Service Directory Review

On Sun, 2014-05-11 at 09:16 +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Jonathan S. Katz
> <jonathan(dot)katz(at)excoventures(dot)com> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > On May 4, 2014, at 3:22 PM, Jonathan S. Katz
> > <jonathan(dot)katz(at)excoventures(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > A part of the http://www.postgresql.org site that was in desperate need of
> > review was our professional service directory
> > (http://www.postgresql.org/support/professional_support/) Over the past
> > few days, we have conducted a review and have posted the comprehensive
> > results here:
> >
> > https://docs.google.com/a/excoventures.com/spreadsheets/d/1NVLEH01ShMrk_9byQOxwAJWj28-Ub5RqU1ZV9P4Fg6U/edit?pli=1#gid=0
> >
> > A brief summary:
> >
> > * 318 services reviewed
> > * 179 were re-approved
> > * 77 were removed
> > * 62 are still under review and temporarily delisted, see below
> >
> > Services that are "Under Review" have been de-listed and sent a note from
> > our moderation panel specifying what they need to fix in order to be
> > re-listed. Because most of the changes would be minor, they have been given
> > a week since being contacted to update their information and contact
> > webmaster(at)postgresql(dot)org otherwise they will be removed.
> >
> > The services were reviewed impartially without looking into the quality of
> > the service the company is providing, which of course would be impossible to
> > judge without subscribing to the service. When reviewing, we wanted to make
> > sure that:
> >
> > a) The company had a web presence
> > b) The information in the profile was accurately reflected on their website
> > and vice versa
> >
> > Of course, it is not a fun task to review 318 services! We are going to
> > attempt to review the services more frequently (e.g. every 1-2 years as
> > opposed to....?), but we kindly ask everyone to please make sure that their
> > information stays up-to-date, which will certainly help the moderation
> > process.
> >
> > If you believe your listing was removed incorrectly or have any questions
> > about updates to your listing, please send an email to
> > webmaster(at)postgresql(dot)org
> >
> >
> > The review is complete. 183 professional services were kept, 137 were
> > removed. For the full list, please see
> >
> > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NVLEH01ShMrk_9byQOxwAJWj28-Ub5RqU1ZV9P4Fg6U/edit?usp=sharing
> >
> > Again, if you believe your listing or any other listing was removed
> > incorrectly or have any questions, please send an email to
> > webmaster(at)postgresql(dot)org
>
> Nice! Thanks Jonathan.
>

Yeah, that must have been a huge work.

Thanks a lot.

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