Re: Professional Service Directory Review

On May 11, 2014 10:20 AM, "Guillaume Lelarge" <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
wrote:
>
> 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.
>

+1.great job, and definitely much needed!

/Magnus