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| From: "Jacob Allred" <jacob@allredtech.com> To: <sterlingda@greaterthings.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 11:30 PM Subject: FYI: Your site chosen as an Open Directory Cool Site This is to inform you that the website http://www.greaterthings.com/Book_of_Mormon/Book_of_Mormon.htm has been designated a Cool Site in the Netscape Open Directory Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Denominations/Latter-day_Saints/Scriptures/Book_of_Mormon
Hi, I just started as an editor of the LDS Scriptures category at the DMOZ open directory project, and noticed that your site has been listed for a long time. It is
definetely[sic] the best site in the Scriptures: Book of Mormon category, so I am marking it as "Cool". I wish you continued success on your website! -Jacob Allred |
Besides the fact that this index is anything but mainstream and until now has been the only entry in the Book of Mormon category, what is ironic about this is the date: October 31 -- Halloween. One of the projects I worked on today was updating the Halloween index here at GreaterThings.com The Christian world understands better than the LDS world that Halloween is not a holiday we should be glorifying, especially not the goblins and demons, witches and gore. Yet this evening, as I took my 23-month old son out to visit a few neighbor's homes, dressed in his cute puppy-dog costume my wife made him, the only time I had a fright was at the ward's Relief Society President's home, where they had an animated goblin hanging on their door that was motion activated, popping out at you as you approached the door.
Another irony of this date ties in to the address where we now live: 666 South. We actually chose that address when given some options because the previous address was the same number as a neighbor two streets down. Our reason was the opportunity it would give us to illustrate the fact that there is an opposite manifestation for every word and number.
What day does our Book of Mormon Resources index get awarded the "cool site" promotion -- the first page from GreaterThings.com of 56 listed there to receive this distinction ? Halloween night.
At least one Mormon was doing something good on Halloween.
Open Directory Project October 31, 2001 (screen grab)
Postscript On "Halloween Glory"After sending out an announcement of the above development, Jacob responded with the following news:
are only 6 sites in this category so far. I imagine that an interested
person will look at all or most of them.". Sorry. :o(
Jacob
Darn.
But they did add yet another page from GreaterThings.com:
Open Directory Project
November 2, 2001 (screen grab)
An Open Letter to www.DMOZ.org
To: "Jacob Allred" <jacob@allredtech.com>
Cc: <admin@dmoz.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 1:55 AM
Subject: looking to the future -- subcategories LONG OVERDUE
Jacob (and DMOZ admin),
Now would be a good time (long overdue) to further subdivide the DMOZ > Book of Mormon category -- before you get a bunch of submissions that would then need to be moved (something that apparently DMOZ does not do very well -- probably some silly policy that some old hack refuses to change)
There are so many sites and subcategories relevant to the Book of Mormon. It is ridiculous to me that it has taken this long for there even to be a category for the Book of Mormon. I alone have some 10 sites to submit that could warrant separate listings.
I've signed up to be an editor before, but am repeatedly turned down (not mainstream enough? too strong of an agenda regarding my own sites?)
I would recommend some of the following sub categories:
Book of Mormon
- Testimonies
- Apologetics
- Prophecy
- Commentaries
- History
- Archeology
- Language Studies
- Translations
- Directories
- Doctrine
- Harmony with Bible
- Humor
- Opposing Views
o Archeology
o History
o DoctrineAt present, the worlds largest directory is the most woefully inadequate when it comes to providing a service of directing people to quality material relevant to the Book of Mormon.
There ought to be ten editors on this subject alone.
Best wishes.
Go get 'em.
If you think they might reconsider my becoming an editor, I will resubmit an application.
I would love to help with this project.
Sincerely,
Sterling D. Allan
http://www.greaterthings.com/Book_of_Mormon/
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