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Editor:  donaldb

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Home Page:	http://don.braithwaite.name
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Regional: North America: Canada: Ontario: Localities: T: Toronto  (5,465)
Regional: Polar Regions  (309)
Society: Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual  (4,061)

Projects

Status	Project	Area	Leader
Active	Dashboard Redesign	Internal Software Development	rwkat

I'm not sure that there's much for me to write here other than the fact that I'm becoming obsessive about ODP. My web site above is pretty much an open book about who I am.

I've been an editor since Dec 31, 2001. I started with a few categories in the Regional tree way down in Toronto. I later took on Mississauga, Society: Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual, and Regional: Polar_Regions. At one point I was helping out with and Computers: Internet: Web Design and Development: Designers. On Jun 13th, 2002 I was granted Editall permissions, which meant that even though I was still editing primarily in my chosen categories, I was also editing almost everywhere in the directory. On August 5th, 2002 I was granted Meta priviledges, which just meant having to do more stuff all over the directory.

My little piece of advice to any new editors who stumble onto this profile, is to read, read, and read some more. Track down every set of guidelines that you can get your hands on. Pay close attention to the main ODP Guidelines, and check out the more specific top level category guidelines. Start following the threads in the fora that relate to the category tree that you are editing in. Learn by example. Find a well established top level category, that maybe has a few editors, and see how the titles and descriptions are written. Don't be afraid to ask questions in the fora. Be respectful of your fellow editors

I've won a few fun editing awards. If you're really that interested you can see them listed in my Bookmarks.

It took me quite a while to figure out how to get this profile looking the way I wanted it to. Thanks go to brigid23 for helping me figure it out. Remember to add an extra space before any "a href" tags, and add a blank line before and after "img" tags.

Please note that I am a volunteer editor with the (O)pen (D)irectory (P)roject (http://dmoz.org), which is the source of this profile. I have no knowledge of or affiliation with any other directory or organization where the above details might appear.