<h1 align="center">Top Ten Tips</h1>
<p align="center"> <b>Disclaimer</b>: The following are <i>not</i> rules; they 
  are simply helpful tips. </p>
<p align="left">1. If you have no unreviewed sites to edit, search for them yourself 
  and then add them directly to your category.<br>
  2. Use your bookmarks to practice with the editing interface and features available 
  to you.<br>
  3. Read, and if possible participate in, the <a href="http://forums.dmoz.org/forum/">editor 
  discussion fora</a>.<br>
  4. If you have a question that needs answering, first browse DDP, and then the 
  <a href="http://forums.dmoz.org/forum/">editor fora</a> (via <a href="http://dirt01.netscape.com/cgi-bin/forum_search">Forum 
  Search</a> - requires you to re-enter your password) before you start a thread<br>
  5. Read the <a href="http://dmoz.org:8080/guidelines/">Guidelines</a> at least 
  once, especially the section on describing sites.<br>
  6. Never cool, or otherwise unfairly promote, any site with which you are affiliated 
  -- even if the affiliation is indirect. Ignoring this rule is likely to result 
  in your editing permissions being revoked.<br>
  7. After you feel that your category is guideline compliant, it is suggested 
  that you request a critique of your editing. You can do this either by contacting 
  an editor privately, or posting in the current incarnation of the Come Here 
  to Get Your Cat Checked thread, in the <a href="http://forums.dmoz.org/forum/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&amp;forum=New+Editors&amp;number=31">New 
  Editors forum</a>.<br>
  8. Don't apply for a new category until you have at least ten edits. Without 
  these the meta/catmod reviewing your request will not have a good idea of your 
  abilities, and subsequently will probably deny the request. See also: <a href="http://dmoz.org:8080/newperms.html">Applying for New Categories: Advice and Guidance</a><br>
  9. Please be polite and courteous in all of your communications. <br>
  10. Ask if you have any questions, either by starting a thread in the <a href="http://forums.dmoz.org/forum/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&amp;forum=New+Editors&amp;number=31">New 
  Editors forum</a>, contacting a fellow editor via feedback, or asking somebody 
  listed in the appropriate <a href="http://dmoz.org:8080/Test/Editors/Areas_of_Activity/">Test/Editors/Areas_of_Activity</a> 
  category </p>
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