Please submit in the most specific category your site fits under, i.e. sites about a single topic should be submitted under that topic, and those focusing on a specific geographic area should go into the relevant regional category.

This category should only contain sites that have some details as to "what you can do" politically, action that people can take, or have taken. A site offering primarily general information or education on a subject should be submitted to Society/Issues. A site about a particular political grouping or ideology or which emphasizes electoral and governmental actions should be submitted via Society/Politics.

Sites that respond to readers'' requests for advice, whatever the topic - unless a ''specialist sub-category'' exists.

Please read the category description and look at the sites already listed. Also, you might like to browse the ''sub-categories'' - one of them might be more appropriate.

Self help and support sites do not belong here - Try: Self Help or Support Groups )

If you are not sure, submit in the category you feel is closest. Editors are happy to help someone who meets us half way!

When submitting a site, please indicate if registration or payment is required from your visitors.

Reviewing submitted sites is taken very seriously at the Open Directory; a site in the wrong category, or an inappropriate title or description gets us - and you - a bad reputation. So we reserve the right to delete inappropriate submissions.

Thanks for bringing your site to us.

As a sub-category of "Society", this category deals with advice on the 'human condition', rather than, for example, motor mechanics.

Also, it favors those sites at which you can seek advice - or read about those who have - rather than those which simply publish a prepacked world view! (see Self_Help).

Please be careful and use your own judgment when requesting advice. It can be hard to determine the qualifications of those offering advice over the Internet.

This category is most definitely not an 'information service' area; it's Advice!

Help us to help you - by making this the most useful directory.

Before submitting to this area please be sure you have done a search or have browsed the subcategories first and have made the appropriate choice for your listing.

Sites must contain unique content in order to be listed.

Sites dealing with controversies or issues surrounding crime, law enforcement, and related topics should be sent to Society/Issues/Crime_and_Justice

Private investigations belong in Business: Business Services: Fire and Security: Security: Investigation: Investigators

Sites submitted here must be in English. Non English sites should be submitted to a WORLD category.

Websites pertaining to death care should be very user friendly to the elderly, as they are the most likely to be using them. Things such as colors, text size, universally compatible to older browsers and computers, fast load time, etc. will be taken into strong consideration as factors regarding possible listings.

People with disabilities - how they live, learn, work, play and travel. Also disability news, studies, information, and statistics.

• Submit sites about support groups, agencies, or services for a particular city, state, or province to the appropriate Regional category
• Submit sites that sell adaptive equipment or assistive technology directly to consumers to Shopping: Health: Disabilities
• Submit commercial sites (manufacturers, distributors, etc.) selling disability-related products or services to the professional healthcare industry to Business: Healthcare: Products and Services: Disability
• Submit sites about controversies, issues, advocacy, discrimination, and abuse to Society: Issues: Disabilities
• Submit sites about specific disabilities to Health: Conditions and Diseases

Sites listed in Society/Ethnicity will focus on a particular Ethnic Group''s culture (i.e. traditions, history, arts, religion and education).

• Business sites should be suggested to Business/Business_and_Society/Ethnicity.
• Shopping sites should be suggested to Shopping/Ethnic_and_Regional.
• Area Studies sites should be suggested to Science/Social_Sciences/Area_Studies. These sites tend to offer more quantitative data in areas such as history, politics, economics, demographics, and geography of a given country or region, rather than focusing on the social or institutional aspects of the group/area.
• Sites sites pertaining to the science of Ethnic Studies should be suggested to Science/Social_Sciences/Ethnic_Studies.
• Dating Services or Personal Ads belong in Society/Relationships.
• Political sites with a focus on Nationalism belong in Society/Politics/Nationalism.
• Expatriate sites are listed in Society/People/Expatriates.
  

Do not submit sites here in languages other than English or sites about countries or other regions which are served by a category of the Regional hierarchy.

This section offers categories organized by their focus on specific racial and ethnic groups. Please take the time to locate the most appropriate subcategory prior to suggesting a site. An Ethnic Group is a category or group of people considered to be significantly different from others in terms of cultural (dialect, religion, traditions, etc.) and sometimes physical characteristics (skin color, body shape, etc.).

This category is for English-language sites that offer speculations, research, and theory related to the idea of "the future" or futurist thinking.

If your site offers psychic services go to Society/Paranormal/Psychic and submit to the most appropriate subcategory there.

If your site is in a language other than English, start at World and submit to an appropriate category under the language of the site.

Please submit sites to the most appropriate category.

Sites with adult content which is not of an educational, informative, or artistic nature are not permitted, but should be sent to the Adult category.

Sites primarily offering online shopping should be sent to the Shopping category.

Sites with a narrow geographic focus are best placed in a Regional category.

Sites relating to transgenderism are located in the Society: Transgendered category.

Please review the subcategories and select the most appropriate subcategory for site submission. Do not submit one site to multiple categories. Regional Genealogy sites should be submitted to their correct country and location.

Do not submit

• State/provincial or local/municipal government or legislative representative sites; these should be sent to the appropriate Regional category.
• Political campaigns, candidates, or organizations; these should be submitted in the appropriate subcategory of Regional, Society/Politics or one of their related categories.
• Sites in languages other than English; all such sites are placed in an appropriate category in the World/ hierarchy. A list of Government categories in other languages, is displayed in this category.

To find your city''s Government category

1. Select your country in Regional/Countries, e.g. /Regional/North_America/United_States/.
2. Select your state, e.g. /Regional/North_America/United_States/California.
3. Within the Localities subcategory, select the city, e.g. Regional/North_America/United_States/California/Localities/W/Walnut_Creek.

You may also use the directory''s search engine to find the category.

Sites about local history are usually placed in the appropriate subcategory of the Regional hierarchy.

Do not submit sites about local (e.g. town, city, county) history unless pertinent to an event or place of national or international significance. For example, a site about the founding of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is Regional in interest, whereas a site about the course of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, a turning point in the American Civil War, would be accepted into the Society/History category of the same.

Society/History is best suited to academic or scholarly sites devoted to history of civilizations, or of particular branches or philosophies of history.

ATTENTION: Please DO NOT submit sites on vacation spots in this category.

Few sites are appropriate for this category. Please review the subcategories carefully before making your submission.

Submit sites that have individual pages or sections for a number of holidays to the Holiday Pages subcategory.

Submit sites that list holidays or tell when the holidays observed by a certain people group to the Calendars and Lists subcategory.

Submit sites that focus on a single holiday to the corresponding sub-category.

Do NOT submit shopping sites. Sites that primarily market seasonal merchandise should be submitted to Shopping/Holidays. Shopping sites will not be listed in this category or its subcategories. If submitted, they are subject to deletion.

Sites which focus primarily on the religious aspects of holidays should be submitted to the appropriate religion''s category, such as Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Judaism/Holidays_and_Observances or Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Calendar.

Online greeting sites should be submitted to Computers/Internet/E-mail/Electronic_Postcards/Occasions.

No site is guaranteed placement in the Open Directory. Any site still under construction, submitted to multiple inappropriate categories, using multiple URLs for multiple submissions, or consisting primarily of affiliate links to products will be deleted. Thank you for your cooperation.