Hey congrats! Getting into DMOZ is a feat, but I don't get the initial problem you had. I was a DMOZ editor at one time, and only incomplete sites, sites that duplicate content, or those with redirects or other forms of subterfuge are rejected.

The real difficulty getting into DMOZ is that 80% + of its categories do not have editors, and they have difficulty attracting the kind of people who will commit themselves to the project.

Most of us who want to get into the DMOZ will need to volunteer as editors. It's not difficult. Nor is the work very demanding. You only need to post one site in the first month, and login and post every four months thereafter.

I tried to volunteer for the regional category that lists real estate sites in my region last night, but made the mistake of being honest. Because I had been a DMOZ editor, the submission form redirected me to the reinstatement form. The problem with that is that I do not want to pick up on the category I edited when I was an editor, and I'm not certain that they won't require that I do.

The people who run the show at DMOZ tend too often to be petit tyrants, hence their difficulty in retaining editors.