DB-PAL (ex staff-thread)

I mostly wrote that so people seeing this thread will see it more as a "Build from a framework" and less of a "Go write a letter".

Okay, but what would you suggest as an alternative?

The trio of the forums? It doesn't have leadership in its definition; we could be any three people from the forums.

Perhaps "The Administrators of the . . ."?

Whoa, a post! (sorry, I'm still accepting the fact that you actually
post outside the staff board xD)

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Triumvirate needs to go. "The three administrators of the English Dan-Ball Forum" could be a replacement.

Other than that, I like the letter. It's just to get him to contact us and start a email relationship right? Only later we might ask to be the official forum, right?

If so then this letter is very good.

I realized that, but it's actually a post that appears outside of the staff lounge, even though it was made inside of teh staff lounge.

Would you care to explain why? SO we can improve it?

Who's gonna translate?

Disabled, I wouldn't either. It's why this horrific first draft was only made so people would have SOMETHING to work off of it.

Besides, we aren't emailing it to anyone. We're asking Otascube and hopefully by extension Ha55ii if they have ever heard of us.

And as to AMK, yes, but AMK isn't the only option.

Unfortunately, we need more than "Can speak some". If we can't get AMK we can simply send out a mass call to everyone fluent in Japanese and English like we did for the badges and stuff.

Ah. It's the writing that is the key in this, so you may do fine.

I have a feeling this post is gonna be long, so I'm sorry for that...
And I'm sorry I only wrote "I wouldn't" without explaining, I didn't have much time the weekend.
I tried hard not to be offensive...

Now I read the letter a few times and I really fail to see a reason to answer it. When I would summarize it I would do it like "Hi UDBF here, we are led by a Triumvirate, please mail us. Sincerely, the Triumvirate."
First, "the Triumvirate" sounds like "the majesty" to me, but I guess thats how you like to be seen... Anyways, if you want to write the letter in the name of the admins, thats your thing. I would write the letter in the name of the forum. And I as a developer don't give a damn about who leads a forum I have never visited or how it is lead.
Then you give him no reason to answer you. "it is our hope that we will be able to become closer to the subject of our discussions" is the only thing that remotely qualifies. I'm not even sure that thing is grammatically correct (Keep in mind: I'm no native english speaker), because "our discussion" is not "ours" because he is not yet involved. And even if I try to make sense of it, I wouldn't really know what to answer to that.
Lastly the talk about the secure email... Isn't this to become quite official? So you in some way have to publish his answer to let us know. And better don't do it like listo, so we only have the word of one guy who says so. If anything, tell him we won't spam or publish his address. I mean why should he answer, when he is not interested in the content being published? Its not like you were asking for trade secrets.

From the letter that pretty much leaves the first two paragraphs.
The first one is kind of ok. I mean he sees the english version is attached. Noting we have a translator is a good thing, I'd also write that he can answer in Japanese.
The history is kind of ok too. I'd remove the "index.cgi?" from the links, looks unprofessional (it's proboards, so it is unprofessional, but I don't think japanese know that).

We need more on the purpose. It's not particularly clear, and too small. I suggest replacing subject of our discussions with "the Dan-Ball site." Or something similar.

We really need specifics, not just general stuff. General stuff may help great if we completely rewrite it, which we are obviously going to have to do, but since nobody seems interested in doing it we are stuck.