User talk:Node ue/Language invite form letter

"Hi [person],

I found your e-mail address on the Internet when searching for [languagename] advocates.

I am part of a project that you may have heard of to build a free encyclopedia in many languages on the Internet. Anybody is allowed to contribute, and you don't have to register.

It's called Wikipedia, and it is very easy to help.

One of our main goals is to have a free encyclopedia in [languagename].

Wikipedia is already well-known around the world, with extensive versions in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and many more languages, including smaller ones such as Corsican and Low Saxon.

We really hope you can help us. At the same time, you'll be doing something good for [languagename], because soon a lot more information will be readily available in [languagename] on the Internet thanks to Wikipedia.

Best wishes, [sender]"

Sounds a bit too markety to me. How about something more like:

Hello, [person],

As an advocate of [languagename], you may be interested in a project I'm involved with called Wikipedia. It is a project to build a free encyclopedia in many languages on the Internet. It's a collaborative project, and anyone who wants to contribute can do so without even registering.

We would very much like to have a complete free encyclopedia in [languagename]. Wikipedia is already well-known around the world, with extensive versions in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and many more languages, including smaller ones such as Corsican and Low Saxon.

We really hope you can help us. At the same time, you'll be doing something good for [languagename], because soon a lot more information will be readily available in [languagename] on the Internet thanks to Wikipedia.

Best wishes, [sender]

Also, you don't tell them what to do... TreyHarris 04:38, 20 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Oh geez... I can't believe I forgot that! How about something like "Sign up now or else, foo'!"... or... umm... not. Actually, what WOULD you ask them to do? Node

I don't know. Are you assuming that the lang.wikipedia.org already exists? If so, point them at it. If not... um... I don't know how that works. ;-) TreyHarris 06:26, 20 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Well, either way. If it *does* exist, then we need a set of instructions for that. If it *doesn't*, the thing to do is ask Brion to create it.

I think the best idea is to ask people if they're interested first, and if they ask for more information, tell them all the stuff about how to get started. If they *are* interested, but a domain for their language doesn't exist yet, we can ask Brion to create a space for the language. Node