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Rousse landmarks page

Hi, I do agree that the rousse landmarks section on the Rousse wiki was redundent, however I was in the process of coming up with a more creative and interesting summary of all tourist destinations worth visiting. What we currently have on the Rousse wiki is a list, not a brief summary. Please collaborate with me on creating such a page at Rousse_landmarks. Also, I think it would be a good idea to create a guide to the Rousse night life, as well as hotels, and restaurants. What do you think? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Momchil84 (talk • contribs)

Rousse landmarks page (cont'd)

Dear Todor, I appreciate your involvement with wikipedia, however I am most annoyed with your patronizing behavior. I don't have the time to contribute 400+ articles to wikipedia, but please do not delete the ones I do have the time to write. As I said earler, the guide I am trying to compile is a brief summary of all landmarks of Rousse with actual links to the full articles. This summary will be much more interesting to a newcomer than a simple list of names (which are sometimes ambiguous to a foreign reader even in English). Wikipedia has grown so much because it is more than an encyclopedia, it contains everything from scholarly articles to guides for tourists/visitors. Please reinstantiate the Rousse_landmarks article, and while this time I won't ask you to collaborate with we on making it more complete, I would appreciate if you would simply understand the fact that I am also trying to contribute some of my time. Sincerely, Momchil —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Momchil84 (talk • contribs) 14:55, 8 January 2007 (UTC).

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Macedonians

Well, this is how I see it:

Serbs---Macedonians---Bulgarians

Bulgarians are foreigners, but Macedonians are not quite foreigners to me. Not quite sure how to explain it...--Hadžija 14:05, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, we are close, but not that close. Serbs are pretty close to Slovenians too, and to Russians etc. However, we have to draw the line somewhere, and I drew it. Macedonians are close to both Serbs and Bulgarians, but that doesn't mean that Bulgarians and Serbs share that same degree of closeness with each other. I don't see why that breaks your heart.--Hadžija 15:23, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Yakoruda

Thanks for extending the entry, those things which you write were just the things which I couldn't get hold of, and I've never been much of one to create extra features beyond plain text! Now the article is alive, I needn't fear that someone will delete it for not being appropriate! Evlekis 18:50, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm glad I cut a small piece of your work out! I did actually start the very brief Gradina, Pleven Province article earlier on as well, and as ever, with little information, so you might like to look at that if you're interested and have time. As for the Bulgarian Latinic system and Iskar, it really is no problem. I remember we had a brief discussion some months ago on that issue and you're right, there is no common standard for transliterating Bulgarian quite as there is Serbian, Macedonian and Montenegrin. The ex-Yugoslav republics were tied up for so long together and their own Latinic systems are based on actual Croatian (even if some Serbian nationalists try to dispute that). But it is there from where you derive the haček values for soft consonants, atleast locally; originally this was a Jan Hus creation for the Czech language. Given that you have individual sounds for each letter and that you prefer the š,č and ž may suggest that you favour a phonetical system with transliteration too, and that it turn would give you to support a standard character for ъ, but in all honesty, for now, I personally prefer your actual system - not the inconsistency (Ruse, Russe, Rouse, Rousse etc), but the general preferences, ie. ts for ц, sh for ш, and ch for ч etc. The reason is that whilst we have our own first alphabets (Cyrillic), atleast these transliterations are English speaker friendly, in fact it doesn't even have to be English, any language will do, at the moment, the Macedonian/Serbian transliterations are Bosnian and Croatian friendly! Meaning, we can offer them to learn our languages without having to learn our Cyrillic because they can just use our Latinic instead! A load of rubbish in other words! The fact is, they all cause confusion somewhere down the line. We have in Macedonian LJ for Ljubov (Љ убов), and the same for BiLJana (БиЛ Јана) so I would rather see the former Yugoslav countries drop their pre-1991 habits and adopt the Bulgarian/Russian model. That's just my feeling though! Evlekis 20:42, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

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Едно голямо благодаря за добавените снимки към статията. Скъсах се да търся подходящи такива из целия нет.Трябват ми за българската статия. Поздрави,--Givern 18:50, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

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Ivan Alexander

Perhaps a note should be left at WP:BG? It may attract more interested reviewers. --Cameltrader 17:30, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Did you intentionally not use "name"-s with the "<ref>" syntax? I mean, instead of:

Bla <ref>some source</ref>, blah <ref>some source</ref>.

you can write:

Bla <ref name="s">some source</ref>, blah <ref name="s" />.

and repetitive footnotes will be merged. --Cameltrader 21:49, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

I fixed the footnotes bravely. It's a single edit, so you can easily revert if something's wrong with them. --Cameltrader 22:49, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations,[1] you did a great job! :) --Cameltrader 07:40, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

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Здрасти пак! Получих разрешение да качвам снимки в Уикипедия от http://asenovgrad.freesuperhost.com и имам проблем с тази снимка, която според мен може да бъде "избрана". Не съм напълно наясно с лицензирането тук. Та ако можеш я качи и дай линк. В сайта има още много изключително добри снимки, особено онези с бачковските водопади. Ако не ти отваря сайта пробвай да влезеш от тук директно в галерията. Разрешението е на личната ми страница в бг уикипедията. Поздрави,--Givern 09:02, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Цък :). Чудя се да не би снимките да са крадени и накачурени в този сайт купом.--Givern 09:08, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

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Той започна първи, азс не мога да оставя някакви си сърби да обиждат страната. Както и да е, мисъта ми е друга: можеш ли да свалиш снимки на тракииските ни съкровища и карти на средновекова България? На моя компютър нещо не мога да свалям картинки, има нещо бъгаво. Ако имаш време, направи го. И как да добавям някоя нова битка в българо-византииски войни, там кядето са изписани по хронологичен ред? Поздравления за статията за Йоан Александър, това трябва да е модел за всички български владетели, кога ще стане ясно дали номинацията е успешна? Съжалявам, че ти губя времето с такива глупусти, но си оставам компютърен инвалид (само за игри ставам...). --Gligan 14:38, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Благодаря за отговорите. Значи като намериш време свали ледните картинки от НИМ: P1070688, P10700716, P1070765, P1070804, P1070805, P1070817. Ако не е много трудоемко и друг път ще се възползвам от услугите ти: ) : ) : ) Като ги свалиш къде да ги търся? --Gligan 15:03, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Благодарности : ) : ) : ) Ще са ми от голяма полза; продължавай да правиш карти като тази за Б-я през 1371 или Преслав (и с добрата работа като цяло). Поздрави: ) --Gligan 12:41, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Здрасти пак. Чудя се дали не могат да се намерят някъде средновековни миниатюри за битката при Ахелой и други, както тези за Ключ, за да направим хубава статия за някоя наша битка. Ако се сещаш какви други картинки, които да са подходящи, кажи. Може например снимки на крепости (макар засега почти да няма, дано да има откъде да се свалят).

Сега пооправих някои неща в статията за Добруджанското деспотство и ако някои румънци имат нещо напротив, помагай в дискусията. Омръзна ми да фалшифицират историята ни и да се пишат неверни и необосновани неща и смятам да оправяме тия работи. --Gligan 20:09, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Family Tree

Well, I didn't make the family tree; that's Halibutt's excellent work. You could ask him for help, but I don't like to bother him when he's on his wikibreak. I started having a go at adapting his tree here (bottom of page), User:Qp10qp/Sandbox3, and if I could find some patience, perhaps I could solve it; but I'm not sure. Also, why didn't Alexander think about the size of wiki pages when he was having all those children? qp10qp 11:26, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Try this. --Cameltrader 19:45, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

If you want to tweak the numbers above the children, you can search and replace "0.5em" to your preference. Somebody has to test this in Internet Explorer, by the way... --Cameltrader 20:18, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

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Добруджа

Ето, сега румънците спорят за Добруджанското деспотство. Можеш ли да намериш подходящи източници и да помогнеш в спора? Нека да помолим и Imlajov да се включи. Честито за Иван Александър : ) : ) : ) --Gligan 16:01, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Уви, румънските националисти в тази статия продължават да вилнеят... Драги Тодоре, относно южната граница на Добруджа. Според Петър Мутафчиев в "Добруджа. Сборник от студии", фототипно преиздание на Издателство Стефанка Банкова, София, 1999, стр. 22, включително и Преслав, намиращ се на югозапад от Шумен, е част от Добруджа. Приеми моите поздрави, Jackanapes 12:09, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

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WP:FAR

Hi Todor. Thanks for your work at FAR. I noticed you nomm'ed two today. We've been advising people to try to avoid this, so as not to overload the page and to allow people work on the reviews one-by-one. I'm also concerned about the poor editors at the MiltHist wikiproject who have about six to worry about at the moment. Thanks for doing the notifications. Cheers, Marskell 13:46, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Responded here; I'm sorry to have offended you - I wasn't referring to any particular editor, rather the lack of reviewers in general. Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:27, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Gligan

Здрасти пак с поредния тъп въпрос : ) Какво ще рече да бъда координатор във воения проект на уикипедия? Имам подобна покана, можеш да я видиш на страницата ми и като намериш време ми обясни за какво иде реч. Дали отнема много време и внимание? И друго: мога ли да пиша за хижи в ангоезичната уикипедия? --Gligan 21:35, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Здравей! Този анониму има наглостта да премахва твърдение с източници и карти в статията за Тулча, ще видиш за какво става въпрос, че не ми се обяснява. Та ще те помоля да търсим начин да го блокираме временно за вандализъм (аз не знам как) или поне да му се прати последно предупреждение. Тоя вече почва да ми лази по нервите (е, сигурно и аз малко на теб: )). --Gligan 20:43, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

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Aleksi->Alexi Rilets

Здравей! Имам малко предпочитание връзката и последващата статия за майстор Алекси да се пише Alexi Rilets, по две причини.

• Първо, това е име, произлязло от Александър, което традиционно се транслитерира не Aleksandar ами Alexander с "х". Пример: новоизбраната Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria (а не примерно John Alexander, нито Ioan Aleksandar), Alexander, Prince of Bulgaria, Alexander Paunov, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union Alexander Stambolijski.
• Има вече публикация на английски език и тя е голяма биографична книга (превод от български), в която е използвано името "Alexi", а не "Aleksi", не само в заглавието, но и навсякъде в текста. Ето библиографията:
  • Daskalova-Obretenova, Senior Research Associate Dr. Klara Aleksandrova, Eng. Aleksander Obretenov, Konstantin Pchelinski, translator, „ARCHITEKTON ALEXI RILETS”, NOVA ZVEZDA Publishing House, Sofia 2005, ISBN 954-8981-61-0
  • (Original) ст.н.с. д-р Клара Ал. Обретенова, Александър Обретенов, „Полетът на майстор Алекси Рилец през вековете“, ISBN 954-8683-15-6.

Тоест, когато има вече използвано, утвърдено име, независимо как се транслитерира, би трябвало да се пише по утвърдения начин. (Поне в нашата Уики е така за писане на чужди имена на български.) Но във всеки случай, и двете заглавия ще се направят да пренасочват към същата статия (като бъде написана), така и при търсене на "Aleksi", читателят пак ще намери информацията.

Ако ти имаш по-авторитетни източници, които използват само транслитерацията "Aleksi", моля те да ги посочиш. Поздрави, --5ko 12:21, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Names

Yeah, "very different names" like "Tulcha" instead of "Tulcea", or "Harsovo" instead of Harsova. And BTW, "Diiu" is an old romanian name for Vidin. Vidin is also there so that readers don't think that Diiu is the only name for the city used in Romania. But maybe this could be changed to "obsolete Romanian name: Diiu" or something. As for Caliacra and Şabla: if someone read in a book written before 1940 about "Caliacra", and wanted to search it in wiki, he wouldn't find it. But if the romanian rendition would be presentin the article, the search engine would find the "Kaliakra" article.Anonimu 11:58, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Let's be serious. Books about middle ages will use a german, hungarian or turkish name for those cities. And in the 20th century people began using official names, so probably you'll find the romanian names in most 1918-1940 books written in international languages (french, english, italian)

Using "ch" instead of "ce" is like using "ş" instead of "sh". It's just the final "o". ( "harsovo" is not standard transliteration, so the "a" isn't really an a, but a sound pretty close to romanian "î/â")Anonimu 12:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I was talking about medieval sources accesible to english readers. And those generally use either the hungarian or the german one. There are studies about Romanian toponimes in Dobrudja in medieval and modern (pre 1878) maps and documents. And they are enough of them. I know that there was a study about toponimes in northern Dobrudja in 1880, that showed the romanian ones were more numerous than the bulgarian ones (of course the most numerous were turkish-tatar ones)

About Harsova, here's what i could find: "HÂRSOVO - grad v Severna Dobrudja, na lebiya bryag na r. Dunav, dnes v Rumânya. Pârvoto sigurno slomenavane na toyi grad e v geografska karta ot 1507 g. Spored ocmanski dokument ot 16 vek e vilaet, prinadlejasht kâm Silistrenski sandjak. Priema se, che imeto mu proizliza ot "lichnoto ime Hârs ili Hrâs". "(sorry for the lame transliteration, but it took to long to write in cyrillic)Unfortunately this doesn't say the exact first mention. Romanian linguist Sorin Olteanu also thinks it comes from "Hârs"/"Hârş"(someone's name)+ ova (turkish for "field"). Anonimu 13:51, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Puzzled why nobody fixed major error in Varna article

Sorry if I'm a little pissed off, and I don't want to particularly scold you on this, but I'm really at a loss to explain how nobody bothered fixing this major error that someone introduced into the article—especially after I had so much trouble over a couple of lousy references. Is it that nobody was paying attention to this? This person seems to come along every so often, apparently wanting to make us believe that Varna is the 2nd-largest city (population-wise) in Bulgaria. +ILike2BeAnonymous 00:53, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to bug you again, but I'm puzzled again. Today's game is: identify what's wrong with the article on Varna. Hint: check out the top of the article on Plovdiv while you're at it. Hello, is anyone home? +ILike2BeAnonymous 00:45, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, dude. (Just saw your edit.) +ILike2BeAnonymous 08:25, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Constantine Bodin

I`ve made a mess?

His name was Константин Бодин or ConstantinE Bodin in english and in the begining of article it is written that he was proclaimed tsar of Bulgaria by name Peter III.

Yes he was proclaimed tsar of Bulgaria in 1072 in Prizren by name Peter III,but he is known in history by his name(Constantine Bodin),check other interwikis or even article on wikipedia on bulgarian,even there name of the article is Константин Бодин,so why should wikipedia on english be different?

As I see it,I cleared up the mess.

CrniBombarder!!! (†) 22:22, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

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I answered on my Talk page. Basically, I ask you to refer to Talk:Saxons#Paragraph about Saxons in medieval Southeastern Europe. -- Zz 15:19, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

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George I of Greece

Thank you for your comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/George I of Greece. I have provided main references, split the footnotes; formatted the list according to Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Bulleted lists; used cite templates; and expanded sections George I of Greece#Titles, styles and arms and George I of Greece#Territorial expansion (1871-1881). DrKiernan 07:54, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Flămânda Offensive

Здрасти, Todor. You've recently changed the name of the town in the Flămânda Offensive article from Ryahovo to Oryahovo. I think it's wrong, since Oryahovo is just across Bechet, and Flămânda (now called Puieni, Prundu commune) is locaed in Giurgiu County. The name of the Bulgarian town on the historical map I have was called "Ryahovo", it may have changed meanwhile. As far as I could see on an actual map, it must be close to Slivo Pole, Ruse Province. Maybe you can find the actual name. Cheers, Mentatus 17:10, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

No prob. I'll change it back then. Mentatus 20:55, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

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Query on History of Communist Bulgaria

Hello, Todor! I've noted you'd edited the History of Communist Bulgaria page. Might you take a look at my query on its discussion page? -- Thanks, Deborahjay 11:44, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
FOLLOW-UP: I found your reply there -- Thanks for the confirmation! And please note: If and when you do translate the Bulgarian page to English and would like it reviewed by a native English editor, leave a note on my User talk page and I'd be glad to return the favor! -- Cheers, Deborahjay 08:11, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 21 February, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bulgarians in Hungary, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

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Bulgarians

I just wanted your advice before I go ahead and start something. If you look at the Croatians page, it gives a list fo the countries which they inhabit, and the link takes you to an article about the Croats of that particular country: eg.Romania or Macedonia. On the page for ethnic Bulgarians (where I see you have contributed), the blue links on the countries simply direct one to the country itself. Do you think that it may be a good long-term idea to change those links to, for example, Bulgarians from such and such a country? I mean there is a lot which can be said for all of them: when they arrived, are they present settlers like in Spain and the USA? Are they traditionally allined to Bulgaria but locked out, such as those in the Western Outlands? Or are they mostly those who left Bulgaria some centuries back, like the Bessarabians of Moldova? Or might they have later adopted a Bulgarian identity from having settled in their present homelands since leaving a region currently in Bulgaria, but having done this before the nationalism revivals of the 18th century? (I can't think of a positive example for the last, but it is plausible as is the case with other nationals). A start may give good scope for future editing, do you think it's a good idea? Evlekis 20:05, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Todor. I feel that if we write a little something about the Bulgarians of each country bit by bit, then it may make the article long and painful for the eyes, constantly introducing something new. But then, if there is little to say about the Bulgarians of some countries then this may be a good idea. You know how it is with ethnic groups living outside of their national states: they may have a desire from greater autonomy, there may be human rights issues concerned etc. But there is time, we'll get round to everything eventually. For the time being, these links you mentioned about the Bulgarians abroad as opposed to Croatia's template, any chance of being able to see them? Is there a link to this, or is it simply not ready yet? Evlekis 21:07, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

DYK!!!

On 22 February, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Greeks in Bulgaria, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

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DYK

Did you know? was updated. On 22 February, 2007, a fact from the article Greeks in Hungary, which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

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Suggestion regarding an image which you created

Dear Todor Bozhinov, I happened to notice this image which you created. May I please kindly suggest that you modify the text left of the legend so that it reads "Bulgaria upon Independence" (or "Bulgaria upon independence from the Ottoman Empire") instead of the current text ("Liberated Bulgaria"). I don't think that it would be less factual and indeed it would "read" better to more people (given the territorial extent of those 1878 borders).

I would edit the image myself but I might then end up ruining the fine graphics. Moreover, I thought that contacting you is friendlier and eliminates the risk of being perceived as confrontational. It is also an opportunity to say hi!

Best regards, Contributor175 07:29, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

I appreciate your having already given this some thought, as you say, and also for the additional historical insight. I am still sure that we could improve on that caption though and as soon as I come up with something, I would like your comments.

By the way, having also browsed through your contributions, there is at least 1-2 articles in there on which we are likely to be collaborating in the (near?) future, so I find it fortunate that we appear to have established communication on good terms.

Take care,

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Simeon

Здравей! За битката съм ползвал почти изключително "Българските ханови и царе" на Андреев и Лалков. Там пише: "княз Симеон връхлетял върху територията на маджарите-между реките Буг и Днепър". За съжаление източниците там са от историята на Златарски и не са цитирани.

Обаче има една немска хроника, където пише че българите разбили маджарите след тежко сражение, като оставили 20,000 конници убити. Там май пишеше че сражението е било близо до река Буг. За съжаление не помня името на автора, но когато отида до библиотеката ще погледна и ще ти кажа. Ще потърся и други източници.

Можеш ли да ми кажеш с каква програма правиш карти на България, като тази за Йоан Александър. Ако не е много сложно мога да направя такива за почти всеки наш владетел и ако не мога да ги кача в Уикипедия, ще ти ги пратя ти ги качиш.

Сигурен съм, че статията за Симеон ще стане много хубава : ) --Gligan 13:07, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

А, видях го в една книга: Фуденски летописи. --Gligan 13:15, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

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Maybe you can help me break the page Trimontium in two? One for the fortress and one for Plovdiv? Blagodarja, User:Spyros Pantenas|Spyros Pantenas

==Bravo Todor , ti napravi dobra rabota! Spyros

Re: Another family tree request

Of course, I'd be glad to help. Two quick questions: should we display George Sursuvul? and do you already have an idea how to visualize the unknown daughters by the undetermined marriage? --Cameltrader 19:19, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Try this — it got rather lengthy, unfortunately. Don't forget to test in Internet Explorer. If you need any adjustments, I will be online tomorrow morning. --Cameltrader 20:58, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

I made another attempt. My second example there is just a test — it uses a clever template with nice and easy syntax, immitating ASCII art. The only drawback is that it doesn't make table cell equal width (this can be solved), and I couldn't get wife numbers appear near the children. It may also be an unnecessary burden to the servers, since it makes massive use of templates. --Cameltrader 09:26, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

I was hesitating whether to move the children to the right, or just swap Peter and Ivan. Clumsily, I did both :) Unless the order of children is significant, they should be ok now. --Cameltrader 10:08, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

I couldn't realize how User:Imladjov is related to this (his last contribution is half a year old), but hopefully I've sorted the siblings correctly. --Cameltrader 19:49, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Здравей! Аз бях в библиотеката и погледнах някои работи в книгата на Златарски, обаче загубих листа, където съм писал (дано го намеря). За битката с маджарите, не бяха споменати Фулденските летописи, явно автора е бил съсредоточен главно върху отношенията с византия, предполагам. Имаше за нея виз. източници, но в тях данни за местоположението и загубите нямаше, за разлика от немския летопис. Дори намерих информация за Теодор Сигрица, Мармаис и битката при Пиги, но сега не мога да напиша нищо... Аз като гледам си намерил предостатъчно източници, така че не бях търсил такива, пък и в книгата се ползваха главно Скилица, Константин Багренородни, Лъв Дякон и още двама. --Gligan 10:24, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Здрасти! Значи в една книга, "1300 години на стража" е поместен следния цитат: "И двете страни се сражавали ожесточено. У българите, на които се паднала победата, били намерени убити 20,000 конници." В интернет нещо не пише, защото искат да си го купиш, а в библиотиката се обзалагам, че няма да го има, тъй че трябва да се задоволим с този цитат. Тъй или иначе, днес ще трябва да ида там и ще попитам, но не храни напразни надежди... Статията за Симеон е станала превъзходна : ) Има ли още картинки от Скилица? Защо не я кандидатираш за избрана страница? --Gligan 10:43, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

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hi, just to let u know that i've copied Image:Burgas-alexandroupoli.gif over to commons (as Image:Map of Burgas-alexandroupoli pipeline.gif in order to use in this article. best, Doldrums 13:25, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Smirnenski - Brothers of Gavroche

If you know of a public domain translation of this poem, or are willing to attempt a translation of your own, I'd like to include it on my site - Victor Hugo Central [2] (In the Tributes and Literary References section) The translation could also be linked to in the Gavroche wiki-entry. Gavroche42 15:10, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Pak sam azs : )

Здравей! Искам да те питам защо не излизат тези footnotes в статията за Българо-византийските войни? Като намериш време погледни и го оправи: ) И друго: не можем ли да номинираме статията за България за FA? Като гледам, причините поради което се е провалила предната номинация вече са оправени: )

Профилактично те занимавам с такива глупусти, защото си оставам компютърен инвалид : ) --Gligan 18:08, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

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PFC Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad

Are they really the same? I went to what I thought was an official website and saw the same logo... Thanks! Nach0king 00:40, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

I see - thanks for the info :) I'll steer clear of those pages, I think... ;) Nach0king 12:19, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

I noticed you changed "Yugoslav" to "South Slavic" in the original designation of the Acedemy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb, saying that, since Yugoslavia didn't exist in 1868, the adjective was anachronistic. However, the adjective "Yugoslav" (Croatian jugoslavenski) and the idea of "Yugoslavism" (Jugoslavenstvo) predates the origin of Yugoslavia considerably, and differs from the designation "South Slavic" (južnoslavenski). The adjective južnoslavenski does include Bulgaria, but jugoslavenski does not, and in its original 19th century use, my guess is, was ambiguous about it at best. When Croatian "Yugoslavists" adopted (and possibly coined) the word, they were primarily interested in uniting with the South Slavic countries to the immediate east - Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro - where linguistic and cultural similarities were the greatest. Their knowledge of Bulgaria was probably quite scant.

According to dictionary.com, the word "Yugoslav" first appears in English about 1850-55, so the word itself is definitely not an anachronism. Thus I'm quite sure the proper translation for Jugoslavenska akademija ... is "Yugoslav Academy ..." rather than "South Slavic Academy ..." (Južnoslavenska akademija ..., which never existed). The point you brought up is important but it's probably best addressed in a footnote. If we are in agreement I will go ahead and change this - or I'll change it anyway and you can add whatever you deem appropriate from the Bulgarian standpoint :).

With South Slavic WikiLove, Miranche 22:40, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Check it out... Miranche 05:25, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

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Hello i'm known as Whiskey_Blues123, I'm rather new to this and joined the Balkan History department today. I apologize that this isn't written in Bulgarian but it was something i couldn't really pick up on London. Even though i am fluent and can read in Bulgarian that is the only thing i cannot do. I wish to post certain things on wikipedia and would like it greatly if you could maybe show me the basics or atleast tell me if there is anything specifically needed on the topic of Bulgarian History. Luckily i have access to one of the biggest libraries in the United Kingdom. So if you need any sources of information, i'll be more than happy to help out. At this moment i'm looking for people to generally tell me the mechanics of Wikipedia.