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	'''The motto is not translated correctly. The correct form in English should be "Strength through unity!".''' ] (]) 12:48, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
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	That's right! You're absolutely correct. ] (]) 22:47, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
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	Can someone who's got sources please ammend the bit in chapter Bulgaria in World War II where it says that Bulgaria was given the chance to claim "long coveted" Greek and Serbian territories. This is rather biased and malicious sounding. Bulgaria in fact reclaimed these territories which were taken away as a result of WW1. Furthermore they had predominantly ethnic Bulgarians living on them. So yeah, at the moment its just not fair. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 00:27, 3 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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	citation:<i>Bulgaria in fact reclaimed these territories which were taken away as a result of WW1. Furthermore they had predominantly ethnic Bulgarians living on them.</i>
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	Well, in fact she did, but not quite just that. In WW2 Bulgaria claimed from Serbia/Kingdom of Yugoslavia ] then ]. While it is true that territories taken away after WW1 have predominantly ethnic Bulgarians living on them up to this day, those others (at least in todays Serbia, I can't speak for Macedonians) are predominantly either ethnic Serbian or ethnic Albanian. From what I've heard from locals, Bulgarians were certainly not received as liberators in most parts of southeast Serbia that was occupied by Bulgaria in WW2. Anyhow, it is agreed that there is no need for loaded language.
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	:Back on the motto topic - according to me "Unity gives strength" comes closer to the Bulgarian wording, but according to the , the correct English translation is "Union makes strength" , so I suggest that it is changed to the official version. ] (]) 11:41, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
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	::To be precise, neither 'un1ity' nor 'union' is the English for 'съединение'. 'Unity' is 'единство' and 'union' is 'обединение' in this context. The correct English word for 'съединение' would be 'unification', which is seen e.g. in the interwiki correspondence between the articles ] and ]. Therefore, the motto ought to be 'Unification makes strength'.
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	:::Just a thought: the Belgian motto is similar to the Bulgarian, and is translated as ]. By the way, does anybody know if the similarity is a coincidence? Do the Saxe-Coburgs have anything to do with it? ] (]) 05:43, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
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	::::My feeling is that strictly sticking to dictionary definitions isn't really the right approach here - 'strength through unity' definitely comes closest to conveying the same meaning as the Bulgarian phrase. In the motto, 'съединението' doesn't concretely refer to the unification of Bulgaria, but rather to the concept of acting in unity, therefore I'd go with 'unity'. Anyway, as ] points out this is a moot point, since the government has blessed us with an official translation, as ridiculous as it sounds... ] (]) 06:10, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
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	] <sup>]</sup> 09:18, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

	== This article is getting too long ==

	According to ], readers may tire of reading a page much longer than about 30 to 50 KB, while this one is 142 KB at the moment. In comparison, it was 94 KB this time last year, and 115 KB three months ago. Since the article has already generated many sub-articles, the only way to keep it readable is to cut text. I think we should consider which information is absolutely essential for a reader who wants to read an encyclopedia article about Bulgaria but has a limited attention span, and move less-notable information into sub-articles (and create ones for it if necessary). Maybe we should introduce a ban on adding information unless at least twice as much as is added is removed in the same edit? ] (]) 11:40, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

	:Here is my opinion:

	* The Geography section should be a bit shorter, maybe removing some of the information under "Climate" and "Hydrography".
	* The History section is very long; "Ottoman rule" and "Interwar years" should be reduced in size, especially the former.
	* The Politics section includes too much unneeded info on the judiciary.
	* The Military section seems fine;
	* The Economy section is very long, but a large part of the information in it is important, sho it should be shortened with care.
	* The Science, technology and telecommunications section is long, but this is mostly because an article on the subject does not exist. However, like the Economy section, this one should be approached with caution.
	* The Transport section seems fine;
	* The Culture section is inexplicably long, especially "Customs" and "Cuisine";
	* The Tourism section is both huge and ugly. It's a personal opinion, but I'm even against such a section in the article as a whole. Only the most significant should be taken out, and merged with Economy.
	* The Sports section is full of unessential information, especially when it comes to soccer.
	* The Religion section is too long. Only the basic information should be left, and probably merged with Culture.

	I can start working on Economy and Science, since in recent months I've closely monitored both of them and fount a few sources to fill citation tags. Objections ? - ☣'']'' <sup>]</sup> 15:54, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

	::To my mind the section for the Ottoman rule must be greatly reduced. It used to be quite reasonable but it was overextended by a non-constructive User:Nostradamus1. The information after the Liberation is very long too. Considering the Science and Sports sections, the look very nice and I think that their content should be copied to a new main pages dedicated to that matter and only the most important should be left on the page for Bulgaria.

	::Considering the images, I think that we should try to put only beautiful and neat pictures - for example I don't think there should be a picture of the market or the mine of Elshitsa...

	::AND to my opinion in the section for the religion there should be two pictures - a church and the Rila Monastery. --] (]) 17:45, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

	:::On the image issue - the Economy section has a very adequate picture variety. The point is not to show beautiful pictures, the point is to illustrate different types of economic activity. Factories, mines or markets are rarely beautiful, but they perfectly illustrate the various industrial and commercial sectors. As to the religion section - it should be shortened to such a degree, that maybe one picture will be enough; and, from an aesthetic point of view, pictures of landmarks such as the Rila Monastery are somewhat unappropriate, unless in context - otherwise the article starts looking like a tourist brochure. - ☣'']'' <sup>]</sup> 17:58, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

	::::Well, it is true that that shows what economy looks like but still for countries with far larger reliance of mining industry it is shown something more aesthetic. Everyone knows that countries don't include only beautiful things but generally in the main article I thing we should put pictures that look neat. Otherwise, the mines would be great illustration for the economy/industry article or even a separate article for mining (which I am too lazy to make unfortunately...) But that is, of course, my personal opinion. We should discuss that issue further... --] (]) 20:57, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

	At this point, this is an unimportant part of the problem. We should start shortening the article, especially "History" and "Sports" (no other wikipedia article has such a long sports section). I'm taking the Economy, and I'll see what I can do for Science and Culture. - ☣'']'' <sup>]</sup> 11:31, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

	:I've left the most important information and moved the unimportant facts to the main article at "Economy".

	@Gligan: pics like these would be pretty useful, especially the second one. If you have a flickr account, you can contact the author and ask for a permission for the pic to be downloaded from the site and then uploaded in commons. I dont have the time or a flickr account to do that, sorry. They would look effective in the Economy section. - ☣'']'' <sup>]</sup> 14:39, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

	:: It is true that this is not the most important thing right now... I also don't have a Flickr account but I found these two pictures on which it is written "some rights reserved" - and . I think that the first one is appropriate ;-) --] (]) 15:18, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

	:::Yep, the first one is fantastic actually, but the license is still not acceptable and a permission should be asked. Here's the list of acceptable flick licenses in Commons. This pic would be a great contribution. It would be great if you can contact the author and ask for a permission, so that the picture can be uploaded. :) I will continue reducing the size of the article and finding references (because this is a major problem too). - ☣'']'' <sup>]</sup> 15:26, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

	::::Well, I think that the images can be uploaded by the terms of creative commons. I think it is not necessary for the pictures to be in Misplaced Pages Commons or it is needed? --] (]) 16:16, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

	Well, it can be uploaded locally, but the best practice is to be in Commons, so that the image can be available to all language versions. Unfortunately, its current license (CC-BY-NC-ND) is incompatible with Commons, so the only solution is to ask the author to change the license to either CC-BY or CC-BY-SA...- ☣'']'' <sup>]</sup> 16:52, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
	: Tourbillon is right; "non-commercial-only" flickr images can't be used here. ] ] 16:57, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

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	I've reduced the article to a reasonable size of 100 KB, provided sourced statements, removed the unsourced and reworked the sections. - ☣'']'' <sup>]</sup> 10:16, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

	== inconsistency in article ==

	In the 'Geography' section, it states that Bulgaria has 'vast coal reserves', yet in the 'Economy' section, under 'Energy', it the article states that 'Bulgaria has relatively few reserves of natural fuels such as coal'. This needs to be rectified

	:It seems that someone has wrongly edited the economy section because we don't have natural fuel such as oil and gas but have enough coal. I will correct it, thank you for the remark ;-) Best, --] (]) 10:41, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

	== My edits to the science section ==

	I removed the texts because:
	* John Atanasoff was not Bulgarian and his contributions to science were not made in Bulgaria;
	* Peter Petroff's contributions were made long after he had left Bulgaria;
	* Georgi Mandushev was part of an international team without Bulgarian institutes, and their discovery was made outside Bulgaria;
	* It was the USSR who sent Georgi Ivanov into space; the Bulgarian contribution to the USSR space programme was minor;
	* The number of scientists working at CERN is 30 according to the reference, the other 60 must be technicians, secretaries, cleaners, etc.
	so these can hardly be said to be Bulgaria's contribution to science.
	] (]) 05:52, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

	:I mostly agree - I was going through this section thinking "wow, they're really pushing it in terms of what's considered Bulgarian". I guess the question is: if a scientific development was the work of a Bulgarian person, however it was carried out outside Bulgaria and/or without support from Bulgarian institutions, does it still count as a "Bulgarian" development? I don't have enough Misplaced Pages experience to know the answer. With regard to John Atanasoff, it may be worth mentioning him despite the tenuous link, as his was an important discovery. ] (]) 08:56, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

	:Anyway, my other thought was that there's a lot of stuff in the sci-tech section that should probably be moved to the dedicated article, ]. A lot of it is way beyond the scope of what most people would consider a brief summary. ] (]) 09:01, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

	:: All of the people that you took out of the Bulgarian Science & Technology section are considered Bulgarian, or Bulgarian-American. They considered themselves as such and no one else has the right to tell them otherwise. An example from a non Bulgarian section is someone like T.S.Yau who proved the Calabi conjecture hence the famous mathematical expressions of the Calabi-Yau manifolds. This man is Chinese-American, even though he came up with his impressive theory when he was in the USA. How about the Nancy Pelosi article where it states that she is the first Italian-American to become a speaker of the house? She was not born in Italy, but there is consensus that she is Italian-American. How about Michelle Kwan, who was born in Torrance, California and yet is Chinese-American? There is no debate about this either, but rather full editor and administrative consensus. Will you be editing her article as well with your revisionist philosophy? I would like to see how your subjective perspectives are dealt with in these and many other non-bulgarian Misplaced Pages articles. Indeed, there are literally hundreds upon hundreds of other articles that are examples of this factors. I have had the priviledge of observing discussions regading this very topic, which have involved some of the original administrators on Misplaced Pages. It is thus clear that you are incorrect in your assesment of this specific issue. If you however have a problem with this then you will have to also change all of the other articles on Misplaced Pages regarding various personas of human history. If however you want to include the words Bulgarian-American for some of the scientists/engineers, then please do so. --] (]) 10:29, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
	:::I'm not denying their Bulgarian birth or ancestry. But what you seem to suggest is that T.S. Yau should be mentioned ], Nancy Pelosi ], and Michelle Kwan ]. ] (]) 11:33, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

	::::As you can see the Chinese article mentions personas that they want to present therein. Who's to tell them which people stemming from their nation should and should not be mentioned? The same holds true across the Wikipedian landscape. You can also be certain that should T.S. Yau manage to create a universal "theory of everything" using his mathematical insights into String Theory, he will be regarded as one of the greatest minds of recent human history. In such a case, he would most surely be promptly mentioned in the China article. I have discussed this very conjecture with Chinese editors and administrators who are in agreement. Until then he remains a relatively minor figure in the context of 1.4+ billion people of Chinese background.--] (]) 12:15, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

	:Right, before this turns into a revert war...based on other Misplaced Pages articles, could we agree on some of the following:
	*The science and technology section ''should'' include inventions/discoveries by Bulgarians or people of Bulgarian descent, similar to the one on the ].
	*Again, this should be a brief bullet point list of up to 6–7 people that describes their contribution in just a few words. Further details should be left to the article on ]. As it stands, the science section here just duplicated large sections of the dedicated article, which is a bit pointless. In fact the Bulgarian science section is '''twice the length''' of the science section of the ] article.
	*In the case of John Atanasoff, I think it should be noted that he is "of Bulgarian descent" rather than actually "Bulgarian", though I'm sure we can iron this out.
	*Finally, there should be a paragraph or two on the current state of the sci-tech industry, as in the article on ].
	:It seems to me that shaped this way, the section would provide a much more useful overview of Bulgaria's role in the world of science and technology. Please comment. ] (]) 18:43, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
	:: I'd personally object against point 1 already. This is the article about Bulgari'''a''', not about Bulgari'''ans'''. There is a separate article about the ethnic group. This article is about things that happened in this country, not about things that people whose parents came from this country did elsewhere later. ] ] 18:47, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
	:::It's funny you say that, as that was also my initial idea. But having looked around other countries' articles, their science sections almost universally include lists of notable achievements by nationals of that country – as ] alluded to. Purely based on that pseudo-standard, I think such a list would be appropriate. It also shows that Bulgaria has over the years had a strong scientific community.
	:::''Having said all that'', I think the section as it stands is incredibly biased – the sort of thing you might read in a communist party bulletin proclaiming how well everything's going (I'm kidding, but you get my point). It never mentions that the 0.4% of GDP research spending is just about rock-bottom in comparison to the rest of the EU (tied with Slovakia and Romania, who have significantly greater GDPs), and is actually ''decreasing''. It never mentions that nowadays those 47 universities and the BAS, that "leading scientific institution", produce very little meaningful output, after much of the competent workforce left the country since the 1990s. Moreover, science education at universities, as well as schools, is at a level far below what would be required to raise a new generation of talent. The country's "strong tradition" in science and technology has eroded at a phenomenal pace due to resource shortages in both human and monetary terms, and I think the article needs to better reflect that. I know there are lights at the end of the tunnel (EU framework grants, etc), but for the time being the sector is in throes. ] (]) 19:16, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
	:::: You make some very good points about some of those the things that ought to be in the section. I'll still disagree about the treatment of emigre individuals though. The distinction between the treatment of a country and the treatment of an ethnic group is an important one to make, and just because some other articles are doing it wrong isn't a good argument for doing it wrong here too. ] ] 20:01, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
	::::: On the basis of pure logic (Bulgaria vs Bulgarians), I really want to agree with you. You also obviously have vastly more experience than me in this. However I think the distinction is more subtle: several aspects of a country are defined by its people and their achievements/behavior, rather than anything intrinsic to the country. I looked around a bit, and more often than not the Science, Culture, and Sports sections of country articles are dominated by references to people - as it is the people from which a country derives those traits. Such is the case with the article on ], for example: a featured article that undoubtedly receives much attention and has been tweaked numerous times. Its ] section contains three paragraphs listing people, followed by a short one listing facilities. Moreover, several of the personalities mentioned - notably ], ], ], and ] - spent much of their career outside Germany. On this note, I think in order to give the reader an accurate impression of the role that science plays in any given country, it is essential to mention notable scientific personalities and development. I know this is turning into a bit of a long discussion but I do believe it will be a fruitful one. ] (]) 21:59, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

			== Semi-protected edit request on 31 October 2024 ==
	== VNIMANIE! ==

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	Ima hora koito se opitvat da predstaviat laji za Atanasoff i napalno nepriemtat che e chast Bulgarin. Otidete na statiatamu http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:John_Vincent_Atanasoff i napishete mneniata si po tozi vapros v "discussion". Ima administratorka koita spodeli che kolkoto poveche hora potvurdiat tezata che Atanasoff e Bulgarski-Amerikanets tolkova po sklonna bi bila tia da prieme che tova triabva da se napishe v negovata statia. Molia otdelete malko vreme.--] (]) 02:34, 6 October 2009 (UTC) <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
			These policies resulted event called "The great excursion" where 300,00 ethnic Turks emigrate to Turkey.
			the original is (These policies resulted in the emigration of some 300,000 ethnic Turks to Turkey.), found in the part where Bulgaria was a socialist state ] (]) 15:26, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
			:{{not done}}:<!-- Template:ESp --> You'd need a ] that calls it the "great excursion" before it could be added, and anyway it essentially says the same thing and is probably not necessary. ] (]) 20:20, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

			== Cleanup suggestions ==

			The article requires a bit of cleanup, including images, image formatting, source and data refreshment, as well as some section reformatting. In particular:
	== The Province of Montana ==

			* The '''Lede''' could be a bit clearer, in terms of historical timeline - grammar and vocabulary fixes, content seems fine and is holding up;
	What is the origin of the name ''Montana''? It is clearly ''latin'' and not ''slavic''. It is perhaps because people living there speak a latin language or for other reasons? Thanks for a kind answer. --] (]) 07:52, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

			* The '''History''' section has remained stable and needs no work. There could be a better image of Dimitrov, the licensing on this one seems suspicious, or another image from the Socialist era could be added (possibly Zhivkov, as he is the focal point of the narrative on this period and is one of the longest-serving modern European leaders)
	: There's an answer at ]. ] ] 07:58, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

			* The '''Geography''' section needs some updates on the figures, such as the Environmental Index and fauna population numbers. The Environmental conservation paragraph might need to be rewritten to reflect the latest data and trends. The images look a bit jumbled in terms of size - would be best to put images of the same size, possibly better quality images of Rila and Belogradchik.
	*Thanks. Very kind of you.--] (]) 14:35, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

			* The '''Politics''' section will be a challenge. The Bulgarian political landscape has only gotten worse since the article reached FA status, significantly more fractured and polarized. While the content could be kept, I would suggest the entire electoral drama from 2013 onward to be a bit trimmed while keeping the chronology of events, and a new paragraph to be added on the latest developments. I would also merge back '''Foreign Relations''' and '''Military''' into a single section, a bit trimmed but preserving the meaning, and with some details on more recent events.

			* The '''Economy''' section requires updated data, but is overall stable content-wise. The business park and electronics factory images need to go - Bulgaria has no freedom of panorama so modern buildings cannot be displayed. I will replace them with an image of the National Bank or an image of the latest data from the Observatory of Economic Complexity (or both). The '''Science and Technology''' section needs an update with the latest data, plus some recent milestones in AI and space which need to be added. '''Infrastructure''' is stable, but I'd use a ].
	== Ancient Heritage ==

			* The '''Demographics''' section is also largely stable, although it needs a data update as well. Bulgaria has unfortunately slumped in the Gender Gap index so that sentence is no longer valid and should go. The biggest change I would suggest is removing the Largest cities template and merging back Health, Education and Language into a single text body. The text itself has been written so that each of these paragraphs flows into the next one; instead, they're now split into single-paragraph subsections and the flow seems kind of fragmented. The '''Religion''' subsection could be trimmed, while keeping the content. I wouldn't mention Catholicism or Judaism as "important" - historically they may have mattered, but in the present day these communities are negligible.
	It would seem that a few editors have been making biased edits of the Bulgaria article lede. They've repeatedly obscured and/or completely suppressed/removed lede information (see edit history for the priod of 2007-2010) regarding the prehistoric and ancient heritage of the country's territories. These editors have stated that including such information in the lede is reflective of PEACOCK behaviour. On the other hand, they choose to evaluate other article ledes, such as the one regarding the country of ], using different standards from the ones they applied/apply to the Bulgaria article. This is empirical evidence of the utilization of double standards that are by their very existence inconsistent and therefore contrary to the singular rules established by the Misplaced Pages community. After all, Misplaced Pages guidelines are applied equally to ALL country articles, and any editing behaviour that counters this ideal is insubordinate with the virtual "rule of law" that is supposed to exist herein. One must also mention that in addition to the Greece article, many other country article ledes include information about their prehistoric/ancient legacy, including ], ], ], ], ], etc... Indeed there has been a multi-year consensus that such information does belong in the lede. Please feel free to read any of these and numerous other country ledes throughout the Wikipedian landscape whenever you have some time.

			* The '''Culture''' section is stable. The only changes I'd propose here would be replacing the Rila Monastery and the Roman theater with a single image of something less touristy, such as ], showcasing National Revival architecture (mentioned in the paragraph). A sentence could be added to highlight more recent sporting achievements, along with a more recent image of Grigor Dimitrov.
	As an example of the above mentioned hypocracy, I would like to point out that ] states in his recent edit summary that it is unacceptable (PEACOCK) to write about the Bulgarian territory's ancient heritage in the lede, while as evidenced by way of his actions, or lack thereof, it is OK to write the following sentence in the ] article lede: "Modern Greece traces its roots to the civilization of ancient Greece, generally considered to be the cradle of Western civilization. As such, it is the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, Western literature and historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, and Western drama, including both tragedy and comedy."
			- ☣'']'' <sup>]</sup> 14:47, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

			:So you find this picture of Tryavna better than showing something majestic like the Rila Monastery? ] (]) 22:02, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
	Note that Future Perfect at Sunrise has edited the Greece article 28 times since March 2/2009 alone and strangely never once suggested nor, as he did here in the Bulgaria article, REMOVED information about Greece's ancient legacy in the lede in favour of detailed geographic data about its mountain peaks. I am curious, how would Misplaced Pages's top tier administration feel about this?--] (]) 22:27, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

			::We're not making a tourist brochure so the point is not to pick the most "majestic" landmark, but to illustrate key points of the section, in this case - the Revival, although other examples could be used to that end as well. - ☣'']'' <sup>]</sup> 19:18, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
	:I agree with FPaS. Besides "look what other article does" is never a good argument on Misplaced Pages. Also, it's a matter of notability, I'm afraid to say this, but "Ancient Greece" is a bit more notable than "Ancient lands that now are occupied by Bulgarians". ] 22:39, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

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	::If we were to use your argument of notability, then wouldn't it be correct to assume that other countries have even more notable ancient history than Greece? If that is in fact the case (and assuming something like this can be quantified), your argument necessitates that only the country with the "highest" level of ancient historical notability should have information about it in its lede. Finally, what you've blatantly stated is that Bulgaria's ancient history is less notable because its "ancient lands are now occupied by Bulgarians." Not only is this an incredibly racist statement for obvious reasons, but it also attempts to racially demarcate ancient history. It also disregards the fact that modern nations are composites. As such, modern Bulgarians calling themselves by that same name does not change their links to a past that they inherit from a few of their many ancestors. Furthermore, it is necessary to note how other country articles are written, because rules are the same across Misplaced Pages and are therefore not designed to be at the whims of subjectivity. Your lack of recognition of Bulgaria's historical legacy and prejudiced statement anchored by your general conjecture of "current ethnicity" of a modern nation is not only derogatory but in fact maximally subjective. Finally (and indeed this is beyond the point), in recent years Bulgaria's archaeological wealth has been notable throughout the world, including the global exhibitions of its Thracian treasures (ie: Valley of Thracian Kings, King Teres gold mask, Varna Necropolis, etc). Furthermore, the science of ] was founded in Bulgaria due to the wealth and indeed notability of its historical legacy... Still, you've decided that mentioning Bulgaria's mountain peaks in the lede is more notable than its ancient heritage. You sure that will stand above water when all is said and done?

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	::BTW, is this an attempt on your part to get me involved in a revert war? Your provocation will not work, although it (as embodied by your above statements) is duly noted.--] (]) 23:36, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
			Igot some info for the population change and the religions and want to add something to the military ] (]) 08:08, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
			:] '''Not done''': it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a ] and provide a ] if appropriate.<!-- Template:ESp --> ] (]) 08:23, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

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	:::You know what, stop calling people racist only because you disagree with them. Second, even if I wrote "Ancient Greece" is a bit more notable than "Ancient Bulgaria" my argument would still stand, although Ancient Bulgarians were not called Bulgarian and were not speaking Bulgarian, but nevertheless, let's call them Ancient Bulgarian, that doesn't change anything in my argument. Third, yes, you are correct there must be some countries with history more notable than Ancient Greece (although in Europe I'm not sure which one you are talking about, outside of Europe I would think of China, India, possible Iran) and you should be free to militate to include history bits in the lead (if it's not already there), however here's not the case. ] 23:57, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

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	:::: So it's OK for you to offend, but not OK for me to note how you've offended? After all, you stated that ""Ancient Greece" is a bit more notable than "Ancient lands that now are occupied by Bulgarians"". Why mention the "occupation" of ancient lands by Bulgarians at all? Is there a reason to using this ethnic denomination as part of your argument, when in fact we are discussion something that is different from the modern concept of nationality? Also, what about your argument hasn't changed? Is it that Bulgarians can not mention their ancient heritage in the lede because information about their mountain peak Musala and their fertile Danube plains is more notable than their ancient Roman, Thracian, etc legacy? Or is it that your argument still attempts to establish demarcations in regard to ancient heritage? On top of this, why are you mentioning Europe at all in regard to Greece's notability? Are there specific Misplaced Pages rules that apply only to European countries and their comparative notabilities within this rather small geographic area? Does this mean that all other European countries do not have notable ancient heritage? Will you be removing information about Italy's ancient legacies from its lede because you deem it less notable than Greece's? You see, Misplaced Pages's rules on notability are not comparative between nations, and therefore the legacy of one country is not mutually exclusive with the legacy of another. Finally, Bulgaria is an inheritor of an abundance of ancient historical wealth (please educate yourself) and is indeed the epicentre of Thracology. Now then answer each point one by one.--] (]) 00:43, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
			Igot some info for the population change and the religions and want to add something to the military ] (]) 13:21, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
			:{{Not done}}: please provide ] that support the change you want to be made.<!-- Template:ESp --> ] (]) 14:08, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

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These policies resulted event called "The great excursion" where 300,00 ethnic Turks emigrate to Turkey. the original is (These policies resulted in the emigration of some 300,000 ethnic Turks to Turkey.), found in the part where Bulgaria was a socialist state Ms11121 (talk) 15:26, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Not done: You'd need a reliable source that calls it the "great excursion" before it could be added, and anyway it essentially says the same thing and is probably not necessary. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 20:20, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Cleanup suggestions

The article requires a bit of cleanup, including images, image formatting, source and data refreshment, as well as some section reformatting. In particular:

The Lede could be a bit clearer, in terms of historical timeline - grammar and vocabulary fixes, content seems fine and is holding up;

The History section has remained stable and needs no work. There could be a better image of Dimitrov, the licensing on this one seems suspicious, or another image from the Socialist era could be added (possibly Zhivkov, as he is the focal point of the narrative on this period and is one of the longest-serving modern European leaders)

The Geography section needs some updates on the figures, such as the Environmental Index and fauna population numbers. The Environmental conservation paragraph might need to be rewritten to reflect the latest data and trends. The images look a bit jumbled in terms of size - would be best to put images of the same size, possibly better quality images of Rila and Belogradchik.

The Politics section will be a challenge. The Bulgarian political landscape has only gotten worse since the article reached FA status, significantly more fractured and polarized. While the content could be kept, I would suggest the entire electoral drama from 2013 onward to be a bit trimmed while keeping the chronology of events, and a new paragraph to be added on the latest developments. I would also merge back Foreign Relations and Military into a single section, a bit trimmed but preserving the meaning, and with some details on more recent events.

The Economy section requires updated data, but is overall stable content-wise. The business park and electronics factory images need to go - Bulgaria has no freedom of panorama so modern buildings cannot be displayed. I will replace them with an image of the National Bank or an image of the latest data from the Observatory of Economic Complexity (or both). The Science and Technology section needs an update with the latest data, plus some recent milestones in AI and space which need to be added. Infrastructure is stable, but I'd use a better image of Trakiya motorway.

The Demographics section is also largely stable, although it needs a data update as well. Bulgaria has unfortunately slumped in the Gender Gap index so that sentence is no longer valid and should go. The biggest change I would suggest is removing the Largest cities template and merging back Health, Education and Language into a single text body. The text itself has been written so that each of these paragraphs flows into the next one; instead, they're now split into single-paragraph subsections and the flow seems kind of fragmented. The Religion subsection could be trimmed, while keeping the content. I wouldn't mention Catholicism or Judaism as "important" - historically they may have mattered, but in the present day these communities are negligible.

The Culture section is stable. The only changes I'd propose here would be replacing the Rila Monastery and the Roman theater with a single image of something less touristy, such as this view of Tryavna, showcasing National Revival architecture (mentioned in the paragraph). A sentence could be added to highlight more recent sporting achievements, along with a more recent image of Grigor Dimitrov.

- ☣Tourbillon 14:47, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

So you find this picture of Tryavna better than showing something majestic like the Rila Monastery? 83.228.63.73 (talk) 22:02, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

We're not making a tourist brochure so the point is not to pick the most "majestic" landmark, but to illustrate key points of the section, in this case - the Revival, although other examples could be used to that end as well. - ☣Tourbillon 19:18, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

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Igot some info for the population change and the religions and want to add something to the military 2A01:5A8:303:98B2:256A:E288:548C:A043 (talk) 08:08, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 08:23, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

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Igot some info for the population change and the religions and want to add something to the military 2A01:5A8:303:98B2:141:7F98:83F8:3A98 (talk) 13:21, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. CMD (talk) 14:08, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

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