User talk:Gergana30

Hi Gergana, No, I don't read Bulgarian. I also have a lot of vision troubles so I will have a hard time reading the map. However, it is not for me to decide what the ethnic origins of Bulgarians/Bulgars are. In my personal opinion, as a non-expert in the subject, I'm starting to be convinced that you are correct. However, the proponents of the other theory have provided lots of references, and it is clear that they have a lot of support in the anthropology/ethnology community, which this article needs to talk about. I support having both theories. Add the references to the belief that Bulgars were never nomads, from the links that you gave, and hopefully this will lead to a compromise with the other editors. As someone told you earlier, there have been arguments about Balkans ethnic group articles for at least 6 years, and have lead to at least one case for the Arbitration Committee of Wikipedia, so it is important to be careful. Academic Challenger (talk) 09:54, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I added the calendar as a reference in the Bulgarians article under the ethnogenesis section. Have you looked at the changes I made to that section earlier today? I say that your point of view and the other point of view are both theories. You may argue that the academic researchers are damaging the culture of Europe, but even if this is true, their information still needs to be included in Wikipedia. I also would say that the ethnic history from 2000 years ago doesn't damage current culture. Bulgarians are still just as culturally worthy whether or not the Bulgars were nomadic or not. By the way, have you looked at the Bulgars article which has the same research? Academic Challenger (talk) 10:11, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You were typing to me while I was typing to you. The evidence for the other side is already there. I think the calendar is proof of your theory, if that website is correct, but we still have to keep the other side's opinions there. Academic Challenger (talk) 10:12, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No I didn't write it. I barely even edited it at all until that anonymous editor, probably you, started editing it yesterday. I'm only seeming to assume responsibility because other people aren't working on it so much right now. I've worked on a few articles on Bulgarian politicians, but I'm not an expert on Bulgarian. I would like to have this conversations with other editors. Academic Challenger (talk) 10:14, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure how to do that either. I don't think this is a situation where we can upload a map on to the article. There could be a link to the map as one of the references. I'll talk to some people about what is the best way to do this, but not until tomorrow. It's the middle of the night here in America, and I need to go to bed. Academic Challenger (talk) 10:32, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please refrain from making test edits in Wikipedia pages, such as those you made to Bulgarians, even if you intend to fix them later. Such edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Jingby (talk) 11:41, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]