Talk:Bulgaria

Semi-protected edit request on 27 July 2024

Ivaylo2003bg (talk) 19:18, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Bulgaria is considered the oldest nation-state in Europe, which has never changed its name since its creation in 681 to this day. Bulgaria is also the cradle of Slavic civilization with its role as the birthplace of the Cyrillic alphabet. His historical, cultural and spiritual influence on the Slavic peoples is enormous. Apart from the Cyrillic alphabet, Bulgaria has also contributed to Slavic culture by being the country that Christianized the huge mass of the Slavic population. It is believed that this happened during the time of the Bulgarian emperor Samuil (997-1014). It was through the spread of the Cyrillic alphabet, Orthodox Christianity and Slavic literature that Bulgaria practically civilized the entire Slavic world, incorporating it into Old Bulgarian (Slavic) culture and spirituality, becoming the cultural and spiritual center of Slavic Europe.

Note. I suggest that this text be added at the beginning of the article, right before the paragraph that talks about Bulgaria being a country with high incomes (and this is the last paragraph before the "Etymology" section begins). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ivaylo2003bg (talk • contribs) 19:25, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello. The lead already mentions that the Cyrillic script was developed in the First Bulgarian Empire. If you want to add new content in the lead, you have to make changes in the body of the article first, because the lead is a summary of the body. Make sure to cite reliable sources. Academic sources are good examples of reliable sources for such material. Furthermore, "it is believed" is not good wording. We should stick to key facts. I think something more about its contribution to Slavic culture could be added in the lead though. StephenMacky1 (talk) 21:32, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 00:50, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

References

Semi-protected edit request on 14 September 2024

I was gonna update the population Smallcountriesrule (talk) 16:08, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone may add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. CMD (talk) 16:59, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 October 2024

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 ^A ? 14:47, 2 November 2024 (UTC)