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[edit] Bulgarian politician stubs
Greetings everybody.
User:Barbov has created a new stub template for Bulgarian politicians - {{Bulgaria-politician-stub}} - and listed it on the proposal page of WikiProject Stub Sorting WP:WSS (usually, it is the other way around.) The reason I am writing to you is that I could only find 57 stub articles relating to Bulgarian politicians, and our stardard requirement to approve a new stub template is that it is used on 60 stub articles. So if any of you could, say, create 5 new stubs articles, the template will be sure to be approved. It probably will be anyway, but reaching 60-65 stubs will make it certain. Any new articles don't have to contain much information - e.g. "XYZ is a Bulgarian politician. He / she has been a member of Parliament since ... representing the ... political party."
If any of you create these missing articles, please tag them with either {{Bulgaria-politician-stub}} or both {{Bulgaria-bio-stub}} and {{euro-politician-stub}}. (I've used the last solution myself.) If the template is approved, I will update all articles to use the new template. If any of you create the "missing" stubs, please tell us where the proposal is listed on [1] Best regards from WP:WSS. Valentinian (talk) 00:11, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
- The new template was approved. To use it, just type {{Bulgaria-politician-stub}} Again, good luck with your work from the guys at WP:WSS. Valentinian (talk) 22:58, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- Great! Big thanks for the work and all the best to you too :)
→ Тодор Божинов / Todor Bozhinov → 07:07, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- Great! Big thanks for the work and all the best to you too :)
[edit] Template:TownBG
Hello! I've been recently trying to make the Bulgarian town template look better by making it a real infobox with optional parameters and so. I'd like to include some space for a coat of arms (герб) left of the map and a Cyrillic name for the town under the {{PAGENAME}} (the PAGENAME I feel should be only displayed when there's no, say, {{{NAME}}} specified), an optional parameter for the party of the mayor displaying it <small></small> and in parentheses (скоби) right of his name, a parameter for the municipality (община) and other optional parameters that one would include in an infobox. Could someone more experienced with wiki and HTML markup make these changes to Template:TownBG or give some hints. I've been looking at other templates' sources and could ultimately cope with the task, but it's not an easy job after all. → Тодор Божинов / Todor Bozhinov → 14:44, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
- Could someone write here how to obtain location maps (the grey ones with red dot) for the town infobox (if not available from the Bulgarian Wikipedia or Commons)? Preslav 10:44, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Well, there are maps available for all towns in Commons (but they use a different transliteration — they use 'kh' instead of 'h' for Cyrillic 'х' and 'u' for Cyrillic 'ъ'), and the Bulgarian Wikipedia has maps for most villages.
- Here are some instructions on Petko's website explaining how to make such a map if there isn't one available (unfortunately they're only in Bulgarian). Basically, you enter the name of the village above the map and a map would appear illustrating a village with the closest possible name (you can ignore it), then you check the coordinates in GoogleMaps or any other another similar service, enter them in the field below the sample map to the right, click on the button below the two coordinates fields, save the map and upload it. Todor→Bozhinov 10:58, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Featured content
The snow scene at Shipka Pass photograph by User:Psy guy is set to appear on the Main Page on 3 June (a Saturday). Greetings everyone!
Also, the Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria article is currently being peer reviewed and will soon be nominated to become a featured article. Everybody is welcome to express his opinion when that happens. Todor Bozhinov → 18:00, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Categorisation and naming
I think some work should be done on categorisation and naming of Bulgaria-related subjects. I think for artificial lakes (яаэовири), "Dam" should be used for the barrier and "Reservoir" for the lake behind it. "Mountains of Bulgaria" should be renamed "Mountain Ranges of Bulgaria", containing the ranges (planini) and subcategories for each range that contain the mountain peaks of that range. Comments? Preslav 17:33, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
- Indeed, "reservoir" is the better word in my opinion too. As far as I know, only Australian English speakers use "dam" to mean the artificial lake and not the barrier. And Bulgaria is not Australia for sure :) That said, I'd support moving the pages to "_____ Reservoir" titles. As for the mountains, a mountain range is only a type of mountain, but there are also massifs and so on. "Mountains of Bulgaria" fits with "Mountains by country", but creating subcategories for the better known Bulgarian mountains may be useful. That's what I think, hope my opinion was useful! Todor Bozhinov → 18:59, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Provinces of Bulgaria categories
I've now created a category for each province of Bulgaria (e.g. Burgas Province has Category:Burgas Province). Make sure you add any new articles you create to the category in case they have a relation to it. Thanks! Todor→Bozhinov 22:54, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Project directory
Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 16:56, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Request for help
Well aware this isn't Wikiproject Romania, but you guys are just over the border... could you please take a look at Transformations imposed by the Soviet Union in Romanian Education after the WW II.. needs some attention and comment. It's listed for AfD right now. Buckshot06 08:56, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bulgarian monarchs
While creating Template:Bulgarian monarchs I discovered that articles on this subject are quite a mess in terms of naming and numbering of monarchs, particularly during the Second Kingdom, and there are discrepancies between the bg and en versions. They need to be taken care of by someone with relevant qualification in history. --DStoykov 20:27, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
- Why do you think they're a mess? User:Imladjov, a historian who works at the University of Michigan, took care of them not long time ago. If there are any discrepancies between EN and BG, then the problem is most likely in BG. Todor→Bozhinov 11:08, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
- Well, the article about Kaliman II is titled Kaliman II of Bulgaria, but the first paragraph starts with "Kaliman Asen II" and the Bulgarian page starts with "Калиман II Асен" ("Kaliman II Asen"). Michael Shishman of Bulgaria starts with "Michael Asen III" and the bg article is titled Михаил III Шишман Асен. This is very common, I'm not sure if there's a reason for that. Also, the 1246-1256 ruler is titled en:Michael Asen I of Bulgaria and bg:Михаил II Асен. I know history isn't maths and deals with vague information, but is it that bad? And I'm not talking about the content of the articles here - it seems to be quite good.
[edit] Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria FAC
I have (again) nominated the article Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria for featured article status at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates. If you'd like to vote or comment, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria. Thanks in advance :) Todor→Bozhinov 20:14, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia Day Awards
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 20:55, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] And again... Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria FAC
The Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria article has been nominated for a featured article yet again :) If you'd like to voice your opinion, you're encouraged to do so on the nomination page. Thanks! Todor→Bozhinov 18:10, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Bulgarian movies
Hi folks, a few days ago I was asked to take part in Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/List of films without article/List of missing Bulgarian Films. Never known there were so many BG movies and only 4 were done when I joined the initiative. I added "Orkestar bez ime" and "Opasen char" and will keep on adding. I have here "Toplo", "Lyubimec 13" and "Manevri na petia etaj" and will add them as well. So, if anyone would like to join the effort, the link is above.
Cheers, GGenov 22:25, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Bulgarian Alternative Synod
I encountered several articles linking to Bulgarian Alternative Synod. Would anyone know what it is, and if yes, could anyone write its article? Nikola 21:59, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
- The Alternative Synod is (or was, dunno) a group of schismatics led by some Innocentius, which opposed the real Bulgarian Orthodox Church and was in control of some churches. Not sure what happened to it, I remember a police action which expelled the "alternative" priests and restored their property to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church some years ago.
- After a brief search, it looks like this indeed happened, and in 2004.[2][3] Todor→Bozhinov 09:50, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] User:AlexNewArtBot - New Article Bot
Hi, I am in the trial runs of the User:AlexNewArtBot (see Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/AlexNewArtBot). The bot reads all the new articles for a day and puts suspected Bulgaria-related articles into User:AlexNewArtBot/BulgariaSearchResult, the articles are suppose to be manually put into the portal page and/or removed if irrelevant. Or whatever you want to do with them.
The list of rules are in User:AlexNewArtBot/Bulgaria, there is also the log on the User:AlexNewArtBot/BulgariaLog explaining the rules that sent an article to the search results (the log is cleared every day, so try to look into the history of the log). Please contact me if you are interested in the fine tuning of the rules
That is all. Any suggestions are welcome. Alex Bakharev 07:16, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Simeon I of Bulgaria FAC
I've just nominated the Simeon I of Bulgaria article, which I wrote, for a featured article. You can see the nomination at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Simeon I of Bulgaria, where you're all invited to vote and comment! Thanks! Todor→Bozhinov 19:18, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- In case you haven't heard, the nomination has passed successfully! :)
[edit] Banat Bulgarians GAC
As part of Messedrocker's Contest, I've considerably improved the Banat Bulgarians article and I've nominated it for Good article status. If you'd like to review it, please do so according to the guidelines that you can find at Good article candidates. Thanks in advance! Todor→Bozhinov 16:25, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Featured picture nomination
I have nominated a map of Livingston Island and Greenwich Island by the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria for featured picture status. The map is related to Bulgaria because the two islands are abundant in Bulgarian toponyms, and the Bulgarian St. Kliment Ohridski Base lies on Livingston Island. Please vote at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Map of Livingston Island and Greenwich Island. Thanks! Todor→Bozhinov 19:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Bilateral relations discussion
I would like to invite you all to participate in a discussion at this thread regarding bilateral relations between two countries. All articles related to foreign relations between countries are now under the scope of WikiProject Foreign relations, a newly created project. We hope that the discussion will result in a more clean and organized way of explaining such relationships. Thank you. Ed ¿Cómo estás? 18:33, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Invitation
I had created an invitation template for WPTR a while back at {{WPTR-Invitation}} and I thought a similar one could be used here. The code is {{WPBG-Invitation}}. Feel free to modify it to suit WPBG better if needed. Baristarim 21:22, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
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Hi, I was thinking that maybe you would like to join the WikiProject Bulgaria. There you can also find and contact users who are trying to improve Bulgaria-related articles. If you would like to get involved, just visit the participants page and/or inquire at the project's talk page. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. |
