Talk:Macedonian nationalism

Bulgarian Exarchate

This has nothing to do with Macedonism. I am going to remove this chapter.

What the fuck?

It became evident that Communist Yugoslavia had borrowed parts from the histories of neighboring states to construct the Macedonian identity.

You can't be serious. --203.221.86.79 (talk) 14:50, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Sure, the word borrow is not correct. The proper word is stole... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.222.53.208 (talk) 09:00, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, anyone is entitled to his opinion. If you have any sources indicating that, we can talk about it. Wikipedia has a "WP:VER" policy.--JokerXtreme (talk) 16:29, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
95.42.33.131 (talk) 14:05, 10 June 2011 (UTC) : It's full of such sources - look wherever you want. It is not a matter of opinion, it's a matter of TRUTH.

Proposing split into Macedonism and Macedonian nationalism

I propose a split into 'Macedonism' and 'Macedonian nationalism', because it is not the same. The idea of being a descendant of the ancient Macedonians is not nationalist policy, it does not make someone a nationalist. Of course there are Macedonians who are not nationalist and who are "macedonist". Please contribute to this question.Seegef (talk) 22:49, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I believe you have a point. At the current form, the moderates' and the extreme nationalists' views are mixed together causing confusion.--JokerXtreme (talk) 19:28, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

See above #Merge from Macedonism, Wikipedia:Avoid neologisms, and Talk:Macedonism/Archive 2#This and that. The word Macedonism does not exist in English, it is a loan word an most (all?) of the English usage of the word is by people from the Balkans where they are using a term common in their language in English but it is not a term used by English speakers. That was the major reason for merging the article in to this one along with problems of systemic NPOV. -- PBS (talk) 13:31, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

deleted silliness

I deleted the last two lines in the contemporary views section. Both authors used as refs are about as credible as von Daniken (in other words, they're idiots), and in any case they aren't 2ary sources, and so do not meet WP:RS criteria on that account alone. — kwami (talk) 09:32, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

The first mention of 'Macedonism'

Is not from the late 19th century but, from the early 19th century, 1830s or so, by the very Bulgarian Vasil Levski in an article. Also, much more appropriate name for the article would be Macedonian National Awakening, as no one (sane) would deny that the Macedonian nation exists today, and what the good neighbors of Macedonia call 'Macedonism' is the modern beginning of the Macedonian nation Capricornis (talk) 22:10, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Vasil Levsski was born in 1837 and never used this term. National awakening of the ethnic Macedonians redirects here. Regards! Jingby (talk) 13:47, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

And the first sentence should be:
The national development of the so-called "ethnic Macedonians"[1] can be said to have begun in the late 19th and early 20th century.
95.42.33.131 (talk) 14:09, 10 June 2011 (UTC)