Talk:Cola Nicea

The Memoirs of Cola Nicea by Vladimir Creţulescu
Hi User:Super Dromaeosaurus, this source is quite controversial as it contains mutually exclusive statements and even incorrect facts. For example, it is claimed that Chavdar Marinov is a Macedonian researcher, which is complete nonsense. As far as I can see, the author has no expertise on the Macedonian issue. Vladimir Creţulescu holds a bachelor's degree in history, with a specialization in art history, and also has a second bachelor's degree, in film directing. He has a master's degree in medieval studies. This makes much of his conclusions about ethnic sentiment in the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century quite questionable. Jingiby (talk) 12:03, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Crețulescu seems not to be a regular author in this area of study, this is the only paper of this area that I've seen of him. Still, I think his analysis was competent and well-researched. He is a Romanian and likely does not hold any bias in the Bulgarian-Macedonian historiographical disputes, he can be a neutral observer. Likewise, this is a very complicated area. I am imagining he might simply have committed an error calling Marinov a Macedonian. What he wrote about the Aromanians is on point though, as far as I can tell. If you wish, we can remove this info on the Bulgarian-Macedonian disputes. It is any way very confusing and difficult to summarize for its inclusion in this article, which is unrelated to its scope anyway. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 13:01, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
 * In my opinion, he is aware of the history surrounding the Aromanians and the influence of the Bulgarians and especially of the Greeks in their identification on the eve of the 20th century. As for the Bulgarian-Macedonian part of the puzzle, he is clearly weaker there. Jingiby (talk)
 * I agree with this. Do you favor any specific changes to the article then? Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 13:51, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
 * No. Jingiby (talk) 14:00, 17 December 2023 (UTC)