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Contents 1 Mehmed II, not Mehmed I campaigned against Dracula 2 Comments 2.1 Discussion 2.2 Improvement Drive 2.3 Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, fell in 1385 2.4 Start class?

[edit] Mehmed II, not Mehmed I campaigned against Dracula

This source lists the wrong sultan as campaigning against Vlad Dracula. To be fair, I have seen some otherwise professional sources get the sultans wrong because the writer is more knowledgable about European campaigns than the Ottoman Empire, and I have seen just the opposite problem with books on the Ottoman Empire. Ignorance of Eastern European history is even more astounding than ignorance of Ottoman history, not just with wikipedia contributers but with almost all Western historians. But while it is forgivable on those grounds, clearly this needs correcting.Shield2 05:20, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

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This should be in Ottoman Empire, no? DJ Clayworth 17:19, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Nice, I am waiting for the continuation. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 15:58, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Improvement Drive

The article History of the Balkans has been listed to be improved on Wikipedia:This week's improvement drive. You can add your vote there if you would like to support the article.--Fenice 17:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, fell in 1385

As I know at this time Sofia is NOT the capital of Bulgaria.

[edit] Start class?

I think this deserves at leats a C class or B class. It got loads. Tourskin 23:59, 7 February 2007 (UTC)