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Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing to bring Wikipedia’s attention to questionable historical information pertaining to the Town of Imotski and the former coastal Principality of Paganija in today's modern Croatia. Historical facts are being presented here which appear to be formulated using unscientific methods.

Wikipedia States: The town of Imotski was first time mentioned in the year 950 by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos as a city in Pagania (including Split, Sinj, Vrgorac, Trogir, Omis and Makarska with islands of Brac, Hvar, Stari Grad, Vis) settled by Serbs.[1]

The article here is using the information written in the book "De Administrator Imperio" by Roman Emperor Constantine VII Progenitors (Byzantine Empire) as it's reference point. The historic information in the De Administrator Imperio has long been know as questionable, contradictory and should be treated as such when concerning the referencing information about the people in that region. While other sections of this book have been regarded as genuine by respected Historians. By using edited sections of De Administrator Imperio the reader comes to the conclusion that Slavic people of that area are only of Serbian decent which clearly is incorrect. This makes De Administrator Imperio a questionable source of historic information about this region.

There are other discrepancies in this document such as two chapters telling two different versions of the arrival of Croatians. The sections about the arrival of Serbs seem to be identical to one of stories telling the arrival of Croatians. The chapters read as a retelling of the migration pattern of same peoples as if the author lacked historical information and used it as a template. One of the chapters also used mythic Croatian narratives as fact. Also De Administrator Imperio is describing events that took place three centuries before it was written. With this in mind, information in De Administrator Imperio concerning the and it’s relation to Principality of Paganija can be put in serious doubt. Why hasn't other information been represented from that period of history, such as the historical perspectives from the other Chronicles written in that period. Historical perspectives from the Medieval Kingdom Of Croatia, Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik), Venetian Republic, The Vatican and of course the most important of all the people themselves who live in that region.

Due to the very nature of the Internet and its place in society this misleading information can be used in the future as a propaganda weapon. One can only recall the recent former Yugoslavian Wars and how much pain, misery and death it brought. One should also ask why is Wikipedia using poor historic scientific methods and is it representing politically biased interests?

Regards

123.2.59.195 (talk) 06:43, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]