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| − | This is about [[Wikipedia|Wikipedia's]] article on ''Fausto Veranzio''.
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| − | '''Fausto Veranzio''' (''or'' Faust Vrancic) is another article on Wikipedia that exhibits extreme [[Nationalistic Editing on Wikipedia|nationalistic editing]]. Fausto Veranzio was a citizen of the ''Republic of Venice'' in the 16th and 17th century. He does have a Croatian background through family lineage. He was a brilliant scientist in his day and is noted for his invention of the parachute.
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| − | {{Cquote| ... ''was a polymath and bishop from Croatia'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fausto_Veranzio|title=Wikipedia: Fausto Veranzio|date=[[2010]]|accessdate=2010-10-04}}</ref> (3rd of October 2010)}} It '''must''' be stated that this man was from the ''Republic of Venice'' not from Croatia, because Croatia as a sovereign state did '''not exist''' for at least three hundred years after his time.
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| − | This is using Wikipedia for blatant nationalistic propaganda and is not based on fact, otherwise it ruined a perfectly good article on this unique individual. Fausto was born Sibenik circa 1551 in Dalmatia, <ref> '''Encyclopedia Britannica'''-Dalmatia:
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| − | * Venetian rule, established in 1420 when the king of Croatia, Ladislas of Naples, ceded the country to the Venetian republic, ended in 1797. This period was marked by Venetian warfare against the Turks. When the French gave Venice to [[Austria]] under the Treaty of Campo Formio (1797), Dalmatia became Austrian also; but in 1805, under the Treaty of Pressburg, Austria had to cede Dalmatia to Napoleon. It was returned to Austria after Napoleon’s fall and remained an Austrian crownland until 1918.
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| − | *Finally, the Treaty of Rapallo (Nov. 12, 1920) between [[Italy]] and Yugoslavia gave all Dalmatia to the Yugoslavs except the mainland Zadar (Italian: Zara) enclave and the coastal islands of Cres, Losinj (Lussino), and Lastovo. </ref> a region of Republic of Venice in todays modern Croatia. In the 19th century it became a province of the [[Austria|Austro]]-Hungarian Empire (Dalmatia as a region, dates back to the Roman Empire).
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| − | *[[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View#History|The Wikipedia Point of View]]
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| − | *[[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View/Activists|The Wikipedia Point of View/Activists]]
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| − | *[[Worst of Wikipedia]]
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| − | *[[Top 10 Reasons Not to Donate to Wikipedia]]
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| − | * Francesco Patrizi: [http://ocham.blogspot.com/2010/07/francesco-patrizi.html BEYOND NECESSITY- Francesco Patrizi'' link'']
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| − | The case of '''Francesco Patrizi''', the Venetian philosopher, is a fine illustration of the nationalistic warfare that infests Wikipedia, and the inaccuracy and distortion and bias that follows as a result.
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| − | {{Cquote|'''Quote''' by Ocham-London, United Kingdom:''The problem becomes particularly acute in a place like [[Wikipedia]], where the only intellectual interest - that is to say, no intellectual interest at all - lies simply in a nationalistic dispute, in this case between [[Italy|Italians]] and Croatians.''}}
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