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This is about [[Wikipedia|Wikipedia's]] article on ''Fausto Veranzio''.

This is about [[Wikipedia|Wikipedia's]] article on ''Fausto Veranzio''.

'''Fausto Veranzio''' is another article on Wikipedia that exhibits [[Nationalistic Editing on Wikipedia|nationalistic editing]]. Fausto Veranzio (''or'' Faust Vrancic) <ref> Pronounced in Croatian: Vranchic or Vrančić </ref> was '''historically''' a citizen of the ''Republic of Venice'' in the 16th and 17th century. He does have a Croatian  background through family lineage.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wBg90lSgkQQC&pg=PA121&dq=Travels+Into+Dalmatia++Veranzio&hl=en&ei=eYSsTJ6_M4q4vgPk6oWnBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Travels Into Dalmatia] by Abbe Alberto Fortis (p121)</ref>  He was a brilliant scientist in his day and is noted for his invention of the parachute.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?lr=&cd=27&num=100&as_brr=0&id=TM2EAAAAIAAJ&dq=Fausto+Veranzio+italian&q=Fausto+Veranzio+Venetian#search_anchor He's in the Paratroops Now] by Alfred Day Rathbone (p172)</ref>  

'''Fausto Veranzio''' is another article on Wikipedia that exhibits [[Nationalistic Editing on Wikipedia|nationalistic editing]]. Fausto Veranzio (''or'' Faust Vrančić) <ref> Pronounced in Croatian-''Vranchich''. The last ''ch'' is pronounce more softly.</ref> was '''historically''' a citizen of the ''Republic of Venice'' in the 16th and 17th century. He does have a Croatian  background through family lineage.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wBg90lSgkQQC&pg=PA121&dq=Travels+Into+Dalmatia++Veranzio&hl=en&ei=eYSsTJ6_M4q4vgPk6oWnBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Travels Into Dalmatia] by Abbe Alberto Fortis (p121)</ref>  He was a brilliant scientist in his day and is noted for his invention of the parachute.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?lr=&cd=27&num=100&as_brr=0&id=TM2EAAAAIAAJ&dq=Fausto+Veranzio+italian&q=Fausto+Veranzio+Venetian#search_anchor He's in the Paratroops Now] by Alfred Day Rathbone (p172)</ref>  

{{Cquote|'''Wikipedia states''': '' ... he 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, in fact Croatia did not exist as a sovereign state for at least three hundred years after his time.

{{Cquote|'''Wikipedia states''': '' ... he 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, in fact Croatia did not exist as a sovereign state for at least three hundred years after his time.

This is using Wikipedia for nationalistic propaganda and is not based on fact. It otherwise tainted a ''perfectly'' good article on this unique individual. Fausto was born in Sibenik circa 1551 in ''Dalmatia'',  a region of the Republic of Venice in todays modern Croatia. In the 19th century Dalmatia became a province of the [[Austria|Austro]]-Hungarian Empire. Dalmatia as a province, dates back to the Roman Empire <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=j-0LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA158&dq=Roman+empire+province+Dalmatia&hl=en&ei=jfupTJO8JYuSuwO49cTJDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Roman%20empire%20province%20Dalmatia&f=false The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1] by Edward Gibbon (p158)</ref> and is several centuries older that Croatia itself.

This is using Wikipedia for nationalistic propaganda and is not based on fact. It otherwise tainted a ''perfectly'' good article on this unique individual. Fausto was born in Sibenik circa 1551 in '''Dalmatia''',  a region of the Republic of Venice in todays modern Croatia. In the 19th century Dalmatia became a province of the [[Austria|Austro]]-Hungarian Empire. Dalmatia as a province, dates back to the Roman Empire <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=j-0LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA158&dq=Roman+empire+province+Dalmatia&hl=en&ei=jfupTJO8JYuSuwO49cTJDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Roman%20empire%20province%20Dalmatia&f=false The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1] by Edward Gibbon (p158)</ref> and is several centuries older that Croatia itself.

== Fausto Veranzio-Faust Vrančić ==

== Fausto Veranzio-Faust Vrančić ==

*Veranzio's, Machinae Novae (Venice 1595) contained designs of 56 different machines, tools, devices and technical concepts.Two variants of this work exist, one with the ''"Declaratio"'' in Latin and Italian. The book was written in [[Italian language|Italian]], [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]] and Spanish. Veranzio died in Venice in 1617  and was buried in Dalmatia, near by his family's country-house.

*Veranzio's, Machinae Novae (Venice 1595) contained designs of 56 different machines, tools, devices and technical concepts.Two variants of this work exist, one with the ''"Declaratio"'' in Latin and Italian. The book was written in [[Italian language|Italian]], [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]] and Spanish. Veranzio died in Venice in 1617  and was buried in Dalmatia, near by his family's country house.

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