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I've edited the article. You can revert, but please respond to this discussion.
We have RfC stating explicitly that Tesla wasn't born in any kind of political Croatia at that time. There is no need to emphasyse modern day Croatia.
If needed, we can open another RfC for this edit, but I hope that isn't necessary since we already have the recent RfC.
Trimpops2 (talk) 16:57, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
I always sign. I'm not upset, I accept the consensus. I'm making a suggestion that most of editors have already made in the previous discussion. Ok, I'll limit my involvement here. I'll just open a brief RfC and post a single comment and leave the discussion. Is that ok for you?Trimpops2 (talk) 17:07, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
Joy you already reverted. What do you suggest? Is another RfC appropriate? Maybe let's hear what others think. My stand is that modern day Croatia shouldn't be emphasysed since Tesla's birthplace wasn't related to Croatia at that time. It would just confuse the readers to think his birthplace was related to Croatia at that time. Trimpops2 (talk) 17:05, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
Let's see what other editors think. Another RfC seems too much as a disruption of Wikipedia and other editors' time. I'll rather opt for a request form invonved editors and I hope we can all agree on this. Trimpops2 (talk) 17:20, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
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I pinged other invoved editos. I hope we can avoid another lenghty RfC. I have supported the other side, but I'm willing to accept the consensus above and reach a compromise which would satisfy both sides.
The question is: Should we remove mentions of present-day Croatia from the article since we now have a consensus that Tesla's birthplace isn't related to Croatia at that time.
YES There's no need to emphasyse preset-day Croatia. Tesla isn't related to Croatia at that time. It's just confusing to editors who might think otherwise. As said by others, we have a link to MF article and all details of political statuses can be read there. Trimpops2 (talk) 17:20, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
Binksternet, has collapsed my comment. I don't want to go to edit warring, so I won't revert again. You can read my purposal in the collapsed section. I'm really not familiar if it's true what he is saying. Trimpops2 (talk) 17:43, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
The previous request from you was closed four days ago as "no consensus". That means no changes to the article. And you were warned about bludgeoning the process, but you ignored that and you are here again trying to restart the same discussion. In my opinion, you have used up quite enough of the community's time. It's definitely time to drop the stick and let the status quo stand in place. Binksternet (talk) 17:55, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
You have stated in the previous discussion Most of the literature about Tesla and his family de-emphasizes Croatia and instead underlines his Serbian heritage. So the idea of pushing more "Croatia" has no merit. and Tesla biographies place Tesla in Croatia only because that's what it is called today. Croatian culture played very little role in Tesla's upbringing.. And now when I have accepted the above consensus that Tesla's birthplace wasn't related to Croatia at that time in any way, you react like this? I'm open to any suggestion so that your statements above are clearly represented in the article. Please make any suggestion, because the present one is confusing the readers. Trimpops2 (talk) 19:04, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
Ok, we don't need to edit the article. The present text can stay, as long as it's clear what others have stated. That Tesla wasn't born in any variant of a political Croatia, that Most of the literature about Tesla and his family de-emphasizes Croatia and instead underlines his Serbian heritage. So the idea of pushing more "Croatia" has no merit., thatTesla biographies place Tesla in Croatia only because that's what it is called today. Croatian culture played very little role in Tesla's upbringing., that Tesla's relation to Croatia in any way, shape or form is almost non-existing. As long it's clear that this is not a battle between Serbian and Croatia editors as both Serbian and Croatian editors have supported the above consensus. As long as the text from the article is clearly interpreted as Binksternet stated that Croatia is mentioned only because that's what it is called today. Croatian culture played very little role in Tesla's upbringing.Trimpops2 (talk) 20:04, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
Yes, this is my last comment. I apolologize. My problem is that I'm Croatian and I was thought that Tesla was born in Croatia at that time. I can now accept that this is incorrect. Tesla has no relation to Croatia at all, as you stated. Thank you for explaining that. Sometimes it's hard to accept that you were brainwashed by nationalistic propaganda in your own country. But I now can accept that was the case and I apologize. Trimpops2 (talk) 20:17, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
They even put Tesla, a person with no relation to Croatia, on Croatian Euro coin. No wonder Serbians are feeling insulted. I apologize for that to Serbian people and Serbian editors here who have tried to objectively explain to me that I was wrong. If there will be any change to remove Tesla from Croatian Euro coin, I'll support that. Sorry, about this digression. I was just trying to explain how brainwashed I was, not that this is the excuse to start RfC and bother people on Wikipedia, but I'm sorry, I wasn't aware I'm not objective. Goodbye. Trimpops2 (talk) 20:26, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
I have already apologized for pushing nationalistic POV of Tesla being born in Austrian Croatia in the RfC. I have apologized multiple times, including for this discussion. For this discussion I explained that it's confusing to me to mention present-day Croatia on Tesla page when Tesla has absolutely no connection to Croatia at that time. I have accepted Binksternet's explanation that present-day Croatia is mentioned in the article only because Smiljan is today located in Croatia. I'm no longer arguing for any edits to the article. I was just confused with mentioning Croatia when Tesla himself doesn't have any connections to Croatia. If you still think I should be banned, you can open a report. I will admit everything I have done, it was wrong to push Croatian nationalistic propaganda. I can't disagree that maybe the best option is to ban me. I was obviously brainwashed by propaganda in my country regarding this issue. Who knows, maybe I still am brainwashed on other issues, maybe it would be safer to ban so I don't start such a RfC on another article. Sometimes it's hard to accept that that propaganda can brainwash you, but here I am admitting it. Trimpops2 (talk) 08:56, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
