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== The Nicolaus Coppernic == |
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About the Nicolaus Coppernic signatures was publicized in Polish research by prof Marian Biskup. He is famous and realiable scientist at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun. Short decription of this research is on page: [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwestia_narodowo%C5%9Bci_Kopernika] |
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Copernican heliocentrism separated
As it was propsoed for quite same time, I've separated Copernican heliocentrism in order to shorten the main biography, and keep that article focussed on science, without frequent edit wars or vandals. Please edit the remaining, hastily shortened section, and expand the new article. -- Matthead discuß! O 08:43, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Copernicus as monetary reformer
To cover also the work of Copernicus as monetary reformer, which has merits of ist own, I've linked an "forgotten" article: Copernicus and coin reform. There, also the ever-popular political/national backgound conflicts had been discussed on Talk:Copernicus and coin reform. -- Matthead discuß! O 08:57, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Anybody against Prussian as denomination?
Copernicus (latin, real name was Koppernigk) was a Prussian. Thorn and Frauenburg were cities of the Prussian Confederation who rebelled against the Teutonic Order and requested the protection of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon. These cities became part of the Kingdom of Poland as Royal Prussia after the Thirteen Years' War. So the denomination as Prussian is neutral as far as I can see. Any objections?
Additionally, the Province of Prussia was never a part of Germany (neither Holy Roman Empire nor German Confederation) until 1871. The population was mixed linguistically. In the region of Prussia the people spoke mostly German in major cities, Kashubian or Polish in rural areas, and Lithuanian in the area of Memel.
Prussian is neutral because it combines both the Polish and the German heritage. It refers to a historical region. --Der Eberswalder 19:29, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
- Fine with me, was proposed before as someone pointed out who deleted your entry and moved it to Talk:Nicolaus Copernicus/Nationality. You want to use Casimir IV Jagiellon and Kingdom of Poland (1320–1385) (for the situation of his birthtime), though. -- Matthead discuß! O 21:49, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
- These people were all Prussians, regardless who governed them or which language they spoke. The part where Koppernigk came from was called Polish Prussia or Royal Prussia (western part). The other part was Brandenburgian Prussia or Ducal Prussia (eastern part). Those who revert should say why they revert. Prussian is a term like Kashubian or Lithuanian. It is different from German or Polish, this is not the issue here. This guy was undisputedly a Prussian (in the old sense of this word). --Der Eberswalder 00:48, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
The reason I reverted was because there was no consensus/discussion regarding an insertion of nationality on the nationality talk page. You should wait a bit more before changing the article, allow a discussion to take place. My edit summary could have been a lot better, I'm sorry for that. Philip Gronowski Contribs 01:00, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Rather than be in favour of putting the word "Prussian" in front of "astronomer" until there's disagreement, I'm against "Prussian" as long as it doesn't have widespread agreement. While Prussian may be the most accurate one, the term "German" often springs to mind, as well. This feeling would be compounded by the fact that the German name was highlighted and put first. Without a doubt, not everyone would tolerate that and therefore the previous version, probably the fairest as it avoids asserting any nationality-point of view, should be kept until there's agreement otherwise. For that purpose, it would be advisable for you to read the archives and then argue on that basis, that is, if you haven't come to another conclusion by then, which, I hope, you might. I'm not talking of the "right" point of view concerning his nationality, nor confirm or deny that "Prussian" might be the most accurate version from a historical point of view. I'm talking of a conclusion in special regard to the dispute. Sciurinæ 11:33, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- His name was Nikolas Koppernigk. He later latinized it into Copernicus. The part of Prussia (region) he came from was a part of Poland (Royal Prussia), so he was a Polish citizen from a German-speaking Hanse town. Nobody disagrees about this. --Der Eberswalder 05:50, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
What country was Copernicus born in and where did he live ?
To everyone, particularly Eberswalder, you write, that Copernicus was born in Royal Prussia. Even thought it says this in Wikipedia, it is nevertheless wrong. So is much of what gets input in Wikipedia. Therefore please do not copy it. (As sample please read all the 'Mikolaj of Rynsk, the Polish knight' = Talk/Nicholas von Renys discussions and back and forth, especially this part Rogala Clan Heraldry Snobbery and Document Falsification
A very rare, one of the earliest detailed maps, is from 1492 (1500) and depicts the roads from Germany to Rome (map in reverse direction)[1] City of Thorn, (Preissen Preussen (Prussia), where Copernicus was born. The country was Preussen, Prussia. The name Koeniglich Preussen (engl.Royal Prussia), did not exist during Copernicus' lifetime. It only began to be used by the 18th C during the time of the electors. Also the kings of Poland were kings of Poland only. They were dukes of Lithuania, Kiew, Masovia western Prussia etc. So lets stick to the most accurate information. We do not need more people to copy nonsense and worse, like for example the Nicolas von Renys, born of Polish Rogala clan (see Talk/N.Renys). This EN-Wikipedia, just like the DE do not reflect most accurate info and all you have to do is jump in and quickly fix it. We asked you already to go very careful. Look at all the endless debates and the countless histories. It took many months to just get some points agrred on (not really right), but when you want to go one step further, a whole group again gangs up and all the work is wasted. I hope you get it. Thanks. Best regards Labbas 17 January 2007
- The name Royal Prussia might not have existed but the part he came from was annexed by the Kingdom of Poland. In my edit I did not use the term Royal Prussia but Prussian Confederation. --Der Eberswalder 05:55, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
- Polish kings were ruling over crown of Poland. The kingdom of Poland encompassed Masovia and Royal Prussia. The treaty and later discussions and arguments made it very clear, that Royal Prussia was considered part of Poland and Polish kings ruled it as part of Poland. Just read the Sejm discussion during final unification and you will know all the arguments presented by Prussian opposition and Polish Sejm Szopen 08:28, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights was parted in 1466 with the 2nd Peace of Thorn. The eastern part (except the Archbishopric of Warmia) stayed under the Teutonic Order (they became Polish vassals until 1657), and the western part (including the eastern Warmia) was annexed by Poland. That is what these German Hanseatic cities wanted. For that purpose they founded the Prussian Confederation because they thought they would get more autonomy as Polish citizens than as Teutonic citizens. The entire country was still called Prussia, regardless to which political union the parts belonged. --Der Eberswalder 10:42, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, with addition that those were not just German cities, but Polish gentry as well. Confederation was founded by mainly German-speaking cities and mainly Polish-speaking gentry. Both kinds of citizens considered themselves _probably_ primarily as "Prussians", however. Some people argued, that if not the partitions, there would be Prussian nation on the shore of the Baltic - however during XIX century Polish-speaking Prussians become Poles, and German-speaking Prussians become Germans. Szopen 12:17, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights was parted in 1466 with the 2nd Peace of Thorn. The eastern part (except the Archbishopric of Warmia) stayed under the Teutonic Order (they became Polish vassals until 1657), and the western part (including the eastern Warmia) was annexed by Poland. That is what these German Hanseatic cities wanted. For that purpose they founded the Prussian Confederation because they thought they would get more autonomy as Polish citizens than as Teutonic citizens. The entire country was still called Prussia, regardless to which political union the parts belonged. --Der Eberswalder 10:42, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
- It is comparable to the Swiss. They are neither Italian nor French nor German, they are Swiss. --Der Eberswalder 13:25, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Prussian Law, Culmer Kulmer Law, Kulmer Handfeste Citizenship meant being or becoming a burgher a citizen of a city ( not countryship). The Hanse cities Elbing Danzig Thorn etc were city republics and a person became a citizen of that particular city. A requirement was Deutscher Zunge (German language). Sample of some laws valid for all of Prussia (East and West) as written down:
...in allen gerichten, zu culmischen rechte gelegen, soll man klagen und richten zu deutscher sprache. 1594 Culm
...im ganzen lande Preussen soll vermoege culmischer handfeste einerley culmische muenze seyn, von klarem und reinem silber, dergestalt, das 60 schillinge 1 mark waegen sollen. 1594 Culm
Preußische Landrecht:...im ganze lande zu Preussen soll einerley Culmische pfund, scheffel, tonne, ellen und allerhand ander maße und gewichte seyn... printed in Rostock 1620 Labbas 19 January 2007
Multiple edits to Nicolaus Copernicus today
Please review this article as several anonymous IPs struck this article today and did a lot of edits. I tried to keep up with them but some edits may have slipped through. Ronbo76 00:48, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- I appreciate your efforts. My hunch is that many recent-change-patrollers shy away from potential content-related conflicts. Though the IP was skilled in the ref-system, it's hard to make out what he or she was tampering with the brackets. Preview or Wiki-sandbox could really help in his case.
- Regarding the content changes, I must agree in part with the IP. As far as I can remember (almost a year ago), Copernicus's mother was German and his father in all likelihood Polish or sth. Because of this, the source shouldn't be used to assert a nationality of Copernicus's family. But the rest of his edits (like the signature in the very first sentence and the general behaviour) were clearly unconstructive. Sciurinæ 11:33, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- I was not too keen on the, thus a son. . ., nationality sentence either. But, this page has been on my watchlist since vandal IPs struck it a while back. When it popped up on my watchlist with edits by anonymous IPs, I reviewed the history to see what sections had been affected. And, yes, you are right that even in preview mode, it was difficult to discern what section had really been tampered with - the edits and refs were that good. In essence, I defaulted to the advice another user gave me about vandal patrol: if you can't figure out what are good edits versus bad (but do know that bad edits did occur), find a previous edition you are relatively certain about and revert to it. Then, let the white knight editors do their thing.
- To get back to the nationality statement, I determined it had been there for several revisions. Suddenly it and another section were getting hit. The nationality statement should have been addressed here to potentially avoid edit wars as then users like me could discern what the general conscensus was. Unfortunately in my mind that sentence while poorly written does have a truth element to it, i.e., it would be similar to saying the U.S. was under the thumb of the King of England at one time.
- I do appreciate that you approve of my humble efforts. Yesterday, the WP:WDEFCON, aka Wiki DefCon Meter, went to two late in the afternoon just as I was getting ready for a meeting. It was difficult to keep up with all my watchlist pages getting hit but I stayed in the battle as long as I could (even delaying dinner). Cheers, Ronbo76 15:15, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Why was the entry original signature Nicolaus Coppernic [1] by 207.245.84.70 (17 January) removed? It is an additional information. And why was the article protected anyway? I see no reason for this. He was simply a Prussian, neither a German nor a Pole. Compare it to the Swiss people, same principle. --Der Eberswalder 13:37, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
- the Original Signature tidbit was added by a user who was evading a block for POV pushing, personal attacks, violation of 3RR, revert-warring etc. etc. and was unverifiable. If somebody could go to the Archives he was claiming have the signature on file, then sure it can be added back in. But then of course it must also be dated and no other archive have an older dated signature on file that differs from the one claimed by this blocked user. If we were to allow this to be in the article without being referenced properly, anyone could make a improper reference like that for any topic. for instance 2+2=5, as recorded in the Archives of Varmia's Diocese. No Original Research means it should be from a published source, if we could find one then it would be great to add it back in, but then again whether his signature really matters is another dispute.
The Nicolaus Coppernic
Der Eberswalder, About the Nicolaus Coppernic signatures was publicized in Polish research by prof Marian Biskup. He is famous and realiable scientist at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun. Short decription of this research is on page: [2] Look for: “Z badań prof. Mariana Biskupa,” at the bottom of the page. You need some trusted interpreter but the administrators knows each other well. AS>
- ^ Archieves of Varmia’s Diocese, Poland