Talk:Renzo de' Vidovich

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Renzo de' Vidovich article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Biography: Politics and Government

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the politics and government work group.
	This article has been automatically rated by a bot or other tool because one or more other projects use this class. Please ensure the assessment is correct before removing the `\|auto=` parameter.

Italy Low‑importance

	Italy portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Italy, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Italy on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ItalyWikipedia:WikiProject ItalyTemplate:WikiProject ItalyItaly articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Slavic name

First one must note that the letter "ć" is pronounced "ch". Secondly, one must note that the vast majority of South Slavic names end with "ć" (ch). Finally, the name "Vidovich" itself is very, very common in Croatia, almost like "Smith" for English. If someone is interested in its origins, it is derived from the first name "Vid" (Vid-ov-ich). "Vid + ov" = "of Vid", "Vid's". "Vidov + ich" = "descendants of Vid". "Name + ov + ich" - typical surname structure found in most South Slavic names: "Markovich", "Mihailovich", "Antunovich", "Pavlovich", "Ivanovich", etc. etc. and yes, "Vidovich" as well. --DIREKTOR ^(TALK) 01:07, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This person's family is obviously of South Slavic origin, i.e. of Croatian origin. This should be mentioned in the text. At the very least, it is certain that his surname is Slavic in origin. It would be very silly to dispute this, like disputing that "Rossi" or "Bianchi" is of Italian origin. --DIREKTOR ^(TALK) 00:49, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you found sources supporting his slavic ancestry or his slavic origin you are welcome to improve the article adding more information about it. Maybe his name was Renzo Vidović, but I don't have sources regarding it. --Theirrulez (talk) 05:00, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

His surname was of Slavic origin, that much is perfectly obvious and needs no source. This means the family is very likely of Slavic origin as well. As you say, however, sources do not explicitly state the latter. However, it should be mentioned that the surname of the family is of Slavic origin. --DIREKTOR ^(TALK) 11:18, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's quite evident it's name seems to have slavic form, so I think there's no need to underline it. I instead believe that if you want to do some more efforts researching his name history, and you'll be able to found something interesting I agree you can add it to the article.--Theirrulez (talk) 12:38, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it is evident for someone from around here, or someone familiar with (South) Slavic names, but I would not say it was general knowledge in say... Australia. Remember, this is the English Wikipedia. Such things are worthy of mention.

LoL, you've removed WikiProject Croatia. I've restored it. Do not remove it or rearrange the WikiProjects. --DIREKTOR ^(TALK) 13:07, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]