Talk:Slovenians

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Two comments on this article

1. The fact box states that there are about 2000 Slovenes in Italy, the text states 100.000 Slovenes in Italy. Surely there might be different sources around, but such a big difference has to be wrong.

2. The heading about Slovenes during WWII is currently mostly about a group of Germans, not Slovenes. What is more, the text is word by word the same as in the article on the Gottschee. It is very interesting and should remain in that article, but could be removed from this article.

[edit] Slovenians as a national minority in Croatia

>> The states of Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia officially recognize Slovenians as national minorities.

Well, as far as I know, Croatia DOESN'T officially recognize Slovenians as a national minority. Any comments on this ??

regards Wayfarer-Talk

on November 6, 2005 at 0:38 GMT

No. Croatia does not recognize Slovenes as a minority, but then again, neither does Slovenia recognize Croatians. The Slovene constitution only recognizes Italians and Hungarians officially. They are tiny minorities relative to Croats, Bosnians, Serbs and, even, Albanians. Metulj 05:42, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Slovenians used to be recognized in Croatia as a minority, as they (like Italians and Hungarians in Slovenia) are indigenous to the small areas they live. After independence, Croatia asked for Croatians (NOT indigenous in Slovenia) to be a recognized minority in Slovenia but were rebuffed. In spite, they dropped Slovenians from their list of recognized minorities. BT2 16:33, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Uhm, I didn't say anything about that (i.e. about Slovenia recognizing Croatians as a minority); that's a completely different subject that should be posted elsewhere.

regards Wayfarer-Talk | , on April 7, 2006

You asked for comments and you got them. Now you know why Slovenians are not officially recognized anymore as a minority in Croatia. BT2 02:44, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Well, but don't you see that I've originally quoted the text that states that they are recognized as a national minority in Croatia? So what I wanted to say is just that this particular piece of information is not correct. I was not trying to start an argument on why they are not recognized as a minority. Get it now ??

regards Wayfarer-Talk | , on May 9, 2006

[edit] Population figures

Discuss, don't edit war. The page itself is now protected. --ajn (talk) 09:23, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Slovenes in Carinthia (figures)

"Most of Carinthia remained part of Austria and 14,000 Slovenians ([17]) in the Austrian state of Carinthia were recognized as a minority and have enjoyed special rights following the Austrian State Treaty (Staatsvertrag) of 1955."

According to the 1951 Census, there were around 42.000 Slovenes in Carinthia - 14.000 is actually the figure from the 2001 Census. Viator slovenicus 22:38, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

And i have to dispute the line "..have enjoyed special rights following the Austrian State Treaty (Staatsvertrag) of 1955." all you realy have to do is read any newspaper in Slovenia or Carinthia to see that the situation of the Sloven minorety in Austria is any thing but good. MaticMan , 14:27, 25 March 2007 (UTC)