Fair enough. It was my call, and I made it as best I could. 

 You should renominate if and only if you believe that the renomination has a chance of succeeding. The fact that you believe it should succeed is a given, and it's not enough. It will just annoy people if you renominate and merely repeat arguments from the previous nomination, whether they were in the initial rationale or in later discussion. This case has been formally rejected, rightly or wrongly. 

 Yes, wait a while. The less new material you have, the longer you need to wait. Consensus can change but it takes time. 

 I would encourage you to use some of this time to consider: 

 * WP:OWN. The fact that these other editors hadn't ever edited this or related articles doesn't reduce their right to comment on the move. 
 * WP:NPA. The phrase drive-by nationalists doesn't do your cause any good. 
 * WP:AGF. Nobody makes comments that make no sense on any basis. If you dismiss rather than understand opposing arguments, you're most unlikely to be able to answer them. 
 * WP:consensus. Again, try to understand where the people who disagree with you are coming from, otherwise, no matter how correct your own arguments are, they are unlikely to be successful. 

 Hang in there, and thanks for your contributions and enthusiasm.