Talk:Rector of the University of Edinburgh

Formatting
Should this be formatted table-style, with descriptions of the person, similar to Glasgow's?

Title of office
The article forgot to mention that the rector is a person who holds the office of Rectum. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.240.69.86 (talk) 05:27, 21 January 2010 (UTC) The office is actually, apparently, a rectorate. but hey, funny joke. Surfad (talk) 20:44, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Anthony Ross
Who is Anthony Ross? That links to some actor (and clearly this Ross is a churchman). -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 11:23, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Father Anthony Ross was the catholic chaplain to Edinburgh University from the '60 until his death a few years ago.

Marcus O'Hagan (16 November 2006)

Student rectors
Just checking, are Jonathon W. G. Wills and Gordon Brown the only people to have been elected as rector while still students? And when were the regulations changed to ban current students (and staff) from standing for the position? --Vclaw 21:30, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Gordon Brown was definitely the last student rector. Not sure when it was changed, but I think it was not long after Brown. -- KTC 11:41, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Article location
Is there any reason why this article isn't at Rector (University of Edinburgh), in line with the form for the other University of Edinburgh articles? If there's no objection I'll move the page there in two days. Timrollpickering 20:28, 14 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Moved. Timrollpickering 00:07, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Why 1859?
Is there any particular reason that the list of Rectors begins in 1859? If so, it might be an idea to actually provide the reason in the article. I would have assumed that the post of Rector is older than that date (who was convener of the university court prioir to 1859?), unless the post was actually created for Gladstone, in which case that should definitely be made explicit in the article. --Mais oui! 07:45, 14 July 2007 (UTC)--Mais oui! 07:45, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Have now found some info on this and added it to the article. According to this the position was created in 1858. --Vclaw 02:30, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

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Notability
Is this post inherently notable? This does have implications for the latest person. PatGallacher (talk) 17:16, 12 February 2024 (UTC)