The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result of the debate was KEEP. — JIP | Talk 07:19, 4 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
His name reads like a prank backwards, but I don't think that has anything to do with it. Devotchka 04:56, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Notable as head of a university. Wikipedia has many articles on American university presidents, for instance. Uppland 06:37, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, seems real, although the fact that as Devotchka said his name reads "Mere Cunt" backwards is odd. -- NSLE(Communicate!)<Contribs> 11:13, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Only if you're dyslexic! :-) MCB 23:00, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed - but the idea of a mere Cnut is unfathomable! BD2412talk 07:19, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
Keep, notable bloke, and I wish I could understand Turkish. — JIP | Talk 11:17, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Move and redirect to Tunç Erem to conform to Turkish orthography. --Metropolitan90 14:09, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Move per above. Rector of a decent-sized university is probably inherently notable. Probably. - Just zis Guy, you know? 15:13, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Weak merge with Marmara University if that's all he's notable for, but my heart would not break if this was kept (moved to the proper name, of course) even as-is. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 18:59, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: We have an article on Samuel Locke, who was president 1770-1773 of Harvard College, at the time a rather insignificant religious college in the distant American colonies. I see no real claim to notability in his article, except indirectly in the fact that the college over which he presided much later evolved into an important university. Personally, I have nothing much against keeping the article based on that circumstance, but it would seem like systemic bias to delete articles on leaders of real, contemporary universities while keeping an article on Locke. - Uppland 19:59, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't mind seeing the otherwise non-notable presidents of Harvard merged into a list, either. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 20:16, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Contingent Vote. What exactly is the status of a Rector of a Turkish University? Is that the equivalent of President or Chancellor in the UK/US, i.e., the top job? If so, my vote is weak keep; if it is subordinate to another officer who is the head of the university, my vote is delete as insufficiently notable. (My quick-and-dirty research is not able to resolve this question.) MCB 23:00, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A quick Google search returns evidence of a respectible career. (one hit lists him as president of president of Marmara University in 2005. -- llywrch 23:41, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Rector of a university is notable. See University's article on him. There's a link directly to this page from the university's main page (an indicator of high status). Fg2 03:16, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, notable. -- DS1953talk 06:17, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Notable. He is the rector (or president) of a major turkish university and well-known in Turkish higher education. He has also been a visiting prof. in the US. However, his first name should be correctly represented as Tunç in accordance with the Turkish alphabet. kingsbury 12.22, 28 Oct.2005
Keep. University presidents are inherently notable. BD2412talk 07:19, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
Keep. University presidents merit an entry.
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