Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jenkins–Laporte doctrine


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  14:32, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Jenkins–Laporte doctrine

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I am flagging this article as a potential candidate for deletion for several reasons.

First, I have not been able to locate any reliable sources that reference this "doctrine" independent from this article on Wikipedia. This also comports with my prior experience as a U.S. intellectual property lawyer. I have never heard of this "doctrine" and have been unable to locate any reliable sources that consider it to be an independent "doctrine" of law. A header requesting additional sources has been pending since 2008 as well, which is further evidence of a lack of reliable sources.

Second, I am also doubtful of the notability of this alleged "doctrine" for the reasons discussed above. The only sources I have seen discussing it are ones that circularly reference this page.

In closing, if others are able to locate reliable sources that support the existence of this "doctrine," I am happy to avoid deletion. But there are a LOT of important cases out there and not all of them are established "doctrines." Calling a particular a case a "doctrine," in my opinion, should be reserved for those rules of law that are long established, universally accepted, and blessed by at least an appellate court, if not the Supreme Court itself. I have not located any evidence that this is the case here.

Also, this article was written by a confirmed sockpuppet apparently, so I consider that also weighing in favor of deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DocFreeman24 (talk • contribs) 18:50, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

DocFreeman24 (talk) 17:51, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:24, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:24, 10 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. I found like two references to it, none of them in-depth. Fails WP:V and WP:GNG. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 03:21, 17 October 2020 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.