Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Right to quote


 * 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 was   keep. per references provided by Samdstein Spartaz Humbug! 15:22, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Right to quote

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The use of this term seems to rely almost entirely on a mailing list source and some Internet lawyer's website which (I think) only uses the phrase incidentally, and not as a proper legal concept. The article is only one sentence long, and part of that sentence – "...in continental Europe..." – has no reliable reference to it whatsoever. ╟─ Treasury Tag ►  constablewick  ─╢ 08:42, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep I see enough references to suggest this is a genuine and notable legal concept: see here, but the article needs some expert attention. Alternatively, the content could be merged to cyberlaw or some other intellectual property law topic (again, expert opinion would be required on whether a merger is appropriate). --Mkativerata (talk) 09:10, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:54, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge to fair use. Although that article is on United States law, a small section on the comparable law in France should be fine. WP obviously can not have an article on every law in every nation and this French law would be of little interest to this site's English speaking readers. (Sentence removed since I am sure some WPers think we should have articles on every law in every nation, and not really the issue here.) No information would be lost doing this. Steve Dufour (talk) 20:03, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep The article could be of use to someone researching the subject and I see no reason for its being deleted. --  Île flottɑnte~Floɑting islɑnd   Talk   20:31, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect/Merge to fair use per Dufour. THF (talk) 14:02, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand as notable legal concept, but probably better known in the original French as Droit de courte citation. Fr:wp has an extensive article with more interwikis at fr:Droit de courte citation, and there are several books dedicated to it, e.g. Le droit de citation: propriété littéraire et artistique, droits voisins et droit des marques, étude de droit comparé. The concept also exists in German and Swiss law as Zitierrecht, and in many other legal systems. It is indeed an example of limitations of copyright originating in Continental European law which taken together are similar to US fair use, and a viable article topic.  Sandstein   21:13, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep a sufficiently important subject in its own right, and a great number of possible references. Failure to use WP:BEFORE, which is basically making the assumption that  article could not be improved beyond what it stands, or the basis of no investigation whatever.    DGG ( talk ) 00:59, 7 January 2010 (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.