Deletion of Thomas Eric Duncan

Comment: to Ebola virus cases in the United States, per , for now.  He is only notable for one event, first bringing an existing outbreak to the United States.  He is neither the first patient with Ebola, nor even the first of this outbreak (that is apparently a boy named Emile who died in Guinea).  He should be covered in the relevant articles, but I don't think that currently confers sufficient independent notability.  otability is not temporary|Notability is not temporary, so we should be conservative for now.  However, if more people in the U.S. develop Ebola they contracted (directly or indirectly) from him, that would make a better comparison to e.g. Arvid Noe.  So redirect for now, but be open to develop into a new article if the outbreak is not contained
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ONEEVENT||WP:N)

Comment: Will allow us to focus the article this is forked from (which is too long) elsewhere.  Also, per notability guidelines , per Krubo, and Sy9045.    --&#123;&#123;U&#124
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:1E)

Comment: This was a big event in the US with long-term changes in hospital preparedness for possible future ebola patients. Thus, we already know it is lasting and he played a fundamental role in it.  He therefore the article passes the John Hinckley test for 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLP1E)

Comment: Wikipedia is |not news, which this article is, since it talks about Duncan – who is only notable ''in the news
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTNEWS)

Comment: There has been significant secondary coverage of this man, and there will continue to be as the media digs into his past history. The policy  is not applicable since this man is dead (and I would question a claim that this man is notable for only "one" event). And merges don't belong at AFD, which is what the nominator has said should happen, so this should be speedily closed. There is redundant information between this article and Ebola virus outbreak in the United States, but only because Duncan has received significant coverage and most of that article focuses on him and his actions. Due to the nature of outbreaks, that article will only get larger, and the information on Duncan should be rightfully |spunoff into a separate article. But his actions don't only concern Ebola virus outbreak in the United States, but potentially other countries as well since while he was infected with Ebola he passed through 4 airports, and flew from Monrovia to Brussels to Virginia to Dallas (even though the CDC claims he was not contagious at that time). If it is an outbreak in the US, then information about him will continue to be added to the outbreak article, but which outbreak article? Ebola virus outbreak in the United States? Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa? Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia? Possibly even Ebola virus cases in Belgium? Duncan may be most notable for bringing Ebola to the US, but his actions potentially affect more than one country. There is an article for Gaëtan Dugas. Typhoid Mary has an article, it isn't simply merged into Typhoid fever in the United States. The question is how many cases of Ebola can be traced to him. Relegating all the information about him to one (or more) country-specific outbreak articles is not appropriate, and that's what would be redundant
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLP1E||WP:SPINOFF)

Comment: Significant coverage as the first Ebola case in the United States. Passes 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: I came to Wikipedia today for one reason - to find information specifically about Thomas Eric Duncan. I wasn't looking for information on Ebola, but specific information on Thomas Eric Duncan. Such information will no doubt continue to come to light, and I believe this article is just the place for it to land. I agree with the |wiki guidelines argument, and the patient zero argument
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PEOPLE)

Comment: The current content of the page https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Eric_Duncan&action=edit&oldid=630032869 is still just 2 summary sentences, an infobox, and transclusions. The non-transcluded article body is a total of 58 words. For all the cries of "We must keep Patient Zero!", little has been done to actually solve the issue of |redundant articles
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Content forking (WP:REDUNDANTFORK)