Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas Eric Duncan
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
— User:Redmitrow, 22:05, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BLP1E||WP:SPINOFF (Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons)