Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Pooley (Ebola Patent)


 * 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 Delete. Michig (talk) 08:40, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

William Pooley (Ebola Patent)

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There doesn't seem to be anything notable about this person other than the fact that they were infected with Ebola, which has happened to many people. Nothing is given in this article that might indicate something notable about his infection(which is possible, as with Thomas Eric Duncan, the first diagnosed in the US). 331dot (talk) 03:00, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Read it soon, I have a source - he is the first person from the UK! And there are a lot of secondary sources. Mistoop (talk) 09:11, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
 * The sources is not the problem, following this logic, we would have to create the following pages.
 * Brother Miguel Pajares, First Spanish person to get infected in Liberia and medivaced to Spain..
 * Brother Manuel García Viejo, Second Spanish person to get infected and medivaced to Spain: also possible source of infection for Teresa Romero.
 * Teresa Romero, First Spanish person to get infected on Spanish soil.
 * Silje Lehne Michalsen, First Norwegian to get infected.
 * Felix Baez, First Cuban Doctor to get infected.
 * Now Note:: All of these listed above are medical staff, working in West Africa at the same or prior time to William Pooley. Most of these have a higher Notoriety than William, yet there is no dedicated page for them... However if any of the above pages had to exist and come up for deletion.. My vote would be Delete, there is very little more than a few lines that one could write for each one in relation to the Ebola virus, the issue that makes them famous...... Gremlinsa (talk) 08:42, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica1000 04:19, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica1000 04:19, 16 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa per WP:BLP1E & Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Pooley (Ebola patient). Qwfp (talk) 08:22, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
 * That would be the article that's already tagged as "too long, consider splitting it into sub articles" Andy Dingley (talk) 19:52, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Clearly if and when that three-sentence subsubsection or the subsection or section of which it forms part is split off into a separate article, the redirect should then be retargeted. Qwfp (talk) 19:12, 17 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep It comes down to did they receive independent coverage? William Pooley certainly did. Not just as a patient, but also a nurse who was keen to get back out to Africa again. The nomination here seems to be more on the basis of WP:NOTHING ON FOX NEWS and yet another WP "If it isn't American, it didn't happen." Andy Dingley (talk) 12:13, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I would still hold my opinion if this page involved an American, Canadian, Russian, or Martian. Nationality isn't the basis of my opinion; the fact that hundreds if not thousands of people have gotten Ebola is. Not everyone who gets Ebola merits an article. 331dot (talk) 12:24, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Yet you're not seeking to delete Articles for deletion/Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian who died from Ebola in the USA. Andy Dingley (talk) 12:12, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * When I proposed this there was no reference to him being the first British person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the article; I would submit that Duncan is a little different because he was diagnosed in the United States after he left Africa while this man was diagnosed in Africa and taken to the United Kingdom. If he was diagnosed in the UK I would support keeping the page. 331dot (talk) 12:19, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * There's a difference between first person to be diagnosed in a new country and first person to catch it in that country. However for two people who caught Ebola in Africa, travelled outside and were then treated there I see very little difference as to whether they were diagnosed before or after travelling.
 * Incidentally, he was cited on Radio 4 news again yesterday. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:16, 20 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Redirect as per User:Qwfp and previous AFD. CommanderLinx (talk) 19:18, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete Redirect to Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. Whilst I appreciate Per point about the length of the proposed target, this is clearly a case of WP:BLP1E as was reflected in the previous AfD. In the light of that it should not be a separate article.  Philg88 ♦talk 20:01, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:19, 17 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:BLP1E. Not an appropriate search term. —teb728 t c 03:53, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:BLP1E.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 08:13, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * If keep, move to and history-merge with older page William Pooley (Ebola patient) (for misspelling of "patient"). WP:BLP1E = "Subjects notable only for one event", but this Ebola epidemic is one very big and notable event, particularly if it becomes a global pandemic. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:25, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * The ebola epidemic is certainly big and notable, but Mr. Pooley is but a small BLP1E player in the overall scale of things. Philg88 ♦talk 10:38, 17 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - Do we really need an article for every single person who's got Ebola... No, Fails BLP1E. – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  01:01, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per previous AfD. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:12, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

But he wa sthe first British person to get Ebola. We have the first US-ian, so why not teh first person from the UK? It seems a question of Wikipedia refusing to belive non-american stuff, and don't tell me he doesn't have media coverage... GOOGLE HIS NAME. I mean, Eric Duncan (or whoever the first american was) got to have an article - its just Wikipedia's bias. Mistoop (talk) 18:36, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Err I'm from the UK and It's nothing to do whether he's from the UK or not .... We don't keep articles from everyone from individual countries who have Ebola, I had no idea there was an article on someone and to be honest if that was nommed I'd sure as hell !vote Delete .... – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  18:54, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment to User:Mistoop - WP:Otherstuffexists is not a valid reason for keeping this article. CommanderLinx (talk) 04:25, 20 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment in regards to Thomas Eric Duncan, That article was shifted back and forth several times, and for some time it to redirected back to the USA Ebola article, up until the point where: *he infected others, * he died, *family suing hospital, etc.. Fighting this battle now will not help your case in the near future... SO... My advice.. Leave this one to redirect back to the relevant section on the West Africa Ebola page, and keep an eye on the news for any further developments on this specific case, if there are any effects of his Ebola infection, you may be able to revive this page.. Gremlinsa (talk) 07:03, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete no point in creating a page for each person who contracted Ebola while working in Africa. BrianGroen (talk) 16:26, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
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