Yes, it's
much worse with people IMO. I especially hate it when one
person redirects to another person.
Just last night I was directed to a situation where an article about an
author survived AfD but was redirected to an article about the main book
he was notable for, and then the book was speedy-deleted for "lack of
notability."
I've restored the book article. Not sure whether to restore the author
article as well, but that's something non-admins can do so I leave it in
the hands of others.
Perhaps in such cases where an AfD results in a merge, that whole
discussion should be considered a part of any comparable discussion for
the article to which the merger is made.
Ec