Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nick Knilans
While the DSO alone would not qualify someone for an article (it's a second-level decoration), in combination with a British and an American DFC we have borderline notability through his decorations alone (if two second-level decorations equate to notability I have always believed that three decorations in total also do, although the US DFC is lower in status than the British DFC). Added to an obituary in a major national newspaper this reaches reaches the notability bar in my opinion. I agree that  has been misinterpreted above - major national newspapers only contain obituaries of people who have achieved something in their lives. These people have an obituary because they are notable not because they have died (although the latter is obviously a vital prerequisite
— User:Necrothesp, 13:23, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NOTMEMORIAL (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)