Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raphaël Onana
My French has 25 years of rust on it, so I ran it through babelfish and compared simultaneously, so: 1) The fr. article has no references, just an external link to the book. 2) The book is autobiographical, but co-authored with a fr. notable Cameroon journalist 3) Highest award, but lowest level, multiple other French awards, none of which are awarded solely for valor 4) Officier de l'Ordre national du Cameroun, not Cameroon's Order of Valor, but we lack articles on both 5) Rank insufficient to independently meet WP:SOLDIER, but due to systemic historical bias of the period (not just France/Cameroon), although also short service due to amputation 6) Made a French citizen 7) "Raphaël was invited to the Élysée Palace by the French Republic president, Charles de Gaulle, in December 1962 in order to decorate Raphaël Onana for the National Order of the Legion of Honor and also other merits." Since quoted conversing, went, and personally awarded, likely meets WP:GNG, as coverage surely exists of this state function, even if only in record archives. 8) Co-authored a personal recollection of a notable period and battle. The article currently fails verification and independent sources, unless www.legiondhonneur.fr posts his awards online, our contacting them would be original research; if kept, could only be done under , taking the multiple high level awards, systemic biases, and likely offline references into account
— User:Dru, 00:29, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:IAR (Wikipedia:Ignore all rules)