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Arkeita Smith

cricketer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 17, 2025
Entity authorityQ45007521 ↗
Source-derived summary

Arkeita Smith (born 28 February 1978) is a former Bermudian woman cricketer. She played for Bermuda at the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Arkeita Smith” as cricketer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Arkeita, Smith and cricketer.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1978, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1978-02-28. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Arkeita, Smith and cricketer providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 17, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q45007521. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1978 and 2008.

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This entry incorporates text from “Arkeita Smith” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.