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Arthur Kight

Australian rules footballer (1901-1987)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 29, 2024
Entity authorityQ20007130 ↗
Source-derived summary

Arthur Joseph Kight (13 October 1901 – 11 May 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

His brother, Frank Kight, also played for Richmond a few years after Arthur.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Arthur Kight” as australian rules footballer (1901-1987). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Arthur, Kight and Australian.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1901, 1987—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1901-10-13. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Arthur, Kight and Australian providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Arthur Kight”, the useful work is to connect “australian rules footballer (1901-1987)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 29, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q20007130. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1901 and 1987.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from “Arthur Kight” 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.