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Matthew Carder

badminton player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ26798140 ↗
Source-derived summary

Matthew Carder (born 16 June 1993) is a Scottish badminton player. He won the 2016 Scottish National Championships in the men's singles event.

Editorial summary

“Matthew Carder” enters the record as badminton player. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Matthew, Carder and badminton can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1993-06-16. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Matthew, Carder and badminton.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Matthew Carder” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Matthew, Carder and badminton provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q26798140. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1993 and 2016.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
  3. Which claims depend on a single source or contested interpretation?
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This entry incorporates text from “Matthew Carder” 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.