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István Ruják

Hungarian sailor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 4, 2024
Entity authorityQ96333368 ↗
Source-derived summary

István Ruják (born 10 June 1958) is a Hungarian sailor. He competed in the Finn event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “István Ruják” as hungarian sailor. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1958, 1980—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1958-06-10. The account is most persuasive where István, Ruják and Hungarian can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as hungarian sailor. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 4, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q96333368. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1958 and 1980.

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This entry incorporates text from “István Ruják” 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.