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Michael Baska

United States rugby union player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ107416454 ↗
Source-derived summary

Michael Baska (born 17 November 1994) is a United States rugby union player, currently playing for the Utah Warriors of Major League Rugby (MLR) and the United States national team. His preferred position is scrum-half.

Professional career

Baska signed for Major League Rugby side Utah Warriors for the 2021 Major League Rugby season, having also played for the side in 2020, and played for the New Orleans Gold in 2018 and 2019.

Baska debuted for United States against England during the 2021 July rugby union tests.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Michael Baska” as united States rugby union player. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994, 2021, 2020, 2018—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1994-11-17. The account is most persuasive where Michael, Baska and United can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as united States rugby union player. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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 Jan 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q107416454. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1994, 2021, 2020 and 2018.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. 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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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Michael Baska”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Michael Baska primary sources, Michael Baska archive and Michael research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Michael Baska”?
  2. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
  3. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Michael Baska” 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.