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A fact from Aubrey Smith (Royal Navy officer) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 August 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 1914 Aubrey Smith, commanding HMS Drake, moved Russian gold worth £8,000,000 from Archangel to Britain?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2015/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Aubrey Clare Hugh Smith.

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The first sentence in the "Early life and career" section contains no less than seven individual clauses. Although it is technically not grammatically incorrect, I think this section would be better if the sentence were broken down into two or three shorter sentences. Likewise, the second sentence in the "Retirement" section contains no less than eleven individual clauses. Again, it is not grammatically incorrect, but it would be much clearer if it were broken down into several shorter sentences. Does anyone else have any thoughts on this matter? -- Notecardforfree (talk) 16:28, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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