A fact from Selborne-Fisher scheme appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 August 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the old rank of mate was revived in 1913 as part of the Selborne-Fisher scheme for the accelerated promotion of promising enlisted personnel to become engineering officers?
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