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A fact from David Fanning (loyalist) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 February 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Loyalist militia commander David Fanning was captured by the Patriots 14 times during the American Revolutionary War, and was refused a pardon by the State of North Carolina in 1783?

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Anachronism

I hate to be pedantic, but this is an encyclopedia after all. "Canada" wasn't a country until 1867 and Fanning fled to the province of New Brunswick, which was not "Canada" at the time.

Americans might not care about this anachronism, but we do. 198.254.166.140 (talk) 17:11, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]