::Oh, I guess I agree with you there. Personally I like it, but I know that's not really a good argument for keeping it. And I actually kind of do think it fits the scope, I just don't think it's quite as important as you guys are making it out to be and I think footnotes are a good compromise. 
 ::Out of curiosity, how do other articles do it? I mean, there are lots of other countries with longer histories than Canada so they must have dealt with this kind of stuff before somewhere else. What's the usual solution?