On 11/29/07, charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
The italic lightweight notes at the top of articles are "hatnotes" (per Wikipedia:Hatnote, in the Manual of Style). Anyone ready with the background of this term?
Sounds like something somebody pulled out of [a hat]. Really I don't know, and have never been a fan of the term or the "rules" they came up with regarding the placement of in-article disambiguation guides.
—C.W.