On 11/29/07, charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com
<charles.r.matthews(a)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.