[WikiEN-l] Hatnotes?

[Charlotte Webb]

On 11/29/07, charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
<charles.r.matthews at 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.