[WikiEN-l] Hatnotes?

[Sam Blacketer]

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?


Just a guess, but if the footnote is named after the thing at the lowest
point of the human body, then a hatnote could be named after the thing at
the highest point.

-- 
Sam Blacketer
London E15