[WikiEN-l] Hatnotes?

[Charlotte Webb]

On 11/29/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> That's my guess too, although headnote would make more sense.

Yes it would, cf. "header" and "footer", but apparently "headnote"
already has some other meaning in court documents, which is not
analogous to most uses of informative italic text on Wikipedia.
Seriously there has got to be a better word.

—C.W.