On Nov 29, 2007 6:42 PM, Charlotte Webb charlottethewebb@gmail.com wrote:
On 11/29/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@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.
I like it! It's like there's the regular article, and ohh! There's a little hat on it! Helping me to find what I need. How lovely!
I'm totally in favour of the term hatnote. It's so cute!
--Oskar