What does "hatnote" mean?

A short note placed at the top of an article, normally to provide links to other similarly named articles or disambiguation pages.

What is a synonym for "hatnote"?

Common synonyms include: headnote.

Hatnote

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
A short note placed at the top of an article, normally to provide links to other similarly named articles or disambiguation pages.
"If a reader searches for dioxin, she arrives at this article. The too-long hatnote on this page probably befuddled many readers looking for the Wikipedia article Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins."

Synonyms

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headnote

Example

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"If a reader searches for dioxin, she arrives at this article. The too-long hatnote on this page probably befuddled many readers looking for the Wikipedia article Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins."

Etymology

From hat + note by analogy with footnote, endnote, etc.

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