hatnote
hatnote noun: a short note placed at the top of an article, normally to provide links to other similarly named articles or disambiguation pages.
Noun
hatnote (plural hatnotes)
- 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.2008, John Broughton, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, page 320
- A hatnote on this default page points readers to the disambiguation page if they're looking for articles using a different meaning of the term.2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It, page 237
- Synonyms:
- headnote
Synonyms of hatnote
Forms of hatnote
| plural | hatnotes |
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Origin of hatnote
From hat + note by analogy with footnote, endnote, etc.
Questions about hatnote
- What does hatnote mean?
- Hatnote means a short note placed at the top of an article, normally to provide links to other similarly named articles or disambiguation pages.
- What part of speech is hatnote?
- Hatnote is a noun.
- What is the plural of hatnote?
- The plural of hatnote is hatnotes.
Words near hatnote in the dictionary
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