Meaning of hatnote | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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