Hatnote

Quick meaning: Hatnote is a noun meaning (wiki jargon) A short note placed at the top of an article, normally to provide links to other similarly named articles or disambiguation pages.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Word Forms

• hatnotes

Synonyms for hatnote

Depending on context, synonyms include headnote.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include head, heading, headword, heads up, hotword, heredoc.

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