Footnotes -- or endnotes, or just notes; whatever you want to call them -- are a problem. They're a problem for writers and a problem for readers and a problem for typesetters and a problem for page ...

I agree and disagree with Rodger Beehler (“In Editing a Good Novel, the Best Footnote Is 0,” The Review, March 9). I agree that the use of endnotes, footnotes, subquotes, and whatnots in novels that ...

In response to my invitation to send questions, Albert in Indiana asked about the relative merits of endnotes and footnotes in books. Mr. Meyer prefers footnotes, which allow him to “converse with ...

MOST PEOPLE REMEMBER THEIR first kiss, their wedding night, the birth of a child. I -- like most writers -- also remember the day I first became a footnote. There, at the bottom of a page, was my name ...

Firefox/Chrome: Wikipedia's footnote system isn't the best; constantly clicking up and down the page is a pain, and it's easy to lose your place. With this simple userscript (or bookmarklet), you can ...

Hoping to combat inattentive, lazy or uninterested students, the authors of Stats: Modeling the World titled their introductory chapter “Chapter 1: Stats Starts Here.” They explained their methodology ...