Here, corrections can be made swiftly, with any changes explained in a footnote.
From the guardian.co.uk
Yeah, that gangrenous footnote of his keeps getting worse and worse, doesn't it?
From the en.wikipedia.org
In Poland, where he connived to save lives, he was a footnote in a history book.
From the time.com
Alfred Russel Wallace is usually just a footnote to the story of Charles Darwin.
From the newscientist.com
Seung ignores glia almost completely, again relegating them to a brief footnote.
From the guardian.co.uk
As a footnote, Sellfy's Dagis appears to be another blogger-turned-entrepreneur.
From the techcrunch.com
Why isn't there a footnote denoting that Pakistan or Fiji withdrew and rejoined?
From the en.wikipedia.org
This seems like a concern to bring up on the discussion page, not in a footnote.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Ill add it to the article and see how it looks, we can remove it or footnote it.
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A printed note placed below the text on a printed page
Annotate: add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel"
A note is a string of text placed at the bottom of a page in a book or document or at the end of a text. The note can provide an author's comments on the main text or citations of a reference work in support of the text, or both. ...
A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text; An event of lesser importance than some larger event to which it is related; To add footnotes to a text; to annotate
(Footnote S) To be used on the ex-date for stock splits or stock dividends.
(footnotes) An annual report section that provides information essential to fully understanding the financial statements. Notes explain the financial statements' numbers and any significant events affecting them. ...
(Footnotes) References listed at the bottom of a page in a research paper or book that document sources or provide additional information.
(Footnotes) Often found in scholarly publications or textbooks, footnotes are notes usually found at the bottom of a page of a book that cites a reference or provides additional explanations for a designated part of the text. ...
(6.3 Footnotes) Essays for assessment should use footnotes rather than endnotes and have a final bibliography giving full bibliographic citations of works consulted. ...