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Within a question or answer is it possible to write a footnote?

For example, if I use a tricky term, for many readers, some of them will understand it at first reading, but some others might prefer a correct explanation. To do this within web pages or written technical documents I use footnotes.

Is this possible within StackExchange?

If not, could this feature be added?

What is the relevant StackExchange group wher to ask this question?

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    Any bug report and feature enhancement request on any per-site mets does get picked up by stack exchange. We can move it to the main meta if/when it needs consensus from multiple sites.
    – bmike Mod
    Mar 15, 2014 at 14:45
  • Thank you. But I'll let this feature request open since it might be usefull on other groups.
    – dan
    Mar 16, 2014 at 9:57

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I've done this a few times using the built-in superscript. For example:

This is an example of additional information1 being added to a post.

1 Here is the additional information.

Source:

This is an example of additional information<sup>1</sup> being added to a post.

<sup><sup>1</sup> Here is the additional information.</sup>

This seems to work pretty well for most situations.

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  • Thank you very much :). This is nice enough for my actual need.
    – dan
    Mar 16, 2014 at 9:53
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On MacOS, I’ve used Unicode Hex Input to enter them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_subscripts_and_superscripts

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