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• Have a purpose about why you are making the note. This helps you be more focused on noting the details and not copy/pasting things whole cloth.
• Avoid splitting content into multiple vaults.
• Avoid folders for content.
• Avoid non-standard Markdown.
• Tags:
  • Always pluralize tags.
  • Always lower case, single word tags.
  • If multi word tags are absolutely necessary, use camelCase
  • Tags = the type of note (examples: links, meetingNotes, clippings)
  • Keep the number of tags to a minimum
    • Start with as few as possible and build from there if you come up with a really good use case for a new one
• Category:
  • Category is the broad area the note refers to (Python, Obsidian, Windows)
  • These are always a link so the Category page
• Subcategory:
  • Subcategory is a further definition of the Category.
    • Example: Category: [[Windows]] Subcategory: Utilities
  • Sometimes I do make the subcategory a link.
    • Example: Category: [[Restaurants]] Subcategory: [[Coffee Shops]]
    • The reason for this is sometimes, like this case, there are many similar items in the subcategory and I might want to report on them in a different way.
• Use internal links profusely.
• Use YYYY-MM-DD dates wherever dates are needed.
• Examples:
  • A friend sends you a link to a book on Python programming that you want to read
    • tags: books
    • category: [[Python]]
    • subcategory: To Read
  • You want to save a link to a web page about Dataview in Obsidian
    • tags: links
    • category: [[Obsidian]]
    • subcategory: Dataview