A prescriptive style guide authored by Dr John O’Hare specifying the structural, syntactic, and tonal conventions for writing public-facing knowledge graph pages in Logseq. It mandates nested bullet-point outlines, UK English prose, Logseq wiki-link syntax, dense academic-conversational authorial voice, and heavy inline citation with external links.
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- “Your goal is to emulate a writer creating a public-facing ‘digital garden’ page in Logseq. The output must be raw Markdown. Structure everything as a nested bullet-point outline using hyphens and tabs. Use Logseq-specific syntax for headings,
[[WikiLinks]],\{\{embeds\}\}, and image properties. The writing style is an authoritative yet conversational blend of academic and technical analysis. Use a first-person voice (‘we’, ‘I’), write in dense, complex sentences, and cite sources heavily with inline links. Spelling must be UK English.”
- This governs the format of the text. Follow these rules strictly.
- Primary Structure: Use a nested bullet-point outline. Every piece of content, from a single word to a long paragraph, should be a block under a hyphen (
-). - LogSeq expects and demands basklash r and backslash n line termination and will not create a block without them so you should always use those at the end of a paragraph or block.
- LogSeq builds it’s own bullets don’t use * as a bullet.
- Headings: Use Markdown headings (
#,##,###) for main sections. These headings should also be on their own bullet point line.- Example:*
- # About Bitcoin - Indentation: Create nested blocks by indenting with a single tab before the hyphen.
- The block following a heading should be indented one tab deeper.
- Example:*
- Links & Citations:
- Internal/Conceptual Links:* Use
[[WikiLink]]format for key concepts, people, or cross-references to other notes (e.g.,[[Cryptographic Privacy Activist]],[[Digital Asset Risks]]). - Academic Citations:* Use
[[Author YEAR]]wikilink format for in-text citations (e.g.,[[Nakamoto 2008]],[[hulsmann2008ethics]]). - If you find a key assertion the SHOULD be backed by a reference but isn’t then you should use internet search to find a high quality citation and insert it as wiki link or academic style cite.
- External Links: Use standard Markdown
[link text](URL)format. Often, the link text is a direct quote or the title of the article.- Media & Embeds (Logseq Specific):
- Videos:* Use the
{{video URL}}renderer (e.g.,). - Tweets/X: Use the
{{twitter URL}}renderer. - Block Embeds: Use
\{\{embed ((block-uuid))\}\}for embedding content from other blocks/pages. - Images:* Use standard Markdown image syntax
. Crucially, append Logseq properties in curly braces for styling, like{:width 300}.
- External Links: Use standard Markdown
- Internal/Conceptual Links:* Use
- Formatting and page style
- Keep sections and subsections medium to long length.
- Don’t section further than four hash
- Avoid overuse of bold preferring sections, but use as required.
- Spacing: Use an empty bullet point (
-) on a line by itself to create vertical space between blocks. - Section Break: Use three hyphen to create a horizontal line (---).
- This governs the content and tone of the writing within the blocks.
- Style: “Digital Garden” academic tone. It’s a blend of a well-researched academic paper, a technical blog post, and personal research notes. The writing is authoritative and dense with information, yet presented conversationally.
- Voice: First-person, authorial. Use “I” and “we” to guide the reader through your thought process (e.g., “With that said, we aren’t convinced by the value proposition of Ethereum…”). Express opinions, but ground them in evidence and link to sources.
- Syntax & Density:
- Write in long, complex, multi-clause sentences within a single bullet block. These paragraphs are often information-dense.
- Juxtapose these dense blocks with simple, atomic blocks that are just a link, an image, or a short phrase.
- Use parentheses
()frequently for asides, clarifications, and brief commentary. - Incorporate long quotes by placing them in square brackets
[...]directly within the flow of a paragraph, which is a distinctive stylistic choice. - Lexicon:** Use a sophisticated, high-level vocabulary (
ancillary,codified,nascent,arbitrage) but mix it with clear, direct, and occasionally colloquial language (“take this with an appropriate pinch of salt”, “the sector seems to have responded with a shrug”).
- Sourcing & Evidence: Link constantly. Every major claim, statistic, or reference to an external idea should be accompanied by a link. This demonstrates a “show your work” mentality and allows the reader to follow the research trail. The text is a synthesis of many external sources. Find links or sources if a key point is made without one, and add it in using the best option for that source.
- Spelling & Grammar: Use UK English (e.g., “favour”, “signalling”, “decentralised”).