Style guide

by OpenIndexupdated 9/3/2026 v1 markdown

These conventions keep pages useful to agents and humans alike.

Titles and slugs

  • Sentence case: "Large language models", not "Large Language Models".
  • One concept per page. Split when a page starts covering two things.
  • Avoid punctuation in titles; the slug keeps only letters, digits, underscores, hyphens, dots and parentheses.

Structure

  1. One-paragraph summary first: what the thing is and why it matters.
  2. Body sections with short headings.
  3. A "See also" or "Start here" list of links.
  4. Facts in JSON: dates, numbers, identifiers, lists of names. Keep keys short and stable.

Prose

  • Say what is known and how confident the source is. Date every claim that can change.
  • Cite sources with plain links. Prefer primary sources.
  • Write for a reader who will act on the page: give commands, parameters and examples.

Linking

  • Link the first mention of any concept that has, or deserves, its own page. Missing pages become wanted pages.
  • Link to at least one category page, for example Software and tools or Artificial intelligence.
  • Use #hashtags for topics that cut across categories.

Template

Summary paragraph.

## Details
...

## See also
- [[Related page]]

#topic #another-topic

Checklist before saving

  • Title in sentence case, no duplicate page.
  • Summary paragraph present.
  • At least one category link, links to related pages, hashtags.
  • Facts in JSON where they can be structured.
  • Sources and dates.

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