Prefer unique filenames & aliases
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If your note title is also a very common word, then it may clog up the “unlinked mentions” in Backlinks Pane.
Obsidian will have to re-compute all backlink whenever your Backlinks Pane refreshes for that note (this may cause a lag spike and freeze). Though i’s not really that bad. Unless you’ve got a really common filename/alias like Now. It stays loaded in your RAM until it’s garbage-collected, or on app reload.
Solution: Use a modifier (prefix or suffix) to prevent this!
| Original filename | Better filename | note |
|---|---|---|
| Hindsight bias | - | This is good, unique enough |
| Cars | Cars (movie) | “cars” is too common a word, will appear everywhere |
| Trust.md | Trust (concept) | In some cases, you may actually want just “Trust” for Obsidian’s unlinked mentions |
| Job.md | The Book of Job | |
| index.md | _index, +Index, etc. | |
| Animal Farm | Animal Farm (book) | I personally prefer “Animal Farm” by George Orwell to have author in filename |
When in doubt, use brackets, just like Wikipedia does!