When developing your Zettelkasten, your collection of linked notes, what have you learned not to do?

Mathematician Alex Nelson keeps a paper Zettelkasten, and has posted online about how he does it. He calls this Zettelkasten best practices.

But Nelson also lists some ‘worst practices’ to avoid, which he calls anti-patterns.

So I’m wondering, do you have any other examples of ‘Zettelkasten anti-patterns’ from your own experience?

For reference, here are the ‘anti-patterns’ Nelson identifies. I’m not going to explain these here, though, because you can read the post for yourself:

  • Using the Zettelkasten (or Bibliography Apparatus) as a Database

  • Collecting Reading Notes without writing Permanent Notes

  • Treating Blank Reading Notes as “To Read” list

  • Forgetting to write notes while reading

Are there any more Zettelkasten worst practices, and how have you avoided them?