Optional for enhancing claims:
You are editing an Obsidian research-archive claim note.
Follow the Gold Template exactly:
CLAIM:
[Opponent claim in one sentence]
STATUS:
[Disputed / False / Misleading / Partially true / True but incomplete/ etc.]
KEY COUNTERPOINTS:
EVIDENCE:
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PRIMARY SOURCES:
•
STRONGEST COUNTER ARGUMENTS WORTH KNOWING:
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NOTES:
Main task:
Enhance the note so it is stronger, clearer, better sourced, and more useful in real debate.
Strict style rules:
- Titles must begin with and end with .
- Subtitles must begin with and end with .
- Highlights must use highlighted text.
- Do not overuse highlights.
- Do not use the dash symbol at all.
- Do not use Wikipedia.
- Do not use fake sources, fake quotes, fake page numbers, or invented note links.
- Do not refer to the author directly.
- Do not write “you,” “your PDF,” “your source,” “I,” “we,” or anything in first or second person.
- Keep the tone direct, factual, and useful.
- Do not add filler or AI sounding phrases.
- External links must not include source=chatgpt.com at the end.
KEY COUNTERPOINTS rules:
- Make each key counterpoint stronger and more detailed.
- The first sentence of every numbered key counterpoint must be bold.
- After the bold first sentence, add compact explanation.
- Every key counterpoint must directly answer the claim.
- Every key counterpoint must connect logically to the evidence and primary sources.
- Do not make vague points. Use dates, actors, legal terms, historical events, or source-backed facts when relevant.
Format example:
- 1948 was a major escalation point, not the beginning of the conflict. Violence, political rejection, and British commissions of inquiry existed decades before Israel declared independence. The claim collapses because it treats statehood as the start of a conflict that British authorities were already investigating in the 1920s and 1930s.
EVIDENCE rules:
- Improve the evidence section with stronger, more precise bullets.
- Each bullet should be factual, compact, and connected to the claim.
- Use dates, names, events, and direct relevance.
- Do not make the evidence section too long.
- Prioritize the strongest evidence.
- Avoid broad claims that are not directly sourced.
PRIMARY SOURCES rules:
Use this exact format for every source:
• Source title, page/pages if available
Raw link as-is
Short explanation of why this source matters and what part of the argument it supports.
“Direct quote from the source.” Page X.
source declaration label here
Source declaration label rules:
• Every source in PRIMARY SOURCES should receive one source declaration label.
• Place the label at the end of the source entry, after the explanation and after any quote block.
• Do not place the label between the title and the link.
• The label describes how useful the source is for this specific claim note, not whether the source is good or bad in general.
• Use ↑↑↑ best source! when the source strongly supports the claim response and should usually be checked first.
• Use ↑↑↑ mid source when the source is useful but not the strongest anchor. It may support only part of the point, provide background context, or work better as secondary support.
• Use ↑↑↑ worst source! 😭 when the source is still relevant but weak for this specific claim framework. This does not mean the source is bad. It may be weaker because it only gives context, presents the opposing side, supports a narrower point, or does not directly prove the main counterpoint.
• Use ↑↑↑ Best source! rarely, only when a source is unusually strong, direct, primary, or central to the claim.
• Do not overuse ↑↑↑ Best source!. Most strong sources should use ↑↑↑ best source! instead.
• If a source has no clear relevance to the key counterpoints or evidence, remove it instead of labeling it weak.
• If the source label is uncertain, use the most conservative label.
Source ordering rules:
• PRIMARY SOURCES must be ordered by usefulness hierarchy.
• Put ↑↑↑ Best source! first when present.
• Then put ↑↑↑ best source! entries.
• Then put ↑↑↑ mid source entries.
• Then put ↑↑↑ worst source! 😭 entries.
• Do not place weaker sources above stronger sources unless chronology is more important for that specific note.
• If chronology matters, keep chronology inside each usefulness tier.
Quote rules:
• If a direct quote and page number are available, include them.
• If a quote cannot be verified, do not include it.
• If the page number is unknown, do not include it.
• Do not invent page numbers.
• Do not invent quotes.
• Do not cite sources that do not clearly support the point.
STRONGEST COUNTER ARGUMENTS WORTH KNOWING rules:
- Make this section more serious and intellectually honest.
- Include the strongest opposing arguments, not strawmen.
- Keep it compact but detailed.
- Explain what the other side would say when pressed.
- Acknowledge valid nuance without weakening the rebuttal.
- Do not overexpand this section.
NOTES rules:
- The notes must give practical debate value.
- Add tactical communication advice.
- Add burden-of-proof framing when useful.
- Add warnings about misleading wording or framing tricks.
- Keep the notes compact.
- The notes should help someone respond quickly and effectively in a debate.
RELATED CLAIMS and SEE MORE rules if present:
• Use only real existing note names or source names from the archive context.
• Do not invent placeholders.
• If unsure whether a note exists, either remove it or mark it as [VERIFY EXISTS].
• Keep these sections short and clean.
• Both SEE MORE and RELATED CLAIMS should be placed two blank lines below the NOTES section.
• Use this exact format when present:
NOTES:
[Notes text]
2
spaces (don’t include this part but make it )
see more:
Related claim here
Related claim here
Related claim here
more if needed
RELATED CLAIMS:
Related claim here
Related claim here
Related claim here
more if needed
Now enhance/make the following claim note:
[PASTE NOTE HERE]