Namespaces make my life miserable. Are they worth it?

[mentaloid]

In my opinion:

• Among the various options:
  • Template/Logseq is a bad option (although not the worst one).
  • template/Logseq is an improvement, but still bad.
  • Logseq/Template is better, but still problematic.
  • Logseq/template is considerably better, but not worth it, unless there is at least one more Something/template.
  • If there is no other Something/template, do yourself a favor and use plain template.
• Concerning namespaces:
  • The namespace hierarchy should be used as a hierarchy of namespaces, not of pages.
  • All other hierarchies should be either:
    • Explicit hierarchies expressed with nested blocks, each block referencing a page. This is useful for:
      • overview
      • browsing
    • Implicit hierarchies formed by properties. This is useful for:
      • categorization
      • filtering in queries
    • What is currently missing (*) is a way to generate explicit hierarchies out of implicit ones.
      • Namespaces generate a very specific explicit hierarchy, which is a wrong tool for anything else.

EDIT: (*) Not missing anymore