Filenames should avoid special characters like em dashes because they cause friction across tools (URLs, shell commands, search). When renaming, replace a weak or decorated title with one that actually describes the note's content. 'Fair Firing — Accountability vs Effort' becomes 'When Firing Is Fair and Why' — both removing the em dash AND making the title informative on its own.
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