Rephrase description about zk.el alternative

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@ -1660,16 +1660,14 @@ their documentation.
is beside the point).
+ [[https://github.com/localauthor/zk][zk (or zk.el)]] :: Reading its documentation makes me think that this is
Denote's sibling or cousin---they have a lot of things in common,
Denote's sibling---the two projects have a lot of things in common,
including the preference to rely on plain files and standard tools.
One general difference is that Denote is trying to not replicate
existing functionality, such as by not offering its own file index as
a substitute for Dired or the minibuffer. Another potential
difference is that Denote is not a zettelkasten implementation per se,
though I am not sure how ZK interprets or enforces that methodology.
In our case, Denote does not do zettelkasten (the user does it, if
they want to); Denote primarily creates files with a unique
identifier.
The core difference is that Denote has a strict file-naming scheme.
Other differences in available features are, in principle, matters of
style or circumstance: both packages can have them. As its initials
imply, ZK enables a zettelkasten-like workflow. It does not enforce
it though, letting the user adapt the method to their needs and
requirements.
+ [[https://github.com/ymherklotz/emacs-zettelkasten][zettelkasten]] :: This is another one of Denote's relatives, at least
insofar as the goal of simplicity is concerned. The major difference