@ryanjamurphy my apologies if my reply read as a harsh response. I re-read the thread and noticed that the examples were shown only after your post.
I read your recommended approach for block reference - Obsidian-style. I agree that using small, atomic notes is the easiest way to have this kind of “block referencing”. I’m not sure in terms of usability, though. It would be great if we could have an example similar to what @nickmilo did for his IMF approach.