Extract Note / Refactor

Use case or problem

While it is wise to not create notes automatically through backlinks, there are various cases where this is suboptimal behaviour.

For instance, while writing cross-referenced wikis. In these cases, users will have to copy-paste text to the new note manually; this gets cumbersome.

Proposed solution

It is not a good idea to automatically create notes for each backlink. However, when a backlink is referenced in a header, like
## [[Backlink]]

The content of the document from that point until the next header of the same level can be copied to a new note, and this note can be automatically created.

Current workaround (optional)

None that I can think of.

Related feature requests (optional)

Create this feature as a toggle, so that users who don’t want this behaviour can keep using Obsidian like they now do.

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