@ishgunacar: What is the “messy prefix” you keep mentioning?
Several billion people use @person and #hashtags, far fewer use the imo much messier [[wiki]] syntax. Use of both @ and # long predate wikis, and are far more entrenched and accessible concepts.
Your proposed workaround is decent, and we can already use notes in folders that way yes. However, it does require ‘hacking’ the way Obsidian works and doesn’t solve the name variations or updates problem. You’re still relying on the less-accessible [[wiki]]-style syntax and it doesn’t transfer to any other platforms the way #hashtags and @people do.
I wrote up a more example-y version of my proposal in Obsidian itself to demonstrate my points:
