Yes, notes are supposed to have references to other pages. But those pages don’t need to already exist, neither to be created on that moment. There are good chances that a note belongs to the page of one of the concepts referenced in it, but it is not immediately clear which one (as it has to be only one). This leads to the next point:
I don’t organize them in the journal, but I work on their phrasing and block-structure, until I feel confident with moving them (or otherwise merge them or delete them). Of course I may further improve them in their new place, but I prefer keeping dedicated pages somehow clean. As a rule:
In other words:
I understand that users in both camps may find this move to be unnecessary. My answer is that:
- Journal-only users produce something that other people cannot appreciate. They are probably using the wrong tool as well.
- Users who skip the journal miss chances of thinking out of the box. Cause when a note is put directly in a dedicated page, it is hard to imagine it somewhere else.