Template:Reply to/doc

Usage

This template takes advantage of the user mention notifications to ping the user(s) you are replying to in a discussion (so you don't have to use the {{talkback}} template). It works on any talk page or Project namespace page. It also works on the Support Desk.

This template is particularly helpful in discussions that are not threaded, to indicate which user's comment is referenced. If you feel that this template unnecessarily personalizes the discussion, you may still use the {{talkback}} template on the user's talk page to indicate that you have replied to a comment.

Note that it isn't necessary to use this template to ping (indicate) the user if you are already linking to their username from your post.

Single recipient

To use it, just add something like the following to an existing discussion:

{{reply to|User1}} Message text. ~~~~

For example, ":{{reply to|Jimbo Wales}} Message text." displays as:

@Jimbo Wales: Message text.

The comment must be signed and belong to a section in order for the notification to work.

Multiple recipients

You can reply to up to 50 people at once:

{{reply to|User1|UserII|UserC}} Message text. ~~~~

@Example1: Message text.

@Example1 and Example2: Message text.

@Example1, Example2, and Example3: Message text.

@Example1, Example2, Example3, and Example4: Message text.

Change punctuation

By default, a colon is appended to the list of users. To change this, pass the p parameter. For example: {{reply to|User1|p=—}} "@User1—", and to get rid of the punctuation all together, give no value for p: {{reply to|User1|p=}} "@User1".

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

Reply to

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Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Prefix Punctuation	prefix	The prefix punctuation. Default @	Line	optional
Conjunction	c	The conjunction between the last two user names. Default and	Line	optional
Suffix Punctuation	p	The suffix punctuation. Default :	Line	optional
User 1	1	The first user to mention.	User	required
User 1 Label	label1	The label for the first user link. Default {{{1}}}	Line	optional
User 2	2	The second user to mention.	User	optional
User 2 Label	label2	The label for the second user link. Default {{{2}}}	Line	optional
User 3	3	The third user to mention.	User	optional
User 3 Label	label3	The label for the third user link. Default {{{3}}}	Line	optional
User 4	4	The fourth user to mention.	User	optional
User 4 Label	label4	The label for the fourth user link. Default {{{4}}}	Line	optional
User 5	5	The fifth user to mention.	User	optional
User 5 Label	label5	The label for the fifth user link. Default {{{5}}}	Line	optional
User 6	6	The sixth user to mention.	User	optional
User 6 Label	label6	The label for the sixth user link. Default {{{6}}}	Line	optional
User 7	7	The seventh user to mention.	User	optional
User 7 Label	label7	The label for the seventh user link. Default {{{7}}}	Line	optional
User 8	8	The eighth user to mention.	User	optional
User 8 Label	label8	The label for the eighth user link. Default {{{8}}}	Line	optional
User 9	9	The ninth user to mention.	User	optional
User 9 Label	label9	The label for the ninth user link. Default {{{9}}}	Line	optional
User 10	10	The tenth user to mention.	User	optional
User 10 Label	label10	The label for the tenth user link. Default {{{10}}}	Line	optional

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Aliases

• {{ping}}
• {{replyto}}
• {{mention}}
• [autogenerated list of redirects]

Related templates

• {{user link}} – To just link to a single user's page (without the @ sign and colon), use this template.
• {{noping}}
• {{FlowMention}}