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The Mentions notification is an alert provided by the Echo extension that allows Wikimedia users to receive an alert when mentioned on another page. The Mentions notification is already turned on by default on every Wikimedia user page by default, if you want to turn off your mention notification, you can do so in your preferences

How it works
Notifications (formerly known as Echo) can send notifications to users mentioned in discussions; this feature is often referred to as "pinging". Linking to a user's page in a signed message, either directly or through a template, will trigger a mention notification for them.



Received when someone mentions you on a talk page.
 * Primary information: Who mentioned you, where, and about what. Linked to the page, or to the message on Flow you are mentioned in.
 * Details: link to the user who mentioned you and the diff where you are mentioned.

To mention another editor and trigger this notification for them, you need to:

Specific and additional technical details are at.
 * Link to their username
 * you can link it directly like in
 * you can use mention templates if they exist on your wiki (many use the ping or reply totemplates).
 * Sign your comment with  or  . Notifications will not be sent if your signature is embedded in a template, or has no link to your user page or user talk page.
 * Do not alter any text outside of your own comment.
 * Do not exceed the limit on the number of mentions (50 on Wikimedia's wikis).
 * Notifications are only sent to logged-in users, i.e. mentioning anonymous users (IPs) is not possible.
 * You cannot mention yourself.

Muting user thingy and how a user can be mentioned....
Muting users You can mute on-site notifications from individual users, by typing their username into the box at the bottom of the notifications preferences. When you start typing the usernames will autocomplete. Users without JavaScript should type one username per line, without any wikitext or prefix.

You will still receive notifications if a muted user writes or participates on your user talk page (no matter if the page uses Flow or unstructured wikitext), or reviews a page you have created. Watchlist behavior and emails are not affected by the mute list.

The muted user will still receive a successful mention notification, if they've enabled that preference. A user's mute list is private from all other users on the wiki, including administrators or any other functionary.

Mentions in edit summary


Received when someone links to your user page in an edit summary.
 * Primary information: Who mentioned you, where, and the edit summary. Linked to the change in question.
 * Details: link to the user who mentioned you.

To mention a user, just link to their user page, using the normal wikitext syntax:. All the usual link styles work, like  or. No more than 5 users can be mentioned in an edit summary. Mention templates don't work in edit summaries.

To leave a link in the summary without notifying a user, prefix user name with, like this:.

Failed mentions


Received when your mention to other user was not sent.
 * Primary information: who you tried to mention, and the reason why mention was not sent.
 * Details: link to the page you tried to mention on.

These notifications are sent when:
 * trying to mention anonymous user or user that does not exist, or
 * exceeding the limit of mentioned users in a single edit (50 on WMF wikis).

Successful mentions


Received when your mention has been sent to other user.


 * Primary information: who you mentioned.
 * Details: link to the page you mentioned the user on.