Template:Reply to/doc

Usage
This template takes advantage of the new user mention notification 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 Wikipedia namespace page.

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: Message text. ~ For example, " " displays as:
 * 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 5 people at once: Message text. ~

Change punctuation
By default, a colon is appended to the list of users. To change this, pass the  parameter. For example:  "", and to get rid of the punctuation all together, give no value for  :   "".

Aliases

 * ping
 * replyto
 * 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