Extension:AtMentions

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
AtMentions; Release status: stable
Description	Add a user mention
Author(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Maintainer(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Latest version	-
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.
MediaWiki	1.43 (LTS)
Licence	GNU General Public License 3.0 only
Download	Download extension ; Git [?]: Browse repository (GitHub); Gerrit code review; Git commit log; Download source tarball;
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This extension is mainly supported in an external venue: BlueSpice Community Forum.
If you need help, you should post there, and not on the talk page.

AtMentions allows to quickly mention and notify a user from the VisualEditor menu.

Usage

If you mention a user on a page, the user's name is inserted as a specially formatted mention-item.

To mention a user:

Select the Mention menu item in the VisualEditor toolbar.
Enter a user name. The mention is added to the page.

The user is notified of the mention, because it creates a link to the user's profile page. By default, users get in-wiki and e-mail notifications.

The "mention" menu item
User mention on the page

Technical reference (check this page for possible extension dependencies)
Extension user help

Installation

Add the repo url (https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-AtMentions/en.git) as a "vcs repository" and the package name (mediawiki/AtMentions/en) and version to the require section of your composer.local.json. Example:

{
	"repositories": [
		{
			"type": "vcs",
			"url": "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-AtMentions/en.git"
		}
	],
	"require": {
		"mediawiki/AtMentions/en": "dev-REL1_43"
	}
}

Run the following command in your MediaWiki installation path

composer update --no-dev

Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

wfLoadExtension( 'AtMentions/en' );

Done Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

External Links

This extension was originally made for BlueSpice . BlueSpice is a MediaWiki distribution for enterprises and organizations. It enhances MediaWiki, in particular in the areas of quality management, process support, administration, editing and security. This extension is bundled with BlueSpice pro.

BlueSpice:

This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages:

BlueSpice