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I use wikitext editor. When I want to ping someone, I can copy his name form discussion above.

With this reply tool I don't see source. Problem is, when somebody have different username than appears in his signature e.g. [[User:John Walker|Johnnie Walker]], in that case user doesn't receive ping on his account.

It would be fine, if there is possibility to include ping template on the beginning with prefilled name of author of previous post. JAn Dudík (talk) 11:17, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

In the visual mode, if you type the @ symbol, then it opens a list of everyone who has already commented in this discussion. (If the person you want hasn't joined the discussion, then you start typing the username, and it will let search for the user page.) Have you tried this?

Good to know, it works :-)