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Two, I think related, "bugs" about pinging in visual mode:

1. I type @Levivich, for example, but then I cannot remove the @ from "@Levivich" without removing the entire ping (with either the delete or backspace keys, nor can I select the @, or any part of the ping text, with the mouse; I can only select the whole ping text). I have to switch to source mode to do it. (This is also true for this page.) So if I want to refer to someone inline, I cannot refer to them without the @ sign remaining in the text.
2. There seems to be no way to edit the ping text, e.g. to pipe the link the way you can with regular wikilinks, so it has to be @Whatamidoing (WMF), there's no way to render that as "@WAID". (Sorry to use you as an example WAID.)

I think it would be better if it was possible to edit the ping text, in order to remove the @ and also to change the link label (pipe the link) when desired.

Both of these were possible in the early days, and I'm not sure exactly what changed. It might be a consequence of better support for RTL languages (because the equivalent of "Levivich@" looks weird). I've filed a bug report.

Hmm, it is a good idea, because in the Czech (cs) language we have declension. Example: "Jmenuje se Dangit" (He is Dangit) but "Dangite, jak vytvořím šablonu?" (Dangit, how can I create a template?). If I pick my username (Patrik L.) and someone wants a reply to me, he/she cannot easily use only my first name (Patrik).