Many times I need to check via {{GENDER:}} (or other tricky ways) the pronouns of a users (in english this is not a big deal, you can just use ''they'', but in italian, as in may other languages, this is not possible); would'nt be nice having instead of just "You are replying to <user>", "You are replying to <user> (<gender>)"?
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I've noticed that a few of the translations of the "Reply to X" placeholder are written as "Reply to user X", that would probably be a natural-sounding way of hinting at the gender in languages where the word "user" has gendered forms (e.g. in Polish, "użytkownik" / "użytkowniczka"). I wonder if that's an option for Italian?
But the message does not actually allow {{GENDER:}} syntax. We should fix that…
Existing translations for reference: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translations?message=discussiontools-replywidget-placeholder-reply&namespace=8
(A few other translations are written as "Reply to comment by X", including Polish, perhaps because translating it differently without access to {{GENDER:}} was too awkward.)