Template:Reply to/doc

Description
This template is used to trigger notifications for users when replying to a thread on a talk page or other discussion noticeboard. Normally, this can be accomplished simply by adding a link to the user's userpage (e.g. . This template simplifies the process and adds an "@" symbol at the beginning to make it a little more aesthetically pleasing.

Usage
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The edit that adds this template must meet the following requirement for notifications to work:


 * The edit must add new lines of text, not just edit existing lines.
 * The edit must be signed by adding  to the end of the message.
 * If you have specified a custom signature, it must contain a plain wiki link to your user page, user talk page, or contributions page; it cannot be embedded in a template.
 * The edit must either be entirely within an existing sections (it cannot have new section headers in the middle) or start a new section (starts with a new section header).
 * Only sections of level 2 and above count.
 * If the number of detected to-be-pinged users exceeds 50, no notifications will be delivered.

You can also ping multiple users, up to a maximum of 50.

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Credits
This template was copied from the English Wikipedia. This template's documentation was partially copied from there as well.