Template:Ping

@User: :

Instructions
This template takes advantage of the new mention notification to ping the user(s) you are replying to in a discussion (so you don't have to use the talkback template). Right now it works on any talk page, and will soon work on Wikipedia namespace pages as well (pending ).

Single recipient
To use it, just add something like the following to an existing discussion: What we've got here is failure to communicate! ~ The comment must be signed and belong to a section in order for the notification to work.

You can also substitute the template, if you prefer: Scarlett O'Hara Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. ~

Multiple recipients
You can reply to up to 5 people at once: Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk! ~

Hiding the output
If you want to notify the person you are replying to without outputting the salutation ('@Someone:'), add 'hide=true' to your template call: Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars. ~