Template:reply to
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This template uses Module:ping user to create a link to a user page. This generates a user mention notification for that user (see the Notifications tab of your preferences). Notifications are generated for any link to a user page added in a page revision simultaneously with the signature (i.e. link to the user page) of the user who made the revision. This template is just a shorthand: using it is neither necessary nor sufficient to trigger notifications (see mw:Help:Echo#Technical details). The same thing can be accomplished by writing @[[User:Example|]]: (using the pipe trick).
If you feel that this template unnecessarily personalizes the discussion, you may still use the {{talkback}} template on the user's talk page to indicate that you have replied to a comment.
Multiple recipients
You can reply to as many people as you like at once:
{{reply to|User1|UserII|UserC}} Message text. ~~~~
Customise punctuation
By default, the template will insert a colon after the final name. To change this, specify the required character using the |p= parameter. For example:
{{reply to|Example|p=}}produces @Example