(please ((reply to)) on reply; thanks!)

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Purpose

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This template was created for user talk pages, to let a user know that you are watching their page. This is designed to keep conversations from ping-ponging back and forth, but this is simpler than talkback-related templates. Ideally, this is used only on the first message of a conversation that a user leaves for another user, to instruct the receiving user where to reply.

Usage

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((Watching)) → (please ((reply to)) on reply; thanks!)

Examples

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Typing: What do you think of the article? ((Watching)) ~~~~

will yield: What do you think of the article? (please ((reply to)) on reply; thanks!) Example (talk) 00:56, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

See also

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Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines
((subst:Please ping|no)), which generates (no need to ping me on reply)

Inline talk templates

Template Shortcut Parameter? Example Output Notes

Thread level

((Moved talk))

((Moved talk|Dresden))

Moved: was at Talk:Dresden

Used at the thread's current location

((Moved talk to))

((Moved talk to|Berlin))

Moved to: Talk:Berlin

Used at the thread's former location

((Thread retitled))

((Thread retitled|Old title))

Thread retitled from "Old title".

Per Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#Section headings

Opening

((Botsum)) ((sbb)) ((sbb)) (Summoned by bot) Can be used in requests for comment

((Edit conflict))

((ec))

(

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((ec))

(change conflict)

To indicate that you encountered an edit conflict

((Interrupted))

((Interrupted|Username|00:56, 19 August 2024 (UTC)))

— Username 00:56, 19 August 2024 (UTC) — continues after insertion below

Used to identify the contributor of the upper fragment(s) of a comment that was broken up by a different contributor's insertion of text

((Non-admin comment))

((nacmt))

(

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((nacmt))

(Non-administrator observation)

Optional and only for own comments, see doc

((Pinged)) ((Pinged)) (pinged) Indicates a notification was received

((Responding to ping)) ((rtp)) ((rtp)) (responding to ping) Similar to ((pinged))

((Talk page stalker))

((tps))

(

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((tps))

(talk page stalker)

Cf. Wikipedia:Talk page stalker

((Talk page watcher))

((tpw))

(

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((tpw))

(talk page watcher)

Notifications

((Hidden ping))

((hp))

((hp|Username))

Hewlett-Packard

HP Inc.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Founders

Bill Hewlett
David Packard

Marc Andreessen
Mohamed M. Atalla
Shumeet Banerji
Raj Gupta
Raymond J. Lane
Ann Livermore
Gary M. Reiner
Patricia F. Russo (Chairwoman)
Jim Skinner

Executive
Officers

Meg Whitman
Todd Bradley
Dave Donatelli
Martin Fink
Henry Gomez
John Hinshaw
Marty Homlish
George Kadifa
Tracy Keogh
Cathie Lesjak
Mike Nefkens
Antonio Neri
John F. Schultz
Bill Veghte

Computer
hardware
products

HPE

Servers	BladeSystem Integrity Superdome ProLiant NonStop
Storage	HPE Storage HPE XP HPE 3PAR

HP Inc.

Business laptops	ProBook EliteBook ZBook
Business desktops	ProDesk EliteDesk Z workstations
Consumer PCs	Pavilion Spectre ENVY OMEN Stream HP Chromebox Essential Laptops

Consumer electronics
and accessories

Aruba Networks
Calculators
Teradici
HyperX

Photography and printing	Deskjet LaserJet Scitex Photosmart

Other divisions

Indigo Digital Press
Scitex
HP Insight Software
HPE Networking

Software

HyperSpace OS
HP-UX
HP Data Protector
NonStop OS
NonStop SQL

Services

HP Helion
HP Cloud

Discontinued
products

Compaq line	HP Compaq HP Compaq Elite TC Presario Evo iPAQ AlphaServer
Software	LightScribe MPE OpenVMS (sold) HP QuickPlay Tru64 UNIX WebOS (sold)
Jornada OmniBook OmniGo iPod+HP VoodooPC TouchPad Internet Advisor Vectra Mini Slate TouchSmart Sprout HP NetServer

Closed Division

VoodooPC
ProCurve
Sold:
- Palm
- Snapfish

HP CEOs

List of HP CEOs in Order
Co-founders William Hewlett and David Packard
John A. Young
Lewis E. Platt
Carly Fiorina
Mark Hurd
Léo Apotheker
Meg Whitman

Assets

HP Garage
HP Labs
HP Atalla

See also

Acquisitions
HP spying scandal
Products
Mission: SPACE
Steve Wozniak

Invisible notification utilizing the zero-width space character

((Ping group))

((pinggroup))

((pinggroup|Pinging collaborators|John Doe|Jane Doe|...))

Pinging collaborators (John Doe—Jane Doe—...)

Up to 10 usernames

((Pong))

((pong|Username))

Username:

In reply to a ping

((Reply to))

((re))/((ping))

((re|Username))/((ping|Username))

@Username:

Sends a notification; up to 50 names

((To))

((To|Username))

To Username:

Sends a notification

During

((subst:Arbitrary break)) ((subst:Arbitrarybreak)) ((subst:Arbitrarybreak)) ======(arbitrary break)====== Requires substitution

((subst:Bump)) ((subst:Bump)) Bumping thread ~~~~ Requires subst. A wrapper for ((do not archive until))

((FBDB)) ((FBDB)) ^[FBDB] An initialism for Friendly Banter – Don't Block

((KISS)) ((KISS)) KISS References the KISS principle politely

((No ping))

((np))

((np|Username))

^[source?]

Works like ((U)) but without triggering a notification

((No ping2))

((np2))

((np2|Username))

Username (talk · contribs)

Works like ((User)) but without triggering a notification

((Notelist-talk))

((tnote))

(

)

((tnote))

_{[not shown here]}

Creates a list of footnotes for a talk page discussion

((Outdent))

((od))

(

)

((od|:::::))

┌────────────────┘

For out-denting a reply when indention gets too deep

((Outdent2))

((od2))

(

)

((od2))

(←)

Alternative out-denting

((Reflist-talk))

((tref))

(

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((tref))

_{[not shown here]}

Creates a list of references for a talk page discussion

((Relevant discussion))

((reldis))

((reldis|Talk:Berlin))

Relevant discussion at

→ Talk:Berlin

Creates links to related discussions in a visually unique way

((Sources-talk)) ((Sources-talk)) _{[not shown here]} A convenience wrapper around ((Reflist-talk))

((Talkfact))

(

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"Oranges are blue!"((talkfact))

"Oranges are blue!"^[source?]

Used to quickly ask an editor to back up their claims

((Talk quote inline))

((tq))

((tq|"Oranges are blue!"))

"Oranges are blue!"

To highlight a short excerpt of quoted material

((Talk quote inline italic))

((tqi))

((tqi|"Oranges are blue!"))

"Oranges are blue!"

"

((Not talk quote inline))

((!tq))

((!tq|"Oranges are orange!"))

"Oranges are orange!"

To highlight a short excerpt of quoted material someone didn't say but could have, or perhaps, should have

((Not talk quote inline italic))

((!tqi))

((!tqi|"Oranges are orange!"))

"Oranges are orange!"

"

((Talk quote block))

((tq2))

((tq2|"Oranges are blue!"))

"Oranges are blue!"

To highlight a longer excerpt of quoted material

End

((Please sign inline)) ((Please sign inline)) (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.)

((subst:Please ping))

(

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((Please ping))

(please ((reply to)) on reply)

Includes your username if substituted, but can be transcluded. Use ((Please ping|no)) to ask not to be pinged.

((Not watching)) ((nw)) ((nw)) (I am not watching this page, so please ping me if you want my attention.)

((subst:Notifyme)) ((subst:pingme)) ((subst:pingme)) If you reply here, please put ((reply|your username will show up here)) in front of your message so I get a notification. Thank you! Requires substitution. Will automatically add your username by substituting ((REVISIONUSER)) when you save.

((subst:Request ping))

((subst:repi))

((subst:repi|Example))

If you reply here, please ping me by adding ((u|Example)) to your message, and signing it.

Requires subst

((Signote))

((sg))

(

)

((sg))

_{Please leave me a note if you reply}

((Watching)) ((Watching)) (please ((reply to)) on reply; thanks!)

Humor disclosure

(See the list here.)

The documentation on top is transcluded from Template:Watching/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

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