Purpose

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This template is used on talk pages to ask other users to ping the poster with any reply. It would normally be placed just before the poster's signature.

Substitution

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This template must be substituted with the subst: keyword for it to work properly.

Usage and examples

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The most common usage is simply {{subst:Request ping}}

which renders as

If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{u|<Current user name>}} to your message, and signing it.

Where "<Current user name>" is transformed into to the username of the user saving the edit; the template substitutes the magic word {{REVISIONUSER}}.

{{subst:Request ping|Example}}

renders as

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

{{subst:Request ping|Example|cond=you want to talk}}

renders as

If you want to talk, please ping me by adding {{u|Example}} to your message, and signing it.

Parameters

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first (unnamed) parameter
This should be the user name of the user who wished to be pinged, as Example for User:Example. If not supplied, this parameter is replaced with the name of the user who saved the edit. To keep this from changing with later edits, the template must be substituted using "subst:"
cond
This optional parameter is for text to replace you reply here in the output wih some other condition. It should be appropriate to follow "If" and precede "please ping me." See example above. (alias condition)

Aliases

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{{Repi}} and {{ReqP}} are shortcuts to this template.

Credit

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Credit goes to User:I dream of horses, who wrote a basically similar piece of code for use in her signature, but without the parameters.

See also

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Template  P?    Example shortcut  Output  Notes 
Thread level
{{Moved talk}} Green checkmarkY {{Moved talk|Dresden}} Moved: was at Talk:Dresden
Used at the thread's current ___location
{{Moved talk to}} Green checkmarkY {{Moved talk to|Berlin}} Moved to: Talk:Berlin
Used at the thread's former ___location
{{Thread retitled}} Green checkmarkY {{Thread retitled|Old title}}
Thread retitled from Old title.
Per Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#Section headings
Opening
{{Summoned by bot}} Red X symbolN {{sbb}} (Summoned by bot) Can be used in requests for comment
{{Buttinsky}} Red X symbolN {{Buttinsky}} (orange butt icon Buttinsky) A variation of {{Talk page stalker}}
{{Edit conflict}} {{ec}} (edit conflict) To indicate that you encountered an edit conflict
{{Interrupted}} Green checkmarkY {{Interrupted|User|04:15, 30 August 2025 (UTC)}} User 04:15, 30 August 2025 (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}} (Non-administrator comment) Optional and only for own comments, see doc
{{Pinged}} Red X symbolN {{Pinged}} (pinged) Indicates a notification was received
{{Responding to ping}} Red X symbolN {{rtp}} (responding to ping) Similar to {{pinged}}
{{Talk page stalker}} {{tps}} (talk page stalker) Cf. Wikipedia:Talk page stalker
{{Talk page watcher}} {{tpw}} (talk page watcher) Ditto
Notifications Red X symbolN
{{Hidden ping}} Green checkmarkY {{hp|Username}} Invisible notification utilizing the zero-width space character
{{Ping group}} Green checkmarkY {{pinggroup|Example:|User 1|User 2|...}} Example: (User 1User 2...) Up to 10 usernames
{{Pong}} Green checkmarkY {{pong|Username}}  Username: In reply to a ping
{{Reply to}} Green checkmarkY {{re|Username}}/
{{ping|Username}}
@Username: Sends a notification; up to 50 names
{{To}} Green checkmarkY {{To|Username}} To editor Username: Sends a notification
During
{{subst:Arbitrary break}} Red X symbolN{{subst:
Arbitrarybreak
}}
======(arbitrary break)====== Requires substitution
{{subst:Bump}} Red X symbolN {{subst:Bump}} Bumping thread ~~~~ Requires subst. A wrapper for {{do not archive until}}
{{FBDB}} Red X symbolN {{FBDB}} [FBDB] An initialism for Friendly Banter – Don't Block
{{KISS}} Red X symbolN {{KISS}} KISS References the KISS principle politely
{{No ping}} Green checkmarkY {{np|Username}} Username Works like {{U}} but without triggering a notification
{{No ping2}} Green checkmarkY {{np2|Username}} Username (talk · contribs) Works like {{User}} but without triggering a notification
{{Notelist-talk}} {{tnote}} [not shown here] Creates a list of footnotes for a talk page discussion
{{Outdent}} {{od|:::::}}
For out-denting a reply when indention gets too deep
{{Outdent2}} {{od2}} () Alternative out-denting
{{Reflist-talk}} {{tref}} [not shown here] Creates a list of references for a talk page discussion
{{Relevant discussion}} Green checkmarkY {{reldis|Talk:Berlin}}
Relevant discussion atTalk:Berlin
Creates links to related discussions in a visually unique way
{{Sock vote}} Green checkmarkY {{sock vote|Username}} (Nota bene Blocked sockpuppet of Username) To mark a vote/comment cast by sockpuppet. More parameters exist and can be viewed at the template documentation.
{{Sources-talk}} Red X symbolN {{Sources-talk}} [not shown here] A convenience wrapper around {{Reflist-talk}}
{{Talkfact}} "Example"{{talkfact}} "Example"[citation needed] Used to quickly ask an editor to back up their claims
{{Talk quote inline}} Green checkmarkY {{tq|"Example"}} "Example" To highlight a short excerpt of quoted material
{{Talk quote inline
italic
}}
Green checkmarkY {{tqi|"Example"}} "Example" "
{{Not talk quote inline}} Green checkmarkY {{!tq|"Example"}} "Example" To highlight a short excerpt of quoted material someone didn't say but could have, or perhaps, should have
{{Not talk quote inline
italic
}}
Green checkmarkY {{!tqi|"Example"}} "Example" "
{{Talk quote block}} Green checkmarkY {{tqb|"Example"}}

"Example"

To highlight a longer excerpt of quoted material
{{Talk quote block
minimalist
}}
Green checkmarkY {{tqbm|Example}}

Example

A longer excerpt of quoted material, with less highlighting
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{{Please sign inline}} Red X symbolN {{please}} (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}} {{Please ping}} (please Reply to icon mention me on reply) Includes your username if substituted, but can be transcluded. Use {{Please ping|no}} to ask not to be pinged.
{{Not watching}} Red X symbolN {{nw}} (I am not watching this page, so please ping me if you want my attention.)
{{subst:Notifyme}} Red X symbolN {{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}} Green checkmarkY {{subst:repi|Example}} If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{u|Example}} to your message, and signing it. Requires subst
{{Signote}} {{sg}} Please leave me a note if you reply
{{Watching}} Red X symbolN {{Watching}} (I am watching this page, so please reply here.)
Humor disclosure (See the humor disclosure templates here.)