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{{Help box}} | {{Help box}} | ||
The '''Notifications tool''', gives editors of | The '''Notifications tool''', gives editors of USApedia quick updates about actions that affect them. These notifications can help users become more aware of events that relate to them and take quick actions. | ||
==Kinds of notifications== | ==Kinds of notifications== | ||
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*The {{tlx|@}} template, also known as the {{tlx|Reply to}} template, allows you to add a notification to other editor's notification bar | *The {{tlx|@}} template, also known as the {{tlx|Reply to}} template, allows you to add a notification to other editor's notification bar | ||
**{{Color|Red|Note}} - The edit that adds this template must be signed with new signature tildes, or the notification(s) will not work | **{{Color|Red|Note}} - The edit that adds this template must be signed with new signature tildes, or the notification(s) will not work | ||
*More Details - When your userpage is linked to on any talk page or on a page in the | *More Details - When your userpage is linked to on any talk page or on a page in the USApedia: namespace by another user. A number of templates are used for this - {{tl|U}}, {{tl|ping}}, {{tl|reply to}} and {{tl|tiny ping}} - will all trigger notifications. Plain links to user pages will also work: <code>[[User:Example|Example]]</code>. This is one of the most popular uses of notifications; it is often used to inform other people about ongoing discussions of interest to them, or to let them know of a reply to a message on a page they may not be watching. | ||
*Note that the post containing a link to a userpage ''must'' be signed; if the edit does not add a new signature to the page, no notification will be sent. It must also be in the page text - links in the edit summary do not create notifications. | *Note that the post containing a link to a userpage ''must'' be signed; if the edit does not add a new signature to the page, no notification will be sent. It must also be in the page text - links in the edit summary do not create notifications. | ||
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This notification appears when you create a new account. Below is the standard text. | This notification appears when you create a new account. Below is the standard text. | ||
Welcome to | Welcome to USApedia, [''your username'']! We're glad you're here. | ||
===Page links=== | ===Page links=== | ||
This notification appears when a new [[internal link]] is made to a page you created. | This notification appears when a new [[internal link]] is made to a page you created. | ||