Template:Not watching/doc

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Shortcut

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Click the [subscribe] link on the right of discussion section headings, as an alternative to this template, and get pinged whenever anyone replies. See WP:SUBSCRIBE.

Usage

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This template was created for talk pages, to let a user know that you are not watching the page. This is designed to assist editors who want to be kept informed on specific discussions without having to watch pages that are frequently updated (such as noticeboards). Ideally, this is used only on the first message of a conversation that a user leaves for another user, to instruct the receiving user how to solicit a response from the first editor.

Examples

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Typing: What do you think of the article? {{Not watching}} ~~~~

will yield: What do you think of the article? (I am not watching this page, so please ping me if you want my attention.) Example (talk) 13:55, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

{{Please ping}} (Plsping) – generates this: (please use {{ping|Example}} on reply)
{{Notifyme}} (Pingme) – generates this: If you reply here, please put {{reply|Example}} in front of your message so I get a notification. Thank you!
{{Pme}} – generates this: (please mention me on reply; thanks!)
{{Ppor}} – generates this: (please ping on reply)
{{Request ping}} (Ping me) – generates this: If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{u|Example}} to your message, and signing it.

Inline talk templates

Template P? Example shortcut Output Notes

Thread level

{{Moved talk}} Y {{Moved talk|Dresden}} Moved: was at Talk:Dresden Used at the thread's current location

{{Moved talk to}} Y {{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

{{Summoned by bot}} N {{sbb}} (Summoned by bot) Can be used in requests for comment

{{Buttinsky}} N {{Buttinsky}} ^{( Buttinsky)} A variation of {{Talk page stalker}}

{{Edit conflict}} {{ec}} (edit conflict) To indicate that you encountered an edit conflict

{{Interrupted}} Y {{Interrupted|User|13:55, 31 July 2026 (UTC)}} — User 13:55, 31 July 2026 (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}} N {{Pinged}} (pinged) Indicates a notification was received

{{Responding to ping}} N {{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 N

{{Hidden ping}} Y {{hp|Username}} Invisible notification utilizing the zero-width space character

{{Ping group}} Y {{pinggroup|Example:|User 1|User 2|...}} Example: (User 1—User 2—...) Up to 10 usernames

{{Pong}} Y {{pong|Username}} Username: In reply to a ping

{{Reply to}} Y {{re|Username}}/
{{ping|Username}} @Username: Sends a notification; up to 50 names

{{To}} Y {{To|Username}} To editor Username: Sends a notification

During

{{subst:Arbitrary break}} N {{subst: Arbitrarybreak}} ======(arbitrary break)====== Requires substitution

{{subst:Bump}} N {{subst:Bump}} Bumping thread ~~~~ Requires subst. A wrapper for {{do not archive until}}

{{FBDB}} N {{FBDB}} ^[FBDB] An initialism for Friendly Banter – Don't Block

{{KISS}} N {{KISS}} KISS References the KISS principle politely

{{No ping}} Y {{np|Username}} Username Works like {{U}} but without triggering a notification

{{No ping2}} Y {{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

{{Notelist-talk-collapsed}} {{NLTC}} _{[not shown here]} A convenience collapsed wrapper around {{Notelist-talk}} to save space

{{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}}

{{reldis|Talk:Berlin}}

Relevant discussion at

→ Talk:Berlin

Creates links to related discussions in a visually unique way

{{Sock vote}} Y {{sock vote|Username}} — 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}} {{Sources-talk}} _{[not shown here]} A convenience collapsed wrapper around {{Reflist-talk}} to save space

{{Talkfact}} "Example"{{talkfact}} "Example"^{[citation needed]} Used to quickly ask an editor to back up their claims

{{Talk quote inline}} Y {{tq|"Example"}} "Example" To highlight a short excerpt of quoted material

{{Talk quote inline italic}} Y {{tqi|"Example"}} "Example" "

{{Not talk quote inline}} Y {{!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}} Y {{!tqi|"Example"}} "Example" "

{{Talk quote block}}

{{tqb|"Example"}}

"Example"

To highlight a longer excerpt of quoted material

{{Talk quote block
minimalist}}

{{tqbm|Example}}

Example

A longer excerpt of quoted material, with less highlighting

End

{{Please sign inline}} N {{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 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}} N {{nw}} (I am not watching this page, so please ping me if you want my attention.)

{{subst:Notifyme}} N {{subst:pingme}} (please mention me on reply; thanks!) Requires substitution.

{{subst:Request ping}} Y {{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}} N {{Watching}} (I am watching this page, so please reply here.)

Humor disclosure (See the humor disclosure templates here.)

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