User:Eman235

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  Recent changes patrollers to the rescue.
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  Gnomes to the rescue.
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  Typical reaction upon joining Wikipedia
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  Someone remembers to give them the roadmap.

Hey @Example:, here's the solution to your problem...

I see this kind of message on discussion pages a lot. This usage of {{ping}} is unsightly.

(Even when it's used correctly, as in @Example: Here's the solution to your problem..., I find @ to be clunky and unnecessary.)

There is nothing special about {{ping}}. A link to User:Example followed by a link to your userpage and a timestamp (i.e., a signature) pings Example. That's all.

Actually, usage of {{ping}} can be misleading. New users sometimes see the familiar social-media format and assume that @ is a magic character.

Consider instead using {{u}}, which is just a shorter way of writing a piped userpage link:

{{u|Example}}, here's the solution to your problem...

Or, if it flows better, use {{bcc}}, which doesn't display at all:

{{bcc|Example}} Here's the solution to your problem...

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