**Task**: The technical details page[1] for mentions lists two restrictions for mentions that are likely to produce mention errors
- the comment, in which the mention occured, contains level 1 or 2 section headers elsewhere than at the starta restriction for mentions that is likely to produce mention errors:
- the comment, in which the mention occured, was not considered an addition but an edit (the mention itself and the signature do not make it an addition, only the rest counts)
**Questions to answer**:
- What would be the consequences of lifting these conditions? How could we do that?
- If we can't lift them, could we inform users about mentions that are not being sent out due to these conditions?
**Goal**Questions to answer**: We want to reduc
- What would be the sourconsequences of mention failures.lifting the condition? IfHow could we do that is not possible?
- If we can't lift it, let's try to at least give an error message in form of a mention failure notification.could we inform users about mentions that are not being sent out due to it?
**Background:** This task is based on a wish that received 21 points (#9) in the German Community Wishlist[2]. Originally, the wish was to receive an information about the sent messages. To keep the number of notifications smaller, and to help people use mentions in a way that they are sent,Goal**: We want to reduce the sources of mention failures. the task informs about mention failuresIf that is not possible, and adds the reasonslet's try to at least give an error message in for them of a mention failure as wellnotification.
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Echo#Technical_details
[2**Background:** This task is based on a wish that received 21 points (#9) in the German Community Wishlist[1]. Originally, the wish was to receive an information about the sent messages. To keep the number of notifications smaller, and to help people use mentions in a way that they are sent, the task informs about mention failures, and adds the reasons for the failure as well.
[1] Link to wish (in German): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Umfragen/Technische_W%C3%BCnsche_2015/Topw%C3%BCnsche#Bei_Speichern_Hinweis_.C3.BCber_abgegebene_Benachrichtigungen_.5BUmfrage_2015.5D
in English: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes#Notifications_about_failed_mentions