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**What I want:** # In the Reply or New Discussoin Tool's `visual` mode @-mention Peter. # Remove the @ symbol. # Edit the link (e.g., turn `@[[User:Ppelberg (WMF)|Ppelberg (WMF)]]` into `[[User:Ppelberg (WMF)|Peter]]`) # Remove the link (e.g., turn `@[[User:Ppelberg (WMF)|Peter]]` into `Peter`) **What's happening now:** # Works # Can't do it # Can't do it # Can't do it Reported by @The_Discoverer and @Pelagic at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic: Copied from T276143 for convenience: > This is sometimes awkward, if you know that an editor would prefer being addressed by a different name (e.g., because the old username is kind of joke-y and you're talking about a serious subject). >This is also important for languages that decline nouns: "Jmenuje se Dangit" (He is Dangit) but "Dangite, jak vytvořím šablonu?" (Dangit, how can I create a template?). >Reported by @Levivich at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:W4d85pcjlcbl50ad [Declension mentioned by Patrick L. in same thread.]

**What I want:** # In the Reply or New Discussoin Tool's `visual` mode @-mention Peter. # Remove the @ symbol. # Edit the link (e.g., turn `@[[User:Ppelberg (WMF)|Ppelberg (WMF)]]` into `[[User:Ppelberg (WMF)|Peter]]`) # Remove the link (e.g., turn `@[[User:Ppelberg (WMF)|Peter]]` into `Peter`) **What's happening now:** # Works # Can't do it # Can't do it # Can't do it Reported by @The_Discoverer and @Pelagic at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic: Copied from T276143 for convenience: > This is sometimes awkward, if you know that an editor would prefer being addressed by a different name (e.g., because the old username is kind of joke-y and you're talking about a serious subject). >This is also important for languages that decline nouns: "Jmenuje se Dangit" (He is Dangit) but "Dangite, jak vytvořím šablonu?" (Dangit, how can I create a template?). >Reported by @Levivich at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:W4d85pcjlcbl50ad [Declension mentioned by Patrik L. in same thread.]

**What I want:** # In the Reply or New Discussoin Tool's `visual` mode @-mention Peter. # Remove the @ symbol. # Edit the link (e.g., turn `@[[User:Ppelberg (WMF)|Ppelberg (WMF)]]` into `[[User:Ppelberg (WMF)|Peter]]`) # Remove the link (e.g., turn `@[[User:Ppelberg (WMF)|Peter]]` into `Peter`) **What's happening now:** # Works # Can't do it # Can't do it # Can't do it Reported by @The_Discoverer and @Pelagic at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic: Copied from T276143 for convenience: > This is sometimes awkward, if you know that an editor would prefer being addressed by a different name (e.g., because the old username is kind of joke-y and you're talking about a serious subject). >This is also important for languages that decline nouns: "Jmenuje se Dangit" (He is Dangit) but "Dangite, jak vytvořím šablonu?" (Dangit, how can I create a template?). >Reported by @Levivich at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:W4d85pcjlcbl50ad [Declension mentioned by Patrick L. in same thread.]