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This template links to a [[Wikipedia:User pages|user page]], or to multiple user pages, without triggering the [[Wikipedia:Notifications|Echo notification system]]. It is not necessary to use this template if you are not [[Wikipedia:Signatures|signing your post]], as Echo mentions only work with a signature included.

== Usage ==

Basic usage:

 &#123;{noping|''username 1''|''username 2''|...}}

By default, usernames are displayed, but this can be overridden with the {{para|label''n''}} parameters.

 &#123;{noping|''username 1''|label1=''label 1''|''username 2''|label2=''label 2''|...}}

== Examples ==

* <code><nowiki>{{noping|Example|Example2}}</nowiki></code> → {{noping|Example|Example2}}
* <code><nowiki>{{noping|Example|label1=User 1|Example2|label2=User 2}}</nowiki></code> → {{noping|Example|label1=User 1|Example2|label2=User 2}}

== Consequences ==
The template avoids notifications by making external links with code like <code><nowiki><span class="plainlinks">[//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Username username]</span></nowiki></code> instead of wikilinks like <code><nowiki>[[User:Username|Username]]</nowiki></code>. An external link icon is avoided with <code><nowiki>plainlinks</nowiki></code> but there are other consequences of not using a wikilink. The link will not be [[WP:RED|red]] for non-existing user pages, the blue link will have a lighter [[Help:Link color|color]] than usual for most readers, and the page the template is used on will not appear at [[Special:WhatLinksHere]] for the user page. The link is recognized by [[WP:POPUPS|Navigational Popups]], which handles it the way it would handle other links.

== See also ==
*{{Tl|Noping2}}
*{{Tl|Reply to}}/{{Tl|Ping}}
*{{Tl|Ping group}}