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When replying to a user in a comment, their name is automatically suggested in a pop-up:

But that only works if they have already left a comment.

Sometimes I want to notify a user who has made a suggested edit, but there no pop-up that suggests the name of these users:

Does the user still get a notification of the comment if you manually type in their username?

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I have changed this to a feature request, instead of posting a new question. Is this OK?

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  • Sure it's OK to ask but it was already asked before, and declined.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jul 25, 2013 at 9:21
  • @ShaWizDowArd hahahha converted one dup into another OMG
    – user310756
    Commented Jul 25, 2013 at 9:23
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    I know, Meta is pretty much full by now it's just matter of wading through the requests. :-)
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jul 25, 2013 at 9:26

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To answer your question:

Does the user still get a notification of the comment if you manually type in their username?

Yes they will. There is just no auto-suggestion for the usernames. See also "How do comment @replies work" for details on which users can receive such @replies.

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  • Thanks @Bart, This is one of three questions, that serve to answer one series of questions, I didn't want to post them all in one question, so divided them up, Is this the best thing to do??
    – user310756
    Commented Jul 25, 2013 at 8:56
  • I promise, I did search these questions, I found a similar one with no answer
    – user310756
    Commented Jul 25, 2013 at 8:57
  • If they are very closely related, you could keep them in a single question @Skippy. But generally it's indeed better to split them up.
    – Bart
    Commented Jul 25, 2013 at 8:57
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    He knows this already, we hashed it out here. I think he's actually intending this to be a [feature-request]: why aren't all of the candidates auto-suggested?
    – Cody Gray
    Commented Jul 25, 2013 at 8:57
  • @CodyGray It was me making the faulty assumption that they wouldn't be notified
    – user310756
    Commented Jul 25, 2013 at 9:00
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    "She", if I'm not mistaken @CodyGray. But well, perhaps it's useful to others in the future.
    – Bart
    Commented Jul 25, 2013 at 9:00
  • Well, it makes a difference whether I should vote to close as a duplicate. :-)
    – Cody Gray
    Commented Jul 25, 2013 at 9:04
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    @Bart should I turn this into a feature request?? Can I retag it now??
    – user310756
    Commented Jul 25, 2013 at 9:14
  • @Skippy If it isn't aksked before I would upvote the feature request.
    – PeeHaa
    Commented Jul 25, 2013 at 9:16
  • @PeeHaa I made it a feauter request
    – user310756
    Commented Jul 25, 2013 at 9:16