From 2d015d85d6a0dacda2f39bbeaf112e024c9c8ddb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rishi Gupta Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 18:44:45 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] user docs: Note that quoted mentions do not act as mentions. --- templates/zerver/help/at-mention-a-team-member.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/templates/zerver/help/at-mention-a-team-member.md b/templates/zerver/help/at-mention-a-team-member.md index a2abf2a810..f98cd6f101 100644 --- a/templates/zerver/help/at-mention-a-team-member.md +++ b/templates/zerver/help/at-mention-a-team-member.md @@ -1,10 +1,13 @@ -# @-mention a team member +# @-mention a user You can @-mention a team member to call their attention to a message. @-mentions follow the same [notification settings](/help/pm-mention-alert-notifications) as private messages and alert words. +Note that an @-mention inside quoted text will not mention the user. So feel +free to quote and reply without worrying about spurious mentions. + ## From the compose box {!start-composing.md!}