Wikipedia:Help desk/Archive 69

:::{{ping|OrionNimrod}} I'm not sure that you mean. If you want the category to be renamed then you are not allowed to do it on your own. See [[:Wikipedia:Categories for discussion]]. [[User:PrimeHunter|PrimeHunter]] ([[User talk:PrimeHunter|talk]]) 20:55, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

:::{{ping|OrionNimrod}} I'm not sure that you mean. If you want the category to be renamed then you are not allowed to do it on your own. See [[:Wikipedia:Categories for discussion]]. [[User:PrimeHunter|PrimeHunter]] ([[User talk:PrimeHunter|talk]]) 20:55, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

::::Thanks! [[User:OrionNimrod|OrionNimrod]] ([[User talk:OrionNimrod|talk]]) 21:05, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

::::Thanks! [[User:OrionNimrod|OrionNimrod]] ([[User talk:OrionNimrod|talk]]) 21:05, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

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== Ping all participants in a prior discussion ==

Is there a quick way to ping/notify all editors who participated in a particular discussion, i.e., all who posted in a specific section of a Talk page or notice board? Say there was a prior RM discussion with dozens of entries and I want to notify everyone who participated of a new discussion. I know how to ping using {{tlx|Reply to}}, <code>&#x5B;[User:''username'']]</code>, and <kbd>@Username</kbd> from the visual editor. Is there a shortcut for doing this rather than sifting through the old thread to identify each participant and manually entering their usernames? --[[User:Myceteae|<span style="font-family: verdana; color: blue;"><b>MYCETEAE</b></span>]] 🍄‍🟫—[[User talk:Myceteae|<span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>talk</i></span>]] 15:03, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Myceteae|Myceteae]] The simplest is probably to use the reply tool (not "edit source"). See [[Help:Talk_pages#Reply_tool]], which shows how to ping users who have contributed to a thread. Of course. if there were dozens of other people, it might be seen as a bit OTT. [[User:Michael D. Turnbull|Mike Turnbull]] ([[User talk:Michael D. Turnbull|talk]]) 15:39, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

::@[[User:Michael D. Turnbull|Michael D. Turnbull]] I should have clarified, I'm wondering if there is a way to ping editors who contributed to an ''old'' thread within a ''new'' thread. Say there was an active discussion months ago that has closed or gone stale. Now there is a new discussion, perhaps on a different page, that is relevant and would benefit from these perspectives. I suppose I could open a reply in the old thread to use the {{key press|@}} dropdown to identify all the users and either place a notice about the new thread in the old thread, or copy–paste the 'pings' into the new thread. Thanks! --[[User:Myceteae|<span style="font-family: verdana; color: blue;"><b>MYCETEAE</b></span>]] 🍄‍🟫—[[User talk:Myceteae|<span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>talk</i></span>]] 16:33, 4 July 2025 (UTC)