Tagging Users

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Posted on June 30, 2016, 10:33 a.m. by TMBRLZ

So the syntax page tells you to tag a user using the following method:

[[user:yeaGO!]]

However I've noticed that alternatively the following also work:

[[user:yeaGO]]

[[yeaGO]]

Notice the missing ! on the first alternative.

My question: What's the difference? Does it matter? Does not including the exclamation point make it so that the user isn't notified that their name is being tagged in a post?

Just curious.

Boza says... #2

TMBRLZ, I personally only tag with [ [ name ] ], and it works just fine.

June 30, 2016 10:35 a.m.

Lame_Duck says... #3

If there's a card with the same name as a user, then

[[name]]

will return the card instead of the user.

I'm not sure which get priority between a user and deck with the same name though.

June 30, 2016 10:47 a.m.

vampirelazarus says... #4

Yeago used to have an ! on his name, so that's why the example is like that.

It's better to use the user: syntax, in case a deck/card/user share a name.

But yes, the shortcut exists.

Priority is deck > card > user.

June 30, 2016 11:12 a.m. Edited.

TMBRLZ says... #5

Thanks Vamp!

June 30, 2016 12:04 p.m.

Femme_Fatale says... #6

The tagging should be exactly what is seen in that user's profile url. Punctuation doesn't appear in urls, so it wouldn't matter regardless.

July 2, 2016 5:12 a.m.