Mentions & Notifications

The wiki keeps you informed about changes through @mentions, subscriptions, and email notifications.

@Mentions

You can mention other users by typing @ followed by their username in the page content or the change message field:

@johndoe can you review this section?

When you mention someone:

They receive an email notification with a snippet of the content surrounding the mention
In the editor, typing @ followed by two or more characters triggers an autocomplete dropdown so you can find the right username
The autocomplete works in both the main content editor and the change message field

Permission warnings for @mentions

When you save a page that @mentions a user who cannot currently view the page, the wiki shows a warning modal before saving. From this modal you can:

Grant View access — Give the mentioned user permission to read the page
Grant Edit access — Give them permission to edit as well
Save anyway — Save without granting access (the user will still get a notification email but won't be able to view the page)

This helps you avoid mentioning someone who can't see what you're talking about.

Page subscriptions

Click the Subscribe button in the Actions menu on any page to receive email notifications whenever that page is updated.

You are automatically subscribed to pages you create
Click Unsubscribe to stop receiving notifications
The list of current watchers is shown on the page detail view

Directory subscriptions

You can also subscribe to an entire directory to get notifications for every page in that directory and all its subdirectories — including pages created in the future.

Navigate to the directory
Click Actions → Subscribe

This is useful when you want to stay informed about everything in a topic area without subscribing to each page individually.

Fine-tuning directory subscriptions

After subscribing to a directory, you can unsubscribe from individual pages or subdirectories without losing the broader directory subscription:

To stop notifications for a single page, visit that page and click Actions → Unsubscribe
To stop notifications for an entire subdirectory, visit that subdirectory and click Actions → Unsubscribe
Your directory subscription stays active for everything else

If you later re-subscribe to a page or subdirectory you previously excluded, the exclusion is removed.

How page and directory subscriptions interact

If you subscribe to a page and its parent directory, then unsubscribe from the directory, your page subscription is preserved — you'll still get notifications for that page
A direct page subscription always takes priority over directory exclusions

Email notifications

When a page you're subscribed to is edited or reverted, you receive an email containing:

Who made the change
The change message they wrote
A link to view the page
A link to view the diff between the old and new versions
An unsubscribe link

If you're receiving the notification because of a directory subscription, the email explains this and includes two unsubscribe options: one for just that page, and one for the entire directory.

If you can no longer view the page (e.g., permissions changed), you won't receive notifications for it — regardless of your subscription type.

Unsubscribing

You can unsubscribe in several ways:

Click Unsubscribe in the Actions menu on a page or directory
Click the unsubscribe link in any notification email — this takes you to a confirmation page
Many email clients support one-click unsubscribe via the List-Unsubscribe header, so you may see an unsubscribe button directly in your email app