Allow PM mentions plugin. Restore group (@admins) mentions in user messages for Discourse 2.2 and up

Plugin
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Updated and working with 3.0 stable.

New feature has been added on 18.08.2020 (see this post)

To edit the custom prompt search for js.restore_pm_mentions.alert

Description

As you may know already, the ability to mention @Jean11 groups within PMs was removed in Discourse 2.2. I found this feature very useful (so did my community) and I was sad to see it go. This plugin brings the function back. It’s a super simple plugin that only adds one setting to your discourse instance:
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So, if your users miss the old way of inviting admins to PMs, feel free to use it.

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Description:

This plugin allows your users to mention @admins in their PMs. The tag sends a notification to all admins in the admin group.

Note: This will only work on admin group mentions, not regular users.

Thank you.

New feature has been added on 18.08.2020 (see this post)

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It might make sense to rename it “allow PM mentions” particulally for new communities who were never aware of the pre 2.2 loophole where this worked.

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Fixed (I think). Thank you.

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Updated for 2.3.1 - As there was an issue where user to user tags didn’t work when the plugin was running on Discourse 2.3.1.

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Tested and working with the latest version as of 01.10.2019.

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Tested again. Tested and working for 2.3.6 Stable.

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Tested and working for 2.4.1 - No updates needed!

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Tested and working for 2.5.0 - No update required!

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The plugin has been updated. The @administrator mention feature backfired and sometimes we get overwhelmed with requests. To let users know that they shouldn’t abuse the tag the plugin will now feature a warning before a post/topic which tagged @admins or @administrator is sent:

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Updated and working with 2.7.0 stable :slight_smile:

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Updated and working with 3.0 stable.

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