# Does notifications work if you add a @mention via editing?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-notifications-work-if-you-add-a-mention-via-editing/54037>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [December 9, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-notifications-work-if-you-add-a-mention-via-editing/54037 "2016-12-09T20:03:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-notifications-work-if-you-add-a-mention-via-editing/54037/4 "2016-12-10T17:50:03Z")

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The answer to your question is _yes_.

If you (or a moderator) edit your post later to add more @ mentions, those people (or groups) will indeed be notified (assuming they have access to the post).

This is a common question in our community. We use it all the time.

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