# Use "escaped" mentions without notification to create user directories **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [September 8, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-escaped-mentions-without-notification-to-create-user-directories/278338 "2023-09-08T18:11:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thoka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/thoka/32/115652_2.png) [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-escaped-mentions-without-notification-to-create-user-directories/278338/1 "2023-09-08T18:11:24Z")
Our community should be able to create directories about which people could be contacted for what reason. The implementation should be as user-friendly as possible so that non-technical people can easily add or change information. I’m hoping to make use of the benefits of the mentions-UI, like (a) opening the search box after typing `@` and (b) linking to the user card from this entry, but without sending a notification to every listed user. Currently I use `[User Name](/u/login)` without any of the above features. I was thinking about something like - `[user-directory]` … a lot of mentions in Tables … `[/user-directory]` - `[user]login[/user]` - some kind of escaped `@@login` How could this be realized? ---
**Author:** ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 8:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-escaped-mentions-without-notification-to-create-user-directories/278338/2 "2025-12-22T08:03:30Z")
11 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Mention group/user without notification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mention-group-user-without-notification/38958) ---
**Author:** ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 8:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-escaped-mentions-without-notification-to-create-user-directories/278338/4 "2025-12-22T08:46:22Z")