The {{wb}} or {{Whisperback}} template is a less distracting and intrusive alternative to {{Talkback}}, {{Talkbacktiny}} and related templates. The usage examples below are pretty self-explanatory (look at where the links go, too), except that you'll need to replace "Example" with your real username.
The page need not be substituted unless you fear it may be deleted or radically changed some day, resulting in your archived whisperback notices not being the way you originally wrote them. There are probably more important things to care about. It will even work just fine after it has been moved to an archive page. The only time it must be subst'd is before it is copied from one place to another, e.g. from a user talk page to an another user's talk page or an article talk page because an entire discussion has been moved.
The basic form, which simply links to ExampleUser's talk page:
{{wb|ExampleUser}}
You have new messagesনমস্কাৰ. আপোনালৈ এটা নতুন বাৰ্তা আছে; অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি ইয়াত চাওক ExampleUser's talk page.
Link to the Example topic section on ExampleUser's talk page:
{{wb|ExampleUser|Example topic}}
You have new messagesনমস্কাৰ. আপোনালৈ এটা নতুন বাৰ্তা আছে; অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি ইয়াত চাওক Example's talk page.
Link to a non-user-talk page (with or without a section link; shown with one):
{{wb|WT:Consensus|Example topic}}
You have new messagesনমস্কাৰ. আপোনালৈ এটা নতুন বাৰ্তা আছে; অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি ইয়াত চাওক WT:Consensus's talk page.
Customize the text shown for the link using the |linkname= parameter:
{{wb|ExampleUser|linkname=my talk}}
You have new messagesনমস্কাৰ. আপোনালৈ এটা নতুন বাৰ্তা আছে; অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি ইয়াত চাওক my talk.
Customize the text shown for what is waiting (which defaults to "new messages") using the |things= parameter:
{{wb|WT:Requests for adminship/Law#Questions for the candidate|things=additional questions|linkname=your RfA}}
You have new messagesনমস্কাৰ. আপোনালৈ এটা additional questions অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি ইয়াত চাওক your RfA.
Specify who you are addressing using the |greet= parameter:
Linking in this parameter is discouraged, as the point of this template is to be simple and only link to one thing, the discussion you're notifying someone about.
{{wb|WT:WikiProject New Zealand|NZ and AU project collaboration|greet=WikiProject Australia editors}}:
You have new messagesনমস্কাৰ, WikiProject Australia editors. আপোনালৈ এটা নতুন বাৰ্তা আছে; অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি ইয়াত চাওক WT:WikiProject New Zealand's talk page.
Add a timestamp at the end using the |ts= parameter:
{{wb|ExampleUser|ts=~~~~~}} (5 tildes; deprecated and only for {{Talkback}} compatibility – normally you'd just sign after it like any other post, and not use this.)
You have new messagesনমস্কাৰ. আপোনালৈ এটা নতুন বাৰ্তা আছে; অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি ইয়াত চাওক ExampleUser's talk page. Message added ১৯ ডিচেম্বৰ ২০২৪, বৃহস্পতিবাৰ, ০৯:৪২ (ইউ টি চি).
