# Forum flag text for "messaging a user" is bugged

**URL:** <https://forum.dark-gaming.com/t/forum-flag-text-for-messaging-a-user-is-bugged/31587>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [6 October 2024 21:36 UTC](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/t/forum-flag-text-for-messaging-a-user-is-bugged/31587 "2024-10-06T21:36:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![twofoursixeight](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/user_avatar/forum.dark-gaming.com/twofoursixeight/32/38092_2.png) [@twofoursixeight](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/u/twofoursixeight)\
**Post date:** [6 October 2024 21:36 UTC](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/t/forum-flag-text-for-messaging-a-user-is-bugged/31587/1 "2024-10-06T21:36:21Z")

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**PC/Mobile**  
Any web browser.

**Dimensions or Services it affects**  
Forums

**How often it happens**  
It occurs when flagging a topic and selecting “Send this user a message” from the flag button, but I believe this is a poor site configuration with the custom text.

**Any screenshots or videos showing the bug**  
On this forum:  
 ![image](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/e/de3812117afd752e7c70171accdc9ee5c5341c81.png)  
On Discourse Try (no bug occurs)

 ![image](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/4/f418bae2dcb71ea72b001779fdb236af568b8b79.png)

Discourse bug report:

> **[You flagged this topic as Send @\[missing {username} value\] a message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-flagged-this-topic-as-send-missing-username-value-a-message/329567?u=twofoursixeight)**
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> Noiced that flagging a post as “send this user a message” causes the flag text to glitch out. Site was https://forum.dark-gaming.com Tried to reproduce this in try.discourse.org as well. I tried it in this forum too but the flag text was normal? ...

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**Author:** ![popstarfreas](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/user_avatar/forum.dark-gaming.com/popstarfreas/32/11_2.png) [@popstarfreas](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/u/popstarfreas)\
**Post date:** [7 October 2024 07:24 UTC](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/t/forum-flag-text-for-messaging-a-user-is-bugged/31587/2 "2024-10-07T07:24:03Z")

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Never customised that text. Probably just broken in the version we are on.

I updated to the latest version now, perhaps you can check if it is any different?

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**Author:** ![twofoursixeight](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/user_avatar/forum.dark-gaming.com/twofoursixeight/32/38092_2.png) [@twofoursixeight](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/u/twofoursixeight)\
**Post date:** [8 October 2024 21:10 UTC](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/t/forum-flag-text-for-messaging-a-user-is-bugged/31587/3 "2024-10-08T21:10:05Z")

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Flagged a post as “send this user a message”, still seeing it.

 ![IMG_4901](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/6/864a45cab4a33ac54ceba918d8652c49ac7ffa1d.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![popstarfreas](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/user_avatar/forum.dark-gaming.com/popstarfreas/32/11_2.png) [@popstarfreas](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/u/popstarfreas)\
**Post date:** [8 October 2024 21:34 UTC](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/t/forum-flag-text-for-messaging-a-user-is-bugged/31587/4 "2024-10-08T21:34:07Z")

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Is it on a specific theme?

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**Author:** ![twofoursixeight](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/user_avatar/forum.dark-gaming.com/twofoursixeight/32/38092_2.png) [@twofoursixeight](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/u/twofoursixeight)\
**Post date:** [8 October 2024 21:48 UTC](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/t/forum-flag-text-for-messaging-a-user-is-bugged/31587/5 "2024-10-08T21:48:10Z")

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I’m currently on dark theme with sublime\_dark color scheme.  
I will try it with the default theme, grey amber.  
After seeing it, nothing changed. So I’m not sure what happened there.

 ![IMG_4902](https://forum.dark-gaming.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/6/a6e1a7db7a52fc5c8a0364337f42427e73203b61.jpeg)