# \[Req\] : allow empty message text, for new topic

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/req-allow-empty-message-text-for-new-topic/51717>\
**Category:** Ruby-Forum\
**Created:** [December 2, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/req-allow-empty-message-text-for-new-topic/51717 "2005-12-02T20:36:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![aravet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@aravet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aravet)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/req-allow-empty-message-text-for-new-topic/51717/1 "2005-12-02T20:36:02Z")

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, after confirmation.  
A nice addition would be to automatically add ’ ', or a  
configurable suffix to the title in this case.

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**Author:** ![aravet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@aravet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aravet)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/req-allow-empty-message-text-for-new-topic/51717/2 "2005-12-06T18:58:27Z")

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aravet wrote:

> andreas wrote:
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> > Why?
> 
> Example: look at most the requests I’ve just posted: most of them have  
> just “see title” as text contents, because RForum wouldn’t let me post  
> just an empty message.

Of course it depends on the use of the forum, but many people find a  
chain of posts with no content and just a sentence in the subject  
clutter up a forum and make it difficult to read the posts. I’d  
personally prefer that RForum actively prevent people from making empty  
posts with just a subject-line, as it does currently.

PS Would it not be better to collate your thoughts and post them all at  
once in one message?

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**Author:** ![aravet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@aravet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aravet)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/req-allow-empty-message-text-for-new-topic/51717/3 "2005-12-03T14:02:02Z")

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andreas wrote:

> Why?

Example: look at most the requests I’ve just posted: most of them have  
just “see title” as text contents, because RForum wouldn’t let me post  
just an empty message.

Alain R.

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**Author:** ![aravet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@aravet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aravet)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/req-allow-empty-message-text-for-new-topic/51717/4 "2005-12-03T13:57:53Z")

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Why?