# Allow text to be included when reporting a post as off-topic

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-text-to-be-included-when-reporting-a-post-as-off-topic/54945
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [December 29, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-text-to-be-included-when-reporting-a-post-as-off-topic/54945 "2016-12-29T20:02:45Z")
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### Author: ![Rob\_Nicholson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rob_nicholson/32/63483_2.png) [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-text-to-be-included-when-reporting-a-post-as-off-topic/54945/1 "2016-12-29T20:02:46Z")

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If you flag a post as “Something else”, you can type in more information. It would be handy to have this box when flagging a message as “Off-topic” as well - sometimes useful to make a suggestion as to how the thread should be split.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-text-to-be-included-when-reporting-a-post-as-off-topic/54945/2 "2016-12-29T20:28:36Z")

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Just flag as something else in that case, and include text.

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2024, 10:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-text-to-be-included-when-reporting-a-post-as-off-topic/54945/3 "2024-09-09T10:07:52Z")

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Now you can create a custom off-topic flag type with an input field and disable the default flag.

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