# "Topic can't be blank" message when "no user selected" for private mesage

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cant-be-blank-message-when-no-user-selected-for-private-mesage/43685>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [May 4, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cant-be-blank-message-when-no-user-selected-for-private-mesage/43685 "2016-05-04T20:23:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cant-be-blank-message-when-no-user-selected-for-private-mesage/43685/1 "2016-05-04T20:23:55Z")

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# Steps to Reproduce

1. Select **New Message** button from [Discourse Meta - The Official Support Forum for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/my/messages)
2. Enter topic title / subject as “`Testing`”
3. Enter into the body text “`The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog`”
4. Select **Message** button

# Expected Result

A simple clear message indicating a user must be selected.

# Actual Result

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/1/012f8ed5412411540d287cf8e91c4b1a50de4fa5.png)

Note the following about the message box contents:

- “`Topic can't be blank`” is incorrect.
- “`no_user_selected`” - is not a full English sentence.

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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:** [May 4, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cant-be-blank-message-when-no-user-selected-for-private-mesage/43685/2 "2016-05-04T20:25:32Z")

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Sure @techapj can you add this to your list?

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**Author:** ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cant-be-blank-message-when-no-user-selected-for-private-mesage/43685/3 "2016-05-05T13:31:27Z")

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Fixed via:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/53809d526cc7e1441666b8aca79667f642a1f3df](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/53809d526cc7e1441666b8aca79667f642a1f3df)

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 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/c/1c4c54403b452875f9d524284cd3db18aac78e49.png)

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**Author:** ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cant-be-blank-message-when-no-user-selected-for-private-mesage/43685/4 "2016-05-05T13:31:31Z")

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