[Carl Elias]

So I was responding to an older thread today and got an error saying that the subject was too short. The thread was https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?ti...d=60841119.

When hitting the quote button on any post, but the first post, the subject in the reply is replaced with "RE: " instead of the title. Not sure if this is a bug or if it is due to it being an older post. I have seen this RE: in other places on the forum as well (like my posts from years ago when looking at my profile, and I think on one of the upgraded users pages)

Just curious to know if this is a bug or just because of it being such an old thread.

[Exalted]

That is happening because the posts you're quoting are missing the post subject. Hence they are showing the 'RE: *'. '*' is the default post subject when one doesn't exist. I change the post subject to 'RE: {Insert Thread Title}' when I happen to come across this.

[Omniscient]

That's kind of a bug. I used to have the post subject removed. I'll review the code and make a decision.

[Carl Elias]

That's kind of a bug.  I used to have the post subject removed.  I'll review the code and make a decision.

Ok I thought I remembered that field being different years ago and not editable. Not sure how many people actually edit the post subject when making replies anyways, but I guess it is useful. Its not a big deal unless you are getting search results for older post or making a reply on post in older threads, just wanted to see if it was a known bug.

I'll close this since you answered my question. Thank!