Error while flagging : Your message must be longer than 10 characters

Question

I am trying to merge my Stack Overflow account https://stackoverflow.com/users/1294802 with my other account (unregistered) https://stackoverflow.com/users/1194859/unni-kris. But when I am trying to flag one of my post for moderator attention for merging the account, I am getting an error
"Your message must be longer than 10 characters."

I have added more than ten characters.
Format : Please help to merge my account1 link to account2 link

Please help. This happens in IE7.

I'm pretty sure it means that your message must be longer than 10 characters. — CoffeeRain, Apr 3, 2012 at 13:37
I have added the [bug] tag for you. I cannot reproduce the problem in IE9 set to IE7 mode. — Josh Darnell, Apr 3, 2012 at 13:52
IE7 is now unsupported by us - is there any way for you to upgrade or use a different browser? In other news, I've merged your two users, so at least that part is done. — Jarrod Dixon, Apr 3, 2012 at 14:28
@Jarrod thanks for merging the accounts. I wil start using firfox then. — Unni Kris, Apr 4, 2012 at 3:54

Mad Scientist · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-03 13:37:21Z

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Try writing more than 10 characters into the text field, like e.g:

Please merge this account with my other account at [link]

answered Apr 3, 2012 at 13:37

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I'm trying to think of how one would request this in less than 10 characters...
– Josh Darnell
Apr 3, 2012 at 13:39
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@jadarnel27 merge plx
– a cat
Apr 3, 2012 at 13:44
I guess it might be a bug (according to the OPs update), although I cannot reproduce it.
– Josh Darnell
Apr 3, 2012 at 13:53
There should be a canned summary like "Fix typos".
– giorgian
Aug 7, 2013 at 10:40
@giorgian If you're using flags to ask mods to fix typos, you're doing it wrong in the first place
– Mad Scientist
Aug 7, 2013 at 10:52

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