Nice of GrandFather to volunteer somebody else as the recipient. Too bad he doesn't have much of a clue on that point. But then, the majority of the cases I witness of "Oh, you should '/msg gods' about that" I quite disagree with. Luckily, most such suggestions don't end up being followed.

My preference would be to reproduce the effect using HTML, as was done with the original (not an off-site image nor just text). And I find '/msg' to usually be one of the worst choices possible for a bug report or inquiry (a compelling reason to keep the information more private being an obvious exception). After all, anybody who might have previously witnessed something similar might provide insights. And some future (or past) occurrence might even benefit from a search for other reports.

There is actually a group (with about 70 members, last I checked) that are supposed to be devoted to PerlMonks' code. Heck, GrandFather is even listed as a member of that group. But he seems not interested in looking at the source code, so perhaps he should just be removed from it.

And, no, I don't plan to dig into this bug at this point. Not even close to the top of my priority list.