Word Limit In Answerbank

[Hettster]

Hello just a quick question, is there a word limit when posting a question in answerbank?

[RATTER15]

No but a letter limit of 4000, you will see it displayed at the bottom of the text panel when typing.

[fiction-factory]

There used to be a counter saying how many characters you had used and how many you had left. That's gone but I'm sure there's a limit as some posters posting very long queries continue with a couple of replies adding more info.

[RATTER15]

Which include characters and spaces.

[fiction-factory]

Oh yes- the count is still there. Thanks ratter. I hadn't noticed it for a while

[RATTER15]

fiction-factory "There used to be a counter saying how many characters you had used and how many you had left."

Its still there!!

[Old_Geezer]

It says 4000 (characters).

[RATTER15]

OG, its "characters and spaces"

[fiction-factory]

4000 does seem a lot. More is less in some cases. Reducing the figure to say 1000 may discourage some posters from copy and pasting huge chunks of earlier posts .
I have suggested before that the Question Details box should also have a counter and the character limit should be much lower- say 60 characters- to discourage those posters who fill the title box with clues etc and don't fill in the question box

[Old_Geezer]

a space is a character IMO

[Peter Pedant]

no
I mean yes
4000

dont go anywhere near this
keep it short and simple

the text editor strips all punctuation paraggraph marks so anything long gets to look like a lump of stodge you used to get at skoool dinners ugh !

[RATTER15]

I think 4000 is good, sometimes that amount is required, I know I have used it all myself once or twice. I think it best left alone IMO.

[Peter Pedant]

like this
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Law/Question1467415.html

only more
and it makes my eyes go wavy

[ well left eye then but that is another story ]

[Bathsheba]

so there ya go Hettster,....absolutely nothing stopping you from answering my response to your question in Body + Soul!

Baths
x x

[Prudie]

Although there must be a limit where others can't be bothered to start reading it and I'd have thought it was a lot less than 4000.

[Bathsheba]

fair point well made Prudie x x

[Prudie]

A bit tongue-in-cheek Baths but you do get them, especially in B&S (usually trolls pretending to be US teenagers with angst :-)

[Bathsheba]

yeah Prudie, and I never cease to be amazed when someone I thought I "knew" on here is fooled by them ;)

x x

[Prudie]

Know exactly what you mean xx