Can you explain this in more detail? A sentence above the posting box stating what the limit is? (and what is it anyway?). Or do you mean a warning like we have with the tagline box?

Sentence above. (Something like

...then click "Post message." (messages over #### characters will be truncated.)

or just add the thing to the FAQ.)

And how common is it for people to actually go over the limit? Pretty rare I'd say.

Happens a couple times a day in the Threads You Don't Visit.

What is the character limit?

6000 characters.

Inclusive of spaces?

(I ask so I can set up a macro to do my dirty work for me, which is freaking sad.)

Yup.

Sweet.

Thanks.

Happens a couple times a day in the Threads You Don't Visit.

Oh, yeah, duh, sorry that was threadist of me. t grin

Is there consensus to stick a warning above the posting box a la the tagline box? i.e. Warning: 6000 character maximum length. Longer posts will be cropped mercilessly.

So that it says:

To post in Buffistas Building a Better Board, compose your text in the box below, then click "Post message."

A blank line starts a new paragraph. You may use HTML or quick-edit formatting. Warning: 6000 character maximum length. Longer posts will be cropped mercilessly.

You could make it three paragraphs, or put the warning on the end of the first paragraph, but I think it's a formatting thing.

Hm. What about showing the warning and spitting back the post if it goes over 6K characters? That's more work, but would it be more helpful or just annoying?