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Can Has it ever been considered to raise the 30K maximum character limit be raisedfor answers?

Has it ever been consideredMost questions can be comprehensively answered within the confines of 30K characters, however there are the occasional comprehensive answers that could benefit from additional comprehensive info that are unable to raisebecause of the 30K character limit for answers?.

  • Most questions can be comprehensively answered within the confines of 30K characters, however there are occasional comprehensive answers that could benefit from additional comprehensive info that are unable to because ofI've come up against the 30K character limit
  • In more comphrensive answers several times, markdown alone makes up a significant portion of the content to the tune of thousands of characters since I make heavy use of markdown and man page weblinks - a solution could bewhen I do, I've had to exclude markdown and weblink addresses fromget creative with how to edit small things to decrease the charactercontent below the 30K limit.

I've come up against the limit several times, and when I doIn some of my more comphrensive answers, I've had to get creative with how to edit small things to decreasemarkdown alone makes up a significant portion of the content belowto the 30K limit -tune of thousands of characters since I make heavy use of markdown and man page links; for example:

  • In this answer, I've had to remove content when making updates to it since it sits at 29,999 characters
  • In this answer, I had to limit the content to only one of four complex, applicable scenarios [Automate Windows Setup] (other three:Automate Windows Setup, Configuration Set, Distribution Share, and Deployment Share) because I was up against the 30K character limit at 29,956 characters
  • In this answer, I've had to remove content when making updates to it since it sits at 29,999 characters
  • In this answer, I was unable to include the content of a Windows-formatted openssl.cnf since the answer was already at 29,596 characters without it (since the answer wholly relied on this specific customized openssl.cnf, it made sense to include the contents within the answer, even though it'll always be available on my GitHub) 

A solution could be to exclude markdown and weblink addresses from the character limit.

Can the 30K maximum character limit be raised?

Has it ever been considered to raise the 30K character limit for answers?

  • Most questions can be comprehensively answered within the confines of 30K characters, however there are occasional comprehensive answers that could benefit from additional comprehensive info that are unable to because of the 30K character limit
  • In more comphrensive answers, markdown alone makes up a significant portion of the content to the tune of thousands of characters since I make heavy use of markdown and man page weblinks - a solution could be to exclude markdown and weblink addresses from the character limit.

I've come up against the limit several times, and when I do, I've had to get creative with how to edit small things to decrease the content below the 30K limit - for example:

  • In this answer, I had to limit the content to only one of four complex, applicable scenarios [Automate Windows Setup] (other three: Configuration Set, Distribution Share, and Deployment Share) because I was up against the 30K character limit at 29,956 characters
  • In this answer, I've had to remove content when making updates to it since it sits at 29,999 characters
  • In this answer, I was unable to include the content of a Windows-formatted openssl.cnf since the answer was already at 29,596 characters without it (since the answer wholly relied on this specific customized openssl.cnf, it made sense to include the contents within the answer, even though it'll always be available on my GitHub)

Has it ever been considered to raise the 30K character limit for answers?

Most questions can be comprehensively answered within the confines of 30K characters, however there are the occasional comprehensive answers that could benefit from additional comprehensive info that are unable to because of the 30K character limit.

  • I've come up against the limit several times, and when I do, I've had to get creative with how to edit small things to decrease the content below the 30K limit

In some of my more comphrensive answers, markdown alone makes up a significant portion of the content to the tune of thousands of characters since I make heavy use of markdown and man page links; for example:

  • In this answer, I've had to remove content when making updates to it since it sits at 29,999 characters
  • In this answer, I had to limit the content to only one of four complex, applicable scenarios (Automate Windows Setup, Configuration Set, Distribution Share, Deployment Share) because I was up against the 30K character limit at 29,956 characters
  • In this answer, I was unable to include the content of a Windows-formatted openssl.cnf since the answer was already at 29,596 characters without it (since the answer wholly relied on this specific customized openssl.cnf, it made sense to include the contents within the answer, even though it'll always be available on my GitHub) 

A solution could be to exclude markdown and weblink addresses from the character limit.

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JW0914
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Can the 30K maximum character limit be raised?

Has it ever been considered to raise the 30K character limit for answers?

  • Most questions can be comprehensively answered within the confines of 30K characters, however there are occasional comprehensive answers that could benefit from additional comprehensive info that are unable to because of the 30K character limit
  • In more comphrensive answers, markdown alone makes up a significant portion of the content to the tune of thousands of characters since I make heavy use of markdown and man page weblinks - a solution could be to exclude markdown and weblink addresses from the character limit.

I've come up against the limit several times, and when I do, I've had to get creative with how to edit small things to decrease the content below the 30K limit - for example:

  • In this answer, I had to limit the content to only one of four complex, applicable scenarios [Automate Windows Setup] (other three: Configuration Set, Distribution Share, and Deployment Share) because I was up against the 30K character limit at 29,956 characters
  • In this answer, I've had to remove content when making updates to it since it sits at 29,999 characters
  • In this answer, I was unable to include the content of a Windows-formatted openssl.cnf since the answer was already at 29,596 characters without it (since the answer wholly relied on this specific customized openssl.cnf, it made sense to include the contents within the answer, even though it'll always be available on my GitHub)