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Why was 200 chosen to be the character limit for a question's length on WikiAnswers?
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∙ 13y ago
This was chosen through trial and error. Our goal was to enable questions to be long enough so that they can include any necessary details, but not be so long that they end up including personal details that would make any answers only relevant to the person asking the question the first time.
To provide enough room for an answer. Limiting the characters keeps it down to one question.
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What is the longest question on WikiAnswers?
200 Characters Is the Limit200 characters (i.e., letters, numbers, spaces and symbols) is the limit. There are a number of questions of this exact length on WikiAnswers.
What is the maximum question length on WikiAnswers?
The maximum question length on WikiAnswers is 200 characters, including spaces.
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