The limits were probably instituted to ensure consistent formatting of Rails views. Unfortunately they also limit flexibility and cause problems, e.g., rejecting a POST /contests request from www.iac.org because the contest name is too long.
We may want to keep a few limits, notably Contest#state.
The limits were probably instituted to ensure consistent formatting of Rails views. Unfortunately they also limit flexibility and cause problems, e.g., rejecting a
POST /contestsrequest from www.iac.org because the contest name is too long.We may want to keep a few limits, notably
Contest#state.