# "Location" field length **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 9, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-field-length/141607 "2002-12-09T21:14:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-field-length/141607/1 "2002-12-09T21:14:45Z")
I was attempting to change my “location” information the other day, and I noticed that the field is limited to 20 characters. There are, however, several users who have entries more than 20 characters long. Is this a hold-over from an earlier version of the board software or is there a cheat I don’t know about? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-field-length/141607/2 "2002-12-09T21:29:24Z")
Hold-over. Sorry 'bout that. ---
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-field-length/141607/3 "2002-12-09T21:42:11Z")
No worries. I’ll just have to be clever _and_ concise. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-field-length/141607/4 "2002-12-09T21:46:17Z")
Unless it’s urgent that you clarify that you’re from _Southwest_ Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, there are always ways to adapt it.