I'm with Tara on this.
I post a lot of space art which goes with a story or highly detailed synopsis. The old limit was 4096 characters (the characters required for markup effects were included in that count) and I found that limit to be quite restrictive most times. I also found that the character counter in the upload page was often incorrect. I can not see how I can continue projects like 'Encyclopedia Galactica' at Renderosity if everything must be kept to only 1000 characters.