I am probably one of the most verbose members at Zelaron. That said, I think there are plenty of instances where one word responses are more than appropriate, even outside the chat forum. For instance, a one word exclamation is a succinct expression of emotions to a certain news article.

However, this is hardly the issue. What's important is that this rule is absolutely frivolous and annoying. It serves absolutely no purpose. It is a rule employed to flex the forum's muscle. If you think that removing the 5-letter rule is going to change the quality of posts at Zelaron, you are mistaken. <5 letter posts are posted all the time, with a simple add-on at the bottom. They are appropriate posts. This rule is merely an annoyance. That reason alone should be more than enough to get rid of it, given that there will not be any other significant changes that stem from it.