To include the two links in my signature, I had to get rid of my favourite Douglas Adams quote as I'd exceeded the maximum character length.

It said something about an item being excluded from the count already, could the link text have that applied too?

I assume you mean when you've used an intelligent clicky in your sig, so your sig appears short although the (now hidden) link address is two lines long?

I assume you mean when you've used an intelligent clicky in your sig, so your sig appears short although the (now hidden) link address is two lines long?
That is what I meant.

well I'd vote for that

This has hopefully now been fixed. Please refer to rules (link in the footer) before updating your signature (that's generally speaking rather than aimed at you 2 :) ).