how strict are profile standards?

should I not bother contacting him if I am 5'2" even if the majority of his profile seems to click with me otherwise? Another example that is really relevant towards me is weight. I happen to be a good deal overweight, about 40-50 pounds
But for guys who have 'average' as one of the selected,

Hi all. I am just wondering how strict people are with their profile standards, and whether or not I should contact people if I am slightly out of any of their parameters. For example, if I see a man's profile (outside of eH) that states his desired partner height at 5'4" to 5'8", should I not bother contacting him if I am 5'2" even if the majority of his profile seems to click with me otherwise? Another example that is really relevant towards me is weight. I happen to be a good deal overweight, about 40-50 pounds (though I am told often I am still cute and look nice. I exercise about 4-5 days a week and am pretty healthy). I often find guys profiles who seem quite compatible with me with fairly similar interests as mine; however, the guy checks off his partner preference as '-slim - athletic - average' and leaves the heavier options unchecked. If a guy has ONLY the slim and athletic options checked as partner preferences, I immediately close him as obviously he wouldn't be interested in me if he wouldn't even date average women. But for guys who have 'average' as one of the selected, I wonder if I should contact them at all. Most of the time I don't bother to contact... but I do wonder how strict these preferences are, whether someone would want me to still contact him or not if I am a bit outside his stated checklist.

Just to share my perspective on the reverse side of things, I am 29 and my age preference for guys is currently set to 25-32 as I'd like someone fairly close my own age. I often get MANY men 38 year and over expressing interest, which for me is too much older. (I occasionally get 22 year old men interested as well, which I think is cute, but they are too young.) I might possibly be open to the 24 year old if he happens to be mature enough, or the 33-34 year old... but younger or older than that, probably not. So my parameters are slightly flexible, though some people are way out of the ballpark and still contact me. I was just wondering how men here think about their own parameters and if they could provide me any insight whether I should contact guys if I am outside their preferences on one key area (usually related to weight) if the rest of our profiles really seem to click. Thanks!