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Poll editing - add more options

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  • 14-09-2008 2:48pm
    #1
    Onikage
    Registered Users Posts: 1,451 ✭✭✭


    I'm sure this has been done to death, but search has been fruitless for me. It's obvious why they can't be removed but why can't you add extra options to a poll once it has been created?
    Post edited by Shield on


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    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,307 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Adding extra options may give choices they would have voted for to people who voted when they were unavailable. Therefore it wouldn't give a true reflection of the poll.


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    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Distortion of results is one reason.

    Take a simple poll such as what is your favourite colour?
    Offer 3 choices, red, green or blue. After 200 posts you add yellow, now it looks like out of 200 posts nobody like yellow.

    Not important in a poll like that but in a more serious context the distortion could affect people views of a serious subject.


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    #4
    turgon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭turgon


    What is you had like a 10 minute limit for people to edit the poll? I started on once and only realized I left out two (very important) options after I was promoted by two boardsies.


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    #5
    Onikage
    Registered Users Posts: 1,451 ✭✭✭Onikage


    How about a short window of time where you can add any forehead-slappers? For example I can still edit the opening post on this thread which could theoretically distort the meaning of the next two posts. But it seems to be accepted that allowing people to manage their posts for a short period of time results in generally better posts.

    Edit:
    Beaten to it by turgon. By 1 minute, no less


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    #6
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,423 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Moderators can (usually) edit polls.

    Most polls here should be capable of being done with ten or fewer options

    I think its good to force people to think out a poll before they create it - most don't.


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    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,636 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    It would make polls rather pointless if they could be edited after creation.


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    #8
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    If, as has been said, the poll edit time was limited and (IMO) any votes reset when an edit is saved it might go someway to making people think out their polls before posting, and discourage people editing polls multiple times if they piss off too many people by resetting it all the time.


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    Bob the Builder
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    Hagar wrote: »
    Distortion of results is one reason.

    Take a simple poll such as what is your favourite colour?
    Offer 3 choices, red, green or blue. After 200 posts you add yellow, now it looks like out of 200 posts nobody like yellow.

    Not important in a poll like that but in a more serious context the distortion could affect people views of a serious subject.
    Yes, should an opening poster have this ability, it would discourage me from ever voting in a poll. I'm all for a 10minute editing window though.


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