One Piece Wiki talk:Poll Guidelines

Suggestions?
Yeah as it says, its still open to changes. Anyone have anything to add to this? One-Winged Hawk 23:55, March 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * I think it would be better if we create the polls in template, so that they could be used on many pages and have the same results. look at Category:Poll Templates for the templates i've created for the existing polls. i think a decision should be made fast since people create new polls. El Chupacabra 12:31, April 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Second, it makes things easier to remember a template name then to have to copy+paste the lot, plus only one page has to be updated. One-Winged Hawk 13:05, April 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Then I'll convert the remaining polls ino templates and replace the existing ones with templates.El Chupacabra 13:11, April 1, 2010 (UTC)

I've noticed that when you put the poll in a template and put the template on a page, the vote is not counted for some reason. However, if you just put the poll right on the page, it does. We should get rid of the "templates" and put polls on their respective pages.The Pope 18:40, April 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Its a syncing problem, the template will update itself eventaully, but the vote is still there. Even when their not in template, they still do it.  Basically, you know that problem with images not appearing to update themselves when you add a new version, the cookie problem or whatever causes it, its the same thing. One-Winged Hawk 21:55, April 20, 2010 (UTC)

Use of Polls in discussions
Is it really a wise thing to use polls for discussions for things like deletion or making new pages? It's a handy system to have around, however some things almost seem a bit off. Some people who vote on matters seem to just vote and not participate in the discussion at all. It's great to see a vote but sometimes a reason behind the vote could help things along.

There's also a couple of fears I'm afraid that maybe exploited in this system. It's not happened as far as I know but some people may use sock puppets to make the poll go their way. This is probably more fearful by the fact that anon ips can vote as well it seems. There's also the fear of that the polls, if still kept open after a discussion, might drastically change an agreed decision in the future. A poll asking if a certain page should be deleted may show a consensus that nobody wants it deleted may show in the future that alot of people want it deleted despite it being agreed upon in the discussion thus contradicting what's been talked about.

I'm not necessarily asking for the old way of voting to be brought back though. Partially but exactly fully since it seems most of the community likes the polls. I'm just asking these questions since some of these ideas have been kinda circulating in my mind awhile since the polls have become part of discussions.Mugiwara Franky 04:35, June 12, 2010 (UTC)