Forum:The way I'd like to see polls work

Current polling is limited
Okay. We put up polls. Someone decides the poll is great but their option in not present. They edit the poll to add their option.

The poll can do one of two things at that point. It could add the option and leave the other counts intact. That gives the new option a disadvantage because many people already voted before they knew the new option was available. Or it could start the poll fresh. This wipes away all the work anyone put into the poll to date. The latter is what wikia chooses to do now.

A vote for many poll
I would like a poll that when edited retains counts. I would also like this poll to allow voters to vote for as many options as they want, however they could only vote for each item once. In other words the vote for the item is a count of the set of people who voted for it.

This allows new items to be voted on by anyone. A total of items*voters votes could be cast. You could judge an item by the number of people who voted for it. You could make the voting fair by only allowing logged in users to be registered voters. This assumes that sock puppets are ethical and don't consider themselves voters. Mostly polls are for fun and not serious. So this way would be more fun than the current poll. --Rej¿ ¤¤ ? 03:41, May 6, 2010 (UTC)