Old Polls

[RETIRED]

Neil, Why not set it up so all polls close in say 4 weeks.

I am not sure it can be done Bob, but will check.

[ubeaut]

It is up to the person who starts the poll to name a closing date, not the moderators. There is a box in the poll setup that asks for a closing date and if this isn't filled in then it will just go on for ever.

We really can't close the threads as it would mean closing every thread on the forums that is over a certain age, probably take a team of 50 people about 6 months to do that.

I guess the pollsters will just have to put up with the same problems as everyone else on the forums. ie: he who wants to tap into a 4 year old post and make a reply can do so and take the top spot in the forum for a little while. We all like to think that ours is the most important and relavent post on the forum but sooner or later it will get knocked off the top spot.

What we might consider doing is making the latest polls sticky for maybe 4 weeks so they stay at the top of the forum page. Will see.

Cheers - Neil

[simon c]

Neil

I don't think the issue is related to how long a poll has been out, the problem is that when people vote, it changes the last edited date of the thread making it appear as if it has been changed.

There is a setting in the Admin CP... Options where you can switch off "update date on poll vote".

I think this would solve all of the problems we have with polls as the date will only change if somebody makes a post rather than if somebody just votes.

Simon

[ubeaut]

OK Simon I found it..... Who's a clever fellow then.

Fixed it. Now all we have to worry about is the newbies posting a reply to 3 year old threads and rocketing it back to the top of the list.

Cheers - Neil

[outback]

We all like to think that ours is the most important and relavent post on the forum

We all really know, deep down, that it is Al's posts that really mean the most. Used to be Stoppers, but he got lost in the ether.

[DanP]

Who's a clever fellow then.

Just cos you're the boss doesn't mean you can't call him a smartasre.

[ozwinner]

[craigb]

Now all we have to worry about is the newbies posting a reply to 3 year old threads and rocketing it back to the top of the list.

Cheers - Neil

I HATE that. Can't you do something about it?

[Grunt]

I hate anyone posting anything. Stop it.

[bitingmidge]

I hate anyone posting anything. Stop it.

I prefer couriers myself come to think of it.

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