Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24146002-20150506072003/@comment-452-20150506125426

Gustea wrote: That would violate Wikia's Terms of Service. That's the most bizarre application of that passage I've ever seen.

Some14u is not asking to alter the interface. There are many polls on the internet which function the way Some14u is asking, Some14u is simply asking whether Wikia has any polls which do that.

Gustea wrote: Hiding votes can lead to false results &mdash; if you're selecting new admin, using polls to do so is a big no go! You have it completely backwards. Display who is currently winning is what can lead to false results.

The reason that many polls do not display the results until after you've voted is to discourage people from simply voting for the current winner. (Some people like to "win" and "belong", so by voting for the result which is already winning, they can all but ensure that "their choice" will "win", and they will "be in the majority")

I've suggested such a feature Wikia Staff in the past, and if anyone else wants a type of poll implemented which doesn't display results until after voting, you should request this feature using Special:Contact - so that Wikia Staff know that people actually want this feature.

(That said, modifying the existing poll with javascript is borderline, so long as people can still USE the poll, it might be okay.)