Forum:Votes & Polls

Related wiki The Sims Wiki.

On The Sims Wiki we primarily use votes for discussions or decisions related to the wiki. The poll extensions is rarely used and then only for non-wiki matters. Both systems have their pros and cons.

The upside of the poll is that users and only vote once. The downside is that you can't close a poll, short of deleting it and you can't limit so only some users can vote: eg. registered users.

The upside of voting using numbered lists is that you can clearly see who's voting and you can add notices about who can vote. The downside is that people can create multiple accounts to skew voting.

So my question is: How can a wiki make a system where you can limit who is eligible for voting and people can only vote once? To make sure no one's voting with multiple accounts you'd have to have checkuser access. -- Duskey talk 22:35, September 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Be smart. Why don't you just let accounts that are autoconfirmed and have "X" edits or more vote on the numbered lists? You can check each voter's edits. Therefore the system will work out fine. -- .. Jeff   (Talk!)   (Contribs!)   (Email!)   (Blog!) ..  22:46, September 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * I was hoping for something with less manual labor. And why is there a MediaWiki:Ajaxpoll-closed if you can't close the AjaxPolls? -- Duskey talk 01:39, September 22, 2010 (UTC)