Overlapping Poll Bug?

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#1 Apr 24 2008 at 9:24 AM Rating: Good

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http://wow.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=21;mid=1209057012180089007;num=3;page=1

As of posting time, there are 8 votes for the first poll in the thread; copypasta to make it easier to see what I'm talking about, since no doubt the values will change.

Does WoW Need another Fatcion
STFU! Leave everything alone! : 1 (12.5%)
Sweet! I'd try a toon on a 3rd Fatcion : 3 (37.5%)
Has merit, but not sure : 3 (37.5%)
The cake is a F%*&ing LIE!: 1 (12.5%)
Total: 8

For the second poll, there are four votes... but the total vote counter shows 8, the same as for the first poll in the thread.

WoW Insider: Stupid website, or stupidest website?
Stupid: 1 (12.5%)
Stupidest: 3 (37.5%)
Total: 8

Some kind of bug with multiple polls in the same thread, then? I remember not being able to make more than one poll in a thread a while ago when I tried, so maybe there are some errors?

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#2 Apr 24 2008 at 10:14 AM Rating: Good

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RPZip wrote:

http://wow.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=21;mid=1209057012180089007;num=3;page=1

As of posting time, there are 8 votes for the first poll in the thread; copypasta to make it easier to see what I'm talking about, since no doubt the values will change.

Does WoW Need another Fatcion
STFU! Leave everything alone! : 1 (12.5%)
Sweet! I'd try a toon on a 3rd Fatcion : 3 (37.5%)
Has merit, but not sure : 3 (37.5%)
The cake is a F%*&ing LIE!: 1 (12.5%)
Total: 8

For the second poll, there are four votes... but the total vote counter shows 8, the same as for the first poll in the thread.

WoW Insider: Stupid website, or stupidest website?
Stupid: 1 (12.5%)
Stupidest: 3 (37.5%)
Total: 8

Some kind of bug with multiple polls in the same thread, then? I remember not being able to make more than one poll in a thread a while ago when I tried, so maybe there are some errors?

You can make multiple polls, each with any number of choices. People can vote on any of them. However, "choice 1" will always have the same number of votes in every poll. If there's a poll with only 3 choices, and then another poll with 5 choices, and someone votes for choice 5 in the second poll, nothing will show up in the first poll, but the total number of votes for the thread will be tallied at the bottom of each poll.

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#3 Apr 24 2008 at 5:06 PM Rating: Decent

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AshOnMyTomatoes, Guardian of the Glade wrote:

RPZip wrote:

http://wow.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=21;mid=1209057012180089007;num=3;page=1

As of posting time, there are 8 votes for the first poll in the thread; copypasta to make it easier to see what I'm talking about, since no doubt the values will change.

Does WoW Need another Fatcion
STFU! Leave everything alone! : 1 (12.5%)
Sweet! I'd try a toon on a 3rd Fatcion : 3 (37.5%)
Has merit, but not sure : 3 (37.5%)
The cake is a F%*&ing LIE!: 1 (12.5%)
Total: 8

For the second poll, there are four votes... but the total vote counter shows 8, the same as for the first poll in the thread.

WoW Insider: Stupid website, or stupidest website?
Stupid: 1 (12.5%)
Stupidest: 3 (37.5%)
Total: 8

Some kind of bug with multiple polls in the same thread, then? I remember not being able to make more than one poll in a thread a while ago when I tried, so maybe there are some errors?

You can make multiple polls, each with any number of choices. People can vote on any of them. However, "choice 1" will always have the same number of votes in every poll. If there's a poll with only 3 choices, and then another poll with 5 choices, and someone votes for choice 5 in the second poll, nothing will show up in the first poll, but the total number of votes for the thread will be tallied at the bottom of each poll.

Because Dana mentioned somewhere that you're not really supposed to be able to make more than one poll in a thread or even quote a poll. I just think it's one so harmless they don't care about fixing it or any issues concerning multiple polls.

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#4 Apr 24 2008 at 5:08 PM Rating: Decent

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Does this bug need fixed?