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[Poll] Do you like polls?
posted by Driusan on January 1st, 2008 at 9:19PM

I added a kind of dynamic polls feature. It works thusly:

If a story (or comment, or wiki page..)'s title ends in a "?" /or/ starts with "[Poll]", then on the story page it'll interpret the subject of any reply to that story that as a write in poll answer and show a graph of the votes at the bottom. Only comments that are direct children of the story count, not grandchildren.

You can also see how any story/comment/wikipage/whatever would be interpreted as a poll (it doesn't matter whether or not it has "[Poll]" or "?") by going to http://www.misfortunate.o.../poll.php?id=519 .. where "519" is the appropriate id.

So give it a try and let me know how it works.

UPDATE: only your last vote counts now
boo.
Poll: [Poll] Do you like polls?
No (1/4) 25%
Now I Know (1/4) 25%
Only Front Page Counts Most Recent Vote (1/4) 25%
Yes (1/4) 25%
(The title of your last reply gets polled.)
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posted by dennisn on January 9th, 2008 at 3:20PM

/(auto-poll response)/

posted by dennisn on January 9th, 2008 at 3:20PM

/(auto-poll response)/

posted by dennisn on January 9th, 2008 at 9:20AM

/(auto-poll response)/

Only front page counts most recent vote
posted by dennisn on January 9th, 2008 at 9:19AM

By the way, as of NOW(), only the front page counts the latest votes. [[Driusan]] has to update this page to get it working here as well.

Am I a poll?
posted by dennisn on January 9th, 2008 at 4:28PM

I damn-well ought to be!
Poll: Am I a poll?
No. Absolutely Not! (1/3) 33%
No. This Is Starting To Look Really ... Messy. (1/3) 33%
You Can Be Whatever You Want (1/3) 33%
(The title of your last reply gets polled.)

No. This is starting to look really ... messy.
posted by Nylorac on January 9th, 2008 at 6:39PM

posted by dennisn on January 9th, 2008 at 6:53PM

It looks a little neater in the latest svn.

Here's a quick fix in the meantime: http://bestthing.info/

No. Absolutely Not!
posted by Nylorac on January 9th, 2008 at 6:38PM

/(auto-poll response)/

You Can Be Whatever You Want
posted by Nylorac on January 9th, 2008 at 6:38PM

/(auto-poll response)/

No. Absolutely not!
posted by dennisn on January 9th, 2008 at 6:31PM

You can be whatever you want
posted by Driusan on January 9th, 2008 at 6:11PM

I believe in you.

Now I know
posted by rick on January 9th, 2008 at 2:34AM

posted by rick on January 9th, 2008 at 2:33AM

I know now, but not in the subject

I don't know
posted by rick on January 9th, 2008 at 2:31AM

No
posted by Nylorac on January 8th, 2008 at 11:33PM

/(auto-poll response)/

No
posted by Nylorac on January 8th, 2008 at 11:32PM

/(auto-poll response)/

posted by rick on January 2nd, 2008 at 12:43AM

I don't have a subject.

posted by Nylorac on January 2nd, 2008 at 9:58AM

Subsequently, you don't count.

yeS
posted by dennisn on January 1st, 2008 at 11:43PM

I'm a case insensitive vote. Pick me pick me.

posted by Nylorac on January 2nd, 2008 at 9:56AM

Ok.   So case-sensitivity is intact.

posted by dennisn on January 2nd, 2008 at 10:57AM

It shouldn't be.

Yeah
posted by Driusan on January 2nd, 2008 at 5:18PM

I need to think of a way to handle that easily.. there's no such thing as a case insensitive group by in SQL, as far as I know, and using upper(), lower(), or initcap() will all make things look kinda weird.

There is ILIKE (the insensitiv by dennisn on January 2nd, 2008 at 7:39PM.
Um. a) Thats not standards c by Driusan on January 2nd, 2008 at 8:06PM.
a) And initcap() is ;) ? b) I by dennisn on January 3rd, 2008 at 11:20AM.

posted by Nylorac on January 2nd, 2008 at 2:24PM

I agree.   It was a tongue-in-cheek sort of statement.

I fixed it. Kinda. It'll now a by Driusan on January 2nd, 2008 at 8:21PM.

Yep. I like it.
posted by Nylorac on January 1st, 2008 at 11:36PM

Nice work.   Thanks.

No
posted by Nylorac on January 1st, 2008 at 11:35PM

Just testing.

Yesno
posted by Nylorac on January 1st, 2008 at 11:35PM

...

Yes
posted by Nylorac on January 1st, 2008 at 11:34PM

=p

No
posted by dennisn on January 1st, 2008 at 11:19PM

I am a second vote. Surely I cannot count!

posted by dennisn on January 1st, 2008 at 11:19PM

I do. Nooo! Someone forbid this.

Yesno
posted by dennisn on January 1st, 2008 at 11:18PM

I'm an ambiguous/misspelt response. Do I count?

posted by dennisn on January 1st, 2008 at 11:18PM

Aaaah ... any answer you give will automagically be a poll response. Very clever.

Yes
posted by Driusan on January 1st, 2008 at 9:29PM

I can categorically say that I do.

Love,
Dave

No
posted by dennisn on January 1st, 2008 at 11:17PM

I'm a grandchild, and thus illegitimate

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