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I have been wondering about this for some time. When we have polls that show how we voted, how come some names do not show up? For example, it says that 4 people voted that Obama would pick Wright as his running mate, but if you click to see who voted, it shows Navy Pride and one other person. Why aren't all 4 people listed?
 
In the polls forum, guests can vote. They are excluded when showing names.

If you want a true representation of the forum members, create a poll anywhere but the polls forum.
 
One person can vote many times in a poll, too, even with the same IP address. This works by not logging on and sometimes waiting a little bit.

I changed the results of the "Who is the nicest poster at DP" poll myself a lot, because I needed a special result for a Basement thread I made.

They did not know about it in this thread and I won the argument :mrgreen:
 
Volker said:
One person can vote many times in a poll, too, even with the same IP address. This works by not logging on and sometimes waiting a little bit.
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It is not supposed to work that way... :(

I'll take another look at it.
 
Since this thread is here, I'll go ahead and ask, the Displayed names in polls do not show up in the Opera browser. Is that just bad luck and I'll have to use IE or can it be fixed?
 
Southern Belle said:
Since this thread is here, I'll go ahead and ask, the Displayed names in polls do not show up in the Opera browser. Is that just bad luck and I'll have to use IE or can it be fixed?
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Not all Poll creators tick the option of viewing the names of members who voted. It must be set this way when the Poll is created. Unless this option is ticked, only the numerical data and graph lines will display.
 
Tashah said:
Not all Poll creators tick the option of viewing the names of members who voted. It must be set this way when the Poll is created. Unless this option is ticked, only the numerical data and graph lines will display.
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Ohh I'm sorry, I was talking about my own Poll about Handicapped Babies being aborted, which I did make public. Sorry, I should have been clear. ^^ In Opera it looks like a regular poll with no names. When I switch to IE which I'd rather not, it's normal with the names. I was just wondering if there was anything that could be done to help it or if I'd need to switch browsers to read the names on the poll(s)?

If there's really nothing y'all can do I understand, I just thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. I wish website languages or whatever were more browser-tolerant.

:2wave:
 
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vauge said:
It is not supposed to work that way... :(

I'll take another look at it.
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oh yeah
10 has time and again stated how she skews some polls by logging out and voting multiple times
she even logs out....logs in and says how many times she voted, than logs out....than logs in and says how many times she voted
this has been going on for months
than again she could just be full of ****
 
Southern Belle said:
Ohh I'm sorry, I was talking about my own Poll about Handicapped Babies being aborted, which I did make public. Sorry, I should have been clear. ^^ In Opera it looks like a regular poll with no names. When I switch to IE which I'd rather not, it's normal with the names. I was just wondering if there was anything that could be done to help it or if I'd need to switch browsers to read the names on the poll(s)?

If there's really nothing y'all can do I understand, I just thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. I wish website languages or whatever were more browser-tolerant.

:2wave:
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DPs vBulletin software should be totally compatible with almost any web browser launched within the last five years. What version of Opera do you use? This may be a bug in Opera rather than one in vB.
 
I have version 9.27, the latist one... Hmm, I guess I'll try reporting to to the Opera people.
 
Southern Belle said:
Ohh I'm sorry, I was talking about my own Poll about Handicapped Babies being aborted, which I did make public. Sorry, I should have been clear. ^^ In Opera it looks like a regular poll with no names. When I switch to IE which I'd rather not, it's normal with the names. I was just wondering if there was anything that could be done to help it or if I'd need to switch browsers to read the names on the poll(s)?

If there's really nothing y'all can do I understand, I just thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. I wish website languages or whatever were more browser-tolerant.

:2wave:
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OH! :doh

That is supposed to be fixed in the next version of the software.

I'm waiting for awhile to make sure all the bugs are worked out in the new software before updating the forum.
 
Thank you but I just noticed something else kind of major I didn't realize before. Opera doesn't even give the notification that the Poll is even public. The popup doesn't even come up, so I and other Opera people maybe voted in stuff we have no idea was public. I just made another poll, and it hit me, there's supposed to be a notification. I just thought I'd mention that to you, it's kind of creepy. ^^

Or did it just not let me know it was public on my own threads? But actually I can't remember the last time I saw a Notification anywhere, so...:shrug:
 
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DeeJayH said:
oh yeah
10 has time and again stated how she skews some polls by logging out and voting multiple times
she even logs out....logs in and says how many times she voted, than logs out....than logs in and says how many times she voted
this has been going on for months
than again she could just be full of ****
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Her patheticness knows no bounds. It really is sad.
 
aps said:
Her patheticness knows no bounds. It really is sad.
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This is the Feedback / Suggestions section. This is not the place for petty personal attacks.
 
DeeJayH said:
oh yeah
10 has time and again stated how she skews some polls by logging out and voting multiple times
she even logs out....logs in and says how many times she voted, than logs out....than logs in and says how many times she voted
this has been going on for months
than again she could just be full of ****
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I challenge you to link to the post where I stated that.
Or did I whisper it in your ear one enchanted evening while we were out for a moonlight stroll?
You friggin' chump.
Quit your slander.
Put up or shut up.

aps said:
Her patheticness knows no bounds. It really is sad.
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You'd receive infraction points for that, if you were an actual forum member.
You're so irrelevant, however, that the rules don't even apply to you, since nobody bothers to read your posts anyway.
 
Moderator's Warning:
The personal comments/attacks need to stop from all parties...yes, this means you DeeJay, aps, and 1069. Y'all can take your lovefest to the Basement.
 
I'll stop, but I'd still like to see Deej point out where I ever said such a thing.
I think he's delusional. It's kind of creepy when his delusions start centering around me.
 
1069 said:
Quit your slander..
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I'm sure you know the "appropriate" term.;)


:lol:


(That was very subtle, Ten. Not your usual "style".)
 
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