MarioWiki talk:Poll selection

Surprise, I actually had to make this page to make a comment. Anywho... So, now that we have a bunch of poll ideas on the page, how is it decided what the next week's poll is going to be?

Yeah, I want to know that too.

Hey, somebody read the talk page! :o *tumbleweed* But on a more serious note, can somebody answer?


 * I'm fairly certain that it's random. 18:14, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Oh, wait; it says "Chosen by Preference" on the page. Must be chosen by Steve, then.
 * I believe so; maybe by a few other Sysops. 18:32, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
 * It's not going down on the sysop forum, I can say that... so unless it goes down in a secret chat room it probably is Steve or Wayoshi, who created this feature. 18:45, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Steve just added a poll nomination thing at the bottom of the page; Maybe he saw this discussion. I'm thinking there should be a rule that you can't vote for your own, though; any thoughts?

Subjects and Archiving
Do they have to be about Mario? At the moment, nothing is written regarding the subject of the poll. (also, as I read the poll suggestions, I have a feeling I've seen more than half of these on the forums... hmm...) Another thing: on the archives page, shouldn't we record results, as well? I mean, or else, it doesn't have much meaning...
 * Garlic Man, I think your Mario girls poll is a good idea, but we should add more to it: Captain Syrup and Birdo should probably be on there (well... assuming that that wouldn't count as us expressing an opinion on the gender controversy). 22:47, 14 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Eh, I meant girls that were actually in Mario games, but we could add Syrup, I suppose. Though I don't consider Birdo to be a girl, lol.

Bad Idea
Why is this now like the Proposals page - Support, Oppose, Comments, etc? I don't like this idea any more. What was wrong with this system before? Oh, and why can't we at least put something decent on the Main Page instead of a message about something weird going on. Surely we can put a sort of filler Poll in for now?