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I had to change the first post of one of my threads, and now my poll is all screwed up. And I'm wondering why?

Can't you make it possible to edit polls?

EDIT: Thread in question (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=101706)

It is possible, just diffucult.

It is possible, just diffucult.

Inform me.

Here, I'll start a topic poll in general about something. You ask me to add something, and we'll see if I can. Then I'll explain it to you.

http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2359125#2359125

I mean remove options.

Wow, I couldn't even view the poll... :? I've been able to remove and add options before. Strange.

Sorry, a mod or another player will have to help.

*Starts to cry*

Great... this site has managed to bring an evil man to tears.

Well ... you lose all the poll responses, but if you delete the poll and re-create it then everything is normal again atleast.

Sometimes this can be tricky, though. I've noticed that when you edit a poll when the poll is there, it forgets about the poll and doesn't show the "Delete poll" tick box, but when the poll isn't showing up you can see hte box but if you use it you are informed there is no poll. To get the poll in this case, edit it when there is no poll (you don't actually have to change anything), hit the back button on your browser, and then you can check the boxsince it's still there and it will acknowledge the poll (and therefore delete it). After that you can re-create the poll so that it looks normal (but like I said ... it loses all the votes).

Hope this helps.

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Maybe it is only a problem for Netscape users?
I know that most internet programs these days are designed exclusively for IE (one of the reasons why I stubbornly continue to use Netscape).
I am never able to edit my own polls either.