Quick explanation for new posters: see Guidelines, Post #4. In some forums, such as General Questions, Cafe Society, Comments on Cecil’s Column/Staff Reports, we really don’t care about reviving old threads. In other forums, such as the Pit, Great Debates, MPSIMS, IMHO, we dislike the practice because new posters respond to something posted years ago, and the original posters may no longer be around; and often the issues are long dead, and don’t need to be brought up again (like picking at a scab.)
Polls are new, so the question is an interesting one, shijinn. Polls are only permitted in a few forums, so certainly, in Cafe Society, it doesn’t matter if an old poll is revived… although, we do say that threads should only be revived if there’s something new to add. Just saying, “I agree with so-and-so” doesn’t add anything new, and so shouldn’t be a reason for reviving an old thread, even in CS. And isn’t reviving a poll just adding a vote?
Anyhow, it’s an interesting new question. Thanks for raising it. We’ll discuss this amongst the mods, and let you know. Give us a day or two.