# What would happen if a poll was moved into GQ?

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**Created:** [April 15, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-a-poll-was-moved-into-gq/618887 "2012-04-15T21:57:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-a-poll-was-moved-into-gq/618887/1 "2012-04-15T21:57:13Z")

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What happens if a mod tries to move a thread with a poll into a forum that does not allow them? Will the poll still work, or does the software disable it? Or does the sky fall and the oceans boil?

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-a-poll-was-moved-into-gq/618887/2 "2012-04-15T22:45:05Z")

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I’m pretty sure I’ve seen an occasional poll in GD, attached to a thread that originated in IMHO. They still worked. You just can’t _create_ a poll in one of those fora.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-a-poll-was-moved-into-gq/618887/3 "2012-04-19T08:11:35Z")

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I, on the other hand, remember the mods saying that the polls would automatically close, and remember seeing a few that did close when moved.

Maybe this will then serve as a bump to get the mods to clarify.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-a-poll-was-moved-into-gq/618887/4 "2012-04-19T12:46:58Z")

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If we miss one occasionally it ain’t the end of the world nor is it an invitation to set up polling in GD. It just means we missed closing a poll as part of the housework on that thread. Nothing more should be inferred from it.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-a-poll-was-moved-into-gq/618887/5 "2012-04-19T12:53:55Z")

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Which clarifies that they don’t AUTOMATICALLY close. Thank you.