Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-5732937-20130524065621/@comment-4403232-20130525103132

Rather than a simple poll (which can be easily voted in multiple times with alternative accounts), having users comment directly and explicitly either support, neutral, or oppose seems like a good idea. The poll feature is good for things such as getting general ideas to people's opinions and whatnot, but in matters where every vote is highly important to the functioning of the wiki, a more official and trustworthy method is better suited. For instance, a user making 12 accounts and voting to support in a poll would be virtually impossible to identify. However, 12 new accounts with 0 edits or time on the wiki making a support vote would be much more identifiable. For the sake of this specific vote, a "Give Kudos to this post if you are anti-chatbot" post could work, but in the long run, it's not particularly a good voting system, and doesn't really allow people to input.

Yeah I know that's kind of long-winded, sorry about that. I've been kind of rambly lately. http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110904041912/messaging/images/c/c2/Emoticon_silly.png

TL;DR Version: The poll feature can be cheated easily, explicit votes are more reliable.