Link to polls from Latest Things

[azurelunatic]

Title:
Link to polls from Latest Things

Area:
Latest Things, entries, polls

Summary:
If polls can't be displayed in full from the Latest Things page, provide a link

Description:
Last time I looked, the display of polls on the Latest Things page was lacking.

It would be lovely to show either the voting form (for a public poll) or otherwise the results so far. However, since polls can be long, that could be a bit funky for the page. Failing the ability to display the poll in an appropriate format, show a link in a similar format to the poll links on crossposts.

Poll #12625 Link to polls from Latest Things

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 47

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Should be implemented as-is.
22 (46.8%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
6 (12.8%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
2 (4.3%)

(I have no opinion)
17 (36.2%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[ciaan]

You mean the polls on their own, or in the context of the entry? Many polls make no sense if removed from an entry.

[azurelunatic]

Basically I'd like to have something there to indicate that there is a poll. I encountered this some time ago and put a note in my to-do list so my memory is a little hazy, but I remember it being just nothing there, and only figuring out that there was supposed to be a poll from the rest of the entry and then loading the entry.

If it was a link to just the poll within the entry, then the reader could decide on their own whether to just scroll on by, open the entry, or open just the poll.

[ciaan]

Okay, now it all makes sense! You can tell I, uh, don't use the latest things page. It definitely seems to me that there should be some indication of hey, poll here in this entry, if there isn't.