# Cannot edit a poll after 5 minutes as an administrator

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-edit-a-poll-after-5-minutes-as-an-administrator/28418
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** polls
**Created:** [7 Maio , 2015 01:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-edit-a-poll-after-5-minutes-as-an-administrator/28418 "2015-05-07T01:53:00Z")
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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [7 Maio , 2015 15:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-edit-a-poll-after-5-minutes-as-an-administrator/28418/5 "2015-05-07T15:31:18Z")

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> [@kennym](#):
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> This is clearly a bug.

Actually, it’s not 😉 Here’s the rule:

> Polls **cannot** be modified/updated/renamed/changed **5 minutes** after their inception.  
> Pass that time, we only allow staff members to fix a typo (ie. edit the content of an option).

I just pushed a fix that will _hopefully_ improve the copy and make it clearer 🐣

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c1bb7bc7cc54059073b1dccc83a707936ca16b67](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c1bb7bc7cc54059073b1dccc83a707936ca16b67)

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