# Cannot edit topic to add poll as admin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-edit-topic-to-add-poll-as-admin/219900
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 2, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-edit-topic-to-add-poll-as-admin/219900 "2022-03-02T23:21:50Z")
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### Author: ![Tanz0rz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tanz0rz/32/222712_2.png) [@Tanz0rz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tanz0rz)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-edit-topic-to-add-poll-as-admin/219900/3 "2022-03-03T14:48:58Z")

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Ok I figured out the problem after looking at those poll settings. The post was created by a user that did not meet the trust requirements to create polls. So even as an admin, I could not do it because the author of the post could not.

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