# Can't approve a user's first post if it has a poll

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-approve-a-users-first-post-if-it-has-a-poll/289345>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 20, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-approve-a-users-first-post-if-it-has-a-poll/289345 "2023-12-20T17:06:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Firepup650](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/firepup650/32/465200_2.png) [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-approve-a-users-first-post-if-it-has-a-poll/289345/3 "2023-12-27T14:23:20Z")

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> [@nat](#):
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> Can you check what Trust Level the user is, and the site setting value for `poll minimum trust level to create`?

Since it was their first post, 0, and the setting was at 1.

> [@nat](#):
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> approving it will fail due to the site setting.
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> I don’t think this is a bug if that’s the case^.

True, but the error message could probably be changed a bit to be less confusing for staff in this scenario.

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