# Flag Immunity for Pinned or Leader topics?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/flag-immunity-for-pinned-or-leader-topics/41264>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Março 18, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flag-immunity-for-pinned-or-leader-topics/41264 "2016-03-18T13:49:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Post date:** [Março 21, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flag-immunity-for-pinned-or-leader-topics/41264/19 "2016-03-21T11:56:46Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Closing stops votes? That’s weird. Only archiving the topic should stop votes on a poll

> [@zogstrip](#):
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> It’s now fixed 🗳

You might want to highlight this change to users - closing the topic previously was my go to method.  
Archiving is not something we normally do.

## EDIT

Additionally this breaks closing a Poll at a specific time by using the Auto-Close functionality.

It is a common need to be specific about voting periods.

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