I think generally speaking polls on significant policy decisions should be more widely advertised, presumably through an announcement. In this particular case, the initial question about custom avatars did receive cross-forum advertising (which is why I ended up visiting the Watchtower in the first place) and - as there are several more decisions to be made on the topic and the majority of people want them as quickly as possible - I'd prefer the staff just to make a quick decision on this and then we can move forwards.