As quack quixote mentioned in the comments to your question, "poll" questions are discouraged from the trilogy sites because there is no solid "correct" answer, people just vote for the ones they like the most. Unfortunately for you, you picked a topic that was less favourable to the community browsing the site at the time you posted it, hence the quick close and down votes.
FYI, If you look at the revisions for the Windows Vista questionrevisions for the Windows Vista question, you'll see that it was "locked" and "unlocked" several times over.