On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Paul Vinkenoog <paul@...> wrote:

> Hi Alexandre,
>
>>>>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/2012-linuxquestions-org-members-choice-awards-104/database-of-the-year-4175441847/
>>>> Only 2 days left before the polls close. Please cast your vote if you haven't done so already.
>
>> I just give up trying to vote...
>>
>> I registered, and it's boring to register to anything... And it keeps
>> saying I am not allowed to vote, it could be that my account is waiting
>> for validation or something.
>>
>> I waited 3 days and nothing changed...
>
> No, it says in the rules that "You must have at least one post to be able to vote."
>
> So, if you post something in, say, the Database of the Year forum (*), you should be able to vote immediately after that.
>
> You can still vote today!
>
>
> Cheers,
> Paul Vinkenoog
>
> (*) http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/2012-linuxquestions-org-members-choice-awards-104/database-of-the-year-4175441847/

I got the same problem: Even though I made one post in the forum
stating that Firebird is great I still cannot vote.

Maybe it doesn't like my weird username -- "]oz[" -- but I could login with it.

I remember not being able to vote in a similar poll on the same site,
probably one year ago.