Didn't vote because it asks for permission to update my profile info and repository's as well as reading my public data. Can't see why it would need anything but read-access to my github profile.
This page could benefit greatly from any sort of explanation. What should my criteria be?<p>Also consider either changing the "Nominate" form to an actual <form> or adding a keypress event on the button so that I can submit by pressing enter.
When I open the page from here (either foreground or background) it closes immediately. Works fine if opened in new tab.<p>Opera 11.60, no extensions, Windows 7 x64, logged in to github
Github is convenient and all, but for a popularity contest like that couldn't you accept just any email/account url? Or Ohloh committers, which are looked up in a number of forges?