E2 [The Power Structure of Everything2|@dmins] can cool an entire node, which places it on the [Page of Cool]. Sometimes in the ebb and flow of the [nodegel], nodes that were once Cool become unCool. Or perhaps they are so Cool that they deserve a new posting to the top of the Page of Cool.

@dmins have the ability to "uncool" a node which removes it from [Page of Cool]. Sometime in the recent past a well-meaning E2 coder added that classic bane of [usability] [maven]s everywhere, the "Are you sure?" dialog. (In this case it says "is it really uncool?") -- maybe because some admin clicked it by mistake whilst meaning to [E2 FAQ: Bookmarks / Personal Nodelet|bookmark]. Regardless, in so doing they [fubar]'d the uncool operation. I have repaired same, and once again the uncool may rise from their mouldering graves to [Shaun of the Dead|seek the brains of the living]. Or something.

Note that a [glitch] remains as of press time ... cooling a node that had been previously uncooled spews a [Perl] trace into the Epicenter. This seems harmless, and the cool operation does succeed. I will debug this later. I am not worried as I am pretty darn sure it's not anything I did wrong. :)

Update: Ha-ha. As a side effect, I disabled the code that showed non-admins who had cooled a node. It looked like a dead databse query, I swear. I love this code base, it's always a challenge. It's fixed up now, and I'll comment the bloody thing so the next coder doesn't make the same mistake.

Please /msg me if any [untoward] cool/uncool behaviours manifest themselves.
Cheers.

Since I'm rootlogging anyway, the "username_root" category nodes that some have asked about are part of bookmark changes that [Kurt] has been importing, as part of an ongoing research project.

Since my understanding is that the hosting of E2's servers at U of Michigan is directly related to Kurt's influence there, I suppose Kurt should be welcome to make all the wacky nodes that he wants to. :)

The illustrious [N-Wing] moved some things from [User Settings] to [Nodelet Settings], because the first one was getting a bit bloated.

I (Brawl) then tweaked Epicenter's 'Preferences' line to link to both [User Settings] and [Nodelet settings], since I change the former more often than the latter. As suggested by the esteemed [Fruan], added a parameter to suppress the '&lastnode_id=nnnn' part of the link, which is apparently part of the softlink-maker-magic.

Please /msg me if any unpleasant Epicenter behaviours manifest themselves.
Cheers.

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