Quoting Steve Edwards killshot91@comcast.net:
Yes, I noticed that, too. I said that because I looked in the handy-dandy Chapter 8 of the 'Pro Drupal Development' book, and there is no $sticky variable listed for any template. The Garland theme doesn't appear to add the variable in template.php, either, so I'm not sure where it's coming from.
Sure seems to me that it should be $node->sticky instead but variables get created variably as well as constantly so finding where in the code $static is created is a bit of a chore unless you just happen to know.
I use the B7 and it uses $sticky in the node.tpl.php file and I know it works because the base.css changes the background color. This tells me that $sticky is a global variable that is available even though the documented variables don't give it as one. This of course isn't advised normally but even the node.tpl.php file of themes/engines/phptemplate contains $sticky so it has been propagated via copy.
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