Your initial frontpaging had even been recorded in the database, but for some reason it did not stick or frontpage that node.

That row prevented further frontpaging attempts from taking place.

I've deleted all the approval nodes from the database and was able to then approve and frontpage that node.

Race condition?

Cheers Rolf
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++ Thanks for investigating; reporting the problem; and resolving the issue.

— Ken

edit history says it was moved to mediations and back.

I think this somehow broke the mechanism, we had similar issues with such dependencies in the past.

No, it was broken before that. This was to test if front paging would work if the node was re-sectioned (it still didn't work).

So, the editing wasn't the issue: Corion has identified the root cause; and, as Arunbear indicates, the editing occurred later.

I was aware that moving pages between sections had, in the past, caused problems with both approval and front-paging operations — given the node was by a first-time poster, using the wrong section was certainly a possibility — however, I didn't know how to check this. There was no indication in the thread that anyone had done this; I also checked "Nodes to Consider" to see if a "move to section ..." was perhaps in progress (it wasn't).

Anyway, thanks to your "edit history" link, I find I can just add ";displaytype=edithistory" to the query string to get this information. This will be useful, not just in similar situations to this one, but also when considering empty nodes: Edit (to restore content) or Reap (it's genuinely empty). With that in mind, is this functionality available from, say, some Nodelet, or do I need to manually edit the URL?

— Ken

I wouldn't say the root cause is found.

Regarding "node history" check the "approval nodelet".

But better don't be too optimistic, imho it doesn't show much more than changes triggered from the approval nodelet.

Cheers Rolf
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I wonder why such an experienced monk would move such an obvious SoPW to Meditations, and then back again; all within the same minute.

For the side effects perhaps?

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