The Page of Cool lists nodes picked by gods and editors as the best of Everything2. Some of the nodes are informational, some are funny, and some are time-topical.

The Page is a child of the front page on Everything1, when only editors could cool. The Page of Cool here on e2 was created in December 1999. Both gods and Content Editors can Cool a Node, as many as they would like. In general, gods mostly cool News For Noders and funny, E2-related nodes, while editors (and gods with more editorial duties) often cool factual and timely nodes with an excellent writing voice by the noders.

When the Experience Point system and C!hings appeared, the importance of the Page of Cool dwindled a bit. It was difficult to search for nodes cooled by Editors and Gods on the present page (which only lists 50 nodes at a time). Instead, Cool nodes with excellent writeups were left to be discovered randomly, or when a similar subject turned up. Fortunately, in the past year, features have been appearing to bring more attention to great nodes. A note in the epicenter now indicates if a Node has been Cooled, and we now have a nodelet called Read This that shows both recently Chinged and Cooled writeups and nodes. Cool Man Eddie now notifies all users whose writeups appear in a node that becomes cooled. As of August, 2002, you can look up what a member of the Administration has Cooled from either their home node, or the superdoc Everything Endorsements.

Other nodes about the Page of Cool

• from jet-poop's The Everything Editor's Job
  

  Only editors can designate Cool Nodes, which are the creme de la creme of coolness. Editors can pick as many Cool Nodes as they want--20 a day, one a week, all that matters is that they be, in the editor's opinion, even cooler than the typical Ching!ed writeup.

  
  
• from dem bones' The Power Structure of Everything2
  

  "Cooling" a node simply places that node onto the Page of Cool. It does not award any particular user with xp or change the reputation of any of the writeups within the node. The nodes featured on Page of Cool are meant to stand as examples of superior nodes; nodes with writeups that are informative, humorous or just plain outstanding. Page of Cool is checked by hundreds of users daily and the resulting attention usually means many + votes--which an editor believed the writeups deserved.
  Note: A "Cool" is not the same as a C!. Editors earn and spend their C!'s like the rest of the user-base. A "Cool" simply puts the title of the node on the Page of Cool.

• The Perfect Node
  
• the truth behind the Page of Cool
  
• How are cool nodes decided? removed!
  
• On Being Elected to the Page of Cool removed!
  
• Node for the Ages
  
  
• Pages of Cool for April 2001
  
• Pages of Cool for May 2001
  
• Pages of Cool for June 2001
  
• Pages of Cool for July 2001
  
  
• Everything2 in the Pages of Cool

Statistics and lists of nodes that have appeared on the Page of Cool

The following categories have been painstakingly gathered from the Page of Cool to represent another picture of Everything2. Even more information will be gathered and added here and in more accomodating nodes, as well as being updated monthly now and then.

number of nodes Cooled by 9 December, 2008