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The same system currently works everywhere, and I chose to put stickies above the forums as on the home page that is how one could do site-wide notifications.
But I guess that doesn't make sense for subforums (and every forum you see is in fact a subforum).
So I think it should probably be this:
On the homepage, stickies above forums, and a clear black line or space between them. If there are non-stickied items, they go below the forums with a black line or space between them.
Within any subforum, the forums at the top and a clear space or black line before the content... the stickies would then be at the top of the content.
The latter is similar to what vBulletin does, except the former is better for the home page.
I think they may also be being displayed below stickied threads? E.g., here ...
https://www.lfgss.com/microcosms/523/
... the stickied threads appear above the sub-forums.
Should stickied threads be shown below forums?