def is_show_uncategorized(self, request):
        """Return the result of the "?show_uncategorized" query string param"""

        show_uncategorized = request.GET.get('show_uncategorized', False)
        if show_uncategorized is True or show_uncategorized == 'true':
            return True
        return False
def _split(self, path):
        if "/" in path:
            subdir, rest = path.split("/", 1)
        else:
            subdir, rest = path, ""
        if not subdir:
            raise error.ProgrammingError("path cannot be absolute")
        return subdir, rest