Another method might be to have a master keyword list which essentially acted like the encyclopedia index, and a drop-down button just to the right of the Translate button allowing each post to be indexed to a key word by any reader. This means that somehow any post could gather multiple keywords. But the net effect would be that each post would get indexed if anyone took the trouble to do so.

However I think the overhead would be significant and we would be better off just tagging threads. There is no reason a thread should be limited to one index topic especially the way they wander about sometimes. I like my earlier suggestion of tagged keywords that can be automatically processed. Or, we could have a dropdown box for each thread which anyone could use to add a keyword to the halo of indexing words associated with a given thread.

We already have thread=centered buttons such as "Add to Tracer" and "Translate..." so its doable.

The problem this leaves, though, is how to recover indexabiolity for the vast legions of past threads no-one had the button for in their day.


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