Fellow Guardians, the indexing effort is well under way. The first 25 pages of posts are complete and the index itself begins in the following post.
A huge thank you to the intrepid
Jack Black
for being the first volunteer to aid in the effort. In addition to indexing several pages of posts, he's also test-driven the instructions for volunteers and provided valuable insight into the index sections and their arrangement.
We still have 146+ pages to go and I am looking for more volunteers to help. What indexing involves is reading through one or more pages of the thread and using a shorthand I've developed to take notes about which posts should be included in the index and under which sections they should be included. I've found this to be a fun way to revisit old posts. There are some real gems in here!
If you are interested in helping, please contact me by PM (or let me know your email address via VM) and I'll send you detailed instructions. There's no commitment required: you can help with as few or as many pages as you'd like.
Thanks and I hope you find the index useful.