To be fair, I'm not really trying to be an index, so much as to suggest that other people can use the index themselves. Obviously I don't have the links to every single thread or article memorized, but I CAN use search tools and Ctrl+F, and I'm trying to suggest that other people could do this too if they chose to. Other forums I visit are a LOT less permissive of duplicate topics/questions, and it's not really a bad habit to pick up.