> Okay, I think I'm seeing the pattern here. 
> Essentially I need to hover over every hyperlink on
> the typical page and make sure it's removed from the
> search... page modes, links to member info,
> stickies/announcements, etc.  Sound about right?> 
> Seems a bit counter-intuitive, though, as I thought
> the +*/showthread* and similar options would limit
> those searches already.

-* +*showthread* rejects everything except allow showthread's

That includes showthread?mode=threaded.  You only want one version of a thread
not all the versions so you reject them:

-* +*showthread* -*mode=* reject everything, allow all showthreads but reject
non-default mode threads