diff --git a/share/admin/search.py b/share/admin/search.py
index 95614a0fc..8894346dd 100644
--- a/share/admin/search.py
+++ b/share/admin/search.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def search_indexes_view(request):
     if request.method == 'POST':
         _index_strategy = parse_strategy_name(request.POST['strategy_name'])
         _pls_doer = PLS_DOERS[request.POST['pls_do']]
-        _pls_doer(_index_strategy)
+        _pls_doer(_index_strategy, request.POST)
         _redirect_id = _index_strategy.strategy_name
         return HttpResponseRedirect('#'.join((request.path, _redirect_id)))
 
@@ -104,35 +104,35 @@ def _serialize_backfill(
     }
 
 
-def _pls_setup(index_strategy: IndexStrategy):
+def _pls_setup(index_strategy: IndexStrategy, request_kwargs):
     assert index_strategy.is_current
     index_strategy.pls_setup()
 
 
-def _pls_start_keeping_live(index_strategy: IndexStrategy):
+def _pls_start_keeping_live(index_strategy: IndexStrategy, request_kwargs):
     index_strategy.pls_start_keeping_live()
 
 
-def _pls_stop_keeping_live(index_strategy: IndexStrategy):
+def _pls_stop_keeping_live(index_strategy: IndexStrategy, request_kwargs):
     index_strategy.pls_stop_keeping_live()
 
 
-def _pls_start_backfill(index_strategy: IndexStrategy):
+def _pls_start_backfill(index_strategy: IndexStrategy, request_kwargs):
     assert index_strategy.is_current
     index_strategy.pls_start_backfill()
 
 
-def _pls_mark_backfill_complete(index_strategy: IndexStrategy):
+def _pls_mark_backfill_complete(index_strategy: IndexStrategy, request_kwargs):
     index_strategy.pls_mark_backfill_complete()
 
 
-def _pls_make_default_for_searching(index_strategy: IndexStrategy):
+def _pls_make_default_for_searching(index_strategy: IndexStrategy, request_kwargs):
     index_strategy.pls_make_default_for_searching()
 
 
-def _pls_delete(index_strategy: IndexStrategy):
-    assert not index_strategy.is_current
-    index_strategy.pls_teardown()
+def _pls_delete(index_strategy: IndexStrategy, request_kwargs):
+    if request_kwargs.get('really') == 'really really':
+        index_strategy.pls_teardown()
 
 
 PLS_DOERS = {
diff --git a/share/search/index_strategy/_trovesearch_util.py b/share/search/index_strategy/_trovesearch_util.py
index b106cf3f8..e38872712 100644
--- a/share/search/index_strategy/_trovesearch_util.py
+++ b/share/search/index_strategy/_trovesearch_util.py
@@ -19,16 +19,12 @@
 )
 from trove.util.iris import get_sufficiently_unique_iri, is_worthwhile_iri
 from trove.vocab.namespaces import (
-    DCTERMS,
     OWL,
     RDF,
     TROVE,
     XSD,
 )
-from trove.vocab.osfmap import (
-    is_date_property,
-    SKIPPABLE_PROPERTIES,
-)
+from trove.vocab import osfmap
 
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -45,7 +41,6 @@
     'type': 'text',
     'index_options': 'offsets',  # for highlighting
 }
-TEXT_PATH_DEPTH_MAX = 1
 
 
 ###
@@ -88,15 +83,6 @@ def iris_synonyms(iris: typing.Iterable[str], rdfdoc: rdf.RdfGraph) -> set[str]:
     }
 
 
-def should_skip_path(path: Propertypath) -> bool:
-    _last = path[-1]
-    if _last in SKIPPABLE_PROPERTIES:
-        return True
-    if len(path) > 1 and _last == DCTERMS.identifier:
-        return True
-    return False
-
-
 def propertypath_as_keyword(path: Propertypath) -> str:
     assert not is_globpath(path)
     return json.dumps(path)
@@ -124,6 +110,18 @@ def _dict_of_sets():
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass
 class GraphWalk:
+    '''GraphWalk: a recorded traversal of an RDF graph from a focus resource
+
+    (note: traversal performed greedily in `__post_init__`, filling values and paths fields
+    -- don't instantiate early or keep it around longer than needed)
+
+    auto-filled fields:
+    - `paths_walked` contains all (unique, acyclic) predicate-paths followed from the focus
+    - `iri_values` contains all IRIs encountered as objects along those paths
+    - `text_values`, `date_values`, and `integer_values` contain literal values encountered
+      "close to" the focus (meaning no IRI-identified resources along the path), with special
+      exception to include more distant paths from osfmap.EXTRA_INDEXED_LITERAL_PATHS
+    '''
     rdfdoc: rdf.RdfGraph
     focus_iri: str
     already_visiting: set[str] = dataclasses.field(default_factory=set)
@@ -144,19 +142,10 @@ class GraphWalk:
     def __post_init__(self):
         for _walk_path, _walk_obj in self._walk_from_subject(self.focus_iri):
             self.paths_walked.add(_walk_path)
-            if isinstance(_walk_obj, str):
-                self.iri_values[_walk_path].add(_walk_obj)
-            elif isinstance(_walk_obj, datetime.date):
+            if isinstance(_walk_obj, datetime.date):
                 self.date_values[_walk_path].add(_walk_obj)
-            elif isinstance(_walk_obj, int):
-                self.integer_values[_walk_path].add(_walk_obj)
-            elif isinstance(_walk_obj, rdf.Literal):
-                if XSD.integer in _walk_obj.datatype_iris:
-                    self.integer_values[_walk_path].add(int(_walk_obj.unicode_value))
-                if {RDF.string, RDF.langString}.intersection(_walk_obj.datatype_iris):
-                    self.text_values[_walk_path].add(_walk_obj)
-            # try for date in a date property, regardless of the above
-            if is_date_property(_walk_path[-1]) and isinstance(_walk_obj, (str, rdf.Literal)):
+            elif osfmap.is_date_property(_walk_path[-1]):  # note: osfmap-specific
+                # index date properties only as dates
                 _date_str = (
                     _walk_obj.unicode_value
                     if isinstance(_walk_obj, rdf.Literal)
@@ -168,20 +157,55 @@ def __post_init__(self):
                     _logger.debug('skipping malformatted date "%s"', _date_str)
                 else:
                     self.date_values[_walk_path].add(_parsed_date)
+            elif isinstance(_walk_obj, str):
+                self.iri_values[_walk_path].add(_walk_obj)
+            elif isinstance(_walk_obj, int):
+                self.integer_values[_walk_path].add(_walk_obj)
+            elif isinstance(_walk_obj, rdf.Literal):
+                if XSD.integer in _walk_obj.datatype_iris:
+                    self.integer_values[_walk_path].add(int(_walk_obj.unicode_value))
+                if {RDF.string, RDF.langString}.intersection(_walk_obj.datatype_iris):
+                    self.text_values[_walk_path].add(_walk_obj)
 
     def shortwalk_from(self, from_iri: str) -> GraphWalk:
         return GraphWalk(
             self.rdfdoc,
             from_iri,
-            already_visiting={self.focus_iri},
+            already_visiting={*self.already_visiting, self.focus_iri},
         )
 
+    def _should_keep_literal(
+        self,
+        path: Propertypath,
+        obj: rdf.Literal,
+        *,
+        close_to_focus: bool = True,
+    ) -> bool:
+        assert path
+        if path in osfmap.EXTRA_INDEXED_LITERAL_PATHS:  # note: osfmap-specific
+            return True
+        return (
+            close_to_focus
+            and path[-1] not in osfmap.SKIPPABLE_PROPERTIES  # note: osfmap-specific
+        )
+
+    def _should_keep_related_resource(
+        self,
+        path: Propertypath,
+        obj: rdf.RdfObject,
+    ) -> bool:
+        assert path
+        return (path[-1] not in osfmap.SKIPPABLE_PROPERTIES)  # note: osfmap-specific
+
     def _walk_from_subject(
         self,
         iri: str,
         path_so_far: tuple[str, ...] = (),
     ) -> typing.Iterator[tuple[Propertypath, rdf.RdfObject]]:
         '''walk the graph from the given subject, yielding (pathkey, obj) for every reachable object
+
+        if `path_so_far` is non-empty then only IRIs will be yielded, not literal values
+        (recommend value-search to find the IRIs you need)
         '''
         if iri in self.already_visiting:
             return
@@ -189,17 +213,20 @@ def _walk_from_subject(
             _twoples = self.rdfdoc.tripledict.get(iri, {})
             for _next_steps, _obj in walk_twoples(_twoples):
                 _path = (*path_so_far, *_next_steps)
-                if not should_skip_path(_path):
-                    yield (_path, _obj)
-                    if isinstance(_obj, str):  # step further for iri
+                if isinstance(_obj, str):  # IRI
+                    if self._should_keep_related_resource(_path, _obj):
+                        yield (_path, _obj)
                         yield from self._walk_from_subject(_obj, path_so_far=_path)
+                elif self._should_keep_literal(_path, _obj, close_to_focus=(not path_so_far)):
+                    yield (_path, _obj)
 
     @functools.cached_property
-    def paths_by_iri(self) -> defaultdict[str, set[Propertypath]]:
+    def paths_by_iri(self) -> dict[str, set[Propertypath]]:
         _paths_by_iri: defaultdict[str, set[Propertypath]] = defaultdict(set)
         for _path, _iris in self.iri_values.items():
             for _iri in _iris:
                 _paths_by_iri[_iri].add(_path)
+        _paths_by_iri.default_factory = None  # now behave as a normal dictionary
         return _paths_by_iri
 
     @contextlib.contextmanager
diff --git a/share/search/index_strategy/trovesearch_denorm.py b/share/search/index_strategy/trovesearch_denorm.py
index 9257cd3fd..2a40d1211 100644
--- a/share/search/index_strategy/trovesearch_denorm.py
+++ b/share/search/index_strategy/trovesearch_denorm.py
@@ -455,9 +455,7 @@ def _texts_at_properties(self, walk: ts.GraphWalk, properties: Iterable[str]):
         def _texts_by_depth(self, walk: ts.GraphWalk):
             _by_depth: dict[int, set[str]] = defaultdict(set)
             for _path, _text_set in walk.text_values.items():
-                _depth = len(_path)
-                if _depth <= ts.TEXT_PATH_DEPTH_MAX:
-                    _by_depth[_depth].update(_text.unicode_value for _text in _text_set)
+                _by_depth[len(_path)].update(_text.unicode_value for _text in _text_set)
             return {
                 _depth_field_name(_depth): list(_value_set)
                 for _depth, _value_set in _by_depth.items()
diff --git a/templates/admin/search-indexes.html b/templates/admin/search-indexes.html
index 40e1a7347..9f2e6bb30 100644
--- a/templates/admin/search-indexes.html
+++ b/templates/admin/search-indexes.html
@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ <h3>current: {{ strategy_info.status.strategy_id }}</h3>
             {% trans "backfill" %}:{{ strategy_info.backfill.backfill_status }}
         </a></p>
         {% endif %}
+        {% if strategy_info.status.is_set_up %}
+        <form method="post">
+          {% csrf_token %}
+          <input type="hidden" name="strategy_name" value="{{index_strategy_name}}" />
+          <input type="hidden" name="pls_do" value="delete" />
+          <input type="submit" value="{% trans "delete" %}" />
+          <label>{% trans "really? (you have to type 'really really')" %}<input type="text" name="really"/></label>
+        </form>
+        {% endif %}
       </nav>
       <table>
         <tr>
@@ -139,8 +148,8 @@ <h3>prior: {{ prior_strategy_status.strategy_id }}</h3>
             {% csrf_token %}
             <input type="hidden" name="strategy_name" value="{{prior_strategy_status.strategy_id}}" />
             <input type="hidden" name="pls_do" value="delete" />
-            <!-- TODO: confirm destructive action -->
             <input type="submit" value="{% trans "delete" %}" />
+            <label>{% trans "really? (you have to type 'really really')" %}<input type="text" name="really"/></label>
           </form>
           {% endif %}
         </nav>
diff --git a/trove/vocab/osfmap.py b/trove/vocab/osfmap.py
index 419b595ce..4f9112127 100644
--- a/trove/vocab/osfmap.py
+++ b/trove/vocab/osfmap.py
@@ -926,6 +926,9 @@ def osfmap_shorthand() -> IriShorthand:
 LABEL_PROPERTIES = (RDFS.label, SKOS.prefLabel, SKOS.altLabel)
 NAMELIKE_PROPERTIES = (*TITLE_PROPERTIES, *NAME_PROPERTIES, *LABEL_PROPERTIES)
 SKIPPABLE_PROPERTIES = (OSFMAP.contains, OWL.sameAs)
+EXTRA_INDEXED_LITERAL_PATHS = frozenset((
+    (DCTERMS.creator, FOAF.name),
+))
 
 DEFAULT_TABULAR_SEARCH_COLUMN_PATHS: tuple[tuple[str, ...], ...] = (
     (OWL.sameAs,),  # includes DOI