I have just received a gentle request from Microchip (via username XGenerator) to remove the link to PICFORUM from my signature on their board.
I assume they will also contact everyone else who has the link.
I have complied, but also requested that they set up some communication between the board manager and the "old-hand" contributors there to sort out the problems.
He said there is a new forum administrator, who will be back from leave in two days.
There will also be new administrators for each forum there, who WILL be contactable by members.
Let's see how this works out...