this forum will grow onto infinity, or how? it seems there is no option to delete old posts?
I hope that the Forum Moderators will do some ‘housekeeping’ as time goes on. Until then, we can always delete our own old posts by clicking on the “show more” (3 grey dots) to reveal the delete icon. 
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A question to you all.
Assuming it is worth re-creating suggestions under the appropriate grouping, will they be read by the MemRise team who will then give us their comments on it, or is it just a Forum to post ideas and ask questions?
As a course Creator, Contributor and “Curator” or “Custodian” (my suggested term for abandoned courses), I posted a lot of suggestions and it would be nice if these ideas could be preserved.
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I agree with you DW7. Where’s all the “old stuff”? I see I’m going to have to spend considerable time hunting around in the new forum to find postings of ‘regulars’ which I always enjoyed reading and sometimes adding my 5 cents worth too!
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many thanks, Alan
Hi Maxine,
This thread that I started, has some interesting comments, including an encouraging statement from OliviaZavala a MemRise staff member that they still have access to our suggestions and will be looking at them.
Maybe I’m missing something - how do I load a load “which represents me” so that it’s an improvement on the letter “M”. I would have thought the Forum would have used my profile pic on Memrise. Thanks!
maxine: copy paste your memrise avatar (at least, this is how i’ve done it. The “H” memrise “planted” for me was looking like the sign for bus stops in Germany…
Thanks Hydroptere - will get back to this tomorrow!
Hey @DW7, I just posted in the Course Creators Corner asking about abandoned courses. What generally happens and how are they deemed to be actually abandoned?
Hi Maxine, go to the top right hand corner (“M”) click then click the cog.
You’ll see you can edit or add a lot (as I have).
Hope it works easily for you.
Hi Sifushano,
Saying the obvious, “abandoned” courses are:
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where the creator is named as “deleted” with a list of numbers or
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where they never reply to posts in their Course Forums (as you have found).
If I find an apparent abandoned course I wish to look after, I first post in the Course Forum and wait an appropriate amount of time (none if no replies for a year).
I then email the team [email protected] and ask for them to contact the creator (if possible) to see if they would be happy to have me as a Contributor. They then action appropriately - ie if no reply they make me a Contributor. Sometimes the Creator then replies to the post and says he’s happy and has made me a contributor.
Finally I add to the course description that I am supporting the course.
Hope that helps.
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It is logical and simple which is always helpful. Thanks for replying. I’ll link it back over to the Course Creator’s Corner. 
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Happy to help.
Good idea to link back and tie useful things together.
Hey @DW7, would you mind emailing me re thrust of yr ‘continuous streak’ issues that you’ve emailed Memrise about so I know I’m on the same page.? Email ddress is now on my profile. Also I’m still having issues with changing my “M” in the forum. Can I blame this on jet-lag (still)? lol
This is a real forum unlike the old one. Private messaging exists. 
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Hi Maxine,
Apologies for ‘butting in’ but you need to go to “preferences” to reset your avatar. Click on the existing “M” in the right hand end of the banner heading to this forum topic, and you should then see buttons for “Bookmarks”, “Messages” and “Preferences”. On the “Preferences” page, you will see a “Profile Picture” option which will probably be showing your current “M”. From the “pencil” button, you should see something like this:
Then choose “custom picture”
Hope this helps! 
Hi Maxine, Sorry my instructions were not clear enough but AlanH has clarified it for you.
Hi @alanh, thanks and you’re not butting in. I must be more remedial than what I sometimes think I am (on a bad day). I went to the top and clicked on the “M” and this is what popped up …
The instructions you gave me seemed very clear so I don’t know what I’m missing.
No need to apologise DW7 - one way or the other I’ll get there. I noticed a moment ago you sent a message asking if mine was private - meanwhile I didn’t even know it was possible to send a private message. Feeling rather embarrassed right now!