Ah – Steve should have added that an update to the forum permalink would be required after changing the slug. Still – deleting all of your forums seems somewhat drastic.

Still – deleting all of your forums seems somewhat drastic.

drastic indeed. But if it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work.  

and started over?  or gave up?

and started over?  or gave up?

I started over with the same results.  At this point, I’m raising the white flag.