User blog comment:Rappy 4187/Technical Update: October 7, 2014/@comment-1824272-20141012173411/@comment-14310002-20141012183131

Yeah, Special:Promote will be disabled. They are working on a new system to replace S:P, but no word on it yet. As for the 999 bug, it has been fixed! If you need to report another bug or have any questions regarding Special:Promote, you can contact Wikia on Special:Contact