User blog comment:Sannse/Your First Look at the New Wikia/@comment-22418-20100822195431/@comment-1340045-20100822224218

What would a vote do? There's no reason to take a vote. If users don't like the old skin, they can use the new skin. If they don't like the new skin, they can use the old skin.

I don't see why that's not an option from the beginning.