User blog comment:Toughpigs/Wikia's new Forum demo/@comment-4674838-20120726040932

I think it would be a great idea to give all wikis 2+ weeks advanced notice with a public global notification: "Hey, on such and such an exact date, we'll be releasing the new forums, here's what you can do to prepare for the transition: ____________"

Advanced notice would go a long ways towards smoothing out the transition.