Before I ever got to the HP section for the initial first step of all this, it was noted in the Site News block. That's where anything like this would've been and was announced. When the site news was updated, I was still working in the left hand menu for this part of the cleanup.
All parties involved in this cleanup, and reprogramming (which is being done OFF site) are well aware of why it is this is being done. I dunno, I think I'd rather have a program that's actually working, than one where the database had a severe crash (again), and any all story data was scrambled. You might want to have a look at the work forums, and see just what exactly we're up against, particularly when it comes to the repair end. Bearing in mind we've only just started the hardest part of all this. Maybe THEN that could inspire some patience and forbearance.
All of what is now ongoing, SHOULD have been done immediately following the subdivide of the database across the different subdomains. That is wasn't, means that there is that much more of a mess to deal with now.