Ok so i was just looking at mmo-champ and i came across a blue post that said:
so i went to the forums and i was able to logon and make a post although I'm banned from it, I'm not sure if this is working as intended but i wouldn't count on it.This Wednesday, November 17 these forums will be put into a read-only state. At that time we'll be inviting all posters to fully migrate to the new World of Warcraft community site and forums.
Edit: here is the link to the new wow forums Forums - World of Warcraft