User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/Fandom is upgrading to a modern version of MediaWiki/@comment-499247-20190620154933

"Untouchable monolith" is the term that really hit home for me in this post. I have experienced this problem in both the private and public sectors throughout my career outside of Fandom, and the response is typically "it's too expensive to upgrade, so let's just patch up a few of the biggest problems, and procrastinate for several more years". I'm really happy that we are now at a place to start rectifying the issue here on Fandom. As long as 7 or 8 years seems since the last mediawiki upgrade, I have unfortunately worked in environments that have delayed large-scale upgrades for over double that length of time. The consequence of these upgrade delays eventually approach the threshold of what I would consider "disastrous". I don't think we're anywhere close to that point with Fandom, but I am glad there is a focused effort to modernize. Getting in front of the issue before it's too late is definitely the way to go! :D