User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/Fandom is upgrading to a modern version of MediaWiki/@comment-36009152-20190708161519

Appreciate if it’s been asked a lot or if an answer cannot be confirmed but regarding the length of time is this upgrade going to happen over years? The change from Wikia to Fandom was announced in 2015 and completed this year so could it be even longer with this MediaWiki upgrade? What is different is with this question; presume the badge achievements system won’t be carried over to the new platform. So if the badges are being left behind will the ones already attained still appear? Also depending on how long it takes, may limit the amount of contribute daily badges that can be gained.

For a second question, what exactly will be better with the new MediaWiki? It does indeed sound really good and no doubt it is, just not sure specifically how. That, and with the unspecified time frame until it arrives, what happens if it is the most incredibly amazing thing imaginable, but I’ve died from old age?

Whatever am I to do then?