Board Thread:New Features/@comment-26522807-20160208225359/@comment-1251315-20160225104440

Why does it matter? Who says some of the new features are things anyone needs here? There are features that Wikipedia has (likely through the newest MW version) that Wikia simply has no reason to implement because Wikia already has its own solution.

Wikia applies its own security fixes, because the software is customised well beyond what MediaWiki was designed for. I honestly don't see them trying to upgrade when they have so many features that are in-house tools, which could take years to make compatible.

Wikia would only upgrade if a feature introduced in a newer version is what they're looking for: 1.19 only happened because of ResourceLoader being introduced, which played into their hands for JS/CSS improvements.

This thread is going nowhere, as it has been explained the software will not be upgraded and that Wikia has no intentions of upgrading at this time. -_-