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The current version of the wiki is 1.18, which is 12 years old. Are there any plans to upgrade to the latest MediaWiki version (currently 1.39 or 1.40)?

Some of the major features introduced since 1.18 are:

• VisualEditor for WYSIWYG editing
• MobileFrontend for better mobile experience
• MediaViewer for viewing images directly on wiki pages
• Flow (Structured Discussions) for threaded discussions
• Echo for notifications about various events
• Content Translation

Other notable features:

• Page Previews for link previews when hovering over links
• Advanced search capabilities, including search suggestions
• Parsoid: an HTML5 based wiki parser for better handling of complex wiki markup
• New extension registration system for streamlined extension registration

And many others. Isn't it time to consider an upgrade to bring the wiki to the modern age?

The only one who could affect any change of that sort (switching to something completely different has also been suggested before) is chase, the server admin. Everyone else here lacks the rights to do it. And chase basically only appears when there is major technical trouble here, then he fixes it, and then he goes into year-long hibernation or whatever it is that he does. In short, he's the person you need to convince, and he's quite hard to reach. Good luck!