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Hello there, wonderful wikiHowians! Just a further update to keep everyone in the loop on upgrade happenings: After a lot of long days and late nights by our engineers, the MediaWiki upgrade is this-close to being ready to roll. So, here is your warning shot! And personally, I’m excited - it looks like there will be some subtle but useful changes to features around the site. I vote that, once the upgrade is out, we all share the new tweaks that we find - scavenger hunt, anyone?:slight_smile:From the Haus to you, I do want to give everyone a heads-up about two things. The first is that most features are “tweaks” - not overhauls; this isn’t like the redesign, where lots of big tools or colorful changes will be up front and in your face. There will be some function/feature changes, accompanied by minor changes in appearance, but many of these will only be noticeable to Admins, wikiGnomes, etc. For many contributors, not a lot of things will change right away. But the neat part of getting the upgrade at all is that we’ll be able to build more useful tools and features in future! Second heads-up is that - like any update - there will be bugs! Krystle, Jack, all of the engineers, and I have been working to spot existing bugs on the test version of the upgrade, and the engineers are focusing hard on fixing the bugs we’ve all found up until now. However, there will be more, and some tools may behave unexpectedly once we go “live.” That’s an unavoidable side effect of any upgrade. Just like with the redesign, we’ll be asking for your help in filing any bugs that you come across! Please do be a part of helping us find and fix them - I love a good bug hunt! We’re hoping that the redesign will be ready to roll in the next week or two - exciting times! When it does launch, Krystle or I will give you the heads-up right here – and provide the bug reporting form. So watch this space, folks!:slight_smile:

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Awesome!:slight_smile:Thanks for the update, Anna!

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I’m also excited by the upgrade, but definitely want to set expectations low. There will be plenty of bugs and unexpected problems! You can’t upgrade 4 years of software and not encounter unexpected changes. The fine folks at Wikipedia who wrote this code have made lots of changes in the past 4 years and some changes will create problems for us. The good news is that once we switch over we will be on more secure, more robust code that will give us a lot more capabilities for improvements in the future. It’s an upgrade we need to do. Adjusting to the changes and fixing bugs may be a bit painful though!

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Wonderful! Thanks for keeping us posted, Anna and Jack:slight_smile:

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Thanks Anna!

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This is awesome! I’m excited. I’ll try to sit tight and enjoy the show. I will definitely test things and see if there are any bugs. Thanks for the update, @Anna !

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Bug hunt ooh ha ha bug hunt ooh ha ha

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I am looking forward to the BIG(or small) change!:wink:

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Sounds great! I’m looking forward to the update.