Milos Rancic wrote:
Our technology is based on the concept from 1990s, implemented in 2001 and slightly changed up to the moment. The only major technology which catches 2005 (Visual Editor) is in alpha or beta stage, depending on how harsh QA process would be implemented.
Something should be done with that. While I would be much more happy with a social and gaming platform, I think anything towards technology innovation is good, as during the last 15 years our technology innovation was around zero. The most important Sue's impact on Wikimedia is financial stability. I expect that the most important Lila's impact on Wikimedia will be moving it from technologically passive organization to an active one.
I think we should have you use only UseModWiki for a few months and then you can come back and tell us whether we've actually made any improvements to our technology stack since 2001. :-)
In parts, our sites certainly look staid, dated, or even boring, but we have a number of cool new features, with more to come, of course. Briefly putting all of this recent drama and in-fighting aside, the most vital part of the Wikimedia Foundation's responsibilities, keeping the sites running fast, reliably, and securely, is being appropriately handled. The world continues to be able to read and contribute to our shared free content and for that I'm grateful. The rest is commentary, as they say.
MZMcBride