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Mediawiki engine upgrade

I wonder if there is any possibility of an upgrade of Mediawiki engine on this site to a recent version? I know this might sound quite blunt, but there is at least a couple of reasons behind this:

• A recent version of Mediawiki would allow to install some extensions (the most notable are ParserFunctions and Lua scripting) which would allow:
  • to make helper templates like Coord more flexible
  • to create templates which would bring some more structure into an article source, control its formatting and allow to get rid of repetitive typing (see, for example, Template:Listing at Wikivoyage)

• The currently installed version is not compatible with Mediawiki's tool called Parsoid, which in its turn does not allow to pack the content of this wiki for offline use (Talk:Nautical_Software#Kiwix)

--Vadp 10:26, 9 February 2015 (GMT)

Vadim, this sounds interesting. Presumably it would also resolve the problems we are currently experiencing with the rich editor. A full software upgrade is definitely above my pay grade (if you'll forgive the pun), but maybe Istioploos can direct your suggestion to the right quarter.

GORDON
--Athene of Lymington 14:47, 10 February 2015 (GMT)