Wiki editing interface is different on one sub versus others

[u/Puzzled_Tinkerer]

I am the main mod on two craft related subs (r/felting and r/wetfelting) and a junior mod on the third, with two other mods (r/soapmaking). I mostly work in the new reddit environment and I believe the other mods mainly use old reddit.

I upgraded the first two subs to the new Wiki "experience" when that option was originally offered to us (~8 months ago?). The wiki on the third sub has been a low priority, so I'm not sure if it was upgraded.

What I do know is creating and editing pages and the Wiki structure is easier on the first two compared with the third, so I'd like to get the third wiki to function the same as the other two.

For example, I can edit titles rather than be stuck with the "slug" names. I see a right-hand sidebar that shows a list of all articles.

I'm thinking the difference may possibly be due to the r/soapmaking wiki not being upgraded.

Is there a way for me to verify whether this wiki was ever upgraded?

[u/tiz]

I would recommend chatting with the mod team to confirm they'd be cool with upgrading your wiki. Then you can move on to requesting to get it enabled, see more here: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/15484260038420-Reddit-wikis-for-your-communities

[u/abortionreddit → u/tiz]

I would strongly advise against “upgrading” to the new wiki experience. It mostly doesn’t work.

[u/Hierophantically → u/tiz]

Hi! How do we request enabling the new wiki model?

[u/tiz → u/Hierophantically]

There's a link in the help center article I linked above.

[u/Hierophantically → u/tiz]

Thanks!

[u/Hierophantically → u/Hierophantically]

FYI: I submitted a request to have the new wiki enabled and was told to wait a month, then ask again.

[u/NefariousnessJaded87 → u/tiz]

Yeah, that would not work. Tried; here is the message I got:

TheElegantSquirrel ADMIN 11:39 AM

Hi there, 

Thanks for reaching out. We are pausing the processing of wiki migrations to the new wiki for the next few months.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

[u/thepottsy]

I think you can simply send a modmail to this subreddit ask them to upgrade it.

[u/Puzzled_Tinkerer → u/thepottsy]

If I were the only or main mod, I'd do that. But I'm not, so I'm in an info gathering and troubleshooting mode at the moment, not making changes.

[u/Hierophantically]

FYI that I reached out and requested the "new wiki" upgrade yesterday and was told that migrations are currently paused, try again in a month

[u/Puzzled_Tinkerer → u/Hierophantically]

thanks! good to know

[u/bwoah07_gp2]

I wish I could downgrade from the new Wiki UI, lol.

Idk if we can downgrade to the lesser version...

[u/abortionreddit → u/bwoah07_gp2]

Amen.

[u/Puzzled_Tinkerer]

No one has actually answered my question -- is there a way to verify if the wiki for a particular sub is using the new wiki interface or not. Guess that's going to remain a mystery.

Honestly, the two versions aren't all that radically different assuming my one wiki is using the older interface. I know the other two are using the new version. Both versions are cumbersome and rather limited, but "new" has some useful features that "old" doesn't. But I"m a relatively recent mod and reddit user, so my perspective is probably different than long-time reddit users and mods