Thread:Talk:Requests for comment/New sites system/Sitelinks/reply

site_identifiers contains the equivalent information to what was interwiki.iw_prefix. si_type="interwiki" for siter-links and si_type="equivalent" for language links. I don't see how that breaks anything.

Also, I suggest not make this change even more complex by messing with the database some more. Generalizing langlinks and iwlinks is nice, but can be done as an optional follow up. This should not block the deployment of the Sites stuff.

The change as proposed does not even replace the interwiki table, Title will still use that. Sites is supplying an alternative/additional mechanism for maintaining information about external sites. It may *eventually* replace interwiki, but that is what is being discussed here.

So, again: what you propose seems a good idea to me, but it's two steps ahead and should in no way be blocking deployment of the change as proposed.