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AFPUB-2017-GEN-001-DRAFT-02

Start here for the proposal-by-proposal record: what changed, why it mattered, who argued for what, how positions evolved, what was decided, and where the evidence still has gaps.

Source facts

Policy ID
AFPUB-2017-GEN-001
RIR
AFRINIC
Official status
Withdrawn
Normalized status
Withdrawn
Introduced
Unknown
Last source update
Oct 1, 2026
Coverage
Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

2Total participants
1Discussion contributors
1Formal actors
1Discussion messages
1Effective participants
100%Top-five discussion share
1People covering 50%
1People covering 80%

BTW Analysis

BTW Analysis

What changed

No policy change can be identified from the supplied verified facts because the policy chronology is empty and no proposal versions, amendments, or outcomes are provided.

What the debate was really about

The subject of any debate cannot be determined. The verified dataset contains no messages, participants, stance timelines, or unresolved or minority arguments from which the substantive dispute could be reconstructed.

Decision vs debate

Neither a formal decision nor an observable discussion is established. The snapshot records zero messages, zero discussion participants, zero formal actors, zero active days, and no first or last discussion timestamp; it also provides no decision record, outcome, threshold, or decision-maker.

Participation concentration

All concentration measures are zero, including top-one, top-five, and top-ten message shares, HHI, effective participant count, and the 50% and 80% core counts. Because message and participant counts are also zero, these values represent an empty observed participation set and must not be interpreted as evidence of broad, balanced, or equally distributed participation.

Chokepoint analysis

No procedural, institutional, or participant chokepoint can be identified from the supplied evidence. Zero formal actors and zero observed participants do not establish where decision power resided; they only show that the verified snapshot contains no observable participation pathway.

Uncertainties

  • It is uncertain whether the zero metrics mean no discussion occurred, the verified source corpus contained no relevant discussion, or relevant material fell outside the extraction scope.
  • The supplied facts do not establish whether the policy was adopted, rejected, withdrawn, abandoned, amended, or left unresolved.
  • No participant positions or changes in position can be inferred because there are no stance timelines, stance participants, or stance transitions.
  • The Doctrine package does not establish a complete official position for this subject and cannot supply missing chronology, debate, or decision facts.
  • The participation findings are limited to the versioned computational snapshot identified by source revision 240d1cc1ca0d2701f5baa9d5f48e6743c181a1c94206abc6e469a8ec1158bc17 and computation timestamp 2026-08-27T14:14:18.480155+00:00.

Policy evolution

Debate timeline

  1. Official version

    DRAFT-02

    Withdrawn · Withdrawn

    Source facts ↗

Entities

Freshness: Stale
  1. Bope Domilongo Christian · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 13, 2017
    Last activityApr 13, 2017
    First explicit stanceOppose
    Latest explicit stanceOppose
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies7
  2. Andrew Alston – Liquid Telecommunications - Ben Roberts – Liquid Telecommunications - Fiona Asonga – TESPOK – · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages0
    First activityUnknown
    Last activityUnknown
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0

Sources and coverage

Official policy sources

Public discussion archives

  • afrinic-rpd
    Earliest captured
    Aug 4, 2004
    Latest captured
    Aug 25, 2026
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    Oct 11, 2026
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    Known gaps
    0
  • www.afrinic.net
  • afrinic-africann
    Earliest captured
    Aug 3, 2026
    Latest captured
    Oct 2, 2026
    Last refresh
    Oct 11, 2026
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    Source coverage is incomplete.
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    2,548
    Known gaps
    0
  • afrinic-afripv6-discuss
    Earliest captured
    Aug 17, 2015
    Latest captured
    Sep 18, 2026
    Last refresh
    Oct 11, 2026
    Coverage
    Source coverage is incomplete.
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    2,538
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    0
  • afrinic-announce
    Earliest captured
    Aug 18, 2015
    Latest captured
    Sep 18, 2026
    Last refresh
    Oct 11, 2026
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    Source coverage is incomplete.
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    2,497
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    0
  • afrinic-community-discuss
    Earliest captured
    Sep 11, 2015
    Latest captured
    Dec 29, 2019
    Last refresh
    Oct 11, 2026
    Coverage
    Source coverage is incomplete.
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    3,127
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  • afrinic-dbwg
    Earliest captured
    Aug 4, 2026
    Latest captured
    Oct 6, 2026
    Last refresh
    Oct 11, 2026
    Coverage
    Source coverage is incomplete.
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    898
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    0
  • afrinic-dnssec-ops
    Earliest captured
    Aug 18, 2015
    Latest captured
    Dec 1, 2016
    Last refresh
    Oct 11, 2026
    Coverage
    Source coverage is incomplete.
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    307
    Known gaps
    0
  • afrinic-icp2-review
    Earliest captured
    Apr 10, 2025
    Latest captured
    Nov 10, 2025
    Last refresh
    Oct 11, 2026
    Coverage
    Source coverage is incomplete.
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    0
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  • afrinic-measurement-wg
    Earliest captured
    Feb 1, 2018
    Latest captured
    Nov 22, 2024
    Last refresh
    Oct 11, 2026
    Coverage
    Source coverage is incomplete.
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    138
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  • afrinic-mira
    Earliest captured
    Nov 17, 2020
    Latest captured
    Nov 22, 2024
    Last refresh
    Oct 11, 2026
    Coverage
    Source coverage is incomplete.
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    0
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  • afrinic-ois-wg
    Earliest captured
    Sep 9, 2021
    Latest captured
    Nov 22, 2024
    Last refresh
    Oct 11, 2026
    Coverage
    Source coverage is incomplete.
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    0
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  • afrinic-rpki-discuss
    Earliest captured
    Jan 15, 2016
    Latest captured
    Apr 23, 2026
    Last refresh
    Oct 11, 2026
    Coverage
    Source coverage is incomplete.
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    Known gaps
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Coverage

Partial
Earliest captured: Aug 4, 2004
Latest captured: Oct 11, 2026

Freshness

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh:

Known gaps

  • www.afrinic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • www.afrinic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-rpd: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • www.afrinic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-africann: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-afripv6-discuss: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-announce: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-community-discuss: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-dbwg: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-dnssec-ops: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-measurement-wg: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-rpki-discuss: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.