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APNIC · RIR Watchdog

Abolish Waiting list for unmet IPv4 requests

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
prop-129
RIR
APNIC
Official status
Implemented
Normalized status
Accepted
Introduced
Jan 22, 2019
Last source update
Oct 14, 2026
Coverage
Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

10Total participants
9Discussion contributors
1Formal actors
13Discussion messages
6.3Effective participants
69.2%Top-five discussion share
3People covering 50%
7People covering 80%

Policy evolution

Debate timeline

  1. Official version

    v001

    Source facts ↗

  2. Introduced

    Introduced

    Source facts ↗

  3. Public discussion

    Re: [sig-policy] prop-129-v001: Abolish Waiting list for unmet IPv4 requests

    5 Discussion messages · 5 Entities

    Source facts 1 ↗Source facts 2 ↗Source facts 3 ↗Source facts 4 ↗Source facts 5 ↗

  4. Official decision

    accepted

    accepted

    Source facts ↗

Entities

Freshness: Stale
  1. Srinivas Chendi · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages4
    First activityFeb 28, 2019
    Last activityJul 2, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies23
  2. Bertrand Cherrier · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityJan 22, 2019
    Last activityApr 1, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies18
  3. Paul Wilson
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 2, 2019
    Last activityApr 2, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies6
  4. Md. Abdul Awal · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 26, 2019
    Last activityFeb 26, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies5
  5. Satoru Tsurumaki · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 22, 2019
    Last activityFeb 22, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies14
  6. Hiroki Kawabata · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 26, 2019
    Last activityFeb 26, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies8
  7. Ernest Tse · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJan 22, 2019
    Last activityJan 22, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0
  8. Aftab Siddiqui · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJan 24, 2019
    Last activityJan 24, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies3
  9. chku · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 28, 2019
    Last activityFeb 28, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies17
  10. Aftab Siddiqui
    Discussion messages0
    First activityUnknown
    Last activityUnknown
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies10
    Freshness: Stale

    Last research attempt: Sep 21, 2026

    Identity verified: Sep 25, 2026

    · Historical
    Author Aftab Siddiqui Skeeve Stevens
    www.apnic.net
    · Historical
    Author Aftab Siddiqui Skeeve Stevens
    www.apnic.net
    · Historical
    Author Aftab Siddiqui
    www.apnic.net
    · Historical
    Author Simon Sohel Baroi and Aftab Siddiqui
    www.apnic.net
    CAPIF 3 · Historical
    Aftab Siddiqui, Internet Society
    www.ripe.net
    Discussion messages
    0
    First activity
    Unknown
    Last activity
    Unknown
    First explicit stance
    Unknown
    Latest explicit stance
    Unknown
    Stance changes
    0
    Viewpoint consistency
    No explicit position stated
    Other policies
    10

    First explicit stance: Unknown → Latest explicit stance: Unknown · Stance changes: 0

    Viewpoint consistency: No explicit position stated

    1. Aug 13, 2026

      author

      Source facts ↗
    Per-policy stance timelines:prop-113 · Unknown · No explicit position statedprop-114 · Unknown · No explicit position statedprop-125 · Unknown · No explicit position statedprop-127 · Unknown · No explicit position statedprop-129 · Unknown · No explicit position statedprop-132 · Unknown · No explicit position statedprop-137 · Unknown · No explicit position statedprop-138 · Unknown · No explicit position statedprop-141 · Unknown · No explicit position statedprop-154 · Unknown · No explicit position statedprop-155 · Unknown · No explicit position stated

    Total policy messages: 5

Sources and coverage

Official policy sources

Public discussion archives

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Coverage

Partial
Earliest captured: Jun 1, 2001
Latest captured: Oct 14, 2026

Freshness

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh:

Known gaps

  • www.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-sig-policy: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
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  • apnic-academy-talk-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-afg-community-apnic.foundation: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-apac-ict-women-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
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  • apnic-orbit-discuss-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
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