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prop-168: Increase to maximum IPv4 delegations

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-168
RIR
APNIC
Official status
For discussion at APNIC 62 OPM
Normalized status
Under discussion
Introduced
Dec 18, 2025
Last source update
Oct 9, 2026
Coverage
Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

3Total participants
3Discussion contributors
1Formal actors
3Discussion messages
3Effective participants
100%Top-five discussion share
2People covering 50%
3People covering 80%

BTW Analysis

BTW Analysis

What changed

The only verified change was the introduction of APNIC prop-168 on 2025-12-18. No subsequent revision, consensus assessment, adoption, rejection, withdrawal, implementation, or effective date is established.

What the debate was really about

No substantive debate can be identified from the supplied evidence. There are no messages, participant stances, proposal provisions, supporting or opposing arguments, or unresolved minority positions from which to determine the underlying policy conflict.

Decision vs debate

The record contains neither a completed decision nor observable discussion. Introduction on 2025-12-18 is not evidence of adoption, rejection, consensus, withdrawal, or implementation. With zero messages, zero discussion participants, zero active days, and no stance data, there is also no measurable discussion outcome.

Participation concentration

The measured record has one formal actor and no discussion participants. Zero message shares, HHI, effective-participant count, and core-participant counts reflect an empty message distribution, not broadly dispersed or unconcentrated participation. The data show formal initiation without measurable public engagement.

Chokepoint analysis

The only observable procedural chokepoint is formal initiation: one formal actor introduced the proposal. No later deliberation, consensus assessment, decision, or implementation record is supplied, so it cannot be determined whether that actor or any institutional stage controlled the proposal's subsequent disposition.

Uncertainties

  • It is uncertain whether no public discussion occurred, discussion occurred outside the measured source, or the collection scope failed to capture it.
  • The identity, role, authority, and preferences of the single formal actor are not supplied.
  • No chronology after introduction, proposal text, amendments, stance records, arguments, consensus determination, or final decision is supplied.
  • The participation interpretation is bound to source revision 5635d873c15de74a18938229339d6f9945aba128a29ed0f7c0b14af86f431d9b and may change with later or differently scoped evidence.
  • The Doctrine package establishes no complete official position on APNIC prop-168 and cannot supply a missing policy judgment or outcome.

Policy evolution

Debate timeline

  1. Introduced

    Introduced

    Source facts ↗

  2. Public discussion

    [sig-policy] Re: Copyright and Acceptable Use Terms for APNIC Directory Services

    2 Discussion messages · 2 Entities

    Source facts ↗

Entities

Freshness: Stale
  1. teddyap · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityAug 17, 2026
    Last activityAug 17, 2026
    First explicit stanceSupport with changes
    Latest explicit stanceSupport with changes
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies0
  2. Bikram Shrestha · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityAug 12, 2026
    Last activityAug 12, 2026
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies5
  3. Christopher Hawker
    Discussion messages1
    First activityAug 11, 2026
    Last activityAug 11, 2026
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies4

Sources and coverage

Official policy sources

Public discussion archives

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  • apnic-apnic-services-apnic.net
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  • apnic-apnic-talk-lists.apnic.net
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  • apnic-orbit-discuss-apnic.net
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  • apnic-sig-cooperation-apnic.net
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  • apnic-sig-nir-lists.apnic.net
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  • apnic-youth4ig-lists.apnic.net
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Coverage

Partial
Earliest captured: Jun 1, 2001
Latest captured: Oct 9, 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.
  • apnic-sig-policy: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • www.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • conference.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • 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.
  • apnic-apix-chair-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-apix-secretary-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-apix-treasurer-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-apnic-alumni-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-apnic-announce-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-apnic-foundation-discuss-apnic.foundation: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-apnic-services-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-apnic-talk-lists.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
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  • apnic-bgp-stats-lists.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-community-elections-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-community-events-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-diversity-in-leadership-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-ianaxfer-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-icp-2review-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-measurement-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-mvnog-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-orbit-discuss-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-pngnog-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-security-discuss-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-sig-cooperation-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-sig-guidelines-review-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-sig-nir-lists.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-sig-routingsecurity-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-user-feedback-group-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-wg-pdr-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-youth4ig-lists.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.