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Status field for inet6num objects

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Source facts

Policy ID
unnumbered-inet6num-status-2002
RIR
APNIC
Official status
Unknown
Normalized status
Unknown
Introduced
Unknown
Last source update
Sep 17, 2026
Coverage
Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

3Total participants
3Discussion contributors
UnknownFormal actors
6Discussion messages
2Effective participants
100%Top-five discussion share
1People covering 50%
2People covering 80%

Policy evolution

Debate timeline

  1. Official version

    Official version

    Source facts ↗

Entities

Freshness: Stale
  1. Anne Lord · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages4
    First activityJun 12, 2002
    Last activityJun 20, 2002
    First explicit stancePropose alternative
    Latest explicit stancePropose alternative
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyConsistent
    Other policies9
  2. Paul Wilson
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJun 20, 2002
    Last activityJun 20, 2002
    First explicit stanceOppose
    Latest explicit stanceOppose
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies6
    Freshness: Stale

    Last research attempt: Sep 21, 2026

    Identity verified: Sep 21, 2026

    APNIC · Historical
    News from APNIC Paul Wilson, APNIC
    www.ripe.net

    Verified public profiles

    Discussion messages
    1
    First activity
    Jun 20, 2002
    Last activity
    Jun 20, 2002
    First explicit stance
    Oppose
    Latest explicit stance
    Oppose
    Stance changes
    0
    Viewpoint consistency
    Insufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies
    6

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

    Viewpoint consistency: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency

    The author clearly opposes replacing established allocation terminology without strong justification, while the other supplied policy record is only an announcement and does not establish a personal position.

    Status field for inet6num objects

    Assessment: Consistent · The author opposes replacing established allocation terminology with delegate without a strong reason, citing established usage and implementation cost.

    Conditions: The objection is qualified and concerns the proposed terminology replacement.

    Policies for Transfer of 6bone Address Management Responsibilities to RIR

    Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The announcement of a presentation on behalf of the RIRs does not state the author’s support or opposition to the transfer policy.

    Status field for inet6num objects · Policies for Transfer of 6bone Address Management Responsibilities to RIR

    Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · A clear qualified objection exists for the terminology proposal, but the supplied announcement provides no attributable position for the transfer policy.

    1. Jun 20, 2002 · Oppose

      [sig-policy] RE: [apnic-talk] Status field for inet6num objects

      Unless there is a very good reason to replace the term "allocate" with "delegate" as proposed, we should bear in mind that the cost of making this change would be very substantial, and may well outweigh the benefits.

      Source facts ↗
    Per-policy stance timelines:prop-126 · Unknown · No explicit position statedprop-127 · Unknown · No explicit position statedprop-128 · Unknown · No explicit position statedprop-129 · Unknown · No explicit position statedprop-134 · Unknown · No explicit position statedPolicies for Transfer of 6bone Address Management Responsibilities to RIR · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyStatus field for inet6num objects · Oppose · Consistent

    Total policy messages: 7

  3. Leo Vegoda
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJun 13, 2002
    Last activityJun 13, 2002
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies1

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Coverage

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Earliest captured: Jun 1, 2001
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Freshness

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