ARIN · RIR Watchdog

2004-1: Defining Utilization of IPv4 Addresses

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: ARIN-2004-1
RIR: ARIN
Official status: Abandoned
Normalized status: Abandoned
Introduced: Mar 17, 2004
Last source update: Sep 24, 2026
Coverage: Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

1Total participants

1Discussion contributors

UnknownFormal actors

3Discussion messages

1Effective participants

100%Top-five discussion share

1People covering 50%

1People covering 80%

BTW Analysis

What changed

No policy change can be established from the supplied verified facts because the policy chronology is empty and no dates, versions, status changes, or implementation records are provided.

What the debate was really about

No verified debate topic can be identified. There are no messages, discussion participants, formal actors, stance timelines, or recorded arguments in the supplied facts.

Decision vs debate

Neither a discussion process nor a decision outcome is established. The supplied facts do not show whether arin/2004-1 was adopted, rejected, deferred, withdrawn, or never decided.

Participation concentration

Participation concentration is not substantively measurable from this dataset. All concentration indicators are zero because the verified counts show zero messages and zero participants; this does not demonstrate either dispersed or concentrated participation.

Chokepoint analysis

No procedural, institutional, or participant chokepoint can be identified because the supplied chronology, actor records, messages, stance timelines, and decision records are empty.

Uncertainties

The zero-valued metrics may mean that no activity was captured, but the supplied facts do not establish whether the underlying policy process had no activity or whether relevant records are missing.
No conclusion about adoption, rejection, consensus, procedural disposition, implementation, or decision legitimacy is supported.
The current versioned Doctrine authority does not establish a complete official position for arin/2004-1.

Policy evolution

Debate timeline

Mar 17, 2004
Introduced
Introduced
Source facts ↗

Entities

Freshness: Stale

Member Services · Identity unresolved
Discussion messages3
First activityMar 17, 2004
Last activityMay 20, 2004
First explicit stanceUnknown
Latest explicit stanceUnknown
Stance changes0
Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
Other policies22

Sources and coverage

Official policy sources

Public discussion archives

arin-ppml
Earliest captured
Sep 1, 1999
Latest captured
Aug 25, 2026
Last refresh
Aug 13, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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31,574
Known gaps
642
www.arin.net
arin-arin-announce
Earliest captured
Aug 4, 2026
Latest captured
Sep 22, 2026
Last refresh
Sep 24, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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2,304
Known gaps
0
arin-arin-consult
Earliest captured
Aug 14, 2026
Latest captured
Sep 15, 2026
Last refresh
Sep 24, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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1,854
Known gaps
0
arin-arin-discuss
Earliest captured
Aug 2, 1999
Latest captured
Aug 21, 2007
Last refresh
Sep 24, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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716
Known gaps
0
arin-arin-issued
Earliest captured
Aug 2, 2026
Latest captured
Sep 23, 2026
Last refresh
Sep 24, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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3,573
Known gaps
0
arin-arin-ppml
Earliest captured
Aug 2, 2026
Latest captured
Sep 22, 2026
Last refresh
Sep 24, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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3,035
Known gaps
0
arin-arin-regrws
Earliest captured
Unknown
Latest captured
Unknown
Last refresh
Unknown
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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0
Known gaps
61
arin-arin-rpki-pilot
Earliest captured
Jul 7, 2009
Latest captured
Jul 7, 2009
Last refresh
Sep 24, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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0
Known gaps
0
arin-arin-suggestions
Earliest captured
Aug 26, 2026
Latest captured
Sep 4, 2026
Last refresh
Sep 24, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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988
Known gaps
0
arin-arin-tech-discuss
Earliest captured
Aug 13, 2026
Latest captured
Sep 14, 2026
Last refresh
Sep 24, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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1,215
Known gaps
0
arin-arin-whoisrws
Earliest captured
Oct 9, 2009
Latest captured
Sep 6, 2010
Last refresh
Sep 22, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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0
Known gaps
11
arin-clew
Earliest captured
May 6, 1999
Latest captured
Nov 7, 2002
Last refresh
Sep 24, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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56
Known gaps
0
arin-dbwg
Earliest captured
Apr 22, 1999
Latest captured
Dec 30, 2004
Last refresh
Sep 24, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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443
Known gaps
0
arin-iana-transition
Earliest captured
Oct 13, 2014
Latest captured
Jun 9, 2016
Last refresh
Sep 24, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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145
Known gaps
0
arin-icp2_review
Earliest captured
Apr 14, 2025
Latest captured
Nov 10, 2025
Last refresh
Sep 21, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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0
Known gaps
46
arin-naipr
Earliest captured
Jan 1, 1997
Latest captured
Nov 3, 1997
Last refresh
Sep 24, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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1,964
Known gaps
0
arin-nrr-blueprint
Earliest captured
Oct 9, 2002
Latest captured
Oct 29, 2002
Last refresh
Sep 21, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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0
Known gaps
1
arin-policy
Earliest captured
Oct 12, 1999
Latest captured
Mar 26, 2003
Last refresh
Sep 24, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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100
Known gaps
0
arin-rtma
Earliest captured
Apr 18, 2000
Latest captured
Dec 28, 2001
Last refresh
Sep 24, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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269
Known gaps
0
arin-services-wg
Earliest captured
Apr 20, 2016
Latest captured
Jan 20, 2018
Last refresh
Sep 22, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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29
Known gaps
6
arin-v6wg
Earliest captured
Nov 8, 2000
Latest captured
Mar 1, 2005
Last refresh
Sep 24, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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145
Known gaps
0
arin-vwp
Earliest captured
Oct 18, 2000
Latest captured
Jul 10, 2001
Last refresh
Sep 24, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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232
Known gaps
0
arin-general-members
Earliest captured
Jun 3, 2022
Latest captured
Jun 25, 2026
Last refresh
Sep 24, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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129
Known gaps
0

Coverage

Partial
Earliest captured: Jan 1, 1997
Latest captured: Sep 24, 2026

Freshness

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh: Sep 24, 2026, 12:27 PM · The latest refresh failed. The last successful result is shown.

Known gaps

www.arin.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
www.arin.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-ppml: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
www.arin.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-arin-announce: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-arin-consult: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-arin-discuss: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-arin-issued: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-arin-ppml: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-arin-regrws: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-arin-rpki-pilot: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-arin-suggestions: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-arin-tech-discuss: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-arin-whoisrws: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-clew: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-dbwg: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-iana-transition: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-icp2_review: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-naipr: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-nrr-blueprint: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-policy: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-rtma: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-services-wg: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-v6wg: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-vwp: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
arin-general-members: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.

BTW Analysis

What changed

What the debate was really about

Decision vs debate

Participation concentration

Chokepoint analysis

Uncertainties

Policy evolution

Debate timeline

Introduced

Entities

Sources and coverage

Official policy sources

Public discussion archives

Coverage

Freshness

Known gaps