ARIN · RIR Watchdog

ARIN-2011-6: Returned 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-2011-6
RIR: ARIN
Official status: Unknown
Normalized status: Unknown
Introduced: Unknown
Last source update: Oct 2, 2026
Coverage: Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

UnknownTotal participants

UnknownDiscussion contributors

UnknownFormal actors

UnknownDiscussion messages

UnknownEffective participants

UnknownTop-five discussion share

UnknownPeople covering 50%

UnknownPeople covering 80%

BTW Analysis

What changed

No policy change can be established from the supplied verified facts. The policy chronology is empty, and no proposal versions, milestones, adoption, rejection, revision, abandonment, implementation, or effective date are identified.

What the debate was really about

The subject and substance of any debate are indeterminate. The supplied record contains no messages, participants, stance timelines, arguments, policy text, or description of the policy problem and proposed mechanism.

Decision vs debate

Neither a formal decision nor an observable discussion is documented in the supplied facts. Zero messages, zero discussion participants, zero formal actors, and zero active days support only a finding of no observed activity in this dataset; they do not establish that no real-world proceeding occurred or identify an outcome.

Participation concentration

Participation concentration cannot be characterized as broad, narrow, balanced, or captured. The top-one, top-five, and top-ten message shares, HHI, effective participant count, and 50-percent and 80-percent core counts are all zero because the record also contains zero messages and zero participants. These values are therefore non-informative about the distribution of influence.

Chokepoint analysis

No agenda-setting, deliberative, procedural, or decision chokepoint can be identified. The record contains no observed actors, messages, policy milestones, stance transitions, or formal decision records from which control, leverage, or a transfer of power could be inferred.

Uncertainties

It is uncertain whether the zero-activity record reflects complete coverage with no captured activity or an incomplete, mismatched, or narrowly scoped dataset.
The source revision and computation timestamp identify the metrics snapshot but do not establish completeness or substantive accuracy.
The supplied facts do not identify the policy's original problem, proposed mechanism, amendments, final language, or decision outcome.
No participant identities, affiliations, arguments, stances, or stance changes are available.
The Doctrine package states that it does not establish a complete official position for this subject, so no official interpretation of ARIN-2011-6 can be inferred from it.

Policy evolution

Debate timeline

Entities

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh: Oct 6, 2026, 4:54 AM · The latest refresh failed. The last successful result is shown.

Source coverage is incomplete.

Sources and coverage

Official policy sources

Public discussion archives

arin-ppml
Earliest captured
Sep 1, 1999
Latest captured
Sep 19, 2026
Last refresh
Oct 2, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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32,779
Known gaps
0
www.arin.net
arin-arin-announce
Earliest captured
Aug 4, 2026
Latest captured
Sep 28, 2026
Last refresh
Oct 2, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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2,857
Known gaps
0
arin-arin-consult
Earliest captured
Aug 14, 2026
Latest captured
Sep 15, 2026
Last refresh
Oct 2, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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2,525
Known gaps
0
arin-arin-discuss
Earliest captured
Aug 2, 1999
Latest captured
Aug 21, 2007
Last refresh
Oct 2, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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716
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0
arin-arin-issued
Earliest captured
Aug 2, 2026
Latest captured
Oct 2, 2026
Last refresh
Oct 2, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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5,284
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0
arin-arin-ppml
Earliest captured
Aug 2, 2026
Latest captured
Sep 25, 2026
Last refresh
Oct 2, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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4,440
Known gaps
0
arin-arin-regrws
Earliest captured
Unknown
Latest captured
Unknown
Last refresh
Oct 2, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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0
Known gaps
1
arin-arin-rpki-pilot
Earliest captured
Jul 7, 2009
Latest captured
Jul 7, 2009
Last refresh
Oct 2, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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0
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0
arin-arin-suggestions
Earliest captured
Aug 26, 2026
Latest captured
Sep 4, 2026
Last refresh
Oct 2, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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1,113
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0
arin-arin-tech-discuss
Earliest captured
Aug 13, 2026
Latest captured
Sep 30, 2026
Last refresh
Oct 2, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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1,526
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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
Oct 2, 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
Oct 2, 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
Oct 2, 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
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46
arin-naipr
Earliest captured
Jan 1, 1997
Latest captured
Nov 3, 1997
Last refresh
Oct 2, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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1,964
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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
Oct 2, 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
Oct 2, 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
Oct 2, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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145
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0
arin-vwp
Earliest captured
Oct 18, 2000
Latest captured
Jul 10, 2001
Last refresh
Oct 2, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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232
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0
arin-general-members
Earliest captured
Jun 3, 2022
Latest captured
Jun 25, 2026
Last refresh
Oct 2, 2026
Coverage
Source coverage is incomplete.
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129
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0

Coverage

Partial
Earliest captured: Jan 1, 1997
Latest captured: Oct 2, 2026

Freshness

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh: Oct 3, 2026, 1:38 AM · 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.