What changed
No policy change can be established from the supplied verified facts because the policy chronology is empty and no proposal text, revisions, milestones, institutional actions, or final disposition are provided.
ARIN · RIR Watchdog
ARIN-2015-3: Remove 30 day utilization requirement in end-user IPv4 policy
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-2015-3
- RIR
- ARIN
- Official status
- Unknown
- Normalized status
- Unknown
- Introduced
- Unknown
- Last source update
- Oct 2, 2026
- Coverage
- Partial
Who actually shaped the debate?
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BTW Analysis
BTW Analysis
What the debate was really about
The subject of the debate cannot be determined from the supplied record. There are no messages, participant stance timelines, substantive arguments, or verified descriptions of ARIN-2015-3's purpose.
Decision vs debate
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Participation concentration
Participation concentration is not measurable from this empty snapshot. Although the top-one, top-five, and top-ten message shares and HHI are all 0.0, message and participant counts are also zero, as are the effective-participant and core-participant counts. These values therefore demonstrate neither broad participation nor concentrated control.
Chokepoint analysis
No procedural, institutional, or participant chokepoint can be identified. The record contains no chronology, formal actors, decision procedure, agenda-control evidence, or linkage between participation and influence.
Uncertainties
- The zero metrics may indicate that no participation was captured for this subject, or they may result from an empty, incomplete, or differently scoped source dataset.
- The substantive purpose, text, revisions, milestones, and final disposition of ARIN-2015-3 are not supplied.
- Participant identities, affiliations, positions, arguments, and stance transitions are not supplied.
- Formal decision-makers, procedure, date, consensus or vote findings, and the relationship between discussion and decision are not supplied.
- The Doctrine package has only a partial official position for this subject and cannot supply the missing substantive record.
Policy evolution
Debate timeline
Entities
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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
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- Known gaps
- 0
- www.arin.net
- arin-arin-announce
- Earliest captured
- Aug 4, 2026
- Latest captured
- Sep 28, 2026
- Last refresh
- Oct 2, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
- Loading
- 2,857
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- arin-arin-consult
- Earliest captured
- Aug 14, 2026
- Latest captured
- Sep 15, 2026
- Last refresh
- Oct 2, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- 2,525
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- 0
- arin-arin-discuss
- Earliest captured
- Aug 2, 1999
- Latest captured
- Aug 21, 2007
- Last refresh
- Oct 2, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- arin-arin-issued
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- Aug 2, 2026
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- Oct 2, 2026
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- Oct 2, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- arin-arin-ppml
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- Aug 2, 2026
- Latest captured
- Sep 25, 2026
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- Oct 2, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- arin-arin-regrws
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- Unknown
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- Oct 2, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- arin-arin-rpki-pilot
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- Jul 7, 2009
- Latest captured
- Jul 7, 2009
- Last refresh
- Oct 2, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- arin-arin-suggestions
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- Aug 26, 2026
- Latest captured
- Sep 4, 2026
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- Oct 2, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- arin-arin-tech-discuss
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- Aug 13, 2026
- Latest captured
- Sep 30, 2026
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- Oct 2, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- arin-arin-whoisrws
- Earliest captured
- Oct 9, 2009
- Latest captured
- Sep 6, 2010
- Last refresh
- Sep 22, 2026
- Coverage
- Source coverage is incomplete.
- Loading
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- 11
- arin-clew
- Earliest captured
- May 6, 1999
- Latest captured
- Nov 7, 2002
- Last refresh
- Oct 2, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- 56
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- arin-dbwg
- Earliest captured
- Apr 22, 1999
- Latest captured
- Dec 30, 2004
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- Oct 2, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- arin-iana-transition
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- Oct 13, 2014
- Latest captured
- Jun 9, 2016
- Last refresh
- Oct 2, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- arin-icp2_review
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- Apr 14, 2025
- Latest captured
- Nov 10, 2025
- Last refresh
- Sep 21, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
- Loading
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- Known gaps
- 46
- arin-naipr
- Earliest captured
- Jan 1, 1997
- Latest captured
- Nov 3, 1997
- Last refresh
- Oct 2, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- arin-nrr-blueprint
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- Oct 9, 2002
- Latest captured
- Oct 29, 2002
- Last refresh
- Sep 21, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
- Loading
- 0
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- 1
- arin-policy
- Earliest captured
- Oct 12, 1999
- Latest captured
- Mar 26, 2003
- Last refresh
- Oct 2, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- arin-rtma
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- Apr 18, 2000
- Latest captured
- Dec 28, 2001
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- Oct 2, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- Known gaps
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- arin-services-wg
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- Apr 20, 2016
- Latest captured
- Jan 20, 2018
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- Sep 22, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- arin-v6wg
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- Oct 2, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- Oct 18, 2000
- Latest captured
- Jul 10, 2001
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- Oct 2, 2026
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- Source coverage is incomplete.
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- arin-general-members
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- Jun 3, 2022
- Latest captured
- Jun 25, 2026
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- Oct 2, 2026
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Coverage
Partial
Earliest captured: Jan 1, 1997
Latest captured: Oct 2, 2026
Freshness
Freshness: Stale · Last refresh: · 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.
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- arin-arin-discuss: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
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- 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.