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ARIN-prop-37: IPv4 PI minimum size change

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-prop-37
RIR
ARIN
Official status
Abandoned
Normalized status
Abandoned
Introduced
Feb 15, 2007
Last source update
Sep 26, 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

BTW Analysis

What changed

No policy change or evolution can be established because the supplied verified facts contain no chronology, proposal text, revisions, procedural actions, or implementation record.

What the debate was really about

No substantive debate can be identified from the supplied verified facts. The measured dataset contains zero messages, zero discussion participants, zero stance-classified participants, and zero formal actors.

Decision vs debate

Neither a formal decision nor a community discussion outcome is established. The absence of captured activity does not prove adoption, rejection, withdrawal, abandonment, or the absence of a decision outside the measured dataset.

Participation concentration

Participation concentration cannot be meaningfully characterized as concentrated or dispersed. The top-participant shares and HHI are zero only because the measured dataset contains zero messages and zero participants; these values are not evidence of broad or evenly distributed participation.

Chokepoint analysis

No procedural, institutional, or participant chokepoint can be identified. With no chronology, formal actors, messages, stance timelines, or decision record, the supplied facts do not show who controlled agenda access, policy revision, consensus determination, or final disposition.

Uncertainties

  • It is uncertain whether the zero metrics mean no debate occurred, relevant records were unavailable, or the measurement scope excluded them.
  • The source revision does not disclose the coverage, completeness, or exclusions of the measured dataset.
  • No policy chronology, policy text, participant arguments, stance timelines, or formal decision record was supplied.
  • The zero concentration values are not substantively interpretable without positive message volume.
  • The current versioned Doctrine authority does not establish a complete official position for ARIN PROP-37, so no such position can be inferred or created.

Policy evolution

Debate timeline

  1. Introduced

    Introduced

    Source facts ↗

Entities

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh: · 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
    Aug 25, 2026
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    Sep 25, 2026
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    31,573
    Known gaps
    642
  • www.arin.net
  • arin-arin-announce
    Earliest captured
    Aug 4, 2026
    Latest captured
    Sep 22, 2026
    Last refresh
    Sep 26, 2026
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    Source coverage is incomplete.
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    0
  • arin-arin-consult
    Earliest captured
    Aug 14, 2026
    Latest captured
    Sep 15, 2026
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    Sep 26, 2026
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    Source coverage is incomplete.
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  • arin-arin-discuss
    Earliest captured
    Aug 2, 1999
    Latest captured
    Aug 21, 2007
    Last refresh
    Sep 26, 2026
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    Source coverage is incomplete.
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    0
  • arin-arin-issued
    Earliest captured
    Aug 2, 2026
    Latest captured
    Sep 25, 2026
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    Sep 26, 2026
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  • arin-arin-ppml
    Earliest captured
    Aug 2, 2026
    Latest captured
    Sep 25, 2026
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    Sep 26, 2026
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  • arin-arin-regrws
    Earliest captured
    Unknown
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  • arin-arin-rpki-pilot
    Earliest captured
    Jul 7, 2009
    Latest captured
    Jul 7, 2009
    Last refresh
    Sep 26, 2026
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  • arin-arin-suggestions
    Earliest captured
    Aug 26, 2026
    Latest captured
    Sep 4, 2026
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    Sep 26, 2026
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  • arin-arin-tech-discuss
    Earliest captured
    Aug 13, 2026
    Latest captured
    Sep 14, 2026
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    Sep 26, 2026
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  • arin-arin-whoisrws
    Earliest captured
    Oct 9, 2009
    Latest captured
    Sep 6, 2010
    Last refresh
    Sep 22, 2026
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  • arin-clew
    Earliest captured
    May 6, 1999
    Latest captured
    Nov 7, 2002
    Last refresh
    Sep 26, 2026
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  • arin-dbwg
    Earliest captured
    Apr 22, 1999
    Latest captured
    Dec 30, 2004
    Last refresh
    Sep 26, 2026
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  • arin-iana-transition
    Earliest captured
    Oct 13, 2014
    Latest captured
    Jun 9, 2016
    Last refresh
    Sep 26, 2026
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  • arin-icp2_review
    Earliest captured
    Apr 14, 2025
    Latest captured
    Nov 10, 2025
    Last refresh
    Sep 21, 2026
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    Source coverage is incomplete.
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    46
  • arin-naipr
    Earliest captured
    Jan 1, 1997
    Latest captured
    Nov 3, 1997
    Last refresh
    Sep 26, 2026
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    Source coverage is incomplete.
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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
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    1
  • arin-policy
    Earliest captured
    Oct 12, 1999
    Latest captured
    Mar 26, 2003
    Last refresh
    Sep 26, 2026
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  • arin-rtma
    Earliest captured
    Apr 18, 2000
    Latest captured
    Dec 28, 2001
    Last refresh
    Sep 26, 2026
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  • arin-services-wg
    Earliest captured
    Apr 20, 2016
    Latest captured
    Jan 20, 2018
    Last refresh
    Sep 22, 2026
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    Source coverage is incomplete.
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    6
  • arin-v6wg
    Earliest captured
    Nov 8, 2000
    Latest captured
    Mar 1, 2005
    Last refresh
    Sep 26, 2026
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  • arin-vwp
    Earliest captured
    Oct 18, 2000
    Latest captured
    Jul 10, 2001
    Last refresh
    Sep 26, 2026
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  • arin-general-members
    Earliest captured
    Jun 3, 2022
    Latest captured
    Jun 25, 2026
    Last refresh
    Sep 26, 2026
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Coverage

Partial
Earliest captured: Jan 1, 1997
Latest captured: Sep 26, 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.
  • 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.