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ARIN-prop-57: IPv6 Assignment Guidelines

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-57
RIR
ARIN
Official status
Abandoned
Normalized status
Abandoned
Introduced
Aug 17, 2007
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

BTW Analysis

What changed

No policy change can be identified from the supplied verified facts because the policy chronology is empty and no proposal text, revision, substantive effect, or outcome is provided.

What the debate was really about

The subject of the historical debate cannot be determined. The supplied dataset contains no messages, participant stance timelines, argument records, or unresolved or minority arguments.

Decision vs debate

Neither a formal decision nor a recorded discussion is present in the supplied verified facts. No adoption, rejection, abandonment, referral, deciding body, decision date, decision rule, or rationale can be established. The zero-activity snapshot shows only that no discussion is represented in this dataset, not that no historical discussion occurred.

Participation concentration

The snapshot records zero messages, zero discussion participants, zero formal actors, zero total participants, and zero active days. Consequently, the zero top-participant shares, HHI, effective-participant count, and core counts describe an empty dataset and are not evidence that participation was broad, equal, concentrated, or unconcentrated.

Chokepoint analysis

No procedural, institutional, or participant-level chokepoint can be identified because there is no chronology, linkage between discussion and formal proceedings, formal-actor activity, or recorded decision process. Any claim that a particular actor, argument, or decision stage controlled the outcome would be speculative.

Uncertainties

  • It is uncertain whether the zero values mean no debate occurred, the relevant records were outside the identified source revision, or extraction produced an empty analytical dataset.
  • The scope and completeness of the source revision are not explained.
  • No verified policy chronology, proposal text, stance evidence, argument record, or final decision status is supplied.
  • The Doctrine package provides source-handling and publishing constraints but does not establish a complete official position on ARIN Prop-57 or supply the missing historical facts.

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
    Sep 19, 2026
    Last refresh
    Oct 2, 2026
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    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.
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  • arin-arin-consult
    Earliest captured
    Aug 14, 2026
    Latest captured
    Sep 15, 2026
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    Oct 2, 2026
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  • 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
    Earliest captured
    Aug 2, 2026
    Latest captured
    Oct 2, 2026
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    Oct 2, 2026
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  • arin-arin-ppml
    Earliest captured
    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
    Earliest captured
    Unknown
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    Unknown
    Last refresh
    Oct 2, 2026
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    Source coverage is incomplete.
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  • arin-arin-rpki-pilot
    Earliest captured
    Jul 7, 2009
    Latest captured
    Jul 7, 2009
    Last refresh
    Oct 2, 2026
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  • arin-arin-suggestions
    Earliest captured
    Aug 26, 2026
    Latest captured
    Sep 4, 2026
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    Oct 2, 2026
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  • arin-arin-tech-discuss
    Earliest captured
    Aug 13, 2026
    Latest captured
    Sep 30, 2026
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    Oct 2, 2026
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  • arin-arin-whoisrws
    Earliest captured
    Oct 9, 2009
    Latest captured
    Sep 6, 2010
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    Sep 22, 2026
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  • arin-clew
    Earliest captured
    May 6, 1999
    Latest captured
    Nov 7, 2002
    Last refresh
    Oct 3, 2026
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  • arin-dbwg
    Earliest captured
    Apr 22, 1999
    Latest captured
    Dec 30, 2004
    Last refresh
    Oct 3, 2026
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  • arin-iana-transition
    Earliest captured
    Oct 13, 2014
    Latest captured
    Jun 9, 2016
    Last refresh
    Oct 3, 2026
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    Source coverage is incomplete.
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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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  • 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
    Earliest captured
    Oct 9, 2002
    Latest captured
    Oct 29, 2002
    Last refresh
    Sep 21, 2026
    Coverage
    Source coverage is incomplete.
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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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  • arin-rtma
    Earliest captured
    Apr 18, 2000
    Latest captured
    Dec 28, 2001
    Last refresh
    Oct 2, 2026
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    Source coverage is incomplete.
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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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  • arin-v6wg
    Earliest captured
    Nov 8, 2000
    Latest captured
    Mar 1, 2005
    Last refresh
    Oct 2, 2026
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  • arin-vwp
    Earliest captured
    Oct 18, 2000
    Latest captured
    Jul 10, 2001
    Last refresh
    Oct 2, 2026
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  • arin-general-members
    Earliest captured
    Jun 3, 2022
    Latest captured
    Jun 25, 2026
    Last refresh
    Oct 3, 2026
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Coverage

Partial
Earliest captured: Jan 1, 1997
Latest captured: Oct 3, 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.