[db-wg] RIPE Database: Cleaning-up Organisation Names in "descr:"

Hi Denis,

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 01:48:33AM +0200, denis wrote:
> We have been in this situation many times in the past where an
> attribute has been deprecated or its value has been suspect for some
> reason.
> 
> What we did in the past was to make the suspect/deprecated attribute
> into a "remarks:" attribute.

Sometimes this approach was used, but certainly not always.

> This addresses both concerns raised in response to your discussion in
> this case. The old value is still there but it is clear it is not a
> reliable description. Those who want to keep that value can simply
> remove the "remarks:" tag. Those who don't want it can delete the
> attribute. After maybe 6 months you can do a final cleanup and remove
> any old value that has been left as a "remarks:".

Had the attribute been an actual "user-owned" attribute, the "remarks:"
approach might have made more sense, but this is not the case.

Thanks for chiming in,

Job

ps. It still annoys me somewhat that the "remarks: For information on
"status:""  remarks show up everywhere, years later. :)