[db-wg] Clear up of old issues - Whiepages

Hi Denis,

While I kinda support this, I also like how the whitepages feature
allows you to easily see if an object was protected from deletion or
not.

Would it be possible to add some kind of extra data in the whois
response for protected objects? (like the data about abuse email when
you query for an ASN or IP address/prefix)

Regardless, given the low number of protected handles, I think it
makes sense to contact them before doing this and protect them using
the new method unless they object to it.

-Cynthia

On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 3:56 PM denis walker via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net> wrote:
>
> Colleagues
>
> The co-chairs recently had a zoom meeting with the RIPE NCC. One of
> the things we discussed was clearing up a number of old issues. We
> need to clear the deck and move on with new and perhaps more relevant
> issues. We will address a number of issues for the last time. In some
> cases the chairs will make a recommendation. As these are quite old
> issues, we will take silence as consensus for the chair's
> recommendation.
>
> The first issue is Whitepages. This is a feature from about 10+ years
> ago. It was intended to preserve the PERSON object in the RIPE
> Database and protect it from automatic deletion if it is not
> referenced from any operational data. It was to use the RIPE Database
> as a phone book for well known people in the industry who may not be
> resource holders. There are many other ways to provide such contact
> details today. It was only ever used by a handful of people. The RIPE
> NCC now has other ways to preserve ROLE objects if needed, for example
> if used by RIPE Atlas users.
>
> The chairs recommend removing this feature from the RIPE Database. If
> you need a ROLE object to be preserved, contact ripe-dbm at ripe.net to
> discuss.
>
> cheers
> denis
> co-chair DB-WG
>
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