<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Hi,</div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> I agree with this cleanup.<br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Kind regards</div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Scott Donald<br> </div> <div> <div id="appendonsend"></div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <hr tabindex="-1" style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> db-wg <db-wg-bounces@ripe.net> on behalf of denis walker via db-wg <db-wg@ripe.net><br> <b>Sent:</b> 28 January 2021 10:53<br> <b>To:</b> Database WG <db-wg@ripe.net><br> <b>Subject:</b> [db-wg] Deprecation of whitepages</font> <div> </div> </div> <div class="BodyFragment"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt"> <div class="PlainText">Colleagues<br> <br> Way back in 2008 it was suggested that the RIPE Database could be used<br> for linking people well known within the network operating industry.<br> The concept of 'whitepages' was introduced. This was an ORGANISATION<br> object (ORG-PAGE1-RIPE) with 'org-type: WHITEPAGES' that could be<br> referenced by PERSON objects to override the automatic deletion of<br> PERSON objects not referenced by any resource object. In today's<br> privacy world, it is a bad idea to use the RIPE Database as a phone<br> book. Currently there are only 4 people whose PERSON object references<br> this ORGANISATION object. (There are also 5 moderators referenced in<br> the ORGANISATION object who have probably long since forgotten they<br> had anything to do with it :) )<br> <br> I think we should now deprecate this concept. LinkedIn is much more<br> suited to keeping in touch with networking people. Comments<br> appreciated...<br> <br> cheers<br> denis<br> co-chair DB-WG<br> <br> </div> </span></font></div> </div> </body> </html>