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<p>Dear Tshepo,</p>
<p>Your intelligence to my email is quite astounding, all be it,
clearly artificially answered. I do note that your groups email
addresses were all born around the same time as well. I believe
that you and your token fed kin have wasted this community enough
time.</p>
<p>I fully support the Policy Proposal - Hier-arch-ical Names for
New AS-SET's - Draft number two.</p>
<p>I fully support the removal of Artificial Intelligence agents in
the RPD Mailing list - as it's designed for non-artificial but
somewhat intelligent or at least experienced (as in the workplace)
humans only. Please delete yourself.</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2026/07/19 11:35, Tshepo Masuku
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I disagree with the basis of your support.</div>
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The fact that Hendrik, Noah, Seun, and Nishal are familiar
names with long experience may make their views worth
considering. It does not make those views authoritative, and
it does not reduce the validity of objections raised by
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Participation is not representation. Familiarity is not
mandate. Longevity in a policy process is not ownership of
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A mailing list exists so arguments can be examined on their
substance. It should not become a reputational hierarchy in
which recognised insiders are presumed technically correct and
newer or less visible participants are treated as suspect.
That would convert an open process into a closed procedural
class while preserving the language of community
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The same problem appears in the appeal to the other four RIRs.
Their adoption is relevant experience, but it does not create
authority over AFRINIC. Institutional repetition does not
become technical proof merely because the institutions are
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You also state that experienced operators would not support a
proposal if it greatly complicated their lives. That is not
the relevant test. A policy may be convenient for established
operators while still expanding registry control, imposing
costs on others, or turning a preferred operational convention
into a mandatory rule. Those who are most familiar with a
system are not always those who bear every consequence of its
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Community stewardship should not mean that a small group of
recognised participants may convert its operational preference
into compulsory policy for everyone else. The community may
discuss, advise, and contribute expertise. It does not become
a legislature merely because familiar people agree with one
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The proper question remains whether the proposal protects a
clearly defined technical invariant, whether its benefits are
demonstrated, whether its residual risks are understood, and
whether mandatory registry enforcement is the minimum
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Those questions are not answered by asking who has been in the
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I therefore remain opposed to AFPUB-2026-ASN-001-DRAFT02.</div>
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Regards,</div>
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