I'm not introducing anything new, I'm objecting to the removal of something that has always been there, as are others.
As I understand it, there has "always" been a requirement for need. I don't disagree that this is nothing new.
However, you used the phrase "verified operational need", which is something different.
I am a n00b in the RIPE community, so I have certainly not read everything there is, but from what I have seen, read and understand, this verification thing is new.
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