Dear Colleagues, As part of the process of moving *.de domains from the RIPE Database today, 8 July, we started updating unmaintained person objects referenced from German domain objects. Currently there are about 100,000 such objects in the RIPE database and all of them will be protected by DENIC-P maintainer. The Database performance should not be affected. This step is essential because the setup of DENIC database is planned to be done in two phases: first moving domain objects and then moving/copying person ones. The time needed between the two phases is 1-2 months as estimated by DENIC. In such circumstances after the first phase is completed person objects referenced only from *.de domains may be occasionally deleted if not protected by maintainer. Best regards, Andrei Robachevsky Database Group Manager RIPE NCC