Deletion of German domains

roam.psg.com:/usr/home/randy> whois -h whois.ripe.net is
domain:      is
descr:       Top level domain for Iceland
descr:       Internet Iceland - INTIS
descr:       Taeknigardi
descr:       Dunhaga 5
descr:       107 Reykjavik
descr:       ICELAND
admin-c:     HJ18
tech-c:      MO33
zone-c:      MO33
nserver:     isgate.is
nserver:     ns.eu.net
nserver:     sunic.sunet.se
nserver:     aos.brl.mil
nserver:     nisc.jvnc.net
remarks:     http://www.isnet.is/nic
mnt-by:      ISTLD-MNT
mnt-lower:   ISTLD-MNT
changed:     marius at isgate.is 19931123
changed:     marius at isgate.is 19970728
source:      IS

person:      Marius Olafsson
address:     IntIS/ISnet
address:     Taeknigardi
address:     Dunhaga 5
address:     107 Reykjavik
address:     ICELAND
phone:       +354 525 4747
phone:       +354 551 9965
fax-no:      +354 561 0999
e-mail:      marius at isnet.is
nic-hdl:     MO33
mnt-by:      ISTLD-MNT
changed:     marius at isnet.is 19950201
changed:     marius at isnet.is 20000218
source:      RIPE

note the source:s.  i.e. it looks to me as if you are maintining all
person:s in two places.

and it seems not to work as well as one might wish

roam.psg.com:/usr/home/randy> whois -h whois.ripe.net isnet.is

% Rights restricted by copyright. See http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/copyright.html

Referred query to host whois.isnet.is at port 43
timed out. Probable reason - far referral loop.
To see the object stored in the RIPE database
use the -R flag in your query.

randy