[zaroth]

There may exist some TLDs which indeed go to "great lengths" to verify contact information. I don't know if it's true, but if it is then that's an effective policy which has absolutely nothing to do with WAL.

No doubt valid WHOIS data is helpful when wanting to know the identity of a domain administrator, but again the point is WAL does absolutely nothing to ensure that in any case where the owner doesn't actually want to be identified.