Wikipedia talk:Confirmation of sysophood

It would be nice have an ongoing process of renewal. Why don't we start with something simple : confirmation of sysops who have been inactive for six months (under 50 edits, let's say). More as a way of keeping accurate track of who is available for sysop duty, than as any kind of censure. Adminship (and deadminship) are no big deal -- you can always become an admin again, and you can always go back to being a normal user. If that's not true, something is slightly off... perhaps even with our vote-counting policy. +sj +

I think you're trying to use this for something other than it was intended for. Inactive admin accounts aren't a problem (unless they have weak passwords). Active admins could be. --W(t) 30 June 2005 21:48 (UTC)

I believe that having long-inactive admins on the roster is bad policy. For one thing, the accounts could be compromised, and we'd never know for sure because without the real owner clamoring about the impersonator it's impossible. But of greater concern is that people's allegiances change when they've been away from the project for a long time -- say, a year -- and further, the expectations of administrators change as the project evolves. I've proposed various policies for dealing with this and they've all been voted down. Good luck; you have my support. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 1 July 2005 02:54 (UTC)