Wikipedia:Inactive administrators (2005)

Users are expected to remain reasonably active on the Wikimedia projects where they hold sysop status. The intent of this policy is to help guard against the possibility of a dormant sysop account being compromised. Should a sysop be inactive for a period of three months, an email will be sent to ascertain the reason(s) for this and to remind the user that without further activity their sysop privileges will be removed. After a total of 6 months of inactivity, sysop privileges will be removed. If the user begins editing within the following 6 months and sends an email to a bureaucrat from the email address registered to their user login, sysop privileges will be restored without the need for a renewed RfA. Any absence from the project for longer than 12 months will mandate an RfA before sysop privileges are re-instituted. Decisions regarding the sysop status of users with very low activity not covered by the preceding criteria (for example, <10 edits/year) will be made at the discretion of stewards.