I fail to see why people are making such a big deal of this. Adminship
is not a badge of rank, but a set of tools. If you need them have them;
if you don't, don't. If you have no interest in doing administrative
work on Commons, holding Commons adminship is potentially harmful - as
another user may approach you requesting admin help.<br>
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Commons RfA is ridiculously simple to pass in any case - its not like the freak show that en.wikipedia RfA is. Given that if you decide you want the sysop bit back after all a full RfA is not a big deal (or may not even be required
<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard&oldid=6881822#Any_bureaucrats_in_the_house.3F">http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard&oldid=6881822#Any_bureaucrats_in_the_house.3F
</a>).<br><br>As far as I know there has always been an inactivity policy, this has merely crystallised it. Due to taking a wiki-break I was not involved in the promulgation of this policy, but I was aware it was ongoing. Personally, there is only ONE issue I have with the exact phrasing. That is not all admin actions are logged, the policy is not about all admin actions but all *logged* admin actions.
<br><br>Access to <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Undelete">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Undelete</a> is useful in cases like: An image is deleted on Commons as copyrighted. However, it is used on
en.wiki where it would have a solid fair use claim. A commons admin can grab the deleted picture and re-upload with minimal effort; but a non-admin would have to jump through a number of hoops first. This issue is more valid in reverse, as being able to see the original
en.wp page of a Commons image is frequently useful in resolving sourcing issues.<br><br>Fundamentally however, I agree with Delphine's point. If you don't care for Commons adminship - let it lapse, you won't miss it. If you do care for it, delete a few images from
<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Unknown">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Unknown</a> . You will no longer be "at risk", and you will have helped the more active Commons admins with a major backlog.
<br><br>Nilfanion<br>