On 19/06/07, Sheldon Rampton sheldon@prwatch.org wrote:
Slim Virgin's comment reflects the sort of paranoid attitude that really needs to be countered. Is there any evidence whatsoever that inactive sysops are actually creating a problem? If there's no evidence of a problem, what exactly would desysopping them fix?
Half a dozen inactive admin accounts have been cracked and used for vandalism, though one presumes that the same problem would have occured had they been active but not logged in at the time. One "went rogue" a few months after leaving, with a spate of vandalism, but was dealt with.
So, yes, but nothing significant in the long term.