Editing Encyclopedia:Administrators (section)

=== Procedural removal for inactive administrators ===
{{see|Wikipedia:Inactive administrators}}
{{policy shortcut|WP:INACTIVITY}}

Administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity:
#Has made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period<ref>[[Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/suspend sysop rights of inactive admins]], June 2011</ref>
#Has made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Request for comment on administrator activity requirements]], March 2022</ref> 

This desysopping is reversible in some cases (see {{Section link|#Restoration of admin tools}}) and never considered a reflection on the user's use of, or rights to, the admin tools. The admin must be contacted on their user talk page on two occasions before the desysopping depending on the criterion:
:For criterion (1): One month before the request for desysopping and again several days before the desysopping goes into effect. 
:For criterion (2): Three months before the request for desysopping and again one month before the desysopping goes into effect. 
In addition, any editors who are falling lower than an average of 50 edits per year over a 5-year period should be notified by talk page message annually that they are at risk of falling below the required level in the future.

Desysopping on inactivity grounds should be handled by English Wikipedia [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrats]]. The summary in the user rights log should make it clear that the desysopping is purely procedural.

If necessary, the user's userpage should be edited to clarify the status&nbsp;— particularly if any categorization is involved.