I'm requesting feedback here to get a sense of how the community feels.
When there's a request to adopt a page by a long-inactive owner (more than a year) and the page is weak, it's an easy call. Recently, though, there have been a few requests by different people to adopt pages that are decent-- not great by any means-- and are by people inactive for more than a year. These people have much they want to add; they're not just seeking points or accolades.
I'm not fully comfortable with adopting out such pages because I respect the effort the creators put in. On the other hand, I don't want to discourage eager members from improving the site. Since a full-wiki approach is not going to happen, this issue will not likely be adequately addressed under the editing changes most members seem to prefer.
Which should weigh more heavily, the efforts of inactive members who helped build the site or the interests of currently active members who wish to step up? Remember that I'm not talking about bad pages here.
Thoughts?