I've spun up plenty of clones and tiny projects that get attention for a few (days, weeks, months) and then get abandoned. I'd have no problem with most of them

I've spun up plenty of clones and tiny projects that get attention for a few (days, weeks, months) and then get abandoned. I'd have no problem with most of them getting deleted: they've served their purpose. I'd bet there is a really long tail of projects like this, that have had no commits, views, or clones in forever. Now, I'd prefer they be 'archived' as u/londons_explore suggests, but according to the article "A single comment, commit, or new issue posted to a project during a 12-month period will be sufficient to keep the project alive", which is a pretty low burden.