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." Do the projects you're referring to also typically have no comments/issues?
If so, that does suggest this is a bit too big of a hammer and perhaps they should add that cloning is also sufficient to keep the project alive.
If so, that does suggest this is a bit too big of a hammer and perhaps they should add that cloning is also sufficient to keep the project alive.