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The number of active editors (registered accounts making 5+ edits in a given month) has been stable at the English Wikipedia since about 2013. Even though the overall volume is holding steady, we miss many of the individuals who used to contribute here.

This is a list of Wikipedians who no longer edit the English Wikipedia and are considered missing by the community.

Wikipedians who have been confirmed to have died should instead be added to Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians.

Purpose of this list

The purpose of this list is to provide a reminder of those who have left and their reasons for doing so.

Please do not add users with fewer than ~1,000 edits. Do not add people unless you are certain they have left. Do not add anonymous users identified by their IP address or (for

UseModWiki-era accounts) domain names; they may have a roaming IP address or possibly created an account to contribute. Do not add banned users, or yourself. Leave a message on the person's talk page to let them know that you have added them to this list; they can remove themselves if they ever return. Retired Wikipedians
who do not wish to be listed may also remove themselves.

  • People who leave a goodbye message or a {{retired}} template on their user page or elsewhere, and then actually refrain from editing for at least 3 months are likely to have left permanently and may be added to the list.
  • Wait at least 3 months before listing someone who has simply stopped editing, unless you have some other reason for being certain that they have left.
  • Generally, editors who have gradually adopted a pattern of occasional editing interspersed with long breaks should not be listed merely because they are on one of their breaks.
  • Editors who return are no longer "missing" and therefore should be removed from the list.
  • Editors who have received a courtesy vanishing intentionally want to be missing and should not be listed.
  • If you add your own username to the list, even as one of your final edits, your addition might be reverted since it is impossible for a "missing" Wikipedian to make an edit.

The entries with the mop icon beside their names are Wikipedia

inactivity; see also Wikipedia:List of administrators/Inactive
).

All dates featured on this page correspond with UTC times.

Index Numbers and other characters A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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  • QazPlm (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor and creator of articles on cricket and Australian geography from late 2005 to mid 2008.
  • Qirex (talk · contribs · count) – She effectively quit on January 28, 2006, coming back only once on May 7 that year to blank her user page.
  • QPT (talk · contribs · count) – This user (originally called Origamite) had about 4000 edits between March 2013 and January 30, 2016, but has no edits since (as of November 2017). S/he left a message on his/her user page.
  • Qwyrxian (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator (from July 2011) with over 57,000 edits beginning in May 2006. Has not edited since announcing an “extended break” in January 2014, which some colleagues attributed to off-wiki harassment.

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  • R (talk · contribs · count) (now R~enwiki (talk · contribs · count)) – Announced his retirement in April 2008; has made a few edits since.
  • R45 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 23, 2015.
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  • Radagast83 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 8, 2013.
  • Radiant! (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former admin. Last contribution September 28, 2014.
  • RadicalBender (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator, consistent editing ended after 2005, making their last edit on July 3, 2007. Left a displeased notice on userpage, stating that they have quit Wikipedia due to various issues on Wikipedia. First edit was made on September 24, 2003. Made 20,710 edits through 2003 through 2007, with a majority of edits being made in 2004.
  • Template:Formeradmin – Former admin, announced he was inactive on Wikipedia on April 3, 2007. Last edit was on May 16, 2007, announcing on his user page that "administrative access had been removed by request
    ."
  • Template:User2 – Blanked his user and talk pages in December 2005. He returned to make a few edits on February 10, 2006, but again blanked his talk page and ceased editing. Account renamed to Template:User due to final edit on March 31, 2007.
  • Template:User2 – Prolific editor of alternative music content, with five featured articles. Abruptly disappeared with their last edit on February 22, 2011.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 30, 2008.
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    from August 2005 through December 2008.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Former administrator credited with nominating 12 featured articles, last edit August 26, 2007.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit May 11, 2007.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit May 15, 2009.
  • Template:User2 – Actively stopped contributing on January 29, 2008. Successfully got article to featured status and then left over the wiki-drama. Made one edit on January 25, 2009 and one on September 11.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Formerly User:Gb, deleted all pages in userspace, disappeared. Last edit February 15, 2009.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit on December 19, 2005. Had 3155, over a little under a year. Left after an arbitration case.
  • Template:User2 – Announced retirement on May 7, 2020.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 16, 2006. Worked mostly on articles about U.S. politicians. Editor simply vanished.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit April 15, 2023.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    − Former administrator. Last edit in 2009.
  • Template:Formeradmin – A former admin, previously known as Hahc21, who resigned his administrative rights
    on December 7, 2014. Last edit was on October 6, 2023.
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution May 12, 2013.
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution May 30, 2021, after a long break since March 20, 2016. Over 40,000 edits, many of which were on Michael Jackson-related articles.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit to article space on August 18, 2008; blanked userpage September 25, 2008.
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  • Template:Snd
    Over 7,400 edits; last edit September 21, 2016. Made a few subsequent edits on Spanish Wikipedia in 2023, the last on June 1 of that year; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
  • Template:User2 – Although he registered in 2004, his most prolific year was 2008 when he earned a Featured Article but was not promoted at RfA. After that, his editing dropped off to almost nothing. In 2011 he Template:Diff finally adding Template:Diff.
  • Template:User2 – Effectively stopped contributing in January 2014 save for two final edits on October 6, 2015 and October 22, 2016.
  • Template:User2 – Has not been active since May 10, 2008. Added a retired tag on his talk page on June 16.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – A former admin, bureaucrat, and steward active 2004-2008, Redux earned many barnstars here but also contributed on pt-wiki in their native Portuguese.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit June 22, 2010. Over 30,000 edits.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last contribution November 3, 2011. Former administrator with 12,207 edits who was highly active during 2005, with activity sharply falling in 2006, making sporadic edits afterwards until a small increase in activity in 2009, with edits falling afterwards until final edit, which was a reply to a pending suspension of administrative permissions notice stating "Hello, I am here." First edit was made on April 20, 2005.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit February 2, 2008. A prolific contributor with 23,580 edits and 2,317 created pages who was active in articles on roads in the UK. Was highly active through 2006-2007, until 2008 where activity suddenly ended on February 2. First edit was made on January 15, 2006.
  • Template:User2 – Has made only 2 edits since August 29, 2005. The second was to add himself to the List of non-admins with high edit counts on February 17, 2006.
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution January 19, 2012. Started 2002.
  • Template:User2 – Announced temporary retirement on November 14, 2011 and has not edited since.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit March 16, 2015.
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution February 23, 2008.
  • Template:User2 – Has edited very sporadically since July 2005. He made a handful of edits on July 20, 2006 and March 16, 2007. He was a major contributor to articles about manned space flight.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit 2017-06-06, last global edit on Commons on 2017-10-15.
  • Template:User2 – Requested user page deletion; stopped edits 2007/11/13. Has made some smaller edits since then.
  • Template:User2 – A Wikipedian since June 3, 2003, announced retirement on May 30, 2006. Made a few more edits, the last on April 7, 2007.
  • Template:Formeradmin – Last edit May 24, 2023. Formerly edited as Template:User2
    .
  • Template:Formeradmin – A highly active vandal fighter
    and administrator who started off on April 18, 2005. Hasn't edited since August 29, 2009.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Prolific editor, particularly in the fields of accessibility and templates, and a skilled trainer for new editors. Left in February 2021 in the approach to an arbitration case.
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  • Template:User2 – Former prolific contributor, particularly to astronomy-related articles. Active as a template editors and rollbacker. One of the 300 most prolific Wikipedia editors ever with nearly 200,000 edits since October 2012. Last edit October 29, 2022.
  • Template:User2 – An active editor especially on Welsh topics, he left a farewell message on his talk page on January 9, 2007. Left one further message at the WP:Welsh Wikipedians' notice board on January 28 requesting his userpage be blanked and offering a further explanation for his departure. Made one edit on November 28, 2008.
  • Numismatic
    editor with 13 FAs, six of which were Today's FA, 4 GAs, and a triple crown active 2010-2011 and again 2014-2015.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit January 28, 2015.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit August 3, 2015.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit March 22, 2017, almost 23,000 edits.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit July 17, 2011.
  • Template:User2 – Declared account "permanently inactive" on Februrary 22, 2007, and edited one time after that.
  • Template:User2 – A countervandal with active editing 2006-2014 and 2016-2018 with a focus on sexuality. Last edit September 15, 2020.
  • Template:User2 – Quit Wikipedia on July 12, 2007. Returned April 2011 as "semi-retired", stated "I got burned out due to the Wikipedia community's hypocritical and contradictory stances on notability/bias/"sum of human knowledge"/censorship/inclusion/deletion/edit-warring, etc., etc., etc.". Final edit made on July 29, 2011.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit September 24, 2010.
  • Template:User2 – Stopped editing August 27, 2012. Returned February 12, 2013 only to blank his talk page and place a Retired template on his user page. One edit to own talk page in 2014.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit October 25, 2011.
  • Template:User2 – Stopped editing without explanation. Last edit December 9, 2008.
  • Template:User2 – Left a message on his user page on July 3, 2006, saying he'd be "getting out of the way". Only a handful of edits since then, the last on May 24, 2007, supporting a RfA.
  • Template:User2 – Last edited on October 19, 2010; used to frequent WikiProject Professional wrestling.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit May 15, 2018.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit 7-11-2012, last global edit on Commons 1-16-2013.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit March 9, 2012.
  • Template:User2 – Edited from January 14, 2008 to January 27, 2015 with over 80,000 edits.
  • Template:User2 (now Template:User2 – Prominent on the Swedish Wikipedia, he stopped editing here July 2005. Returned briefly on March 16 and 17, 2006, February 25, 2007, and August 28, 2011.
  • Template:User2 – Contributor with over 35,000 edits since July 2006. Created 73 pages. Last edit December 28, 2019.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit on July 19, 2009.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit October 8, 2021.
  • Template:Formeradmin – He had been active mostly 2003 through 2009. Desysopped for inactivity, Roozbeh had also been an early contributor to Persian-language Wikipedia where he was an admin
    . His last edit here came on December 1, 2022.
  • Template:User2 – Primarily focused on comic books, they last edited on May 20, 2007.
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution on March 15, 2006, which was to blank his talkpage and a subpage. Hasn't appeared since.
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution July 8, 2012. Participated in many discussions at Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board.
  • Template:User2 – Edited as Template:User from 2006 to 2018 before changing to the Rowan Forest account. Last edit 21 December 2019.
  • Template:User2 – editor of early and middle Islamic history. Disappeared near the end of 2020.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit June 8, 2013.
  • Template:Mop Template:Former admin – Former global steward and admin who Template:Diff and left Wikipedia to join a AARoads Wiki. His last edit, following years of content creation and numerous barnstars, came on October 24, 2023.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit September 23, 2007.
  • WP:FLC
    . Last edit January 6, 2007.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit July 31, 2019.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit April 15, 2010, save for four edits on October 24, 2018.
  • Template:User2 – Formerly User:RyRy5. Over 20,000 edits, more than 40 contributions to DYK. Bureaucrat on Wikiquote and Simple Wikiquote. Announced semi-retirement February 2009, last edit February 7, 2015.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit was on August 16, 2013.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit March 11, 2022.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit August 10, 2022.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit March 27, 2014.

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  • Oven Fresh
    . Last contribution February 9, 2009. The circumstances of his departure can be assessed from his talk page.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit 2-23-2021, last global edit on Norwegian Wikipedia 10-25-2022.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Administrator, last edit January 29, 2004.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 11, 2013.
  • Template:User2 – Became only an infrequent contributor after a May 2006 arbitration case. Left a retired notice on user page. Last edit April 19, 2007.
  • Template:User2 – Made a total of 7,988 edits at the time marked missing. Last edited on September 15, 2020.
  • Template:User2 – Often worked on articles relating to American Horror Story and Katy Perry. No activity since August 27, 2021.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit June 18, 2021.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Retired administrator, last edit August 1, 2018.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit January 23, 2006.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Retired administrator, last edit October 1, 2006, e-mail messages sent to her have not been replied to.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit June 18, 2023.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit July 23, 2015.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit January 30, 2009.
  • Template:User2 – Created almost 8,000 articles over 10 years, mostly on fungi; retired; last edit October 21, 2016.
  • FLs; they Template:Diff
    but contributed sporadically for the following years, making their final edit on December 25, 2019.
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
    to Good article status. Last edit October 30, 2013.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit September 30, 2021.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit October 11, 2011.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Amassed over 28,000 edits. Currently displays a semi-retired banner; last edited in March 2019.
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution May 1, 2010.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit January 24, 2010.
  • Template:User2 – Primarily contributed to articles about popular American TV shows. Last edited on January 12, 2015; left goodbye message to another user five days later saying "[e]very single day on this site is nothing but frustration and I have much better things to do."
  • Template:Formeradmin – His last edit December 20, 2012, where he announced his retirement. He still regularly updates his webpage
    .
  • Template:User2 – Last edit February 20, 2017.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 19, 2015.
  • Template:T on his user and user talk pages then blocked himself shortly before being desysopped in an arbitration case
    . Last edit on July 10, 2023 to remove a notification that he was desysopped from his talk page.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit October 24, 2012.
  • Template:User2 – A prolific editor during 2004, ScudLee first disappeared in December 2004. Made almost 1500 edits in December 2005, then blanked talk page on December 27, 2005 and has not been heard from since.
  • Template:User2 – Last seen at the end of January 2006, after over 9600 edits; left without explanation. A major contributor to Canadian topics, he started the page on the TV show, Lost and also the current version of The Nature of Things.
  • Template:User2 – Prolific editor of good article nominations. Has not edited since March 7, 2014.
  • Template:User2 – Edited mainly videogames articles. Vanished in 2008. Came back with a single edit on March 31, 2021 to vote on a deletion discussion.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Became an administrator on April 3, 2007, under the username PullToOpen. Hasn't edited since November 20, 2009.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit May 25, 2010.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit September 29, 2021 after a one year gap in editing. Editing began to slow down and become infrequent after 2006. First edit made on September 1, 2005.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit 2-7-2021, last global edit on English Wiktionary 8-13-2022.
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  • Template:User2 – Went into semi-retirement on July 4, 2014 and Template:Diff.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit February 22, 2010. He contributed significantly to anime and manga articles and was also an admin coach.
  • Template:User2 – A contributor of the television series Lost. Last edit June 16, 2009.
  • Template:User2 – Left a message on her talk page on September 15, 2006, saying her "time here has passed." She made a few more edits, the last on December 29, but reiterated that she was not coming back. Made a few edits to user talk pages in August 2010.
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  • Template:User2 – Left for a short wikibreak in 2006 and didn't return. Last edit November 18, 2006.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit February 19, 2008.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit September 23, 2016.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit January 6, 2016.
  • Wikiproject:Law Enforcement
    , worked in a wide variety of areas, including articles about military history, law enforcement, and cricket.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit 19:46, November 9, 2012, first edit 06:07, February 11, 2006. Primarily active during: October 2006 - April 2007; February 2008 - June 2008; December 2008; April 2009; and September 2009. Stopped editing abruptly on September 18, 2009 (Template:Diff), returning to make one edit on November 9, 2012, which was his last edit. Notable for operating two bots, Template:User2 and Template:User2, both of which have been inactive since 2007 (February 20 and October 27, respectively).
  • Template:User2 – Last edit November 1, 2013.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit August 19, 2005.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Former Wikimedia Steward. Her most recent edit on any Wikimedia website was on the English Wikipedia on August 21, 2018.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit 4-14-2022, last global edit on Meta-Wiki 4-18-2022.
  • Template:User2 – Primarily worked on articles about biology. Last edited June 2013, previous edit November 2011.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit December 29, 2005.
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution October 29, 2011.
  • Template:User2 – Blanked their user and talk pages on November 18, 2014 and made only two edits in August 2015.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 6, 2004.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit on November 30, 2008. Worked tirelessly on improving Warriors (novel series) to GA, and on creating a Warriors portal.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit 5 March 2022. Over 150,000 edits, many on India-related topics.
  • Template:User2 – A tireless contributor to science and mathematics articles, posted a retirement banner on their talk page on February 22, 2009. Made several edits afterwards until full stop after September 26, 2009‎. Returned briefly to comment on a requested move December 2-3, 2022.
  • Template:User2 – Regularly worked on articles on TV shows, especially Lost. Last edit March 18, 2009.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 16, 2012.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit September 10, 2009.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit March 4, 2010. First edit May 28, 2001.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Formerly SkierRMH. A highly active editor and administrator with a combined total of nearly 340,000 edits and 171,290 deletions. Abruptly ceased editing on September 17, 2012.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edits in July 2016; retired. An administrator; added much good material on Canadian history and architecture; also to Commons.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 18, 2006.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit January 31, 2019.
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  • Template:User2 – Vanished without trace in 2013.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit, a retirement notice, January 31, 2010.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit July 1, 2013
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  • Template:Mop Template:Admin – Last edit January 9, 2024.
  • Template:User2 – Announced they were moving to an area without internet access on their user page on January 31, 2008; announced they would in fact have internet access in February 2008, but have apparently been offline since February 16, 2008. Four edits in November 2009.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit March 25, 2021. Over 33,000 edits.
  • Template:Noping
    on English Wikiquote.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit September 29, 2021.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit April 13, 2021.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit March 3, 2015. Over 90,000 edits.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit July 15, 2006. Left explanation on his user page on March 23, 2007, saying he's "had enough" and "it wasn't fun anymore". Came back on January 9, 2008 to clear out bot messages on his talk page.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit November 22, 2003. First edit September 3, 2002.
  • Template:User2 – Was a good contributor. Made more than 9,000+ edits. Hasn't edited since 2013.
  • Template:User2 – Made an admin January 8, 2005. Last edit January 18, 2005. One edit to userspace October 15, 2012.
  • Template:User2 – Frequent contributor to South Park-related articles. Last edits were on April 15, 2015. Does not seem to have edited regularly since 2010.
  • Template:User2 – Last contributed August 27, 2010.
  • Template:User2 – Blanked his user page and made his last edit May 14, 2006. Left a retirement message on September 7, 2006 and has not edited since. Account was since blocked to prevent hijack.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 7, 2007. A member of numerous sports projects with over 52K edits. On an indefinite wikibreak, 'is at a crossroads.' Confirmed via IP on June 4, 2008 he had retired.
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution November 10, 2013.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit May 30, 2009.
  • Template:User2 – First edit August 28, 2004. Very few edits since December 27, 2005, the last on January 1, 2007. Left a message on his user page.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 22, 2017, save for one edit on February 20, 2022.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Former administrator. Last edit June 16, 2018.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit October 26, 2008.
  • MLB-related content, and the creator of numerous articles pertaining to college basketball. First became inactive in 2016; briefly returned in the summer of 2017 and made an additional 661 edits before ceasing activity once again. Made sporadic contributions in 2018 and 2019 before Template:Diff
    in June 2022.
  • U.S. Roads
    and other transportation-related projects. Stopped editing regularly on December 26, 2006; made a few sporadic edits through 2007 and has not edited since October 21 of that year. Last edit claimed he was still active on IRC.
  • Template:User2 – Made over 4,000 edits spanning a period of roughly one year, from June 2004 until September 2005. Gradually reduced activity until stopping altogether on April 13, 2006. Has since made sporadic edits in 2009, 2017, and 2018. Last edit May 2, 2020.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit October 28, 2013.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 7, 2020.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit March 23, 2015. Active in telecommunications articles. Left a note on user page saying goodbye.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit July 19, 2021.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit February 5, 2007.
  • Template:User2 – Left a farewell message on his user page on June 13, 2006.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit November 3, 2021.
  • Template:User2 – Prolific editor to country pages for Olympic Games. Last edit was November 23, 2015.
  • Template:User2 – Active from 2006–2008 in editing St. Louis-area and film articles; last edit July 30, 2009.
  • Template:User2 – No activity since September 26, 2021.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 10, 2016.
  • Template:User2 – Stopped actively contributing on September 14, 2007, after slowing down his edits significantly since May. Made one edit on August 16, 2008 and two on July 23, 2013.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit November 23, 2015.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit September 21, 2005 – the only edit since May 28, 2005.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit November 14, 2008.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit April 14, 2022. Formerly edited as Template:User2.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit October 26, 2009. Left departing note on User Page.
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  • Template:User2 – Fell out with Wikipedia. Last edit March 10, 2008.
  • Template:User2 – Was a regular contributor to many Mortal Kombat-related articles; put semi-retired template on his userpage explaining he was headed to college in August 2011, and has not edited since November 2016.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit was made on May 14, 2015. Former administrator that was active through 2005 to 2008, where activity slowed down after 2006, and consistent editing ceased in 2008, making only two edits in 2010 and two more in 2015, with the first edit in 2015 being made to blank their userpage. Was desysopped in 2011 due to inactivity.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit August 15, 2014.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit September 27, 2012.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit November 8, 2021.
  • WP:KIDSTVDATES. Abruptly stopped editing November 3, 2020. Formerly edited as Template:User2
    .
  • Template:User2 – Last edit February 21, 2019, save for one edit on May 27, 2022.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit October 13, 2018.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 31, 2005.
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution October 14, 2019.
  • Template:User2 – Heavy interest in football. Userpage claims contributions towards 8 featured items, 9 GAs, and 8 DYKs, many about Sunderland FC. Editing slowed heavily after 2012 and stopped completely in 2014 after over 11,000 edits.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit made on December 29, 2010.
  • Template:User2 – Final edit June 6, 2018.
  • Template:User2 – Retired citing "exhaustion and stress" on his userpage. Last edit February 6, 2008.
  • Template:User2 – Regular contributor to sports-related articles. Last edit June 23, 2019.
  • Template:User2 – An infrequent ten-year editor, he essentially stopped editing in 2015, making only three edits in 2016 and then nothing until his final four edits in 2019.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – A former admin, desysopped for inactivity. With the exception of one edit in 2013, they effectively quit in March of 2010.
  • Template:User2 – On September 30, 2010 left a retirement message [7] and requested deletion of user pages. Last edited December 29, 2010.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit July 12, 2010.
  • Template:User2 – Prolific editor of music articles since June 2013. Abruptly ceased editing on May 14, 2022.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last major edits July 19, 2017. Has edited sporadically since then, most recently on May 8, 2018.

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  • Template:User2 – Last edited on July 23, 2022. Made 4,399 edits on Wikipedia.
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  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit November 27, 2011.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit April 14, 2006, a good bye note on user page.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit May 29, 2023.
  • Template:User2 – Left on an "indefinite break from editing" on April 13, 2009; he has since only made four page moves and one edit, with the last set on May 7, 2010.
  • Template:User2 – Editing since December 2002. Last edit April 12, 2013.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Former administrator. Last edit April 2, 2009.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Former administrator. Last edit April 12, 2014, then a few edits in July 2015 and August-September 2017, first edit December 11, 2002.
  • Template:User2 – Has not edited since 2009, save for 2 edits on November 22, 2017.
  • Template:Formeradmin – Last edit May 4, 2010. An active admin who left after being desysopped
    for an incident in which he unblocked himself and proceeded to block an administrator who blocked him.
  • Template:User2 – On indefinite wikibreak since December 10, 2005. Created some excellent sketches whilst he was here. Announced an indefinite break. Last edit August 18, 2019.
  • Template:User2 – An editor since January 15, 2002, has not edited with much frequency since 2006. Last edit April 18, 2009.
  • Template:User2 – From East Java, she effectively stopped editing in 2013, having made only two edits in 2014, one edit in 2016, and a final edit in 2019.
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution March 10, 2014.
  • Template:User2 – Announced a long Wikibreak on May 24, 2007; made only two more edits, the last one on September 13, 2007.
  • Template:User2 – Left at the end of February 2008. May have been frustrated by "GNU/Linux" vs "Linux" discussions.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit September 25, 2023.
  • Down Syndrome
    to featured status in 2006, but appears to have got frustrated at the terminology of disease/disorder/illness in articles and last edits were shortly afterwards.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit was on September 24, 2008 to blank user and user talk page.
  • Template:User2 – Over 4,200 edits. No edits since 23 August 2011.
  • Template:User2 – Frequent contributor to Katy Perry-related articles, and original founder of WikiProject Katy Perry. Last edit was November 8, 2017, and does not seem to have edited regularly since June 2012.
  • Template:User2 – User retired in September 2017. Made one edit on Esperanto Wikipedia in December 2017, and three more on English Wikipedia in July 2018; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 12, 2009.
  • Template:Mop Template:Former admin – Last edit July 25, 2013, first edit November 21, 2003.
  • Template:Mop Template:Former admin – Prolific editor for nearly three years, with final edit made in November 2010. User got desysopped for inactivity.
  • Template:User2 – Edited his user page in January 2008 saying they were no longer actively editing. Only a few edits since then, the last on November 5, 2016.
  • Template:User2 – Active 2005 through 2008 and again 2012 through 2013, his last edit came October 17, 2021.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit April 23, 2013.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit August 4, 2023.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Administrator. Last edit March 20, 2015, one before that on December 8, 2011. Blanked user talk page in April 2019.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit was to blank their Talk page, with edit summary "long since retired", in May 2014.
  • Template:User2 – Posted a wikibreak message in April 2007. Made two edits in July 2007, hasn't edited since.
  • Template:User2 – Made 2,289 edits since joining in 2005. Last edit on June 1, 2009.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit on December 31, 2015, worked on various articles on rides from amusement parks.
  • Template:User2 – First left a long wikibreak tag on their userpage on April 30, 2006, then later performed their last edit by blanking their Talk page in November 2013.
  • Template:User2 (previously Template:User2) – joined on #DATEFORMAT:2016-12-29 as an occasional editor. Became very prolific during 2019 (peaked in August that year with 2905 edits / month), until a sudden stop on #DATEFORMAT:2020-03-09. Made 7 further edits in April, the last of which was on #DATEFORMAT:2020-04-21. This was his final edit.
  • WikiProject Hip Hop
    .
  • Template:User2 – Last edit June 14, 2018.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit July 14, 2009; had not edited regularly since July 2008 before that.
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution April 5, 2010.
  • Template:User2 – Added retirement notice on September 2, 2007, last edit on June 9, 2008.
  • Template:User2 – Prolific editor with over 135,000 edits since November 2007. Last edit December 3, 2015.
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution January 16, 2012.
  • Template:User2 – Last few edits, in March 2011, included "Retired" template on their Talk page, after more than 167,000 edits. Still lurks on IRC sometimes.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit January 1, 2020.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit June 20, 2009, with an edit summary of "no moar".
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit 3-1-2022, last global edit on Meta-Wiki 5-31-2022.
  • Template:User2 – Editing suddenly came to a halt on June 6, 2011; has only made edit ever since, on September 17, 2021.
  • Template:User2 – A highly active editor who primarily focused on video game-related articles, Thejadefalcon amassed over 10,000 edits in their year of editing. Although a userbox on their page humorously suggested that they would leave Wikipedia once Mass Effect 2 was released, their activity level did drop sharply after the release of that game, and they made their last edit on June 29, 2012.
  • Template:User2 – Worked largely on tour-related articles. No edits since May 1, 2016.
  • Template:User2 – Prominent vandal-fighter who suddenly ceased editing on April 29, 2009.
  • Template:User2 – Placed a retirement notice on his user page on August 22, 2007, made a few more edits, the last on September 4, 2007.
  • Template:User2 – Prolific contributor with over 95,000 edits. Last edit was on October 22, 2018, which was to blank his talk page.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit was on November 26, 2019.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit March 3, 2013. Busy wikifier and member of the biography WikiProject. Wrote "semi-retired" on userpage but has not edited since.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Former administrator. Last edit May 29, 2015.
  • Template:User2 – Thousands of (mainly) firearm subject edits over the course of 12 months; methodically closed out his editor involvement September 14, 2007 then made one edit on March 4, 2008.
  • Template:User2 – Made over 6,000 edits since February 28, 2014. Last edit July 6, 2020.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit September 28, 2021.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit February 4, 2017, first edit December 1, 2006.
  • most prolific editors
    ever.
  • Template:Formeradmin – A prolific editor in 2006, Thunderboltz made a bit more than 1330 edits in 2007, about three hundred in 2008, with activity dropping off after that. They received more than a dozen barnstars for India-related contributions but Template:Diff
    .
  • Template:User2 – Last edit November 15, 2014.
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution November 29, 2012.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit June 15, 2013. Mainly active in music articles for groups such as Sugababes. Does not appear to have given a reason or advance notice for departure; appears to have vanished abruptly while still busy on Wikipedia.
  • Template:User2 – One of the 15 most productive editors of all time, with nearly 1 million edits. Thousands of edits per day until they suddenly stopped at 16:59, 14 May 2019.
  • Template:User2 – This editor retired in January 2018, but came back in 2020 to make a few edits. Last edit was on August 27, 2020. They made a total of 69,627 edits at the time marked missing.
  • Template:User2 – Over 67,000 edits since April 4, 2006, then just ... stopped. Last edit March 29, 2019.
  • biting newbies
    . Later made another edit on December 25, 2017, with this currently being his last edit.
  • Template:Formeradmin – An active vandal-fighter and sock-blocker, he made over 47,300 edits to Wikipedia. Tiptoey Template:Diff on November 3, 2015 and Template:Diff
    .
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution September 26, 2015.
  • Template:User2 – Joined Wikipedia on August 24, 2004 and made over 104,000 edits. Last edited March 23, 2011.
  • Help Desk
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  • Template:User2 – Last edit May 11, 2012.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit December 12, 2020. At the time of being marked missing, they made 14,910 edits.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit January 21, 2008.
  • Template:User2 – The user with internal ID 3. Last edit on March 29, 2004 and have made over 2,000 edits. Later compromised in September 2022, now blocked indefinitely and locked globally.
  • Template:User2 – This user last edited Wikipedia on May 5, 2021. At that time, they made 11,896 edits.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Former administrator. Last edit in July 2018.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit on March 30, 2021.
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution November 22, 2011.
  • Template:User2 – Keen contributor on Northern Irish politics. Last edit June 1, 2021, having made 5,110 edits at this time.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit March 28, 2021. First edit May 3, 2010.
  • Template:User2 – Retired on User page in July 2010.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Former administrator, retired October 3, 2008, then edited in August 2012.
  • Template:User2 – Active 2006 through 2020 with an abrupt stop on June 25, 2020.
  • Template:User2 – Requested his user and talk page to be deleted on June 17, 2007; no reason given. Blanked own talk page on July 30, 2009.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit September 23, 2011.
  • Template:User2 – Last edited on December 11, 2013.
  • Template:Mop Template:Former admin – Last edit December 1, 2016.
  • usernames for administrator attention
    ; resumed editing in August 2013 after a long absence; on September 23, 2013, quietly stopped editing after failed appeal of first block; had made over 9,600 edits. Last edit March 31, 2014.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit July 12, 2016.
  • Template:User2 – Active 2012-2013 and again 2017-2018, TruPepitoM primarily edited sports topics, specifically Philippine sports articles. Their last edit came December 10, 2022.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Desysopped for "making decisions that are in the spirit of Wikipedia but against its rules" instead of "follow[ing] the rules when they fly directly in the face of the spirit of Wikipedia". Stopped editing abruptly in mid-2013, came back for two edits in February 2014, then several starting in June 2015, and one on October 10. Made one edit January 20, 2019. Later made four more edits on June 30, 2021, with these currently being the last.
  • Template:User2 – Left a retirement notice on talk page in February 2007, though last edit was on November 17, 2008.
  • pending changes reviewer
    who left Wikipedia a couple of times between 2010–2013, but retired for good on January 17, 2013. Made over 36,000 edits.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit July 21, 2015.
  • Template:Formeradmin (Other usernames include Template:User2 and Template:User2
    .) – Administrator, first chairman of the Mediation Committee, active contributor. First edit was on September 15, 2002, & his last September 4, 2009.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit August 25, 2019.
  • Template:User2 – Retired following a dustup and the resulting block. Last edit August 20, 2010.
  • Template:User2 – On August 6, 2006 he left a goodbye note on his userpage, which has since been deleted. He made a few edits on August 25 and 27 and suggested he would still contribute anonymously. Occasional edits since; last January 13, 2013.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit March 27, 2023.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Longtime contributor to upstate New York and road articles who hasn't edited since November 26, 2014.
  • Template:User2 – First contribution was on September 9, 2001; last edit was on February 5, 2011.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Longtime contributor, went on an indefinite wikibreak on October 6, 2010. Returned briefly to archive his talk page and make a minor edit during 2011–2012, 2014–2015, and 2016.
  • Template:User2 – Over 1100 edits since January 2005. Last edit February 1, 2006.

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  • Template:User2 (now Template:User2) – Edited for a year on Turkey-related topics; last edit was April 18, 2008.
  • Template:User2 – Former prolific contributor with 65,714 edits. Blanked their user and user talk pages on April 29, 2023 and has not edited since.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit December 8, 2011.
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution April 4, 2011. Editing became sporadic after 2006 with only one edit being made in 2010 and two final ones in 2011.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit March 31, 2009.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit August 1, 2003.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit June 2, 2008.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit April 2, 2008.
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  • Template:User2 – Last edit August 13, 2022.

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  • Template:User2 – Last edited on March 6, 2016 after nearly two years of no editing. Previous edit was to blank their talk page.
  • Template:Formeradmin – "I think I've officially "disappeared" now. You can call me a "missing Wikipedian" although I might edit anonymously." Vancouverguy was previously absent from Wikipedia in February 2004. He edited a bit in October 2005 and has not posted since. His account was de-sysopped and blocked after it was compromised in June 2007; see Wikipedia:Former administrators/reason/compromised
    .
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 6, 2020, with the previous edit being over a year ago. Editing began to slow down after April 2013, with only a few edits being made in later years until full stop on December 6, 2020.
  • Template:User2 – Last edited on September 15, 2015.
  • Template:User2 – On December 10, 2007, he explained on his userpage on that he is not currently active. Last edit on June 5, 2008.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit March 11, 2008. Contributed to articles related to the Beatles and other British bands.
  • Template:User2 – Banned at one point in 2004 for edit warring, he returned for a few months in 2005. On December 27, 2005 he started an appeal at requests for arbitration to "clear his name" from his previous block. He has not edited since February 28, 2006.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit August 26, 2006 to his sandbox after a four-month Wikibreak.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit July 4, 2019.
  • Template:User2 – Active contributor whose last edit was February 25, 2010, which was not in keeping with usual rate of contributions.
  • Template:User2 – IIRC, left due to complications w/his identity; save for requesting his userpage be deleted, has not edited since April 21, 2009.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit March 7, 2016. First edited on December 14, 2003.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit March 30, 2011, save for eight edits on October 1, 2020.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Last edit was made on September 8, 2010, which was to post that they were retired, and requested desysopping in edit summary. Administrator. Former president of Wikimedia Australia.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 30, 2005.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit January 1, 2021 with no warning. Made 3,877 contributions to Wikipedia at the time of missing.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit February 12, 2019. Contributor with over 6,000 edits. Was active in 2018 and early 2019 until full stop on February 2019. First edit was made on January 1, 2013.
  • Template:U, stopped editing in July 2009, making a handful more edits in December 2009 and in April 2011. Particularly active at Editor for deletion
    .

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  • Template:User2 – Last edit 5 February 2021. One of Wikipedia's most prolific editors of all time, over 1.3 million edits.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit July 6, 2013.
  • User:StillWaitingForConnection
    , which is also now defunct. Over 14,000 edits made.
  • WP:POINT
    on April 2, 2007. First edit was made on April 24, 2006.
  • Template:User2 – Early Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons editor, who made over 14,000 edits between May 2006 and June 2011.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Administrator. Last edit September 1, 2012.
  • Template:User2 – Last contribution April 13, 2011.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Administrator, inactive since May 2006. Left Wikipedia and protected his userpage on January 26, 2008.
  • Template:User2 – Edited mostly motorcycle racing articles from 2008 to January 2011. Made one edit on August 23, 2020, where they blanked their talk page.
  • Template:User2 – Prolifiic editor with more than 179,000+ contributions, suddenly stopped editing on May 11, 2017.
  • most prolific editors
    ever.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit May 21, 2010.
  • Template:User2 – Only two edits since May 9, 2008.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Desysopped for inactivity, Wesley joined in October 2001. He became inactive in March of 2012 making only four edits since then with the last on March 14, 2015.
  • Eurovision, he stopped actively contributing 2018, made a pair of edits in 2019, and announced that Template:Diff
    . Made a handful of edits in May 2020, mainly to his user talk page. Made one edit on Wikimedia Commons in June 2021; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
  • Template:User2 – Suddenly stopped editing on July 6, 2019 after 8 years and more than 100,000 edits.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit April 5, 2018.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Administrator. Prolific editor in 2005. Last edit May 19, 2020 on his talk page.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 2, 2009.
  • Template:User2 – Prolific contributor who stopped editing May 8, 2007. Last edit suggested he felt another user was threatening him.
  • Template:User2 – Joined February 2008, racked up over 106,000 edits and is rumored to be taking a Wikibreak. Their last contribution was on November 3, 2012.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit October 31, 2009, over 60,000 edits, last edit was blanking their user page, adding they were retired with an edit summary of “Disgusted with various editors using Wikipedia for their hit-piece playground, no longer have faith in Wikipedia's pillars (now corrupted by various editors on various crusades)”.
  • Template:User2 – Regular contributor to rock music-related articles. Last edit April 28, 2011.
  • Template:User2 – Three edits in 2015, two in 2016, and a final edit in January 2017.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit September 29, 2010, left a retired message on user page.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 14, 2007. Prolific editor and stickler for standards, to the point of often antagonizing others. Userpage suggests she gave up, but not on entirely hostile terms.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit August 19, 2010. Last edit was changing their status from semi-retired to retired.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Left a note on userpage announcing that he was "taking a break for a while" on December 15, 2005, has made a few edits since (last one on December 14, 2022).
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Checkuser, bureaucrat and administrator. Joined in May 2006. Resigned and retired September 1, 2013, leaving roughly 12,500 live edits.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Former administrator who last edited October 4, 2022. Was deysopped for inactivity in 2023.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 5, 2008.
  • Template:User2 – Prolific Indian editor. Abruptly stopped editing 20 July 2020.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit September 14, 2005. Disappeared without any notice or indication of reason.
  • most prolific editors
    ever.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit March 5, 2019.
  • most prolific editors
    ever.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit June 2, 2021.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit July 23, 2019. An indefinite block was lifted a day later, but Wnt has not returned.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – A former administrator who has not edited since 2009.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Administrator. Last edit June 9, 2003. Joined in 2001.
  • most prolific editors
    ever.
  • Template:User2 – Prolific editor with over 156,000 edits, mostly to zoology and physics related topics. Last edit September 11, 2020.
  • 24 featured article successful nominations
    , last edit on March 3, 2007.
  • Template:User2 – Operator of DustyBot. Last edit July 4, 2009.
  • Template:User2 – Prolific editor with over 56,000 edits. Last edited on February 19, 2016.

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  • Template:User2 – Last edit June 14, 2013.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Administrator. Last edit on September 23, 2007.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Prolific editor and former administrator with over 18,600 edits and 1,681 created pages. A sharp decline in editing began after 2007, with a steady decline in edits continuing until 2014, where a spike in activity occurred and continued until their final edit on July 12, 2014, with no reason given to sudden inactivity. Was procedurally desysopped in 2015 due to inactivity. First edit was made on May 26, 2005.

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  • Template:Mop Template:Former admin – Last edit May 13, 2022. Desysoped June 1, 2023.
  • Template:User2 – An Indian countervandal, he abruptly stopped editing in December 2017.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit September 5, 2007.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Former admin who last edited November 23, 2010 following an RFC/U. Prolific Featured Article creator and reviewer. Desysopped in January 2012 for inactivity.
  • Template:User2 – Left a retirement message on April 10, 2014; no previous edits since August 2013.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit October 8, 2009. Worked mostly on cartoon-related articles.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit June 25, 2012. Worked on articles related to Ethiopia, Yemen and other underserved areas, making over 11,500 edits; fluent in Amharic.
  • Template:User2 – Last edit December 8, 2009. Worked as a vandalism fighter.
  • Template:Formeradmin
    – Yunshui last edited Wikipedia June 16, 2020. With 69,412 edits, he had many roles in keeping Wikipedia accurate. Eight-year enwiki admin (from July 30, 2012 to October 5, 2020), was also checkuser and oversight.

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