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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. Editors who stopped editing before 2010 are listed at Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians/2000–2009.

Purpose of this list

The purpose of this list is to provide a reminder of those who have left. 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 a year are likely to have left permanently and may be added to the list.
  • Wait at least a year 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 administrators, or were at one time (many are procedurally desysopped due to inactivity; see also Wikipedia:List of administrators/Inactive). All dates featured on this page correspond with UTC times.

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  • 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 · count · former admin: blocks · protects · deletes · rights · meta · groups) – 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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  • Vala M (talk · contribs · count) – Last edited on March 6, 2016 after nearly two years of no editing. Previous edit was to blank their talk page.
  • Van der Hoorn (talk · contribs · count) – 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.
  • Vegaswikian (talk · contribs · count) – Last edited on September 15, 2015.
  • Viajero (talk · contribs · count · former admin: blocks · protects · deletes · rights · meta · groups) – Last edit July 4, 2019.
  • Victoriagirl (talk · contribs · count) – Active contributor whose last edit was February 25, 2010, which was not in keeping with usual rate of contributions.
  • Vikingstad (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 7, 2016. First edited on December 14, 2003.
  • Vina (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 30, 2011, save for eight edits on October 1, 2020.
  • VirtualSteve (talk · contribs · count · former admin: blocks · protects · deletes · rights · meta · groups) – 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.
  • Vorbee (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 1, 2021 with no warning. Made 3,877 contributions to Wikipedia at the time of missing.
  • Vwanweb (talk · contribs · count) – 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.
  • VMS Mosaic (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit September 26, 2016. Prolific editor with over 35,000 edits.
  • RockManQ, 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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