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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.
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 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.
*drew(
talk·contribs·count) – Last contribution on May 1, 2011. Editing slowed down heavily after October 2007, only making four edits since then which were to archive their talk page, with their last edit adding a busy status on their userpage. Has made no edits since then.
16@r(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit 5-5-2021, last global edit on French Wikipedia 5-8-2021. Prolific contributor with over 31,000 edits and 4,788 created pages. Editing slowed down significantly after 2008, making only sporadic edits afterwards, until a stop in late 2013. Made a brief return in 2021, making 16 edits until their final edit. First edit was made on January 26, 2006.
21655(
talk·contribs·count) – Retired on August 20, 2011. A highly active vandal-fighter with over 10,000 edits in 2008, but made only a few hundred over the following three years.
52 Pickup(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator who stopped editing on May 9, 2008. Made three more edits on October 25, the last one leaving a retirement notice on his talk page. Made one final edit on April 6, 2009. Made four subsequent edits on German Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons in July 2009; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
A
A930913(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edited frequently in April 2016. Made 10,655 edits to Wikipedia. Edited their user page on February 15, 2021 to post they are now retired. Subsequently made one final edit on February 3, 2023; has not edited since.
A.Garnet(
talk·contribs·count) – Made extensive contributions to Turkey-related topics; developed
Suleiman the Magnificent to featured article status. Last edit March 11, 2009. Made 3,671 edits in total.
AAA!(
talk·contribs·count) – Placed wikibreak templates on user and talk pages on October 27, 2009; edited user page on August 9, 2010. Returned to make one page move in March 2014.
ABF(
talk·contribs·count) – Contributor to both German Wikipedia and English Wikipedia with 19,528 edits on English Wikipedia. Last edit on April 3, 2013. Continued contributing to German Wikipedia until February 2022; has not edited any Wikimedia projcts since.
AbigailAbernathy(
talk·contribs·count) – Active 2011 through 2014, her edits reduced to a handful annually and her last edit was October 12, 2021.
Abigail-II(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit June 12, 2004. First edit February 4, 2004. Final edits were unhappy farewells posted on
user,
user talk and the
Village Pump. Excerpt from user page: "I've no interest in working on a system where people break down your work without discussing it on appropriate page."
Abrech(
talk·contribs·count) – Active
Huggle user who stopped editing for a long time after June 2, 2008. Made a handful of edits on March 16, 2013. Made 3 edits on March 13, 2022, and another 3 on German Wikipedia late that year; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Abryn(
talk·contribs·count) – Retired on July 18, 2021, made last edit on July 20, 2023.
Abu badali(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit September 11, 2007. Left over concerns regarding non-free content usage, per the
final edit. The final edit also indicates the user may return in "some months", depending upon progress in this area. Edited twice in 2008, making comments in discussions over the policy.
ACSE(
talk·contribs·count) – Japanese Wikipedian with 42,000 edits over 5 years. Last edit October 19, 2011. Requested for his user page to be deleted on the same day.
Adam Carr(
talk·contribs·count) – Started contributing in September 2003. After many months of increasing frustration, stopped editing regularly on February 15, 2007, then posted on May 6 that he would no longer contribute to Wikipedia. Made a few sporadic edits afterwards, the last on June 7, 2015.
AED(
talk·contribs·count) – Was an active editor until suddenly completely stopping in November 2006. Over 14,000 edits.
AgentPeppermint(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit November 23, 2008; returned on January 20, 2010 to blank the user page and post a farewell notice. Made sporadic edits in 2011–2013.
Agnte(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor on Australian topics. Began trailing off in 2006, took most of the following year off and edits dwindled further. Last edit June 19, 2011.
Aido2002(
talk·contribs·count) – Was quite active until 2011. Made sporadic edits in 2013 and 2014. Made over 2,100 contributions to Wikipedia and was last seen editing on April 1, 2014.
Alan Liefting(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit June 5, 2015. First edit January 3, 2004. Over 125,000 edits. Has not returned after his last
block expired. Made one edit on July 28, 2019. Subsequently made several edits on Wikimedia Commons in November 2022; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Alan16(
talk·contribs·count) – Last contribution November 23, 2018, which was to blank their userpage. Previous edit was made almost 6 years before final edit, with past edits becoming sporadic after 2010. First edit was made on May 25, 2008.
AlasdairGreen27(
talk·contribs·count) – Last contribution December 21, 2010, with no reason given for inactivity. Contributor with over 4,000 edits who began editing on August 27, 2007.
AlbertSM(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
pending changes reviewer with 43,016 edits. Consistently active from March 2006 until unexplained full stop in March 2014. As of April 2022, 8 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of the
most prolific editors ever.
Alex Bakharev(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator who last edited on August 24, 2022. Was deysopped for inactivity in 2023. Made two subsequent edits on Russian Wikipedia, in September 2022 and August 2023; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Alii h(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 24, 2008, except for one edit on July 9, 2009.
Allstarecho(
talk·contribs·count) – Former prolific contributor and
rollbacker with 41,100 edits. Created 4,911 pages. Consistently active from September 2007 to August 2009. Made a few sporadic edits since, the last of which was in June 2012. As of February 2020, 11 years after first becoming inactive, Allstarecho was still in the top 2000
most prolific editors ever.
Amarkov(
talk·contribs·count) – An active contributor from 2006–2007, amassing over 10,000 edits—primarily in Wikipedia space, where they frequently contributed to backroom discussions and
requests for adminship. Last edit on March 15, 2009.
Amgine(
talk·contribs·count) – User talk page bears retired banner, declaring in July 2015: "I will simply continue to add the odd contributions to projects I find more welcoming." Made 5 edits afterwards, most recently in October 2017. Made one edit on English Wikinews in November 2023; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
AnakngAraw(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit 10-19-2014, last global edit on Tagalog Wikipedia 11-10-2014. Many edits on Asian topics.
Anderson(
talk·contribs·count) – User with over 2,000 edits.
Posted on his user page that he was taking a two-week to a month-long break in August 2013, then made his last edit one week later.
ANNAfoxlover(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit: August 30, 2007 – User talk page notes
"computer problems" since April 25, 2007, which may be related (notice was added by
User:Deskana). Returned in August 2008 for a spell but disappeared again, then briefly returned to make one edit on April 26, 2014, followed by another one on January 6, 2019.
Anonymous Dissident(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and bureaucrat with over 47,000 edits between 2007 and 2021, the vast majority of which were prior to 2011. Became one of the youngest editors to ever be granted adminship in
September 2007, at only twelve years of age. Desysopped due to inactivity in 2014; last edit 15 February 2021.
Ansh666(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator with 21,115 edits across both accounts. Made 20,382 edits on original account. Requested to be desyopped on June 11, 2019 and have all rights removed except autopatrol. Moved to
Ansh.666(
talk·contribs·count), made 733 edits, and placed retirement templates on both accounts September 28, 2023.
Appraiser(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 42,464 edits and 2,000 pages created from Aug 2006 to Sep 2008, then just 30 random edits before unexplained full stop in March 2012. As of March 2020, over 11 years after first going virtually dormant, was still in the top 1900 of
most prolific editors ever.
Apollomelos(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit August 19, 2005. User & user talk pages were deleted May 21, 2005 by request, citing the reason "I am leaving the project because I no longer have the time to spare contributing to often controversial topics in which I must spend 75% of my time explaining the information to users who did not even bother to read up on the topics[...]". Final edit indicated this user would be returning; has not edited since.
Apostrophe(
talk·contribs·count) – Blanked his user and talk pages on August 4, 2008; last edit on February 25, 2009.
ArielGold(
talk·contribs·count) – Contributor to a few GAs, author of several articles and DYKs, and the recipient of dozens of barnstars, her main period of activity was 2007 to 2009 with brief burst of editing in 2013 and finally in 2019.
ARTEST4ECHO(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
pending changes reviewer with 42,000 edits and 1,143 pages created, including extensive work on articles relating to the Latter Day Saint movement, before sudden unexplained full stop in September 2015. As of March 2020, over 4 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
Astral(
talk·contribs·count) – Retired
Huggle user; last edit on May 30, 2008. Made one edit almost three years later on May 1, 2011.
AtheWeatherman(
talk·contribs·count) – Edited frequently for two years before stopping in December 2009. Made one last edit on November 6, 2010.
AtilimGunesBaydin(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor to Turkey-related topics; instrumental in improving
Turkish language to featured article status. Edits began trailing off in April 2010; hasn't edited since August 23, 2012. Made two edits on Wikimedia Commons in August 2013; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
ATS(
talk·contribs·count) – Added {{Retired}} to user and user talk pages on September 7, 2021. Subsequently returned one year later as
DaydreamBelizer(
talk·contribs·count), making a further 403 edits between then and March 5, 2023; has not edited since.
Audude08(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit: April 7, 2008. User page deleted. Left retirement template and message on talk page.
AussieLegend(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit on 30 March 2022 with 173,395 edits. His user page states his health issues and states that “If I don't edit in a month or more, you can safely assume that I won't be back.”
Banes(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – On August 29, 2006 he left a retirement message on his userpage, saying he would be busy for the next few months, though he continued editing sporadically. Last edit on April 19, 2013.
Basara-kun(
talk·contribs·count) – Left on July 20, 2007 after uploading 50+ unsourced images. "Enough. My contributions are ignored, my images are removed from the articles and in general, my editions aren't "encyclopedic"."
Bcrowell(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 13, 2006. "Wikipedia was fun for a few years, but at this point I think it's entered a stage where it's just not fun anymore.... I've intentionally munged my password, so I can no longer log in." Apparently reappeared briefly as
Bcrowell2(
talk·contribs·count).
Begonia Brandbygeana(
talk·contribs·count) – Made their last edit on July 8, 2013. Contributor with over 4,000 edits. First edit was made on December 18, 2011. No reason was given as to why activity stopped.
Bejinhan(
talk·contribs·count) – Stopped actively editing June 2019. Made one mainspace edit in July 2022 and then marked user and user talk pages as retired in January 2023.
Ben(
talk·contribs·count) – Highly experienced with templates, improving several of them. Last edit was on May 18, 2007.
Benny the mascot(
talk·contribs·count) – Instrumental in getting
Benet Academy to GA status. Has not edited since May 2010. Remained active on English Wikinews until August 2010; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Berean Hunter(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and checkuser with over 73,000 edits spanning a 12-year editing career. Active in a variety of different venues, but was a particularly prolific volunteer at
SPI. Last edited on October 1, 2020, and was desysopped for inactivity the following year.
Bever(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit was made on August 24, 2021, in an article. First made was made on May 4, 2013.
Bgwhite(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 15, 2020. First edit May 11, 2005. 547,151 edits.
Big Adamsky(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit April 27, 2006, followed by one edit in November 2013, one in September 2014, and one in May 2016. Subsequently made one edit on English Wiktionary in September 2016; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Biker Biker(
talk·contribs·count) – Former prolific contributor,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker with 41,000 edits. Created 6,016 new pages, many dealing with motorcycles and automobiles. Consistently active from May 2009 until unexplained full stop in June 2013. As of February 2020, nearly 7 years after stopping, was still in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
Bine Mai(
talk·contribs·count) – Former prolific contributor and
pending changes reviewer with 41,700 edits. Created 7,305 pages, active editor of articles relating to rugby, association football and their homeland of Romania. Consistently active from June 2007 to July 2013, then sporadic until unexplained full stop in July 2019. Made one subsequent edit on Wikidata in April 2020; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since. As of February 2020, 7 years after first becoming virtually dormant, was still in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
Blackjacks101(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edited on July 13, 2014, in which user blanked talk page and had userpage deleted. Only made sporadic edits in 2012, and does not appear to have edited actively since May 2011.
Blanchey(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edited on February 22, 2023. Their final edit was the creation of their blank user page.
BlankVerse(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit April 5, 2007. Made one edit on April 8, 2008. "There are times when editor behavior and decision making, as well as governance on the Wikipedia, seems closer to the "Lord of the Flies" than the Quaker ideal of civility and consensus that the Wikipedia professes to follow. There is no joy in Mudville tonight."
Bmicomp(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator, focus on articles relating to Chicago. Made full stop on September 28, 2014, returned for a moment with a single edit on January 14, 2017, and briefly returned once again making an edit on March 27, 2022.
Boadrummer(
talk·contribs·count) – Left April 27, 2009, did not announce departure. Later made three edits in July 2011 and one to own userpage on October 25, 2013. Had a large number of edits mostly related to music.
BoojiBoy(
talk·contribs·count) – Almost 9000 edits, stopped prolific editing in August 2006, then returned in May 2007 before retiring for good on June 11, 2007. Left a message on his talk page, "I gave it another chance, nothing has changed here and it's not worth my time. I won't be back this time."
Bornintheguz(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit October 3, 2005. A very prolific contributor to articles about soccer.
BostonMA(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit July 17, 2007; stopped editing prolifically in February, a month after a failed RfA. 6000+ edits. No reason given.
Caerwine(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit August 4, 2008. Over 48,000 edits. Left over "method of handling varieties of national Englishes" or lack thereof.
Can't sleep, clown will eat me(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific vandal fighter with over 101,000 edits. Last edit was on April 1, 2008; he made a number of questionable blocks in May and July which led to his eventual
desysopping on July 19 pending communication with
ArbCom. Has not been heard from since. Made one edit on Wikimedia Commons in March 2010; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Cantus(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit April 23, 2006. Had over 21,000 edits until being blocked for a month on that date due to violating a previous Arbitration Committee decision.
Casey Abell(
talk·contribs·count) –
Quit Wikipedia concerning the Durova/Giano conflict, at the end of November 2007. Last edit made December 2, 2007, voting on Newyorkbrad's Arbitration Committee election. Made over 11,000 edits. Briefly returned to create
Victoria Clamp in October 2013.
Caspian blue(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit February 23, 2012, more than a year after preceding edit. Over 35,000 edits, and many new articles mostly related to South Korea.
Catamorphism(
talk·contribs·count) – Taking an indefinite break from Wikipedia, according to user's userpage. Last edit July 27, 2006. Reverted vandalism to own userpage in April 2011.
Catapult(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor, with 44,700 edits, including 10,500 pages created, all in 2006, their one and only year of editing. Made a request in April 2007 to have their user page deleted, so reasons for leaving are gone. As of March 2020, 14 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1700 of
most prolific editors ever.
CattleGirl(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Administrator; last edit April 4, 2008. Was desysopped in 2011 due to inactivity. Friendly contributor with 4,998 edits who was consistently active from 2006 to 2008, where editing ceased in April 2008, with no reason given on inactivity.
Cavila(
talk·contribs·count) – Added a "semi-retired" notice to their userpage in February 2011; made a declining number of edits until placing a "retired" notice on May 6, 2012. Made a single edit in October 2020.
Chacor(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – A former admin, originally User:NSLE, then User:Chacor. Originally taking a long wikibreak, left a retirement message September 20, 2007. Made well over 10,000 edits on the English Wikipedia as Chacor alone. Made two edits on January 5, 2008.
Cheeser1(
talk·contribs·count) – Left Wikipedia several times, always came back, but eventually posted a definitive and frustrated goodbye on his/her user page on April 12, 2008. Last edit May 17, 2008.
ChildofMidnight(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 2010. Prolific article creator on popular culture topics, blocked because of disruption on political articles and banned for a year, a ban lengthened due to socking. Did not return.
Chriscf(
talk·contribs·count) – Stopped editing Wikipedia on March 31, 2007, without explanation, though after displaying frustration for being blocked. Frequently commented at
Articles for deletion, and contributed to a wide variety of articles on subjects including railway stations, U.S. interstates, politics, and the internet.
CimanyD(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific vandal fighter who has not edited regularly since October 30, 2011. Made one edit on November 3, 2011, then placed semi-wikibreak templates on profile and talk page on November 9, 2011. He has not been heard from since.
Clio the Muse(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor at the
Reference Desks, particularly on history questions, 2006–2008. Last edit 2010. Left due to marriage/honeymoon and "all of my other commitments, professional, political and personal".
Cobaltbluetony(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Last edit July 17, 2015. Posted Wikibreak template in August 2010, slowed down as a contributor to an eventual stop in the three years to follow. Appears to have given no reason. Returned in June 2014, then edited occasionally for year and a month.
Colin Kimbrell(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit May 4, 2006. Left over concerns about the
Wikipedia:Reward board, saying, "I'm going on Wikibreak, maybe forever, due to WP:RB. I no longer wish to contribute my labor to the project under these conditions, as I feel that this tremendously misguided proposal deals a critical blow to the credibility of the project...If it dies, I might come back. Otherwise, best of luck, y'all"
[1].
COMPFUNK2(
talk·contribs·count) – Signed as THE AMERICAN METROSEXUAL. Over 18,000 edits, last edit Christmas 2009 to retire his account and leave a bitter farewell message feeling that he had been unfairly treated in discussions.
Coolug(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit January 18, 2013. Later made three edits in 2014, and one last edit in May 2017.
Corax(
talk·contribs·count) – Missing since May 22, 2006, following
controversy and a
block surrounding his posting of another Wikipedian's personal information.
CovenantD(
talk·contribs·count) – Hasn't returned since being blocked for 3RR violation on March 23, 2007. Made a couple of edits now and then, the last on January 8, 2008.
CrazyTalk(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit on November 5, 2005. Left a departure note on his user page. "Closed up shop. The three months I was a Wikiholic have successfully served their purpose (postponing my career change) and have now run their course. I have also arrived at this conclusion:
[3]."
Crossmr(
talk·contribs·count) – Formally retired in April 2012 but made their last edit on February 6, 2013.
CrowzRSA(
talk·contribs·count) – He earned numerous good articles and DYKs for music-related content. His prolific editing 2009 through 2011 led to a single edit in 2012, a return to heavy editing 2013-2014, four edits in 2015 and nothing in 2016, another spurt of activity in 2017 and only 18 more edits in 2018 perhaps because he was a college student.
Curps(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Declared a semi-Wikivacation on May 13, 2006, and made some bot edits, blocks, and deletions up until June 26, 2006, and then declared a long-term Wikivacation on August 1, 2006 and has not edited since.
Danakil(
talk·contribs·count) – This user edited for only one and a half months, from August 1 to September 14, 2004, yet during that time made 3,089 edits. Although his page moves were controversial, he was responsible for the systematic and correct categorization of hundreds of programming languages and other software-related articles.
DanDs(
talk·contribs·count) – Expanded many articles to very good B-class articles, and helped to get The Sword of Shannara to GA, but he left suddenly on July 19, returning only 3 times after that, including blanking his userpage on September 5, 2008.
Danny(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator, former
Wikimedia Foundation employee, prolific contributor with 41,000 edits. Present from nearly the start, with first edit in February 2002. Created 8,709 pages. Very active until April 2008, then sporadic edits until unexplained full stop in June 2014. As of February 2020, nearly 12 years after first becoming virtually dormant, was still in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
DARTH SIDIOUS 2(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
account creator,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker with 45,800 edits, including 7,700 pages created. Massively active for just 12 months, from June 2010 to June 2011, made only forty random edits thereafter until posting “{{Retired}}” and making full stop in June 2012. As of March 2020, nearly 9 years after effectively going dormant, was still in the top 1800 of
most prolific editors ever.
David Kernow(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 42,960 edits. Created 1,779 new pages. Very active from November 2005 until posting "{{Wikibreak}}" in June 2007 – , not editing until 2010, briefly returning then and making 28 edits that year on June, July, and October with the last edit being made on October 11, 2010. As of February 2020, 13 years after becoming virtually dormant, was still in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
David.Throop(
talk·contribs·count) – Stopped editing actively in January 2010, then made two edits in 2011, one in March 2013, and six relating to
PCSK9 in June 2015.
Deeb(
talk·contribs·count) – After a pause of more than two years in editing starting August 3, 2012, returned and edited intermittently from 2015 into early 2019. Made one subsequent edit on April 2, 2021; has not edited since.
Deflective(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor with over 28,000 edits. Was active during 2017, but slowed down after June 2017, making one last edit on May 2, 2018. First edit July 4, 2006.
Designate(
talk·contribs·count) – Often contributed to articles on politicians up through 2014, and has only edited sporadically since, most recently on October 26, 2020.
Deville(
talk·contribs·count) - Last edit November 29, 2023. Contributor with over 26,000 edits.
DieYuppieScum(
talk·contribs·count) – Edited many articles related to money. Vanished in 2007, made a handful of edits in 2009 and one final article edit on January 22, 2011. Changed username to
Kurt(
talk·contribs·count) in February 2012. Last edited as Kurt in March 2012.
Dineshkannambadi(
talk·contribs·count) – Long-term and prolific editor with several FAs; last edited in 2011. Continued contributing to Wikimedia Commons until February 2019; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Dinosaur puppy(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit November 24, 2007. States on userpage that he has gotten a little bored and is less active now.
Dirtlawyer1(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific and popular user with almost 90K edits, mainly on US collegiate sports articles and related topics. Last edit in April 2016, almost exactly 7 years after his first edit.
Dispenser(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor, created tools for fixing disambiguation links. Editing slowed down in 2019 and no edits since March 15, 2020. Continued contributing to Wikimedia Commons until March 2021; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
DLJessup(
talk·contribs·count) – Became inactive on November 12, 2006 after two years of prolific editing. Last edit June 5, 2009.
DomRem(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit November 18, 2007. Contributor that was active in NASCAR-related articles, making over 1,000 edits from 2005 to 2007. Activity slowed in 2007, making 29 edits that year until final edit, with no reason given to inactivity. First edit made on June 12, 2005.
DrFleischman(
talk·contribs·count) – Major contributor to United States political articles. First edited on July 22, 2008, but began editing regularly on September 1, 2011. Last edit July 26, 2018.
Dsimic(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 39,600 edits, including extensive work on articles relating to computer programming, before sudden full stop in July 2016. As of February 2020, nearly 4 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
Dvyost(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – An administrator, announced their departure on their user page on January 9, 2006, saying "I'm increasingly unable to justify the time I put in here". Made a few further edits, the last on February 17, 2007. Came back and blanked their pages on September 6, 2011.
Elaragirl(
talk·contribs·count) – Placed a retirement template on her user page on March 28, 2007, and made her last edits May 27, 2007, then blanked most of her talk page on September 2, 2008.
Electricburst1996(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit September 2, 2019. Blanked his user page with a message that he was no longer active on his account.
Elipongo(
talk·contribs·count) – A ten-year editor and countervandal, Elipongo was mostly active 2006 to 2008, with spurts of editing in 2011 and 2014 with only nine edits in 2017.
Eliyak(
talk·contribs·count) – Former prolific contributor, with 34,000 edits (of 40,700 total) from 2006 to early 2009, including extensive work on articles relating to their Israeli homeland. Sporadic for final ten years, until sudden full stop in September 2020. As of February 2020, 2 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2100 of
most prolific editors ever.
Emargie(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit August 1, 2010, after working to create and expand early California history articles.
Emax(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit February 18, 2005. Disappeared without any notice or indication of reason.
Emcg93(
talk·contribs·count) – First edit April 9, 2014. Last edit April 1, 2018. Mostly edited female wrestler articles.
Enaidmawr(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor on Welsh subjects, has made no edits since April 10, 2010.
Encephalon(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator with 6,009 edits. Last edit was made October 3, 2021, with the first edit being made on August 5, 2005. Normal editing ceased after 2006, making sporadic edits afterwards until final edit in October 2021. Was desysopped in 2012 due to inactivity.
Enki H.(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit April 20, 2022. Made over 1,000 edits in the span of a few months, before a sudden stop in editing in July 2009. No reason was given on inactivity. First edit was made on April 21, 2009.
Epbr123(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Administrator. With nearly 292,000 edits, suddenly slowed to a few (26) sporadic edits after May 2013, ending with a final edit, archiving their talk page, in May 2019. As of February 2020, seven years first going virtually dormant, was still in the top 100 of
most prolific editors ever. Account was later indefinitely blocked on November 20, 2021 after being compromised.
Epeefleche(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific content creator with more than 150,000 edits over nine years. Abruptly ceased editing in July 2015 amid an ongoing
CCI. As of June 2022, remains in the top 400 by number of edits.
Eric444(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit October 27, 2016. Created a large number of country music articles, with particular interest on Canadian artists.
Esoltas(
talk·contribs·count) (now
LP6ugh2TsT(
talk·contribs·count)) – A Wikignome who helped set up WikiProject Shipwrecks. Abruptly replaced all content on user and talk pages with "THIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN CLOSED BY THE USER," in February 2010, after a three year gap without edits. Has not edited again.
Eubulides(
talk·contribs·count) – Long-term editor and prolific content producer, often responsible for verifying the truthfulness of others' edits on medical articles. Vanished suddenly and without explanation on March 19, 2010.
EWS23(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Editor and admin, most active from 2005-2007, with periods of sporadic activity from 2008-2016. Officially retired and de-sysoped due to inactivity in 2019. A message from the editor, Eric: "Wikipedia was a second home for me in an important period in my life, and despite its ups and downs, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I doubt I'll ever be a full time editor again, but rest assured that retirement is treating me well, and I'll continue to lurk here under another name, correcting typos as I read. Thank you to those of you who continue to maintain and build this encyclopedia; please be kind to each other, and I wish you all nothing but peace and blessings."
Exemplo347(
talk·contribs·count) – Exemplo347 was active 2016 through 2018 with a burst of activity in 2023 with a final edit on December 10, 2023.
Exir Kamalabadi(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit August 24, 2007, owing to the fact that his home country of China had blocked access to Wikipedia at the time. Came back once more to request permanent protection of user page on May 20, 2008. Requested unprotection in 2010, left {{Abandoned account| an anonymous user}} on his userpage on September 30, 2011, editing again briefly in June and July 2012, and then blanked his userpage, his talk page, and some essays he wrote in September 2014.
ExpressingYourself(
talk·contribs·count) – Long-term editor & article creator, active for over a decade, most commonly on pages related to UK TV shows, films, and actors/actresses. Last edit 17th January, 2017, when he blanked his page.
Faedra(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit January 1, 2005. "This contributor is currently under the impression that Wikipeia is a complete waist of time. (except for a spelling lesson)." Was exclusively active in 2004 and made less than 2000 edits total, but helped to expand Wikipedia's coverage of British honorifics and historical figures.
FamicomJL(
talk·contribs·count) – Made a few edits in March 2008 and then disappeared. 1,499 edits to the mainspace before his departure.
Farine(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 3, 2014. Made over 10,000 edits spread out across namespaces and topics, with a particular interest in Canadian department stores and soap operas.
Fasach Nua(
talk·contribs·count) – An editor known for a strong stand against non-free content in featured article candidates, he put a wikibreak notice on his userpage on January 31, 2011, claiming it would be short, but hasn't edited since March 26, 2011.
FayssalF(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) − Former administrator and arbitrator. Has been largely inactive since early 2010, albeit with brief spurts of editing interspersed over the course of several years (most notably in October 2018) Last edit April 20, 2022.
Feco(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Last edit October 17, 2008. Was only really active in 2005 and had just a little over 3000 edits in total, but made many useful contributions to finance-related articles.
Fetchcomms(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 41,600 edits. Created 4,574 pages, was very active on then-
Portal:Missouri. Consistently active from October 2009 until July 2012, then sporadic edits until unexplained full stop in May 2016. As of February 2020, 8 years after first becoming virtually dormant, was still in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
Filiocht(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – After falling ill earlier in the year, he declared himself "away indefinitely" on June 6, 2006. He made a small number of edits from 2008 to 2012. He made his last edit March 14, 2013.
Finalnight(
talk·contribs·count) – After withdrawing from an RfA, placed a retirement notice on their userpage on July 17, 2008. Sporadically edited about a few leftover administrative issues afterwards.
Firebug(
talk·contribs·count) – Left on January 1, 2006, due to the
Userbox controversy. There is a goodbye message on his user page that contains explicit language.
Fixuture(
talk·contribs·count) – User had amassed over 18,000 edits over a consistent period of time, but has not edited at all since July 27, 2017.
Fonzy(
talk·contribs·count) – Retired May 2004: "I don't like change much (which some will probably know or guess why). I prefered Wikipedia more when it was smaller and I felt part of a small community, now Wikipedia has got bigger (which is great) but I dont feel as useful, or as important, I just feel like part of a mob." Made last edit on the 26th of that month. Four more edits on November 11, 2007.
Made 3 edits on November 9, 2005 to confirm he was the anonymous editor who was instrumental in starting
Wikinews. And admitting he had made some anonymous edits to Wikinews during his absence.
Footlessmouse(
talk·contribs·count) – A user who was prolific in 2020 and worked on physics-based articles. Stopped editing on January 14, 2021. Added a mention to user page on February 4, 2021 about other obligations preventing them from editing Wikipedia. Made their final edits in April 10 and April 11, 2021.
Forbsey(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit December 5, 2007, in which he or she began blanking all of their userpages and subpages.
Fratrep(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor, with 46,000 edits, including extensive work on disambiguation pages and their links. Massively active from April 2008 to May 2010, a few random edits thereafter until unexplained full stop in October 2010. As of March 2020, nearly 10 years after effectively going dormant, was still in the top 1700 of
most prolific editors ever.
FrummerThanThou(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit October 23, 2008. Made one edit July 3, 2009, two June 21, 2010, and one on August 11, 2021.
Finemann(
talk·contribs·count) – Announced on September 7, 2011 that he was quitting for "personal" reasons and stated that he changed his password to something he can't remember and won't be able to go on Wikipedia again.
FuelWagon(
talk·contribs·count) – Had over 6000 edits from April 2 to December 23, 2005 before receiving a six-month ban from the Arbitration Committee, and has not edited since, even after the expiration of his ban.
Funeral(
talk·contribs·count) – Over 8,500 edits. Only three edits from June 2008 to December 2008.
Funnybunny(
talk·contribs·count) – Left August 13, 2006. He has told an editor by email that he had officially quit. Two edits since, last on October 11, 2007.
Galwhaa(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Administrator, previously known as "Mathwiz2020", stopped editing regularly in 2007. He returned on August 7, 2008 to be renamed and made a few substantial edits. He ceased editing for one year after a couple of edits on October 21, 2008, but returned to make one edit on November 1, 2009, then requested a resysop (which was denied due to inactivity) on April 2, 2013.
Ganymead(
talk·contribs·count) – Left a retirement notice on his userpage on August 24, 2007 and on his talk page on November 19, 2007. Returned as
Empidonax(
talk·contribs·count) with infrequent edits. Last edit 1-24-2023, last global edit on Commons 4-21-2023.
Gareth Owen(
talk·contribs·count) – An early Wikipedian, made his first edit on March 7, 2001. Last edit September 8, 2023.
GassyGuy(
talk·contribs·count) – A frequent, quality contributor to popular music articles; retired in July 2007 for reasons unknown.
Gay Cdn(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor, with 38,969 edits before posting "{{Retired}}" and making full stop in July 2007. As of February 2020, nearly 13 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2100 of
most prolific editors ever.
GeneralPatton(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Formerly an administrator, last edit March 9, 2007, although did come back (albeit very briefly) in January/February 2011 and expanded a single article. Came back again in early 2015, but no edits since March 20, 2015.
Giggy(
talk·contribs·count) – Formerly Dihydrogen Monoxide; edits trailed off after February 2009 to last real edit on October 4. Returned to blank userpage on May 17, 2010; removed userbox from talk page 11 months later (April 17, 2011), and blanked a page in own userspace in June 2013.
Ginkgo100(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Created dozens of articles; thousands of annual edits in 2006 and 2007 dropped into hundreds of annual edits through 2011 to only tens of edits (or less) in following years with her last three edits in June 2022.
GK(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edits on December 7, 2006, when he participated in Arbitration Committee elections. Had previously stated
he was leaving for good. Objected to an usurpation of his username in October 2010.
Gloss(
talk·contribs·count) – Often worked on hockey and Survivor articles. No activity since March 11, 2017.
GRAHAMUK(
talk·contribs·count) – Over 7,000 edits, edited near-constantly between 2003 (first edit) and 2006, last edit February 17, 2015 after only 50 edits in the preceding five years.
GregAsche(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Administrator; stopped editing regularly in June 2006. Made one edit on January 4, 2007, and another single edit to his userpage on February 20. Returned making one more edit on September 25, 2008, and has not edited since then.
Gwernol(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Administrator, Wikipedian since May 2005 with over 91,000 edits. Suddenly disappeared without notice or reasoning on July 29, 2008. Returned to add a retired message to their talk page on June 1, 2009 and requested desysopping on June 4. Later wrote a
blog post about their reasons for disillusionment.
Hafspajen(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor to art-related topics and
featured picture candidates; numerous editors proudly proclaimed their user pages to be "decorated by Hafspajen". Deleted user page on April 27, 2015, announcing retirement. Last edit August 26, 2016.
Hairhorn(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor and
rollbacker, with 40,600 edits. Had long pauses and brief returns until a full stop in November 2016. Last edit was on May 15, 2020. As of February 2020, nearly 4 years after going (basically) dormant, was still in the top 2100 of
most prolific editors ever.
Hajor(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – A former admin desysopped for inactivity, he stated "It stopped being fun... but it was fun while it lasted. Thanks for the ride" in his last edit on November 22, 2005.
Hall Monitor(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Active admin in anti-vandal work, stopped editing regularly near end of July 2009. Returned briefly to do more such work in February 2011 and February 2012. As of February 2020, fully eight years after going dormant, he was still in the top 5000 of Wikipedia's
most prolific editors ever. Lost mop due to lack of activity.
Hallows AG(
talk·contribs·count) – Mostly active in 2011, they made a hundred edits in each of the following years before taking a wikibreak on August 5, 2014, later changing the wikibreak on October 31, 2015, which is currently their last edit.
HamatoKameko(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit August 16, 2014. Edited hard rock topics, particularly relating to
Lordi, until contributions dried up.
Hapsiainen(
talk·contribs·count) – Has been absent from
Wikipedia since December 12, 2005. No further explanation. Made some edits on the Finnish Wikipedia during 2006.
Harro5(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Harro5's active editing ended in March 2013. Only making a handful of edits in each following year, Harro5 was de-sysopped for inactivity and made their last edit on October 2, 2022.
Harry Potter(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit April 7, 2004. Contributor with 1,057 edits that was active in mid-2003 until September 2003, where activity dropped, making only 13 edits in 2004 until their final edit. First edit was made on May 5, 2003.
HeirToPendragon(
talk·contribs·count) – Made his last edit as a semi-active participant on November 27, 2007. Returned for a single edit on July 14, 2008. Replaced his user space with "I don't really edit Wikipedia anymore, but thanks for stopping by" on September 1, 2011. Major contributor to articles related to Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Hello32020(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit was made on June 2, 2019, with the previous edit being made almost four months before. Previously had a gap in editing that was two years in length. No reason was given on inactivity.
Henriettapussycat(
talk·contribs·count) – Last contribution made on September 6, 2011. Was consistently active before final edit, contributing to articles relating to women. First edit was made on July 19, 2011. Made almost 3,000 edits in the span of nearly two months.
Hephaestos(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Administrator. Stopped editing regularly in December 2004, followed by very sporadic editing.
Left an unhappy goodbye on his user page on April 2, 2005. Last edit was on February 27, 2007, until one edit on July 25, 2013.
Hermione1980(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Administrator. Previously took a long break on May 7, 2006 but returned to active editing in December 2008. Left on April 3, 2009 by leaving a
message on their talk page, further explaining her refusal to be contacted by Wikipedia or by e-mail.
Hersfold(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – An administrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, oversighter, arbitrator, and operator of
twobot accounts. Made over 30,000 edits from 2007 to 2013, mainly working behind-the-scenes in dispute resolution and site maintenance; he was known for his sense of humor and approachable disposition. Effectively retired in 2013, but continued to edit sporadically until his final edit on January 10, 2014.
Hghyux(
talk·contribs·count) – Retired after making over 5,800 edits between January and May 2012.
Hillman(
talk·contribs·count) –
Prolific contributor to articles on mathematics and physics, especially general relativity. Left in October 2006,
ground down by degradation of material he had written. Briefly
reappeared in July 2008. Made two later edits (July 2009, July 2010) to blank own user space and restate they were long retired and ask "Request locking of my talk page by some kindly admin. I'm retired! TIA", which an editor did for them a few months later.
Hippi ippi(
talk·contribs·count) – Last articlespace edit November 26, 2007. Made several edits to her own userspace pages in 2008, posting an "I quit" notice on March 20, 2008. Blanked userspace pages in September 2012 and December 2014.
Hiroizmeh(
talk·contribs·count) – Was a prolific editor of paleontology-related pages (particularly new discoveries) in 2021 and early 2022. They disappeared in the middle of a discussion on
WP:RFD with
their last edit made on March 15, 2022. Does not respond to emails.
HisSpaceResearch(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
rollbacker with 15,000 edits, including 1,300 page created, during a brief period from June 2006 until unexplained full stop in August 2008.
Hrafn(
talk·contribs·count) – Former prolific contributor, with 40,200 edits, before sudden stop in May 2012, save for six edits in February 2013. Returned for two subsequent edits, including a mention that they had retired, to contribute to a
discussion at Template talk:Primary sources. Returned for three final edits in July 2022, and has not edited since. As of February 2020, 8 years after first going dormant, was still in the top 2100 of
most prolific editors ever.
HResearcher(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit was made on September 11, 2006. Formerly active editor who cleaned up various pages and articles and participated in AfDs. First edit was made on April 15, 2006.
Humansdorpie(
talk·contribs·count) – Mature, good-humoured editor with special interest in Africa articles.
Left an unhappy goodbye on his user page on June 8, 2006, in response to legal threats. Returned to edit replace the goodbye on user page with a quote from Caged in April 2018, and made several edits from October–December 2020, and later on October 30, 2021.
Hurricane111(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit August 5, 2021, after a slowing of edits beginning on December 2019. First edit August 31, 2004.
Hydrogen Iodide(
talk·contribs·count) – Just 31 short of 128,000 edits, was a major contributor to articles on cities and buildings. Stopped editing in December 2008, but inertia meant four last edits on March 24, 2009. As of February 2020, 11 years after going dormant, was still at #405 on list of
most prolific editors ever.
Hyperbole(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit made on February 11, 2008, which was to ask where they could request their user or talk pages be deleted. Stated they were "off the project" on Administrator's Noticeboard following a block for edit warring.
Improv(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Last edit December 26, 2006. Left a note on his user page on January 2, 2007 stating: "I have left Wikipedia. I do not see it as acceptable to have advertisements, whether they be for brand identity or for a product, on Wikipedia." – with a link to a foundation-l reference
[4]. Edited his userspace March 2, 2007 and March 23, 2010, then made one edit August 23, 2011.
Infrangible(
talk·contribs·count) – Stopped editing immediately following an unsuccessful RfA. Last edit August 17, 2007.
Instinct(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit on July 8, 2010. Known as Milk's Favorite Cookie until May 2009. Was well known for being an exceptionally productive editor in content creation, particularly in sports articles around American football, baseball, and basketball.
IP Address(
talk·contribs·count) – Blanked his user page on July 23, 2006 and made his last contribution on August 5 of that year. Was later indefinitely blocked on February 16, 2021 due to being compromised.
Ism schism(
talk·contribs·count) – Contributor with 15,451 edits. Slowed down after December 2016 with less and less edits up until September 5, 2020 to make several edits to the
Kosovo and Serbia economic normalization agreement page. Last edited on February 3, 2021, thirteen years after account creation date.
J.delanoy(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Registered 310,263 edits. Basically stopped in December 2013, sixth edit for all of 2014 was farewell letter (but no {{retired}} box) in October 2014, but inertia kept him running through 100 edits in 2015 when he voluntarily resigned his adminship, until full stop after sixth edit of 2016 (September). Made one edit on Wikimedia Commons in June 2021; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since. Often worked at addressing vandalism, on thousands of articles. As of February 2020[update], over six years since basically stopping, is still the 80th
most prolific editor ever.
Jack Greenmaven(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 16, 2019, which was to remove their name from
Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Mailing List. Prolific contributor with 26,830 edits and 4,271 created pages. Editing became sporadic after 2014, making only 90 edits in the years after until final edit in 2019. First edit was made on November 5, 2010.
Jack O'Lantern(
talk·contribs·count) – Has not edited regularly since 2007. Blanked user page and talk on August 19, 2013 in final two edits.
Jacoplane(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator with over 32,000 edits who made their last edit on September 4, 2016 after a period of sporadic edits. First edit was made on January 17, 2004. Was procedurally desysopped in 2016 due to inactivity. Made two subsequent edits on Wikimedia Commons in August 2020; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Jaraalbe(
talk·contribs·count) – Joined in May 2005 and accumulated 105,816 edits, including 116 pages created and extensive early work on
WP:CATEGORY effort. As of February 2020[update] has been in top 1000 editors since 2006, despite being dormant since last edit on March 14, 2010.
Jayzel68(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific creator of articles on or related to U.S. political scandals, some featured. Now retired. Last edit May 1, 2008.
Jazz77(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific creator of pages regarding musicians and "YYYY in literature/music/film/television" during first years (2002 and 2003) of Wikipedia. Active editor until August 2003, brief return (23 edits) in August 2004, then very last edit was their userpage in March 2006, with unfulfilled announcement that they were coming back.
Jbhunley(
talk·contribs·count) – Most active 2015 to 2018, his activity dropped after
Framgate to simply removing old user talk page messages, with the last of those on July 2, 2023.
Jeanenawhitney(
talk·contribs·count) – Left retirement notice on user page February 2, 2008; made several more edits that year and a couple in 2009, the last on June 19, 2009.
Jeff3000(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker with 45,000 edits, including 1,300 pages created. Consistently active from 2005 to 2014, then random edits until unexplained full stop in December 2017. As of March 2020, 6 years after first going virtually dormant, was still in the top 1700 of
most prolific editors ever.
Jeni(
talk·contribs·count) – Editor with 16,133 edits. Last edit March 4, 2020. First edit August 23, 2008.
Jenolen(
talk·contribs·count) – Onetime prolific contributor and critic of current image-use policy. Began editing sporadically after October 2007; last edited on October 11, 2010.
Jewbacca(
talk·contribs·count) – Left "I'm no longer posting at Wikipedia", via IP-address edit, on the user and talk pages on April 8, 2006. Made five later edits with own username, the last in July 2008.
Jfurr1981(
talk·contribs·count) – First edit October 3, 2005; last edit October 8, 2006. User created 67 articles during their single year as an editor.
JGXenite(
talk·contribs·count) – {{Semi-retired}} in December 2009, sporadic 50 edits since, only 6 (a 2013, a 2015, an October 2018, 3 January 2023) after 2012.
JoannaSerah(
talk·contribs·count) – Last contribution February 23, 2013. Added retired template to userpage May 4, 2014 citing "Just don't have time to edit with work and family life".
John Cardinal(
talk·contribs·count) – Only five edits since March 8, 2010, the last on June 23, 2022. Known for his work on
Beatles-related articles.
John Fader(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit in May 2006, but those were his first two edits since May 2005 after nearly 5000 edits including regular responses at
Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). His user page and his talk page give no indication that he was intending to leave the project and email contact is not enabled.
John Reid(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit November 30, 2006, posted the lyrics to
Crazy Rhythm, a sad song about lovers parting (about which he'd written of the mainspace article) presumably as an allusion to his leaving Wikipedia, the day after coming off a disputed block for alleged edit-warring on a policy page; his last edit under this username had a sardonic "null edit summary" in reference to the block log reason.
JohnnyAlbert10(
talk·contribs·count) – A prolific contributor to articles about U.S. roads—particularly Pennsylvanian routes and highways—from 2007 until 2009. Became a very infrequent editor until making one final edit on January 26, 2015.
JohnnyMrNinja(
talk·contribs·count) – Stopped editing on June 13, 2019. Returned for 28 edits in August 2022, but has not edited since. Made for edits on Wikimedia Commons in September and October 2022; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Joke137(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator who made their last edit on June 13, 2012. Contributor with 3,852 edits who was active in cosmology and astrophysics-related articles. Active in 2006, until a sharp decline in editing in 2007 with editing becoming sporadic afterwards until their final edit in 2012. Desysopped in 2012 due to inactivity. First edit was made on February 4, 2005.
Jonyungk(
talk·contribs·count) – Creator of dozens of classical music articles claiming seven FAs and a Four Award, Jonyungk was active 2007 through 2010 and again 2012. Jonyungk's thousands of edits a year dropped to hundreds of edits a year 2013-2016 before dropping to nothing, with a final clutch of edits to
Piano Concerto No. 4 (Rachmaninoff) on April 29, 2023.
Joseph Dwayne(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor until May 2006, then started a new account. Reactivated with two final edits in December 2013, just days before adding {{former account}} notice from new account name. Known for his humorous vandalism.
Joseph Laferriere(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
autopatrolled, with 42,700 edits, including 25,100 pages created. A PhD Ethnobotanist, focused on – or created – many thousands of articles related to this expertise. Consistently active from December 2013 until unexplained full stop in September 2015 (snuck in a single edit that December). As of March 2020, over 4 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1900 of
most prolific editors ever.
JurassicClassic767(
talk·contribs·count) – A prolific anti-vandal editor and contributor on information about
pterosaurs. They edited very frequently until suddenly stopping in mid-September 2021, then came back in November the same year to update their RedWarn configuration. Went missing for almost over a year with a final burst of five edits on August 25, 2022, all to their user and talk pages. Talk page marked with {{Not around}} in November 2023.
JustAGal(
talk·contribs·count) – More than 175,000 edits. Rollbacker, pending changes reviewer. First edit May 24, 2006, 20,000 to 30,000 edits per year until mid 2015, then sporadic 20 edits over next three years, silent since July 26, 2018.
K(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit on February 16, 2021. Formerly edited as
User:Kenosis. Made over 22,000 contributions to Wikipedia.
Kafziel(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor to various U.S. regional and military history articles. Has not actively edited since January 2014. Made four edits on April 17, 2020, and then marked self as retired and blanked talk page in January 2024.
Karenjc(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit May 9, 2014. Contributor who made 13,022 edits and created 1,335 pages. Activity dropped after 2010, with a small increase in editing in 2012 that stopped afterwards, declining until last edit in 2014. First edit was made on April 11, 2006.
Kennvido(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit November 13, 2013. Started editing in 2010 and became very active two years later. A major contributor to United States in-the-news type articles.
Khazar2(
talk·contribs·count) – Retired November 2015, no edits since a few cleanup edits in December. Frequent editor of articles on human rights activists and prolific reviewer of
WP:Good article nominations.
Kirjtc2(
talk·contribs·count) – Left a goodbye note on his/her userpage on November 21, 2006 – left another final message
July 21, 2008. Returned briefly in 2010 as
Fiveohsixer(
talk·contribs·count), but retired again in August 2010 after <100 edits on that account; returned for two edits in January 2015.
KirtZJ(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit on 9-29-2016, last global edit on Meta-Wiki 10-23-2020.
KittySaturn(
talk·contribs·count) – Left a goodbye message on her user page on July 31, 2006 and changed it to Japanese the next day. Roughly translated, her message said: You grew tired already. How it is good already. Bygone days, this Wikipedia which I have regularly used. Today, it was broken.
Knowledge Seeker(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Longtime editor and administrator, mainly active from late 2004 until the end of 2006, with occasional flurries of activity through to 2012. Since then, has made no more than 2-3 edits in a single calendar year, the last of which was on March 1, 2017.
Kolindigo(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor and
pending changes reviewer with 45,800 edits, including 8,300 page created. Performed thousands of repairs of vandalism. Consistently active from August 2006 until unexplained full stop in August 2010. As of March 2020, nearly 10 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1700 of
most prolific editors ever. Made six more edits on March 23, 2021 with no further edits afterwards.
Koman90(
talk·contribs·count) – Made ~13,000 edits, many regarding mass transit in
San Diego and computer-related topics, between September 2008 and September 2013. Posted "{{Retired}}" in
July 2013, followed by last two edits over the next few weeks, then requested their userpage be deleted in June 2023.
Kosack(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Last edit 18 February 2023. Mainly editing/reverting vandalism on articles centred around association football with particular focus on Cardiff City and other Welsh football. Has not edited since that date.
Kotepho(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit July 19, 2007. Requested for user and talk pages to be deleted.
KP Botany(
talk·contribs·count) – Contributor to articles about botany and biology, and also to BLPs, especially minor ones. Last edit December 8, 2016.
Kukini(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former admin who had well over 50,000 edits since first editing in December 2005; ceased regular editing four years later, added one final edit in 2010. Last edit was to user talk page attributing lack of activity to boredom with Wikipedia. Was desysopped owing to their absence and a change in policy.
Kyriakos(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific Australian editor & article creator with an interest in ancient Greek history, military history, and cricket. They made edits from early 2005 until an abrupt and unexplained end to editing in mid 2018. Last edit July 7, 2018.
Lampman(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
autopatrolled,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker. Highly active from late 2006 to late 2011, slowing over subsequent years to final edit in July 2018. Made 12,000 edits including 1,280 pages created. Made two subsequent edits on Wikimedia Commons in April 2019; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Leahtwosaints(
talk·contribs·count) – Made c. 20,000 edits over a decade and focused on rock and R&B acts, particularly adding photos. She hasn't edited since 2017-08-13.
LeaveSleaves(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
rollbacker with 42,900 edits including 5,255 pages created. Super active from January 2008 until unexplained full stop in July 2009. As of March 2020, over 10 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1900 of
most prolific editors ever.
Libertarian12111971(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit June 21, 2015. Contributor who made 5,641 edits who was active on articles relating to attacks before inactivity. First edit made on June 1, 2014.
Lifefeed(
talk·contribs·count) – Made only a handful of edits after August 2005; blanked his user and talk pages and replaced them with the word "done" on October 10 of that year; has not edited since.
LightandDark2000(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit 5-17-2022, last global edit on Meta-Wiki 7-14-2022. Made 40 subsequent contributions to Wikimedia Commons under his alternate account,
BlueHypercane761, in August–October 2023; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Lips Are Movin(
talk·contribs·count) – Made their last mainspace edit in April 2016 but continued editing their sandbox till February 2017. Primarily a contributor to
Meghan Trainor-related articles.
Lordkinbote(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit November 28, 2006, after problems with vandals. Left a retirement notice on his userpage quoting
RickK on what he saw as Wikipedia's internal problem in dealing with "vandals, trolls, and malefactors." Came back to make a brief appearance January 29, 2007.
LoriLee(
talk·contribs·count) – Also formerly named
User:HstryQT. Did a lot of outreach, conference, and GLAM work in the 2010s. She hasn't edited since 2016-03-18.
Lradrama(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Last edit October 6, 2008. Administrator and prolific vandal fighter. After a long break from August 2008, Lradrama returned only to make some brief edits and then declare his retirement. Has not returned since.
Lucid(
talk·contribs·count) – Declared retirement on September 7, 2007, made one edit on September 13, 2007. Returned to comment on an article he created on November 5, 2009; has not edited since.
Ludwigs2(
talk·contribs·count) – After about 18,000 edits, ceased abruptly in 2012 and returned for one edit over a year later. Does not appear to have given any notice or reason for departure, although it may have had to do with being banned for a year by the ArbCom; when the ban expired he did not return, except for one edit on March 9, 2013.
Lupin(
talk·contribs·count) – Creator of the Navigation popups, Lupin's Anti-vandal tool. Created some of the first Categories on Wikipedia. Last edit was September 11, 2009.
Luwilt(
talk·contribs·count) – Marked their user page "ACCOUNT CLOSED" on July 5, 2011 and never edited again.
Majorly(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – A strong content and cross-wiki editor: Majorly was particularly proficient in
Greater Manchester-related articles, bringing
Cheadle Hulme and
Bramall Hall up to featured status; and did a lot of work on Meta and the Simple English Wikipedia, being an admin at both those places. A former administrator here. Activity ended in 2010, short return one day to cleanup their user space and post goodbye note on May 2013, then made one edit in March 2018. Later made one last edit on February 5, 2021 on an article talk page. As of February 2020, 10 years after going (virtually) dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
Makemi(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator mainly active in the field of music. Over 15,000 edits since December 13, 2005. Became significantly less active from 2008 on; last edit January 26, 2021.
MakeRocketGoNow(
talk·contribs·count) – Last real edit April 27, 2007. The account was compromised on February 13, 2021 and made about 90 edits, requesting several user rights. Three days later he was found and blocked.
Mamawrites(
talk·contribs·count) – Remarked on user page that she would be contributing perhaps only once or twice a week; however, her last edit was made August 28, 2006.
Manxruler(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
autopatrolled,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker with 54,600 edits, including 1,800 page created and providing extensive work on articles regarding their native Norway. Helped achieve 1
A-Class, 5
GAs and 85
DYKs. Consistently active from September 2006, posted "{{User health inactive}}" (health issues... may not be able to respond... in a timely manner) in October 2016, posted "{{Holiday}}" in June 2017 and disappeared. As of May 2020, 3 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1500 of
most prolific editors ever.
Marshman(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Administrator. Left Wikipedia for a year on June 21, 2006. Returned one year later on June 27, 2007
explaining on his talk page that he "just got TOO busy at work to contribute much," and was desysopped. Made one edit to his user page ("Hope to get back into editing some day.") on January 25, 2017; has not edited since.
Martinp23(
talk·contribs·count) (now
MDP23(
talk·contribs·count)) – Amassed over 11,000 edits fighting vandalism, contributing to discussions, and expanding articles. Last edited in April 2020.
Matej1234(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor, with 41,900 edits, including extensive work on articles relating to their homeland through
WikiProject Slovenia, before posting "{{Semi-retired}}" in September 2014, full stop after making just-one-more-edit in February 2015. As of February 2020, 5 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
Matthewedwards(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Active editor 2007 through 2012 responsible for many featured content items, GAs, and DYKs, his edits per year dropped to dozens, and then to less than ten before his final edit on October 14, 2023.
Mav(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former admin whose rights were removed due to a lack of activity. Left messages on his user page and talk page on July 22, 2014, indicating that he was busy and intended to return someday. Last edit was on April 28, 2015, before returning for four edits in early 2017.
Maximus Rex(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit July 31, 2004, deleted his user page right before he left. First edit July 4, 2003. Nearly 22,000 edits, as of February 2020, 16 years after going dormant, was still in the top 4300 of
most prolific editors ever.
Mboverload(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Joined in 2004, was super prolific in 2006, making over 25,200 edits (of nearly 40,000 lifetime) in that early year of Wikipedia. Virtually dormant since September 2012, last active with 4 edits in May 2019. As of February 2020, nearly 8 years after going virtually dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
Megan1967(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit August 27, 2006. Left a message on her talk page on June 20, 2005 saying she resigned to go live with her girlfriend;
[5] made an edit on August 1, 2006, and another on August 27, reiterating her retirement. Was blocked on July 7, 2005 due to a suspected "hijacking" of her account.
Mereda(
talk·contribs·count) – Just before reaching 6,000 edits, user stated that his/her username will be mainly dormant from April 2007. Last edit March 28, 2007.
Mike V(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – A former admin with over 29,000 edits since 2007, he blanked his User and User Talk pages and deleted his User Talk Archives in December 2016 following criticism and reversal of one of his blocking decisions, and has not edited since.
Mirv(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Formerly
No-One Jones(
talk·contribs·count). Last edit on September 2, 2014. Left a message on user page on January 15, 2008 saying: "I do not log in much any more: the site is too high-profile and the fun is mostly gone. I still edit anonymously on occasion, and I'll use this account if I want to create, move, or use sysop powers on a page."
Miss Mondegreen(
talk·contribs·count) – Became inactive after November 2007 and made her last edit on September 13, 2008. Played a key part in drafting the unsuccessful
Wikipedia:Naming conventions (schools) guideline proposal and contributed to a number of biography and school articles.
Mister Jinxy(
talk·contribs·count) – Edited from December 2005 to May 2007. Left after stating, "Too many editors out there drinking the politically correct Kool-Aid and trying to make everybody worship at the altar of the Almighty Wikipedia Rule Book.". Made several edits, primarily to own userpage, since, most recently in June 2010.
Mono(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit May 16, 2016. Placed retired notice on user talk page. Made eight subsequent edits on Wikimedia Commons in 2017, the last in December of that year; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Monobi(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit on June 21, 2008. Privately requested his userpage to be deleted and both userpage and talk pages to be fully protected.
Morton devonshire(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit November 18, 2007. Stated that he'll be on indefinite wikibreak, as there is "not much Wiki-violatin' vanity-conspiracy-spamology left to delete" for him.
Mr Accountable(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor and
pending changes reviewer with 40,700 edits; formerly edited as
McTrixie(
talk·contribs·count). Created 17,445 pages, member of WikiProjects Vietnam, Indonesia and Baseball. Consistently active from October 2007 until unexplained full stop in April 2011. Made one subsequent edit on Chinese Wikipedia in May 2011; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since. As of February 2020, 9 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
MrDarwin(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific plant editor, left in January 2008 in the first Homeopathy Arbitration Committee case. Briefly edited in January 2009 to blank his user talk page.
Mrjulesd(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit 5-27-2022, last global edit on English Wikibooks 6-6-2022.
Mr. Lefty(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator. Left and last used tools on July 7, 2008. Returned to make a single edit on November 6, 2008, and a few more in July 2009. A year later, he edited his user page to indicate that he is no longer active.
Muffin Wizard(
talk·contribs·count) – Last contribution on November 30, 2015. First contribution on December 21, 2011. Contributed heavily on Malaysian topics and nominated many articles for
good article status before suddenly disappearing. A note left on his talkpage stated he was sick before his last days in Wikipedia.
Neier(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor, with 38,738 edits before sudden full stop in March 2009. Returned for a single edit in March 2015, to cleanup user page. As of February 2020, 11 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
NeilN(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former sysop who stopped editing in August 2018, but returned to make one edit in October 2018 stating he was back from his hiatus, and would be more active, then never edited again. Was desysopped for inactivity in 2019.
Neurolysis(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit October 14, 2009; left a {{retired}} template on his talk page, leaving a farewell message in the edit summary.
NewEnglandYankee(
talk·contribs·count) – Former prolific contributor,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker with 40,700 edits. Created 2,238 pages and performed thousands of repairs of vandalism. Consistently active from November 2006 until unexplained full stop in August 2018. As of February 2020, two years after stopping, was still in the top 2100 of
most prolific editors ever.
NWill(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor, with 38,763 edits – many in film, television and tennis – before sudden full stop in February 2016. As of February 2020, four years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
Nwwaew(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 16, 2009; left a "retired" notice on userpage.
O^O(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit May 11, 2007. He/she
wrote on August 26, 2006 that he/she had been a frequent contributor since August 2002, had held several personas over the years, and had used "admin accounts, hundreds of 'anonymous' IP addresses, and more user accounts than I could ever tally". Specialized in zen-like answers.
Oddbodz(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit May 31, 2019. Was mostly active 2011-2013, with edits sharply dropping afterwards. Edits increased in 2016, but dropped again and continued to do so until their final edit in 2019.
Oden(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit was January 2007, placing a retirement tag on his userpage. Left due to his involvement in the heated
WP:NFCC debates, resulting AN complaints about wikistalking, incivility on the part of others, etc.
Ojo del tigre(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 17, 2021, with the last global edit being on Spanish Wikipedia on April 8, 2021. Returned to add {{Retired}} to their user page on December 9, 2022.
Oldtaxguy(
talk·contribs·count) – Last contribution October 24, 2020. Activity dropped after 2012, with edits slowly declining until 2016, where edits stopped for four years until final edit in 2020. Formerly active in articles related to taxes.
Omicronpersei8(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit December 9, 2006, made a few on the 9th, placing a "Former Wikipedians" template on his user page with "Goodbye" as the edit summary. A dedicated vandalfighter with over 50,000 edits.
Omniplex(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit July 10, 2006, blanked user page; was also very active on Meta during March–July 2006.
OneGuy(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor until March 2013, sporadic edits since. Last mainspace edit November 7, 2020, has made some user and user talk edits since, the latest on September 11, 2023.
Orca1 9904(
talk·contribs·count) – Contributor with 5,039 edits who was active in military-related articles. Last edit made on October 13, 2021. First edit made on March 30, 2006.
Orfen(
talk·contribs·count) – Sporadically edited after August 28, 2009, with several edits in November 2010, and a final edit nearly a year later, on November 2, 2011. Made one edit on Meta-Wiki in January 2012; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Osiris(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 20, 2017. Continued editing on Simple English Wikipedia until December 2018, followed by one edit on English Wikivoyage in August 2023; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Packerfansam(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit November 16, 2021. Contributed mainly to articles relating to U.S. politics, the U.S. military, and sports.
PaddyBriggs(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor of and contributor of photos to cricket-related articles from mid 2005 to mid 2007, when he requested his user and talk pages be deleted.
Pádraic MacUidhir(
talk·contribs·count) – Last contribution February 27, 2007. Requested his user and talk pages be deleted on April 25, 2007.
Pairadox(
talk·contribs·count) – Fairly active vandal fighter whose last edit was April 18, 2008 although he stopped editing at his usual pace on March 18 of that same year.
Pan Dan(
talk·contribs·count) – Became inactive without explanation in July 2007, but returned briefly in March 2008 to request his userpage be deleted. Frequently commented at
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, helped fight vandalism, and contributed to articles related to U.S. politics.
Pcpcpc(
talk·contribs·count) – Left a message on his talk page on April 1, 2005, saying he was leaving due to "stress caused by the unreliability of the system and harrassment from certain users."
[6] Reiterated this on April 17, and has not edited since.
Peripitus(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 38,440 edits, including extensive work on articles relating to their Australian homeland, before sudden full stop in April 2018. As of February 2020, 2 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
PeterSymonds(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator who resigned their mop. First edited in December 2005, and last edit was on April 4, 2013. Made one subsequent edit on Wikidata in May 2013; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Peterwill(
talk·contribs·count) – Active 2006-2012, with a couple dozen or less edits per year thereafter, Peterwill's last edit was September 3, 2023.
Phatcat68(
talk·contribs·count) – An evangelical Christian, his userpage suggests he may have left due to conflicts with other users about Wikipedia's treatment of Christianity. Stopped regularly editing on May 7, 2006; has made a few edits since then, but none since September 25, 2007.
Philg88(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 41,800 edits. Created 7,548 pages, helped achieve 2
FAs, 11
GAs and 23
DYKs. Very active in 2011, and again from 2014 to 2016, decreasing to an unexplained full stop in July 2019. As of February 2020, appears in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
PhilipTerryGraham(
talk·contribs·count) – Made over 28,000 edits between September 2011 and July 2020. Formally retired in July 2020. Returned for a handful of edits in August 2020; has not edited since.
Plange(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Stopped editing August 29, 2009; returned briefly in October 2013; returned again in May 2016 through July 18, 2016, followed by a few more edits on March 21, 2018 and on January 9, 2020.
Poison Whiskey(
talk·contribs·count) – Editor with an interest in MMA. Vanished in 2015, reappearing for three edits in January 2017 before going missing once more. Made eight subsequent edits on Portugese Wikipedia, the last in February 2017, and has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Pokerdance(
talk·contribs·count) – Frequent contributor to music articles. Added {{Retired}} to user page on September 9, 2009 and made his last edit on October 15 that year.
Polaron(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
autopatrolled, with 44,800 edits, including 4,200 page created. Consistently active from October 2005 to October 2015, then just a few random edits until unexplained full stop in August 2018. As of March 2020, over 4 years after first going virtually dormant, was still in the top 1800 of
most prolific editors ever.
ProfessorPaul(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit August 29, 2018. Worked extensively on topics related to the state of
Oklahoma; does not appear to have given notice or a reason for departure. Briefly returned for one final edit in May 2022.
PS2pcGAMER(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Last edit was made on May 1, 2011. Was active throughout 2008, until slowdown on late 2008 and a stop in editing until 2010, where they made only two edits and later made one edit on May 1, 2011, with this being their final edit. Was desysopped on 2012 due to inactivity.
Pseudo-Richard(
talk·contribs·count) – First edit in March 2006. Made more than 27,000 edits, primarily to Christianity and Judaism topics. Activity began decreasing in 2012 and had effectively ceased by October 2013. Last four edits were July 7, 2015.
PZFUN(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – A former admin, the editor made two final edits on July 30, 2008, and finally uploaded two pictures of a Zimbabwean passport on
August 26, 2008. The account has performed no other actions since then, save two administrator actions in 2010: deleting own userpage on
January 8, with the final logged action, deleting one of the Zimbabwean passports, on
May 5. If any reason for departure was given, it was lost when the user page was deleted.
Q
QazPlm(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor and creator of articles on cricket and Australian geography from late 2005 to mid 2008.
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.
R
R~enwiki(
talk·contribs·count) (formerly just "R") – Announced his retirement in April 2008; has made a few edits since, the last on June 27, 2012.
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.
Radman1(
talk·contribs·count) – 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
R.123 (
talk·contribs) due to final edit on March 31, 2007.
Rafablu88(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor of alternative music content, with five featured articles. Abruptly disappeared with their last edit on February 22, 2011.
Random Replicator(
talk·contribs·count) – 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. Made four edits on Wikimedia Commons in May 2010; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Realist2(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Reaper X(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit to article space on August 18, 2008; blanked userpage September 25, 2008.
R.e.b.(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
autopatrolled and
pending changes reviewer with 42,900 edits, including 7,247 pages created, many in WikiProject Mathematics. Consistently active from March 2003 until unexplained full stop in February 2017. As of March 2020, 3 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1800 of
most prolific editors ever.
Rebecca1990(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Redmarkviolinist(
talk·contribs·count) – Effectively stopped contributing in January 2014 save for two final edits on October 6, 2015 and October 22, 2016.
Redrocket(
talk·contribs·count) – Has not been active since May 10, 2008. Added a retired tag on his talk page on June 16.
Redwolf24(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – 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.
Regan123(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Reubenbarton(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Revent(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit 2017-06-06, last global edit on Commons on 2017-10-15.
Revolver(
talk·contribs·count) – A Wikipedian since June 3, 2003, announced retirement on May 30, 2006. Made a few more edits, the last on April 7, 2007.
RexxS(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – 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.
ReyBrujo(
talk·contribs·count) – Former prolific contributor,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker with 40,700 edits. Very active late 2005 to early 2008, slowed to a few sporadic edits until full stop in October 2016. As of February 2020, 12 years after first going virtually dormant, was still in the top 2100 of
most prolific editors ever. Made one edit on April 7, 2020, and has not edited since.
Rfassbind(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
RFD(
talk·contribs·count) – A prolific editor with over 200,000 edits, RFD primarily edited political biography and municipality articles. He last edited in March, 2023.
Rhion(
talk·contribs·count) – An active editor especially on Welsh topics, he left a farewell message on his talk page on January 9, 2007. Left
prev|103799688|one further message at the
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.
Rivertorch(
talk·contribs·count) – A countervandal with active editing 2006-2014 and 2016-2018 with a focus on sexuality. Last edit September 15, 2020.
Rizzleboffin(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
RJHall(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Robchurch(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
RogDel(
talk·contribs·count) – Edited from January 14, 2008 to January 27, 2015 with over 80,000 edits.
Rogper(
talk·contribs·count) (now
Rogper~enwiki(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Roleplayer(
talk·contribs·count) – Contributor with over 35,000 edits since July 2006. Created 73 pages. Last edit December 28, 2019.
Rwwww(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit April 15, 2010, save for four edits on October 24, 2018.
RyanCross(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
SA 13 Bro(
talk·contribs·count) – Added {{Retired}} to user page on December 29, 2021 and made his final edit six days later. Made three edits on Meta-Wiki on January 6, 2022; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Sam Spade(
talk·contribs·count) – Became only an infrequent contributor after a May 2006 arbitration case. Left a retired notice on user page. Last edit April 19, 2007.
Samaritan(
talk·contribs·count) – Made a total of 7,988 edits at the time marked missing. Last edited on September 15, 2020.
SchrutedIt08(
talk·contribs·count) – 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."
ScudLee(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
SD6-Agent(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Seabuckthorn(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor of good article nominations. Has not edited since March 7, 2014.
SeanMooney(
talk·contribs·count) – Edited mainly videogames articles. Vanished in 2008. Came back with a single edit on March 31, 2021 to vote on a deletion discussion.
Segv11(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Sengkang(
talk·contribs·count) — Prolific contributor, with 38,820 edits posting "{{Retired}}" with last edit, in November 2007. As of February 2020, over 12 years since retirement, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
Sergeant Snopake(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Sesshomaru(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor and
rollbacker, with 40,900 edits. Created 3,288 new pages. Active from November 2007 until sudden full stop in November 2010. As of February 2020, nearly 10 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
Sethmahoney(
talk·contribs·count) – Left for a short wikibreak in 2006 and didn't return. Last edit November 18, 2006.
ShakingSpirit(
talk·contribs·count) – 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 (last edit before break), returning to make one edit on November 9, 2012, which was his last edit. Notable for operating two bots,
ShakingBot(
talk·contribs·count) and
DarknessBot(
talk·contribs·count), both of which have been inactive since 2007 (February 20 and October 27, respectively).
Silly rabbit(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
SilvaStorm(
talk·contribs·count) – Regularly worked on articles on TV shows, especially Lost. Last edit March 18, 2009.
Smsarmad(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor, with 38,408 edits, including extensive work on articles relating to their Pakastani homeland, before sudden stop in December 2016. Made six sporadic edits thereafter, last in November 2022. As of February 2020, 3 years after going virtually dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
Snocrates(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
SoM(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Sonia(
talk·contribs·count) – Was a good contributor. Made more than 9,000+ edits. Hasn't edited since 2013.
Sortior(
talk·contribs·count) – Made an admin January 8, 2005. Last edit January 18, 2005. One edit to userspace October 15, 2012.
SoSaysChappy(
talk·contribs·count) – Frequent contributor to South Park-related articles. Last edits were on April 15, 2015. Does not seem to have edited regularly since 2010.
SouthernComfort(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Soxrock(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Spinboy(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Spitfire(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit December 22, 2017, save for one edit on February 20, 2022.
Sportsguy17(
talk·contribs·count) – An active contributor to
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 announcing his retirement in June 2022.
SPUI(
talk·contribs·count) – One-time heavy and prolific contributor to
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.
Squash(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Stbalbach(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Striver(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 39,300 edits. Last edited in September 2008; left message on their User page saying "I'm sick of the censorship posing NPOV and also about people meddling in articles they don't know anything about." As of February 2020, 12 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
Subzerosmokerain(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Sue Anne(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – 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.
Sunderland06(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Sweet xx(
talk·contribs·count) – On September 30, 2010 left a retirement message
[7] and requested deletion of user pages. Last edited December 29, 2010.
T@nn(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor, with 38,738 edits, including extensive work on
uncategorized articles, before sudden full stop in April 2010. As of February 2020, 10 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
TangentCube(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Tarnas(
talk·contribs·count) – On indefinite wikibreak since December 10, 2005. Created some excellent sketches whilst he was here. Announced an indefinite break. Last edit August 18, 2019.
Tarquin(
talk·contribs·count) – An editor since January 15, 2002, has not edited with much frequency since 2006. Last edit April 18, 2009.
Tatasport(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
TedE(
talk·contribs·count) – A prolific contributor to medical and science articles, took
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.
Teman13(
talk·contribs·count) – 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 Wiktionary in July 2018; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Template:MopTemplate: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 – 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 1,260 edits. Last edit December 20, 2023.
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 – 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: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 – 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 March 3, 2013. Busy wikifier and member of the biography WikiProject. Wrote "semi-retired" on userpage but has not edited since.
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 February 4, 2017, first edit December 1, 2006.
Template:User2 – Prolific contributor,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker with 45,500 edits, including 4,800 page created. Performed thousands of repairs of vandalism. Consistently active from May 2011 to February 2016, then random edits until unexplained full stop in October 2017. As of March 2020, 4 years after first going virtually dormant, was still in the top 1700 of
most prolific editors ever.
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.
Template:User2 (now
Template:User2) – Active newpage patroller made his last edit on August 18, 2014 after a three-year pause in editing, amid allegations of
biting newbies. Later made another edit on December 25, 2017, with this currently being his last edit.
Template:User2 – The user with internal ID 3. Last edit on March 29, 2004 and have made over 2,300 edits. Later compromised in September 2022, now blocked indefinitely and locked globally.
Template:User2 – Joined May 31, 2009; held enhanced
privileges; although not an administrator, did various administrative tasks, such as making edit filters and making reports at
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 – Active 2012-2013 and again 2017-2018, TruPepitoM primarily edited sports topics, specifically Philippine sports articles. Their last edit came December 10, 2022.
Template:MopTemplate: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.
Template:MopTemplate: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 – 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:MopTemplate: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:MopTemplate: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.
Template:User2 – Last edited on March 6, 2016 after nearly two years of no editing. Previous edit was to blank their talk page.
Template:MopTemplate: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 – 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: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:MopTemplate: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 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:User2 – Formerly
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.
W
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 April 2, 2007. Consistently active contributor that made over 4,000 edits through 2006 to 2007. Possibly left after being blocked for 48 hours for violating
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:MopTemplate:Formeradmin – Former 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.
Template:User2 – Prolific contributor,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker with 45,200 edits, with a focus on spaceflight, rocketry, space science and aviation. Created 4,700 pages and helped achieve 4
GAs and 5
DYKs. Consistently active from November 2005 until posting “
Template:Tl” and hitting full stop in February 2015. As of March 2020, 5 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1700 of
most prolific editors ever.
Template:MopTemplate: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.
Template:User2 – Formerly editing in all things
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 – 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:MopTemplate: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:MopTemplate:Formeradmin – Checkuser, bureaucrat and administrator. Joined in May 2006. Resigned and retired September 1, 2013, leaving roughly 12,500 live edits.
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.
Template:User2 – Prolific contributor, with over 39,300 edits, before sudden full stop in June 2011. As of February 2020, 9 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
Template:User2 – Last edit December 31, 2009. A prolific editor with over 40,000 edits. Disappeared without any notice or indication of reason. As of February 2020, 11 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2100 of
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.
Template:MopTemplate: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.
Template:MopTemplate: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 – Added
Template:Tl to user and user talk pages on July 3, 2019 and made his last edit on November 24 that year.
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:MopTemplate: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.
Template:User2 – Last edit May 13, 2016, making a few edits in early 2018, with one being made to their talk page, replacing a not around template with long wikibreak.
Template:User2 – Five edits in 2007, one edit on June 29, 2007, but hadn't edited regularly since September 24, 2006.
Template:User2 – Last edit September 29, 2007. Left in May over disgust with featured article candidate process; returned briefly in July when
Jimbo Wales put a
Template:Tl tag on
Che Guevara, then a featured article. Made one edit in September.
Template:MopTemplate:Formeradmin – Last edit February 1, 2007. Left due to a conflict with
Jimbo Wales over a professor who asked his students to vandalise Wikipedia. Account was later compromised, desysopped, and indefinitely blocked.
Template:User2 – Left on September 26, 2006. However, returned on April 18, 2007 to add
Template:Tl to user and user talk pages. They have not made any edits since.
It has been suggested that this page should be split into multiple pages. (
discuss) (February 2024)
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.
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 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.
*drew(
talk·contribs·count) – Last contribution on May 1, 2011. Editing slowed down heavily after October 2007, only making four edits since then which were to archive their talk page, with their last edit adding a busy status on their userpage. Has made no edits since then.
16@r(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit 5-5-2021, last global edit on French Wikipedia 5-8-2021. Prolific contributor with over 31,000 edits and 4,788 created pages. Editing slowed down significantly after 2008, making only sporadic edits afterwards, until a stop in late 2013. Made a brief return in 2021, making 16 edits until their final edit. First edit was made on January 26, 2006.
21655(
talk·contribs·count) – Retired on August 20, 2011. A highly active vandal-fighter with over 10,000 edits in 2008, but made only a few hundred over the following three years.
52 Pickup(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator who stopped editing on May 9, 2008. Made three more edits on October 25, the last one leaving a retirement notice on his talk page. Made one final edit on April 6, 2009. Made four subsequent edits on German Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons in July 2009; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
A
A930913(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edited frequently in April 2016. Made 10,655 edits to Wikipedia. Edited their user page on February 15, 2021 to post they are now retired. Subsequently made one final edit on February 3, 2023; has not edited since.
A.Garnet(
talk·contribs·count) – Made extensive contributions to Turkey-related topics; developed
Suleiman the Magnificent to featured article status. Last edit March 11, 2009. Made 3,671 edits in total.
AAA!(
talk·contribs·count) – Placed wikibreak templates on user and talk pages on October 27, 2009; edited user page on August 9, 2010. Returned to make one page move in March 2014.
ABF(
talk·contribs·count) – Contributor to both German Wikipedia and English Wikipedia with 19,528 edits on English Wikipedia. Last edit on April 3, 2013. Continued contributing to German Wikipedia until February 2022; has not edited any Wikimedia projcts since.
AbigailAbernathy(
talk·contribs·count) – Active 2011 through 2014, her edits reduced to a handful annually and her last edit was October 12, 2021.
Abigail-II(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit June 12, 2004. First edit February 4, 2004. Final edits were unhappy farewells posted on
user,
user talk and the
Village Pump. Excerpt from user page: "I've no interest in working on a system where people break down your work without discussing it on appropriate page."
Abrech(
talk·contribs·count) – Active
Huggle user who stopped editing for a long time after June 2, 2008. Made a handful of edits on March 16, 2013. Made 3 edits on March 13, 2022, and another 3 on German Wikipedia late that year; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Abryn(
talk·contribs·count) – Retired on July 18, 2021, made last edit on July 20, 2023.
Abu badali(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit September 11, 2007. Left over concerns regarding non-free content usage, per the
final edit. The final edit also indicates the user may return in "some months", depending upon progress in this area. Edited twice in 2008, making comments in discussions over the policy.
ACSE(
talk·contribs·count) – Japanese Wikipedian with 42,000 edits over 5 years. Last edit October 19, 2011. Requested for his user page to be deleted on the same day.
Adam Carr(
talk·contribs·count) – Started contributing in September 2003. After many months of increasing frustration, stopped editing regularly on February 15, 2007, then posted on May 6 that he would no longer contribute to Wikipedia. Made a few sporadic edits afterwards, the last on June 7, 2015.
AED(
talk·contribs·count) – Was an active editor until suddenly completely stopping in November 2006. Over 14,000 edits.
AgentPeppermint(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit November 23, 2008; returned on January 20, 2010 to blank the user page and post a farewell notice. Made sporadic edits in 2011–2013.
Agnte(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor on Australian topics. Began trailing off in 2006, took most of the following year off and edits dwindled further. Last edit June 19, 2011.
Aido2002(
talk·contribs·count) – Was quite active until 2011. Made sporadic edits in 2013 and 2014. Made over 2,100 contributions to Wikipedia and was last seen editing on April 1, 2014.
Alan Liefting(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit June 5, 2015. First edit January 3, 2004. Over 125,000 edits. Has not returned after his last
block expired. Made one edit on July 28, 2019. Subsequently made several edits on Wikimedia Commons in November 2022; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Alan16(
talk·contribs·count) – Last contribution November 23, 2018, which was to blank their userpage. Previous edit was made almost 6 years before final edit, with past edits becoming sporadic after 2010. First edit was made on May 25, 2008.
AlasdairGreen27(
talk·contribs·count) – Last contribution December 21, 2010, with no reason given for inactivity. Contributor with over 4,000 edits who began editing on August 27, 2007.
AlbertSM(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
pending changes reviewer with 43,016 edits. Consistently active from March 2006 until unexplained full stop in March 2014. As of April 2022, 8 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of the
most prolific editors ever.
Alex Bakharev(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator who last edited on August 24, 2022. Was deysopped for inactivity in 2023. Made two subsequent edits on Russian Wikipedia, in September 2022 and August 2023; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Alii h(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 24, 2008, except for one edit on July 9, 2009.
Allstarecho(
talk·contribs·count) – Former prolific contributor and
rollbacker with 41,100 edits. Created 4,911 pages. Consistently active from September 2007 to August 2009. Made a few sporadic edits since, the last of which was in June 2012. As of February 2020, 11 years after first becoming inactive, Allstarecho was still in the top 2000
most prolific editors ever.
Amarkov(
talk·contribs·count) – An active contributor from 2006–2007, amassing over 10,000 edits—primarily in Wikipedia space, where they frequently contributed to backroom discussions and
requests for adminship. Last edit on March 15, 2009.
Amgine(
talk·contribs·count) – User talk page bears retired banner, declaring in July 2015: "I will simply continue to add the odd contributions to projects I find more welcoming." Made 5 edits afterwards, most recently in October 2017. Made one edit on English Wikinews in November 2023; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
AnakngAraw(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit 10-19-2014, last global edit on Tagalog Wikipedia 11-10-2014. Many edits on Asian topics.
Anderson(
talk·contribs·count) – User with over 2,000 edits.
Posted on his user page that he was taking a two-week to a month-long break in August 2013, then made his last edit one week later.
ANNAfoxlover(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit: August 30, 2007 – User talk page notes
"computer problems" since April 25, 2007, which may be related (notice was added by
User:Deskana). Returned in August 2008 for a spell but disappeared again, then briefly returned to make one edit on April 26, 2014, followed by another one on January 6, 2019.
Anonymous Dissident(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and bureaucrat with over 47,000 edits between 2007 and 2021, the vast majority of which were prior to 2011. Became one of the youngest editors to ever be granted adminship in
September 2007, at only twelve years of age. Desysopped due to inactivity in 2014; last edit 15 February 2021.
Ansh666(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator with 21,115 edits across both accounts. Made 20,382 edits on original account. Requested to be desyopped on June 11, 2019 and have all rights removed except autopatrol. Moved to
Ansh.666(
talk·contribs·count), made 733 edits, and placed retirement templates on both accounts September 28, 2023.
Appraiser(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 42,464 edits and 2,000 pages created from Aug 2006 to Sep 2008, then just 30 random edits before unexplained full stop in March 2012. As of March 2020, over 11 years after first going virtually dormant, was still in the top 1900 of
most prolific editors ever.
Apollomelos(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit August 19, 2005. User & user talk pages were deleted May 21, 2005 by request, citing the reason "I am leaving the project because I no longer have the time to spare contributing to often controversial topics in which I must spend 75% of my time explaining the information to users who did not even bother to read up on the topics[...]". Final edit indicated this user would be returning; has not edited since.
Apostrophe(
talk·contribs·count) – Blanked his user and talk pages on August 4, 2008; last edit on February 25, 2009.
ArielGold(
talk·contribs·count) – Contributor to a few GAs, author of several articles and DYKs, and the recipient of dozens of barnstars, her main period of activity was 2007 to 2009 with brief burst of editing in 2013 and finally in 2019.
ARTEST4ECHO(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
pending changes reviewer with 42,000 edits and 1,143 pages created, including extensive work on articles relating to the Latter Day Saint movement, before sudden unexplained full stop in September 2015. As of March 2020, over 4 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
Astral(
talk·contribs·count) – Retired
Huggle user; last edit on May 30, 2008. Made one edit almost three years later on May 1, 2011.
AtheWeatherman(
talk·contribs·count) – Edited frequently for two years before stopping in December 2009. Made one last edit on November 6, 2010.
AtilimGunesBaydin(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor to Turkey-related topics; instrumental in improving
Turkish language to featured article status. Edits began trailing off in April 2010; hasn't edited since August 23, 2012. Made two edits on Wikimedia Commons in August 2013; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
ATS(
talk·contribs·count) – Added {{Retired}} to user and user talk pages on September 7, 2021. Subsequently returned one year later as
DaydreamBelizer(
talk·contribs·count), making a further 403 edits between then and March 5, 2023; has not edited since.
Audude08(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit: April 7, 2008. User page deleted. Left retirement template and message on talk page.
AussieLegend(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit on 30 March 2022 with 173,395 edits. His user page states his health issues and states that “If I don't edit in a month or more, you can safely assume that I won't be back.”
Banes(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – On August 29, 2006 he left a retirement message on his userpage, saying he would be busy for the next few months, though he continued editing sporadically. Last edit on April 19, 2013.
Basara-kun(
talk·contribs·count) – Left on July 20, 2007 after uploading 50+ unsourced images. "Enough. My contributions are ignored, my images are removed from the articles and in general, my editions aren't "encyclopedic"."
Bcrowell(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 13, 2006. "Wikipedia was fun for a few years, but at this point I think it's entered a stage where it's just not fun anymore.... I've intentionally munged my password, so I can no longer log in." Apparently reappeared briefly as
Bcrowell2(
talk·contribs·count).
Begonia Brandbygeana(
talk·contribs·count) – Made their last edit on July 8, 2013. Contributor with over 4,000 edits. First edit was made on December 18, 2011. No reason was given as to why activity stopped.
Bejinhan(
talk·contribs·count) – Stopped actively editing June 2019. Made one mainspace edit in July 2022 and then marked user and user talk pages as retired in January 2023.
Ben(
talk·contribs·count) – Highly experienced with templates, improving several of them. Last edit was on May 18, 2007.
Benny the mascot(
talk·contribs·count) – Instrumental in getting
Benet Academy to GA status. Has not edited since May 2010. Remained active on English Wikinews until August 2010; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Berean Hunter(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and checkuser with over 73,000 edits spanning a 12-year editing career. Active in a variety of different venues, but was a particularly prolific volunteer at
SPI. Last edited on October 1, 2020, and was desysopped for inactivity the following year.
Bever(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit was made on August 24, 2021, in an article. First made was made on May 4, 2013.
Bgwhite(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 15, 2020. First edit May 11, 2005. 547,151 edits.
Big Adamsky(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit April 27, 2006, followed by one edit in November 2013, one in September 2014, and one in May 2016. Subsequently made one edit on English Wiktionary in September 2016; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Biker Biker(
talk·contribs·count) – Former prolific contributor,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker with 41,000 edits. Created 6,016 new pages, many dealing with motorcycles and automobiles. Consistently active from May 2009 until unexplained full stop in June 2013. As of February 2020, nearly 7 years after stopping, was still in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
Bine Mai(
talk·contribs·count) – Former prolific contributor and
pending changes reviewer with 41,700 edits. Created 7,305 pages, active editor of articles relating to rugby, association football and their homeland of Romania. Consistently active from June 2007 to July 2013, then sporadic until unexplained full stop in July 2019. Made one subsequent edit on Wikidata in April 2020; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since. As of February 2020, 7 years after first becoming virtually dormant, was still in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
Blackjacks101(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edited on July 13, 2014, in which user blanked talk page and had userpage deleted. Only made sporadic edits in 2012, and does not appear to have edited actively since May 2011.
Blanchey(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edited on February 22, 2023. Their final edit was the creation of their blank user page.
BlankVerse(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit April 5, 2007. Made one edit on April 8, 2008. "There are times when editor behavior and decision making, as well as governance on the Wikipedia, seems closer to the "Lord of the Flies" than the Quaker ideal of civility and consensus that the Wikipedia professes to follow. There is no joy in Mudville tonight."
Bmicomp(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator, focus on articles relating to Chicago. Made full stop on September 28, 2014, returned for a moment with a single edit on January 14, 2017, and briefly returned once again making an edit on March 27, 2022.
Boadrummer(
talk·contribs·count) – Left April 27, 2009, did not announce departure. Later made three edits in July 2011 and one to own userpage on October 25, 2013. Had a large number of edits mostly related to music.
BoojiBoy(
talk·contribs·count) – Almost 9000 edits, stopped prolific editing in August 2006, then returned in May 2007 before retiring for good on June 11, 2007. Left a message on his talk page, "I gave it another chance, nothing has changed here and it's not worth my time. I won't be back this time."
Bornintheguz(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit October 3, 2005. A very prolific contributor to articles about soccer.
BostonMA(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit July 17, 2007; stopped editing prolifically in February, a month after a failed RfA. 6000+ edits. No reason given.
Caerwine(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit August 4, 2008. Over 48,000 edits. Left over "method of handling varieties of national Englishes" or lack thereof.
Can't sleep, clown will eat me(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific vandal fighter with over 101,000 edits. Last edit was on April 1, 2008; he made a number of questionable blocks in May and July which led to his eventual
desysopping on July 19 pending communication with
ArbCom. Has not been heard from since. Made one edit on Wikimedia Commons in March 2010; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Cantus(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit April 23, 2006. Had over 21,000 edits until being blocked for a month on that date due to violating a previous Arbitration Committee decision.
Casey Abell(
talk·contribs·count) –
Quit Wikipedia concerning the Durova/Giano conflict, at the end of November 2007. Last edit made December 2, 2007, voting on Newyorkbrad's Arbitration Committee election. Made over 11,000 edits. Briefly returned to create
Victoria Clamp in October 2013.
Caspian blue(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit February 23, 2012, more than a year after preceding edit. Over 35,000 edits, and many new articles mostly related to South Korea.
Catamorphism(
talk·contribs·count) – Taking an indefinite break from Wikipedia, according to user's userpage. Last edit July 27, 2006. Reverted vandalism to own userpage in April 2011.
Catapult(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor, with 44,700 edits, including 10,500 pages created, all in 2006, their one and only year of editing. Made a request in April 2007 to have their user page deleted, so reasons for leaving are gone. As of March 2020, 14 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1700 of
most prolific editors ever.
CattleGirl(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Administrator; last edit April 4, 2008. Was desysopped in 2011 due to inactivity. Friendly contributor with 4,998 edits who was consistently active from 2006 to 2008, where editing ceased in April 2008, with no reason given on inactivity.
Cavila(
talk·contribs·count) – Added a "semi-retired" notice to their userpage in February 2011; made a declining number of edits until placing a "retired" notice on May 6, 2012. Made a single edit in October 2020.
Chacor(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – A former admin, originally User:NSLE, then User:Chacor. Originally taking a long wikibreak, left a retirement message September 20, 2007. Made well over 10,000 edits on the English Wikipedia as Chacor alone. Made two edits on January 5, 2008.
Cheeser1(
talk·contribs·count) – Left Wikipedia several times, always came back, but eventually posted a definitive and frustrated goodbye on his/her user page on April 12, 2008. Last edit May 17, 2008.
ChildofMidnight(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 2010. Prolific article creator on popular culture topics, blocked because of disruption on political articles and banned for a year, a ban lengthened due to socking. Did not return.
Chriscf(
talk·contribs·count) – Stopped editing Wikipedia on March 31, 2007, without explanation, though after displaying frustration for being blocked. Frequently commented at
Articles for deletion, and contributed to a wide variety of articles on subjects including railway stations, U.S. interstates, politics, and the internet.
CimanyD(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific vandal fighter who has not edited regularly since October 30, 2011. Made one edit on November 3, 2011, then placed semi-wikibreak templates on profile and talk page on November 9, 2011. He has not been heard from since.
Clio the Muse(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor at the
Reference Desks, particularly on history questions, 2006–2008. Last edit 2010. Left due to marriage/honeymoon and "all of my other commitments, professional, political and personal".
Cobaltbluetony(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Last edit July 17, 2015. Posted Wikibreak template in August 2010, slowed down as a contributor to an eventual stop in the three years to follow. Appears to have given no reason. Returned in June 2014, then edited occasionally for year and a month.
Colin Kimbrell(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit May 4, 2006. Left over concerns about the
Wikipedia:Reward board, saying, "I'm going on Wikibreak, maybe forever, due to WP:RB. I no longer wish to contribute my labor to the project under these conditions, as I feel that this tremendously misguided proposal deals a critical blow to the credibility of the project...If it dies, I might come back. Otherwise, best of luck, y'all"
[1].
COMPFUNK2(
talk·contribs·count) – Signed as THE AMERICAN METROSEXUAL. Over 18,000 edits, last edit Christmas 2009 to retire his account and leave a bitter farewell message feeling that he had been unfairly treated in discussions.
Coolug(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit January 18, 2013. Later made three edits in 2014, and one last edit in May 2017.
Corax(
talk·contribs·count) – Missing since May 22, 2006, following
controversy and a
block surrounding his posting of another Wikipedian's personal information.
CovenantD(
talk·contribs·count) – Hasn't returned since being blocked for 3RR violation on March 23, 2007. Made a couple of edits now and then, the last on January 8, 2008.
CrazyTalk(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit on November 5, 2005. Left a departure note on his user page. "Closed up shop. The three months I was a Wikiholic have successfully served their purpose (postponing my career change) and have now run their course. I have also arrived at this conclusion:
[3]."
Crossmr(
talk·contribs·count) – Formally retired in April 2012 but made their last edit on February 6, 2013.
CrowzRSA(
talk·contribs·count) – He earned numerous good articles and DYKs for music-related content. His prolific editing 2009 through 2011 led to a single edit in 2012, a return to heavy editing 2013-2014, four edits in 2015 and nothing in 2016, another spurt of activity in 2017 and only 18 more edits in 2018 perhaps because he was a college student.
Curps(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Declared a semi-Wikivacation on May 13, 2006, and made some bot edits, blocks, and deletions up until June 26, 2006, and then declared a long-term Wikivacation on August 1, 2006 and has not edited since.
Danakil(
talk·contribs·count) – This user edited for only one and a half months, from August 1 to September 14, 2004, yet during that time made 3,089 edits. Although his page moves were controversial, he was responsible for the systematic and correct categorization of hundreds of programming languages and other software-related articles.
DanDs(
talk·contribs·count) – Expanded many articles to very good B-class articles, and helped to get The Sword of Shannara to GA, but he left suddenly on July 19, returning only 3 times after that, including blanking his userpage on September 5, 2008.
Danny(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator, former
Wikimedia Foundation employee, prolific contributor with 41,000 edits. Present from nearly the start, with first edit in February 2002. Created 8,709 pages. Very active until April 2008, then sporadic edits until unexplained full stop in June 2014. As of February 2020, nearly 12 years after first becoming virtually dormant, was still in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
DARTH SIDIOUS 2(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
account creator,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker with 45,800 edits, including 7,700 pages created. Massively active for just 12 months, from June 2010 to June 2011, made only forty random edits thereafter until posting “{{Retired}}” and making full stop in June 2012. As of March 2020, nearly 9 years after effectively going dormant, was still in the top 1800 of
most prolific editors ever.
David Kernow(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 42,960 edits. Created 1,779 new pages. Very active from November 2005 until posting "{{Wikibreak}}" in June 2007 – , not editing until 2010, briefly returning then and making 28 edits that year on June, July, and October with the last edit being made on October 11, 2010. As of February 2020, 13 years after becoming virtually dormant, was still in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
David.Throop(
talk·contribs·count) – Stopped editing actively in January 2010, then made two edits in 2011, one in March 2013, and six relating to
PCSK9 in June 2015.
Deeb(
talk·contribs·count) – After a pause of more than two years in editing starting August 3, 2012, returned and edited intermittently from 2015 into early 2019. Made one subsequent edit on April 2, 2021; has not edited since.
Deflective(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor with over 28,000 edits. Was active during 2017, but slowed down after June 2017, making one last edit on May 2, 2018. First edit July 4, 2006.
Designate(
talk·contribs·count) – Often contributed to articles on politicians up through 2014, and has only edited sporadically since, most recently on October 26, 2020.
Deville(
talk·contribs·count) - Last edit November 29, 2023. Contributor with over 26,000 edits.
DieYuppieScum(
talk·contribs·count) – Edited many articles related to money. Vanished in 2007, made a handful of edits in 2009 and one final article edit on January 22, 2011. Changed username to
Kurt(
talk·contribs·count) in February 2012. Last edited as Kurt in March 2012.
Dineshkannambadi(
talk·contribs·count) – Long-term and prolific editor with several FAs; last edited in 2011. Continued contributing to Wikimedia Commons until February 2019; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Dinosaur puppy(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit November 24, 2007. States on userpage that he has gotten a little bored and is less active now.
Dirtlawyer1(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific and popular user with almost 90K edits, mainly on US collegiate sports articles and related topics. Last edit in April 2016, almost exactly 7 years after his first edit.
Dispenser(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor, created tools for fixing disambiguation links. Editing slowed down in 2019 and no edits since March 15, 2020. Continued contributing to Wikimedia Commons until March 2021; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
DLJessup(
talk·contribs·count) – Became inactive on November 12, 2006 after two years of prolific editing. Last edit June 5, 2009.
DomRem(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit November 18, 2007. Contributor that was active in NASCAR-related articles, making over 1,000 edits from 2005 to 2007. Activity slowed in 2007, making 29 edits that year until final edit, with no reason given to inactivity. First edit made on June 12, 2005.
DrFleischman(
talk·contribs·count) – Major contributor to United States political articles. First edited on July 22, 2008, but began editing regularly on September 1, 2011. Last edit July 26, 2018.
Dsimic(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 39,600 edits, including extensive work on articles relating to computer programming, before sudden full stop in July 2016. As of February 2020, nearly 4 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
Dvyost(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – An administrator, announced their departure on their user page on January 9, 2006, saying "I'm increasingly unable to justify the time I put in here". Made a few further edits, the last on February 17, 2007. Came back and blanked their pages on September 6, 2011.
Elaragirl(
talk·contribs·count) – Placed a retirement template on her user page on March 28, 2007, and made her last edits May 27, 2007, then blanked most of her talk page on September 2, 2008.
Electricburst1996(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit September 2, 2019. Blanked his user page with a message that he was no longer active on his account.
Elipongo(
talk·contribs·count) – A ten-year editor and countervandal, Elipongo was mostly active 2006 to 2008, with spurts of editing in 2011 and 2014 with only nine edits in 2017.
Eliyak(
talk·contribs·count) – Former prolific contributor, with 34,000 edits (of 40,700 total) from 2006 to early 2009, including extensive work on articles relating to their Israeli homeland. Sporadic for final ten years, until sudden full stop in September 2020. As of February 2020, 2 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2100 of
most prolific editors ever.
Emargie(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit August 1, 2010, after working to create and expand early California history articles.
Emax(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit February 18, 2005. Disappeared without any notice or indication of reason.
Emcg93(
talk·contribs·count) – First edit April 9, 2014. Last edit April 1, 2018. Mostly edited female wrestler articles.
Enaidmawr(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor on Welsh subjects, has made no edits since April 10, 2010.
Encephalon(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator with 6,009 edits. Last edit was made October 3, 2021, with the first edit being made on August 5, 2005. Normal editing ceased after 2006, making sporadic edits afterwards until final edit in October 2021. Was desysopped in 2012 due to inactivity.
Enki H.(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit April 20, 2022. Made over 1,000 edits in the span of a few months, before a sudden stop in editing in July 2009. No reason was given on inactivity. First edit was made on April 21, 2009.
Epbr123(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Administrator. With nearly 292,000 edits, suddenly slowed to a few (26) sporadic edits after May 2013, ending with a final edit, archiving their talk page, in May 2019. As of February 2020, seven years first going virtually dormant, was still in the top 100 of
most prolific editors ever. Account was later indefinitely blocked on November 20, 2021 after being compromised.
Epeefleche(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific content creator with more than 150,000 edits over nine years. Abruptly ceased editing in July 2015 amid an ongoing
CCI. As of June 2022, remains in the top 400 by number of edits.
Eric444(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit October 27, 2016. Created a large number of country music articles, with particular interest on Canadian artists.
Esoltas(
talk·contribs·count) (now
LP6ugh2TsT(
talk·contribs·count)) – A Wikignome who helped set up WikiProject Shipwrecks. Abruptly replaced all content on user and talk pages with "THIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN CLOSED BY THE USER," in February 2010, after a three year gap without edits. Has not edited again.
Eubulides(
talk·contribs·count) – Long-term editor and prolific content producer, often responsible for verifying the truthfulness of others' edits on medical articles. Vanished suddenly and without explanation on March 19, 2010.
EWS23(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Editor and admin, most active from 2005-2007, with periods of sporadic activity from 2008-2016. Officially retired and de-sysoped due to inactivity in 2019. A message from the editor, Eric: "Wikipedia was a second home for me in an important period in my life, and despite its ups and downs, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I doubt I'll ever be a full time editor again, but rest assured that retirement is treating me well, and I'll continue to lurk here under another name, correcting typos as I read. Thank you to those of you who continue to maintain and build this encyclopedia; please be kind to each other, and I wish you all nothing but peace and blessings."
Exemplo347(
talk·contribs·count) – Exemplo347 was active 2016 through 2018 with a burst of activity in 2023 with a final edit on December 10, 2023.
Exir Kamalabadi(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit August 24, 2007, owing to the fact that his home country of China had blocked access to Wikipedia at the time. Came back once more to request permanent protection of user page on May 20, 2008. Requested unprotection in 2010, left {{Abandoned account| an anonymous user}} on his userpage on September 30, 2011, editing again briefly in June and July 2012, and then blanked his userpage, his talk page, and some essays he wrote in September 2014.
ExpressingYourself(
talk·contribs·count) – Long-term editor & article creator, active for over a decade, most commonly on pages related to UK TV shows, films, and actors/actresses. Last edit 17th January, 2017, when he blanked his page.
Faedra(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit January 1, 2005. "This contributor is currently under the impression that Wikipeia is a complete waist of time. (except for a spelling lesson)." Was exclusively active in 2004 and made less than 2000 edits total, but helped to expand Wikipedia's coverage of British honorifics and historical figures.
FamicomJL(
talk·contribs·count) – Made a few edits in March 2008 and then disappeared. 1,499 edits to the mainspace before his departure.
Farine(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 3, 2014. Made over 10,000 edits spread out across namespaces and topics, with a particular interest in Canadian department stores and soap operas.
Fasach Nua(
talk·contribs·count) – An editor known for a strong stand against non-free content in featured article candidates, he put a wikibreak notice on his userpage on January 31, 2011, claiming it would be short, but hasn't edited since March 26, 2011.
FayssalF(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) − Former administrator and arbitrator. Has been largely inactive since early 2010, albeit with brief spurts of editing interspersed over the course of several years (most notably in October 2018) Last edit April 20, 2022.
Feco(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Last edit October 17, 2008. Was only really active in 2005 and had just a little over 3000 edits in total, but made many useful contributions to finance-related articles.
Fetchcomms(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 41,600 edits. Created 4,574 pages, was very active on then-
Portal:Missouri. Consistently active from October 2009 until July 2012, then sporadic edits until unexplained full stop in May 2016. As of February 2020, 8 years after first becoming virtually dormant, was still in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
Filiocht(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – After falling ill earlier in the year, he declared himself "away indefinitely" on June 6, 2006. He made a small number of edits from 2008 to 2012. He made his last edit March 14, 2013.
Finalnight(
talk·contribs·count) – After withdrawing from an RfA, placed a retirement notice on their userpage on July 17, 2008. Sporadically edited about a few leftover administrative issues afterwards.
Firebug(
talk·contribs·count) – Left on January 1, 2006, due to the
Userbox controversy. There is a goodbye message on his user page that contains explicit language.
Fixuture(
talk·contribs·count) – User had amassed over 18,000 edits over a consistent period of time, but has not edited at all since July 27, 2017.
Fonzy(
talk·contribs·count) – Retired May 2004: "I don't like change much (which some will probably know or guess why). I prefered Wikipedia more when it was smaller and I felt part of a small community, now Wikipedia has got bigger (which is great) but I dont feel as useful, or as important, I just feel like part of a mob." Made last edit on the 26th of that month. Four more edits on November 11, 2007.
Made 3 edits on November 9, 2005 to confirm he was the anonymous editor who was instrumental in starting
Wikinews. And admitting he had made some anonymous edits to Wikinews during his absence.
Footlessmouse(
talk·contribs·count) – A user who was prolific in 2020 and worked on physics-based articles. Stopped editing on January 14, 2021. Added a mention to user page on February 4, 2021 about other obligations preventing them from editing Wikipedia. Made their final edits in April 10 and April 11, 2021.
Forbsey(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit December 5, 2007, in which he or she began blanking all of their userpages and subpages.
Fratrep(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor, with 46,000 edits, including extensive work on disambiguation pages and their links. Massively active from April 2008 to May 2010, a few random edits thereafter until unexplained full stop in October 2010. As of March 2020, nearly 10 years after effectively going dormant, was still in the top 1700 of
most prolific editors ever.
FrummerThanThou(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit October 23, 2008. Made one edit July 3, 2009, two June 21, 2010, and one on August 11, 2021.
Finemann(
talk·contribs·count) – Announced on September 7, 2011 that he was quitting for "personal" reasons and stated that he changed his password to something he can't remember and won't be able to go on Wikipedia again.
FuelWagon(
talk·contribs·count) – Had over 6000 edits from April 2 to December 23, 2005 before receiving a six-month ban from the Arbitration Committee, and has not edited since, even after the expiration of his ban.
Funeral(
talk·contribs·count) – Over 8,500 edits. Only three edits from June 2008 to December 2008.
Funnybunny(
talk·contribs·count) – Left August 13, 2006. He has told an editor by email that he had officially quit. Two edits since, last on October 11, 2007.
Galwhaa(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Administrator, previously known as "Mathwiz2020", stopped editing regularly in 2007. He returned on August 7, 2008 to be renamed and made a few substantial edits. He ceased editing for one year after a couple of edits on October 21, 2008, but returned to make one edit on November 1, 2009, then requested a resysop (which was denied due to inactivity) on April 2, 2013.
Ganymead(
talk·contribs·count) – Left a retirement notice on his userpage on August 24, 2007 and on his talk page on November 19, 2007. Returned as
Empidonax(
talk·contribs·count) with infrequent edits. Last edit 1-24-2023, last global edit on Commons 4-21-2023.
Gareth Owen(
talk·contribs·count) – An early Wikipedian, made his first edit on March 7, 2001. Last edit September 8, 2023.
GassyGuy(
talk·contribs·count) – A frequent, quality contributor to popular music articles; retired in July 2007 for reasons unknown.
Gay Cdn(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor, with 38,969 edits before posting "{{Retired}}" and making full stop in July 2007. As of February 2020, nearly 13 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2100 of
most prolific editors ever.
GeneralPatton(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Formerly an administrator, last edit March 9, 2007, although did come back (albeit very briefly) in January/February 2011 and expanded a single article. Came back again in early 2015, but no edits since March 20, 2015.
Giggy(
talk·contribs·count) – Formerly Dihydrogen Monoxide; edits trailed off after February 2009 to last real edit on October 4. Returned to blank userpage on May 17, 2010; removed userbox from talk page 11 months later (April 17, 2011), and blanked a page in own userspace in June 2013.
Ginkgo100(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Created dozens of articles; thousands of annual edits in 2006 and 2007 dropped into hundreds of annual edits through 2011 to only tens of edits (or less) in following years with her last three edits in June 2022.
GK(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edits on December 7, 2006, when he participated in Arbitration Committee elections. Had previously stated
he was leaving for good. Objected to an usurpation of his username in October 2010.
Gloss(
talk·contribs·count) – Often worked on hockey and Survivor articles. No activity since March 11, 2017.
GRAHAMUK(
talk·contribs·count) – Over 7,000 edits, edited near-constantly between 2003 (first edit) and 2006, last edit February 17, 2015 after only 50 edits in the preceding five years.
GregAsche(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Administrator; stopped editing regularly in June 2006. Made one edit on January 4, 2007, and another single edit to his userpage on February 20. Returned making one more edit on September 25, 2008, and has not edited since then.
Gwernol(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Administrator, Wikipedian since May 2005 with over 91,000 edits. Suddenly disappeared without notice or reasoning on July 29, 2008. Returned to add a retired message to their talk page on June 1, 2009 and requested desysopping on June 4. Later wrote a
blog post about their reasons for disillusionment.
Hafspajen(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor to art-related topics and
featured picture candidates; numerous editors proudly proclaimed their user pages to be "decorated by Hafspajen". Deleted user page on April 27, 2015, announcing retirement. Last edit August 26, 2016.
Hairhorn(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor and
rollbacker, with 40,600 edits. Had long pauses and brief returns until a full stop in November 2016. Last edit was on May 15, 2020. As of February 2020, nearly 4 years after going (basically) dormant, was still in the top 2100 of
most prolific editors ever.
Hajor(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – A former admin desysopped for inactivity, he stated "It stopped being fun... but it was fun while it lasted. Thanks for the ride" in his last edit on November 22, 2005.
Hall Monitor(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Active admin in anti-vandal work, stopped editing regularly near end of July 2009. Returned briefly to do more such work in February 2011 and February 2012. As of February 2020, fully eight years after going dormant, he was still in the top 5000 of Wikipedia's
most prolific editors ever. Lost mop due to lack of activity.
Hallows AG(
talk·contribs·count) – Mostly active in 2011, they made a hundred edits in each of the following years before taking a wikibreak on August 5, 2014, later changing the wikibreak on October 31, 2015, which is currently their last edit.
HamatoKameko(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit August 16, 2014. Edited hard rock topics, particularly relating to
Lordi, until contributions dried up.
Hapsiainen(
talk·contribs·count) – Has been absent from
Wikipedia since December 12, 2005. No further explanation. Made some edits on the Finnish Wikipedia during 2006.
Harro5(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Harro5's active editing ended in March 2013. Only making a handful of edits in each following year, Harro5 was de-sysopped for inactivity and made their last edit on October 2, 2022.
Harry Potter(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit April 7, 2004. Contributor with 1,057 edits that was active in mid-2003 until September 2003, where activity dropped, making only 13 edits in 2004 until their final edit. First edit was made on May 5, 2003.
HeirToPendragon(
talk·contribs·count) – Made his last edit as a semi-active participant on November 27, 2007. Returned for a single edit on July 14, 2008. Replaced his user space with "I don't really edit Wikipedia anymore, but thanks for stopping by" on September 1, 2011. Major contributor to articles related to Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Hello32020(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit was made on June 2, 2019, with the previous edit being made almost four months before. Previously had a gap in editing that was two years in length. No reason was given on inactivity.
Henriettapussycat(
talk·contribs·count) – Last contribution made on September 6, 2011. Was consistently active before final edit, contributing to articles relating to women. First edit was made on July 19, 2011. Made almost 3,000 edits in the span of nearly two months.
Hephaestos(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Administrator. Stopped editing regularly in December 2004, followed by very sporadic editing.
Left an unhappy goodbye on his user page on April 2, 2005. Last edit was on February 27, 2007, until one edit on July 25, 2013.
Hermione1980(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Administrator. Previously took a long break on May 7, 2006 but returned to active editing in December 2008. Left on April 3, 2009 by leaving a
message on their talk page, further explaining her refusal to be contacted by Wikipedia or by e-mail.
Hersfold(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – An administrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, oversighter, arbitrator, and operator of
twobot accounts. Made over 30,000 edits from 2007 to 2013, mainly working behind-the-scenes in dispute resolution and site maintenance; he was known for his sense of humor and approachable disposition. Effectively retired in 2013, but continued to edit sporadically until his final edit on January 10, 2014.
Hghyux(
talk·contribs·count) – Retired after making over 5,800 edits between January and May 2012.
Hillman(
talk·contribs·count) –
Prolific contributor to articles on mathematics and physics, especially general relativity. Left in October 2006,
ground down by degradation of material he had written. Briefly
reappeared in July 2008. Made two later edits (July 2009, July 2010) to blank own user space and restate they were long retired and ask "Request locking of my talk page by some kindly admin. I'm retired! TIA", which an editor did for them a few months later.
Hippi ippi(
talk·contribs·count) – Last articlespace edit November 26, 2007. Made several edits to her own userspace pages in 2008, posting an "I quit" notice on March 20, 2008. Blanked userspace pages in September 2012 and December 2014.
Hiroizmeh(
talk·contribs·count) – Was a prolific editor of paleontology-related pages (particularly new discoveries) in 2021 and early 2022. They disappeared in the middle of a discussion on
WP:RFD with
their last edit made on March 15, 2022. Does not respond to emails.
HisSpaceResearch(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
rollbacker with 15,000 edits, including 1,300 page created, during a brief period from June 2006 until unexplained full stop in August 2008.
Hrafn(
talk·contribs·count) – Former prolific contributor, with 40,200 edits, before sudden stop in May 2012, save for six edits in February 2013. Returned for two subsequent edits, including a mention that they had retired, to contribute to a
discussion at Template talk:Primary sources. Returned for three final edits in July 2022, and has not edited since. As of February 2020, 8 years after first going dormant, was still in the top 2100 of
most prolific editors ever.
HResearcher(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit was made on September 11, 2006. Formerly active editor who cleaned up various pages and articles and participated in AfDs. First edit was made on April 15, 2006.
Humansdorpie(
talk·contribs·count) – Mature, good-humoured editor with special interest in Africa articles.
Left an unhappy goodbye on his user page on June 8, 2006, in response to legal threats. Returned to edit replace the goodbye on user page with a quote from Caged in April 2018, and made several edits from October–December 2020, and later on October 30, 2021.
Hurricane111(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit August 5, 2021, after a slowing of edits beginning on December 2019. First edit August 31, 2004.
Hydrogen Iodide(
talk·contribs·count) – Just 31 short of 128,000 edits, was a major contributor to articles on cities and buildings. Stopped editing in December 2008, but inertia meant four last edits on March 24, 2009. As of February 2020, 11 years after going dormant, was still at #405 on list of
most prolific editors ever.
Hyperbole(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit made on February 11, 2008, which was to ask where they could request their user or talk pages be deleted. Stated they were "off the project" on Administrator's Noticeboard following a block for edit warring.
Improv(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Last edit December 26, 2006. Left a note on his user page on January 2, 2007 stating: "I have left Wikipedia. I do not see it as acceptable to have advertisements, whether they be for brand identity or for a product, on Wikipedia." – with a link to a foundation-l reference
[4]. Edited his userspace March 2, 2007 and March 23, 2010, then made one edit August 23, 2011.
Infrangible(
talk·contribs·count) – Stopped editing immediately following an unsuccessful RfA. Last edit August 17, 2007.
Instinct(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit on July 8, 2010. Known as Milk's Favorite Cookie until May 2009. Was well known for being an exceptionally productive editor in content creation, particularly in sports articles around American football, baseball, and basketball.
IP Address(
talk·contribs·count) – Blanked his user page on July 23, 2006 and made his last contribution on August 5 of that year. Was later indefinitely blocked on February 16, 2021 due to being compromised.
Ism schism(
talk·contribs·count) – Contributor with 15,451 edits. Slowed down after December 2016 with less and less edits up until September 5, 2020 to make several edits to the
Kosovo and Serbia economic normalization agreement page. Last edited on February 3, 2021, thirteen years after account creation date.
J.delanoy(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Registered 310,263 edits. Basically stopped in December 2013, sixth edit for all of 2014 was farewell letter (but no {{retired}} box) in October 2014, but inertia kept him running through 100 edits in 2015 when he voluntarily resigned his adminship, until full stop after sixth edit of 2016 (September). Made one edit on Wikimedia Commons in June 2021; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since. Often worked at addressing vandalism, on thousands of articles. As of February 2020[update], over six years since basically stopping, is still the 80th
most prolific editor ever.
Jack Greenmaven(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 16, 2019, which was to remove their name from
Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Mailing List. Prolific contributor with 26,830 edits and 4,271 created pages. Editing became sporadic after 2014, making only 90 edits in the years after until final edit in 2019. First edit was made on November 5, 2010.
Jack O'Lantern(
talk·contribs·count) – Has not edited regularly since 2007. Blanked user page and talk on August 19, 2013 in final two edits.
Jacoplane(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator with over 32,000 edits who made their last edit on September 4, 2016 after a period of sporadic edits. First edit was made on January 17, 2004. Was procedurally desysopped in 2016 due to inactivity. Made two subsequent edits on Wikimedia Commons in August 2020; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Jaraalbe(
talk·contribs·count) – Joined in May 2005 and accumulated 105,816 edits, including 116 pages created and extensive early work on
WP:CATEGORY effort. As of February 2020[update] has been in top 1000 editors since 2006, despite being dormant since last edit on March 14, 2010.
Jayzel68(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific creator of articles on or related to U.S. political scandals, some featured. Now retired. Last edit May 1, 2008.
Jazz77(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific creator of pages regarding musicians and "YYYY in literature/music/film/television" during first years (2002 and 2003) of Wikipedia. Active editor until August 2003, brief return (23 edits) in August 2004, then very last edit was their userpage in March 2006, with unfulfilled announcement that they were coming back.
Jbhunley(
talk·contribs·count) – Most active 2015 to 2018, his activity dropped after
Framgate to simply removing old user talk page messages, with the last of those on July 2, 2023.
Jeanenawhitney(
talk·contribs·count) – Left retirement notice on user page February 2, 2008; made several more edits that year and a couple in 2009, the last on June 19, 2009.
Jeff3000(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker with 45,000 edits, including 1,300 pages created. Consistently active from 2005 to 2014, then random edits until unexplained full stop in December 2017. As of March 2020, 6 years after first going virtually dormant, was still in the top 1700 of
most prolific editors ever.
Jeni(
talk·contribs·count) – Editor with 16,133 edits. Last edit March 4, 2020. First edit August 23, 2008.
Jenolen(
talk·contribs·count) – Onetime prolific contributor and critic of current image-use policy. Began editing sporadically after October 2007; last edited on October 11, 2010.
Jewbacca(
talk·contribs·count) – Left "I'm no longer posting at Wikipedia", via IP-address edit, on the user and talk pages on April 8, 2006. Made five later edits with own username, the last in July 2008.
Jfurr1981(
talk·contribs·count) – First edit October 3, 2005; last edit October 8, 2006. User created 67 articles during their single year as an editor.
JGXenite(
talk·contribs·count) – {{Semi-retired}} in December 2009, sporadic 50 edits since, only 6 (a 2013, a 2015, an October 2018, 3 January 2023) after 2012.
JoannaSerah(
talk·contribs·count) – Last contribution February 23, 2013. Added retired template to userpage May 4, 2014 citing "Just don't have time to edit with work and family life".
John Cardinal(
talk·contribs·count) – Only five edits since March 8, 2010, the last on June 23, 2022. Known for his work on
Beatles-related articles.
John Fader(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit in May 2006, but those were his first two edits since May 2005 after nearly 5000 edits including regular responses at
Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). His user page and his talk page give no indication that he was intending to leave the project and email contact is not enabled.
John Reid(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit November 30, 2006, posted the lyrics to
Crazy Rhythm, a sad song about lovers parting (about which he'd written of the mainspace article) presumably as an allusion to his leaving Wikipedia, the day after coming off a disputed block for alleged edit-warring on a policy page; his last edit under this username had a sardonic "null edit summary" in reference to the block log reason.
JohnnyAlbert10(
talk·contribs·count) – A prolific contributor to articles about U.S. roads—particularly Pennsylvanian routes and highways—from 2007 until 2009. Became a very infrequent editor until making one final edit on January 26, 2015.
JohnnyMrNinja(
talk·contribs·count) – Stopped editing on June 13, 2019. Returned for 28 edits in August 2022, but has not edited since. Made for edits on Wikimedia Commons in September and October 2022; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Joke137(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator who made their last edit on June 13, 2012. Contributor with 3,852 edits who was active in cosmology and astrophysics-related articles. Active in 2006, until a sharp decline in editing in 2007 with editing becoming sporadic afterwards until their final edit in 2012. Desysopped in 2012 due to inactivity. First edit was made on February 4, 2005.
Jonyungk(
talk·contribs·count) – Creator of dozens of classical music articles claiming seven FAs and a Four Award, Jonyungk was active 2007 through 2010 and again 2012. Jonyungk's thousands of edits a year dropped to hundreds of edits a year 2013-2016 before dropping to nothing, with a final clutch of edits to
Piano Concerto No. 4 (Rachmaninoff) on April 29, 2023.
Joseph Dwayne(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor until May 2006, then started a new account. Reactivated with two final edits in December 2013, just days before adding {{former account}} notice from new account name. Known for his humorous vandalism.
Joseph Laferriere(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
autopatrolled, with 42,700 edits, including 25,100 pages created. A PhD Ethnobotanist, focused on – or created – many thousands of articles related to this expertise. Consistently active from December 2013 until unexplained full stop in September 2015 (snuck in a single edit that December). As of March 2020, over 4 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1900 of
most prolific editors ever.
JurassicClassic767(
talk·contribs·count) – A prolific anti-vandal editor and contributor on information about
pterosaurs. They edited very frequently until suddenly stopping in mid-September 2021, then came back in November the same year to update their RedWarn configuration. Went missing for almost over a year with a final burst of five edits on August 25, 2022, all to their user and talk pages. Talk page marked with {{Not around}} in November 2023.
JustAGal(
talk·contribs·count) – More than 175,000 edits. Rollbacker, pending changes reviewer. First edit May 24, 2006, 20,000 to 30,000 edits per year until mid 2015, then sporadic 20 edits over next three years, silent since July 26, 2018.
K(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit on February 16, 2021. Formerly edited as
User:Kenosis. Made over 22,000 contributions to Wikipedia.
Kafziel(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor to various U.S. regional and military history articles. Has not actively edited since January 2014. Made four edits on April 17, 2020, and then marked self as retired and blanked talk page in January 2024.
Karenjc(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit May 9, 2014. Contributor who made 13,022 edits and created 1,335 pages. Activity dropped after 2010, with a small increase in editing in 2012 that stopped afterwards, declining until last edit in 2014. First edit was made on April 11, 2006.
Kennvido(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit November 13, 2013. Started editing in 2010 and became very active two years later. A major contributor to United States in-the-news type articles.
Khazar2(
talk·contribs·count) – Retired November 2015, no edits since a few cleanup edits in December. Frequent editor of articles on human rights activists and prolific reviewer of
WP:Good article nominations.
Kirjtc2(
talk·contribs·count) – Left a goodbye note on his/her userpage on November 21, 2006 – left another final message
July 21, 2008. Returned briefly in 2010 as
Fiveohsixer(
talk·contribs·count), but retired again in August 2010 after <100 edits on that account; returned for two edits in January 2015.
KirtZJ(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit on 9-29-2016, last global edit on Meta-Wiki 10-23-2020.
KittySaturn(
talk·contribs·count) – Left a goodbye message on her user page on July 31, 2006 and changed it to Japanese the next day. Roughly translated, her message said: You grew tired already. How it is good already. Bygone days, this Wikipedia which I have regularly used. Today, it was broken.
Knowledge Seeker(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Longtime editor and administrator, mainly active from late 2004 until the end of 2006, with occasional flurries of activity through to 2012. Since then, has made no more than 2-3 edits in a single calendar year, the last of which was on March 1, 2017.
Kolindigo(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor and
pending changes reviewer with 45,800 edits, including 8,300 page created. Performed thousands of repairs of vandalism. Consistently active from August 2006 until unexplained full stop in August 2010. As of March 2020, nearly 10 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1700 of
most prolific editors ever. Made six more edits on March 23, 2021 with no further edits afterwards.
Koman90(
talk·contribs·count) – Made ~13,000 edits, many regarding mass transit in
San Diego and computer-related topics, between September 2008 and September 2013. Posted "{{Retired}}" in
July 2013, followed by last two edits over the next few weeks, then requested their userpage be deleted in June 2023.
Kosack(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Last edit 18 February 2023. Mainly editing/reverting vandalism on articles centred around association football with particular focus on Cardiff City and other Welsh football. Has not edited since that date.
Kotepho(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit July 19, 2007. Requested for user and talk pages to be deleted.
KP Botany(
talk·contribs·count) – Contributor to articles about botany and biology, and also to BLPs, especially minor ones. Last edit December 8, 2016.
Kukini(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former admin who had well over 50,000 edits since first editing in December 2005; ceased regular editing four years later, added one final edit in 2010. Last edit was to user talk page attributing lack of activity to boredom with Wikipedia. Was desysopped owing to their absence and a change in policy.
Kyriakos(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific Australian editor & article creator with an interest in ancient Greek history, military history, and cricket. They made edits from early 2005 until an abrupt and unexplained end to editing in mid 2018. Last edit July 7, 2018.
Lampman(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
autopatrolled,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker. Highly active from late 2006 to late 2011, slowing over subsequent years to final edit in July 2018. Made 12,000 edits including 1,280 pages created. Made two subsequent edits on Wikimedia Commons in April 2019; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Leahtwosaints(
talk·contribs·count) – Made c. 20,000 edits over a decade and focused on rock and R&B acts, particularly adding photos. She hasn't edited since 2017-08-13.
LeaveSleaves(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
rollbacker with 42,900 edits including 5,255 pages created. Super active from January 2008 until unexplained full stop in July 2009. As of March 2020, over 10 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1900 of
most prolific editors ever.
Libertarian12111971(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit June 21, 2015. Contributor who made 5,641 edits who was active on articles relating to attacks before inactivity. First edit made on June 1, 2014.
Lifefeed(
talk·contribs·count) – Made only a handful of edits after August 2005; blanked his user and talk pages and replaced them with the word "done" on October 10 of that year; has not edited since.
LightandDark2000(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit 5-17-2022, last global edit on Meta-Wiki 7-14-2022. Made 40 subsequent contributions to Wikimedia Commons under his alternate account,
BlueHypercane761, in August–October 2023; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Lips Are Movin(
talk·contribs·count) – Made their last mainspace edit in April 2016 but continued editing their sandbox till February 2017. Primarily a contributor to
Meghan Trainor-related articles.
Lordkinbote(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit November 28, 2006, after problems with vandals. Left a retirement notice on his userpage quoting
RickK on what he saw as Wikipedia's internal problem in dealing with "vandals, trolls, and malefactors." Came back to make a brief appearance January 29, 2007.
LoriLee(
talk·contribs·count) – Also formerly named
User:HstryQT. Did a lot of outreach, conference, and GLAM work in the 2010s. She hasn't edited since 2016-03-18.
Lradrama(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Last edit October 6, 2008. Administrator and prolific vandal fighter. After a long break from August 2008, Lradrama returned only to make some brief edits and then declare his retirement. Has not returned since.
Lucid(
talk·contribs·count) – Declared retirement on September 7, 2007, made one edit on September 13, 2007. Returned to comment on an article he created on November 5, 2009; has not edited since.
Ludwigs2(
talk·contribs·count) – After about 18,000 edits, ceased abruptly in 2012 and returned for one edit over a year later. Does not appear to have given any notice or reason for departure, although it may have had to do with being banned for a year by the ArbCom; when the ban expired he did not return, except for one edit on March 9, 2013.
Lupin(
talk·contribs·count) – Creator of the Navigation popups, Lupin's Anti-vandal tool. Created some of the first Categories on Wikipedia. Last edit was September 11, 2009.
Luwilt(
talk·contribs·count) – Marked their user page "ACCOUNT CLOSED" on July 5, 2011 and never edited again.
Majorly(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – A strong content and cross-wiki editor: Majorly was particularly proficient in
Greater Manchester-related articles, bringing
Cheadle Hulme and
Bramall Hall up to featured status; and did a lot of work on Meta and the Simple English Wikipedia, being an admin at both those places. A former administrator here. Activity ended in 2010, short return one day to cleanup their user space and post goodbye note on May 2013, then made one edit in March 2018. Later made one last edit on February 5, 2021 on an article talk page. As of February 2020, 10 years after going (virtually) dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
Makemi(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator mainly active in the field of music. Over 15,000 edits since December 13, 2005. Became significantly less active from 2008 on; last edit January 26, 2021.
MakeRocketGoNow(
talk·contribs·count) – Last real edit April 27, 2007. The account was compromised on February 13, 2021 and made about 90 edits, requesting several user rights. Three days later he was found and blocked.
Mamawrites(
talk·contribs·count) – Remarked on user page that she would be contributing perhaps only once or twice a week; however, her last edit was made August 28, 2006.
Manxruler(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
autopatrolled,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker with 54,600 edits, including 1,800 page created and providing extensive work on articles regarding their native Norway. Helped achieve 1
A-Class, 5
GAs and 85
DYKs. Consistently active from September 2006, posted "{{User health inactive}}" (health issues... may not be able to respond... in a timely manner) in October 2016, posted "{{Holiday}}" in June 2017 and disappeared. As of May 2020, 3 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1500 of
most prolific editors ever.
Marshman(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Administrator. Left Wikipedia for a year on June 21, 2006. Returned one year later on June 27, 2007
explaining on his talk page that he "just got TOO busy at work to contribute much," and was desysopped. Made one edit to his user page ("Hope to get back into editing some day.") on January 25, 2017; has not edited since.
Martinp23(
talk·contribs·count) (now
MDP23(
talk·contribs·count)) – Amassed over 11,000 edits fighting vandalism, contributing to discussions, and expanding articles. Last edited in April 2020.
Matej1234(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor, with 41,900 edits, including extensive work on articles relating to their homeland through
WikiProject Slovenia, before posting "{{Semi-retired}}" in September 2014, full stop after making just-one-more-edit in February 2015. As of February 2020, 5 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
Matthewedwards(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Active editor 2007 through 2012 responsible for many featured content items, GAs, and DYKs, his edits per year dropped to dozens, and then to less than ten before his final edit on October 14, 2023.
Mav(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former admin whose rights were removed due to a lack of activity. Left messages on his user page and talk page on July 22, 2014, indicating that he was busy and intended to return someday. Last edit was on April 28, 2015, before returning for four edits in early 2017.
Maximus Rex(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit July 31, 2004, deleted his user page right before he left. First edit July 4, 2003. Nearly 22,000 edits, as of February 2020, 16 years after going dormant, was still in the top 4300 of
most prolific editors ever.
Mboverload(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Joined in 2004, was super prolific in 2006, making over 25,200 edits (of nearly 40,000 lifetime) in that early year of Wikipedia. Virtually dormant since September 2012, last active with 4 edits in May 2019. As of February 2020, nearly 8 years after going virtually dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
Megan1967(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit August 27, 2006. Left a message on her talk page on June 20, 2005 saying she resigned to go live with her girlfriend;
[5] made an edit on August 1, 2006, and another on August 27, reiterating her retirement. Was blocked on July 7, 2005 due to a suspected "hijacking" of her account.
Mereda(
talk·contribs·count) – Just before reaching 6,000 edits, user stated that his/her username will be mainly dormant from April 2007. Last edit March 28, 2007.
Mike V(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – A former admin with over 29,000 edits since 2007, he blanked his User and User Talk pages and deleted his User Talk Archives in December 2016 following criticism and reversal of one of his blocking decisions, and has not edited since.
Mirv(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Formerly
No-One Jones(
talk·contribs·count). Last edit on September 2, 2014. Left a message on user page on January 15, 2008 saying: "I do not log in much any more: the site is too high-profile and the fun is mostly gone. I still edit anonymously on occasion, and I'll use this account if I want to create, move, or use sysop powers on a page."
Miss Mondegreen(
talk·contribs·count) – Became inactive after November 2007 and made her last edit on September 13, 2008. Played a key part in drafting the unsuccessful
Wikipedia:Naming conventions (schools) guideline proposal and contributed to a number of biography and school articles.
Mister Jinxy(
talk·contribs·count) – Edited from December 2005 to May 2007. Left after stating, "Too many editors out there drinking the politically correct Kool-Aid and trying to make everybody worship at the altar of the Almighty Wikipedia Rule Book.". Made several edits, primarily to own userpage, since, most recently in June 2010.
Mono(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit May 16, 2016. Placed retired notice on user talk page. Made eight subsequent edits on Wikimedia Commons in 2017, the last in December of that year; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Monobi(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit on June 21, 2008. Privately requested his userpage to be deleted and both userpage and talk pages to be fully protected.
Morton devonshire(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit November 18, 2007. Stated that he'll be on indefinite wikibreak, as there is "not much Wiki-violatin' vanity-conspiracy-spamology left to delete" for him.
Mr Accountable(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor and
pending changes reviewer with 40,700 edits; formerly edited as
McTrixie(
talk·contribs·count). Created 17,445 pages, member of WikiProjects Vietnam, Indonesia and Baseball. Consistently active from October 2007 until unexplained full stop in April 2011. Made one subsequent edit on Chinese Wikipedia in May 2011; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since. As of February 2020, 9 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
MrDarwin(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific plant editor, left in January 2008 in the first Homeopathy Arbitration Committee case. Briefly edited in January 2009 to blank his user talk page.
Mrjulesd(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit 5-27-2022, last global edit on English Wikibooks 6-6-2022.
Mr. Lefty(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator. Left and last used tools on July 7, 2008. Returned to make a single edit on November 6, 2008, and a few more in July 2009. A year later, he edited his user page to indicate that he is no longer active.
Muffin Wizard(
talk·contribs·count) – Last contribution on November 30, 2015. First contribution on December 21, 2011. Contributed heavily on Malaysian topics and nominated many articles for
good article status before suddenly disappearing. A note left on his talkpage stated he was sick before his last days in Wikipedia.
Neier(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor, with 38,738 edits before sudden full stop in March 2009. Returned for a single edit in March 2015, to cleanup user page. As of February 2020, 11 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
NeilN(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former sysop who stopped editing in August 2018, but returned to make one edit in October 2018 stating he was back from his hiatus, and would be more active, then never edited again. Was desysopped for inactivity in 2019.
Neurolysis(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit October 14, 2009; left a {{retired}} template on his talk page, leaving a farewell message in the edit summary.
NewEnglandYankee(
talk·contribs·count) – Former prolific contributor,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker with 40,700 edits. Created 2,238 pages and performed thousands of repairs of vandalism. Consistently active from November 2006 until unexplained full stop in August 2018. As of February 2020, two years after stopping, was still in the top 2100 of
most prolific editors ever.
NWill(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor, with 38,763 edits – many in film, television and tennis – before sudden full stop in February 2016. As of February 2020, four years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
Nwwaew(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 16, 2009; left a "retired" notice on userpage.
O^O(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit May 11, 2007. He/she
wrote on August 26, 2006 that he/she had been a frequent contributor since August 2002, had held several personas over the years, and had used "admin accounts, hundreds of 'anonymous' IP addresses, and more user accounts than I could ever tally". Specialized in zen-like answers.
Oddbodz(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit May 31, 2019. Was mostly active 2011-2013, with edits sharply dropping afterwards. Edits increased in 2016, but dropped again and continued to do so until their final edit in 2019.
Oden(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit was January 2007, placing a retirement tag on his userpage. Left due to his involvement in the heated
WP:NFCC debates, resulting AN complaints about wikistalking, incivility on the part of others, etc.
Ojo del tigre(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 17, 2021, with the last global edit being on Spanish Wikipedia on April 8, 2021. Returned to add {{Retired}} to their user page on December 9, 2022.
Oldtaxguy(
talk·contribs·count) – Last contribution October 24, 2020. Activity dropped after 2012, with edits slowly declining until 2016, where edits stopped for four years until final edit in 2020. Formerly active in articles related to taxes.
Omicronpersei8(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit December 9, 2006, made a few on the 9th, placing a "Former Wikipedians" template on his user page with "Goodbye" as the edit summary. A dedicated vandalfighter with over 50,000 edits.
Omniplex(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit July 10, 2006, blanked user page; was also very active on Meta during March–July 2006.
OneGuy(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor until March 2013, sporadic edits since. Last mainspace edit November 7, 2020, has made some user and user talk edits since, the latest on September 11, 2023.
Orca1 9904(
talk·contribs·count) – Contributor with 5,039 edits who was active in military-related articles. Last edit made on October 13, 2021. First edit made on March 30, 2006.
Orfen(
talk·contribs·count) – Sporadically edited after August 28, 2009, with several edits in November 2010, and a final edit nearly a year later, on November 2, 2011. Made one edit on Meta-Wiki in January 2012; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Osiris(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit March 20, 2017. Continued editing on Simple English Wikipedia until December 2018, followed by one edit on English Wikivoyage in August 2023; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Packerfansam(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit November 16, 2021. Contributed mainly to articles relating to U.S. politics, the U.S. military, and sports.
PaddyBriggs(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor of and contributor of photos to cricket-related articles from mid 2005 to mid 2007, when he requested his user and talk pages be deleted.
Pádraic MacUidhir(
talk·contribs·count) – Last contribution February 27, 2007. Requested his user and talk pages be deleted on April 25, 2007.
Pairadox(
talk·contribs·count) – Fairly active vandal fighter whose last edit was April 18, 2008 although he stopped editing at his usual pace on March 18 of that same year.
Pan Dan(
talk·contribs·count) – Became inactive without explanation in July 2007, but returned briefly in March 2008 to request his userpage be deleted. Frequently commented at
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, helped fight vandalism, and contributed to articles related to U.S. politics.
Pcpcpc(
talk·contribs·count) – Left a message on his talk page on April 1, 2005, saying he was leaving due to "stress caused by the unreliability of the system and harrassment from certain users."
[6] Reiterated this on April 17, and has not edited since.
Peripitus(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 38,440 edits, including extensive work on articles relating to their Australian homeland, before sudden full stop in April 2018. As of February 2020, 2 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
PeterSymonds(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator who resigned their mop. First edited in December 2005, and last edit was on April 4, 2013. Made one subsequent edit on Wikidata in May 2013; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Peterwill(
talk·contribs·count) – Active 2006-2012, with a couple dozen or less edits per year thereafter, Peterwill's last edit was September 3, 2023.
Phatcat68(
talk·contribs·count) – An evangelical Christian, his userpage suggests he may have left due to conflicts with other users about Wikipedia's treatment of Christianity. Stopped regularly editing on May 7, 2006; has made a few edits since then, but none since September 25, 2007.
Philg88(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 41,800 edits. Created 7,548 pages, helped achieve 2
FAs, 11
GAs and 23
DYKs. Very active in 2011, and again from 2014 to 2016, decreasing to an unexplained full stop in July 2019. As of February 2020, appears in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
PhilipTerryGraham(
talk·contribs·count) – Made over 28,000 edits between September 2011 and July 2020. Formally retired in July 2020. Returned for a handful of edits in August 2020; has not edited since.
Plange(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Stopped editing August 29, 2009; returned briefly in October 2013; returned again in May 2016 through July 18, 2016, followed by a few more edits on March 21, 2018 and on January 9, 2020.
Poison Whiskey(
talk·contribs·count) – Editor with an interest in MMA. Vanished in 2015, reappearing for three edits in January 2017 before going missing once more. Made eight subsequent edits on Portugese Wikipedia, the last in February 2017, and has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Pokerdance(
talk·contribs·count) – Frequent contributor to music articles. Added {{Retired}} to user page on September 9, 2009 and made his last edit on October 15 that year.
Polaron(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
autopatrolled, with 44,800 edits, including 4,200 page created. Consistently active from October 2005 to October 2015, then just a few random edits until unexplained full stop in August 2018. As of March 2020, over 4 years after first going virtually dormant, was still in the top 1800 of
most prolific editors ever.
ProfessorPaul(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit August 29, 2018. Worked extensively on topics related to the state of
Oklahoma; does not appear to have given notice or a reason for departure. Briefly returned for one final edit in May 2022.
PS2pcGAMER(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Last edit was made on May 1, 2011. Was active throughout 2008, until slowdown on late 2008 and a stop in editing until 2010, where they made only two edits and later made one edit on May 1, 2011, with this being their final edit. Was desysopped on 2012 due to inactivity.
Pseudo-Richard(
talk·contribs·count) – First edit in March 2006. Made more than 27,000 edits, primarily to Christianity and Judaism topics. Activity began decreasing in 2012 and had effectively ceased by October 2013. Last four edits were July 7, 2015.
PZFUN(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – A former admin, the editor made two final edits on July 30, 2008, and finally uploaded two pictures of a Zimbabwean passport on
August 26, 2008. The account has performed no other actions since then, save two administrator actions in 2010: deleting own userpage on
January 8, with the final logged action, deleting one of the Zimbabwean passports, on
May 5. If any reason for departure was given, it was lost when the user page was deleted.
Q
QazPlm(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor and creator of articles on cricket and Australian geography from late 2005 to mid 2008.
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.
R
R~enwiki(
talk·contribs·count) (formerly just "R") – Announced his retirement in April 2008; has made a few edits since, the last on June 27, 2012.
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.
Radman1(
talk·contribs·count) – 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
R.123 (
talk·contribs) due to final edit on March 31, 2007.
Rafablu88(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor of alternative music content, with five featured articles. Abruptly disappeared with their last edit on February 22, 2011.
Random Replicator(
talk·contribs·count) – 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. Made four edits on Wikimedia Commons in May 2010; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Realist2(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Reaper X(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit to article space on August 18, 2008; blanked userpage September 25, 2008.
R.e.b.(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor,
autopatrolled and
pending changes reviewer with 42,900 edits, including 7,247 pages created, many in WikiProject Mathematics. Consistently active from March 2003 until unexplained full stop in February 2017. As of March 2020, 3 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1800 of
most prolific editors ever.
Rebecca1990(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Redmarkviolinist(
talk·contribs·count) – Effectively stopped contributing in January 2014 save for two final edits on October 6, 2015 and October 22, 2016.
Redrocket(
talk·contribs·count) – Has not been active since May 10, 2008. Added a retired tag on his talk page on June 16.
Redwolf24(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – 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.
Regan123(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Reubenbarton(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Revent(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit 2017-06-06, last global edit on Commons on 2017-10-15.
Revolver(
talk·contribs·count) – A Wikipedian since June 3, 2003, announced retirement on May 30, 2006. Made a few more edits, the last on April 7, 2007.
RexxS(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – 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.
ReyBrujo(
talk·contribs·count) – Former prolific contributor,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker with 40,700 edits. Very active late 2005 to early 2008, slowed to a few sporadic edits until full stop in October 2016. As of February 2020, 12 years after first going virtually dormant, was still in the top 2100 of
most prolific editors ever. Made one edit on April 7, 2020, and has not edited since.
Rfassbind(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
RFD(
talk·contribs·count) – A prolific editor with over 200,000 edits, RFD primarily edited political biography and municipality articles. He last edited in March, 2023.
Rhion(
talk·contribs·count) – An active editor especially on Welsh topics, he left a farewell message on his talk page on January 9, 2007. Left
prev|103799688|one further message at the
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.
Rivertorch(
talk·contribs·count) – A countervandal with active editing 2006-2014 and 2016-2018 with a focus on sexuality. Last edit September 15, 2020.
Rizzleboffin(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
RJHall(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Robchurch(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
RogDel(
talk·contribs·count) – Edited from January 14, 2008 to January 27, 2015 with over 80,000 edits.
Rogper(
talk·contribs·count) (now
Rogper~enwiki(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Roleplayer(
talk·contribs·count) – Contributor with over 35,000 edits since July 2006. Created 73 pages. Last edit December 28, 2019.
Rwwww(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit April 15, 2010, save for four edits on October 24, 2018.
RyanCross(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
SA 13 Bro(
talk·contribs·count) – Added {{Retired}} to user page on December 29, 2021 and made his final edit six days later. Made three edits on Meta-Wiki on January 6, 2022; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Sam Spade(
talk·contribs·count) – Became only an infrequent contributor after a May 2006 arbitration case. Left a retired notice on user page. Last edit April 19, 2007.
Samaritan(
talk·contribs·count) – Made a total of 7,988 edits at the time marked missing. Last edited on September 15, 2020.
SchrutedIt08(
talk·contribs·count) – 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."
ScudLee(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
SD6-Agent(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Seabuckthorn(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific editor of good article nominations. Has not edited since March 7, 2014.
SeanMooney(
talk·contribs·count) – Edited mainly videogames articles. Vanished in 2008. Came back with a single edit on March 31, 2021 to vote on a deletion discussion.
Segv11(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Sengkang(
talk·contribs·count) — Prolific contributor, with 38,820 edits posting "{{Retired}}" with last edit, in November 2007. As of February 2020, over 12 years since retirement, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
Sergeant Snopake(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Sesshomaru(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor and
rollbacker, with 40,900 edits. Created 3,288 new pages. Active from November 2007 until sudden full stop in November 2010. As of February 2020, nearly 10 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2000 of
most prolific editors ever.
Sethmahoney(
talk·contribs·count) – Left for a short wikibreak in 2006 and didn't return. Last edit November 18, 2006.
ShakingSpirit(
talk·contribs·count) – 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 (last edit before break), returning to make one edit on November 9, 2012, which was his last edit. Notable for operating two bots,
ShakingBot(
talk·contribs·count) and
DarknessBot(
talk·contribs·count), both of which have been inactive since 2007 (February 20 and October 27, respectively).
Silly rabbit(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
SilvaStorm(
talk·contribs·count) – Regularly worked on articles on TV shows, especially Lost. Last edit March 18, 2009.
Smsarmad(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor, with 38,408 edits, including extensive work on articles relating to their Pakastani homeland, before sudden stop in December 2016. Made six sporadic edits thereafter, last in November 2022. As of February 2020, 3 years after going virtually dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
Snocrates(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
SoM(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Sonia(
talk·contribs·count) – Was a good contributor. Made more than 9,000+ edits. Hasn't edited since 2013.
Sortior(
talk·contribs·count) – Made an admin January 8, 2005. Last edit January 18, 2005. One edit to userspace October 15, 2012.
SoSaysChappy(
talk·contribs·count) – Frequent contributor to South Park-related articles. Last edits were on April 15, 2015. Does not seem to have edited regularly since 2010.
SouthernComfort(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Soxrock(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Spinboy(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Spitfire(
talk·contribs·count) – Last edit December 22, 2017, save for one edit on February 20, 2022.
Sportsguy17(
talk·contribs·count) – An active contributor to
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 announcing his retirement in June 2022.
SPUI(
talk·contribs·count) – One-time heavy and prolific contributor to
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.
Squash(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Stbalbach(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Striver(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 39,300 edits. Last edited in September 2008; left message on their User page saying "I'm sick of the censorship posing NPOV and also about people meddling in articles they don't know anything about." As of February 2020, 12 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
Subzerosmokerain(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Sue Anne(
talk·contribs· former admin:
blocks·protections·deletions·rights·meta·local rights) – 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.
Sunderland06(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Sweet xx(
talk·contribs·count) – On September 30, 2010 left a retirement message
[7] and requested deletion of user pages. Last edited December 29, 2010.
T@nn(
talk·contribs·count) – Prolific contributor, with 38,738 edits, including extensive work on
uncategorized articles, before sudden full stop in April 2010. As of February 2020, 10 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
TangentCube(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
Tarnas(
talk·contribs·count) – On indefinite wikibreak since December 10, 2005. Created some excellent sketches whilst he was here. Announced an indefinite break. Last edit August 18, 2019.
Tarquin(
talk·contribs·count) – An editor since January 15, 2002, has not edited with much frequency since 2006. Last edit April 18, 2009.
Tatasport(
talk·contribs·count) – 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.
TedE(
talk·contribs·count) – A prolific contributor to medical and science articles, took
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.
Teman13(
talk·contribs·count) – 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 Wiktionary in July 2018; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
Template:MopTemplate: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 – 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 1,260 edits. Last edit December 20, 2023.
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 – 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: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 – 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 March 3, 2013. Busy wikifier and member of the biography WikiProject. Wrote "semi-retired" on userpage but has not edited since.
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 February 4, 2017, first edit December 1, 2006.
Template:User2 – Prolific contributor,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker with 45,500 edits, including 4,800 page created. Performed thousands of repairs of vandalism. Consistently active from May 2011 to February 2016, then random edits until unexplained full stop in October 2017. As of March 2020, 4 years after first going virtually dormant, was still in the top 1700 of
most prolific editors ever.
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.
Template:User2 (now
Template:User2) – Active newpage patroller made his last edit on August 18, 2014 after a three-year pause in editing, amid allegations of
biting newbies. Later made another edit on December 25, 2017, with this currently being his last edit.
Template:User2 – The user with internal ID 3. Last edit on March 29, 2004 and have made over 2,300 edits. Later compromised in September 2022, now blocked indefinitely and locked globally.
Template:User2 – Joined May 31, 2009; held enhanced
privileges; although not an administrator, did various administrative tasks, such as making edit filters and making reports at
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 – Active 2012-2013 and again 2017-2018, TruPepitoM primarily edited sports topics, specifically Philippine sports articles. Their last edit came December 10, 2022.
Template:MopTemplate: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.
Template:MopTemplate: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 – 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:MopTemplate: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:MopTemplate: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.
Template:User2 – Last edited on March 6, 2016 after nearly two years of no editing. Previous edit was to blank their talk page.
Template:MopTemplate: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 – 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: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:MopTemplate: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 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:User2 – Formerly
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.
W
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 April 2, 2007. Consistently active contributor that made over 4,000 edits through 2006 to 2007. Possibly left after being blocked for 48 hours for violating
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:MopTemplate:Formeradmin – Former 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.
Template:User2 – Prolific contributor,
pending changes reviewer and
rollbacker with 45,200 edits, with a focus on spaceflight, rocketry, space science and aviation. Created 4,700 pages and helped achieve 4
GAs and 5
DYKs. Consistently active from November 2005 until posting “
Template:Tl” and hitting full stop in February 2015. As of March 2020, 5 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1700 of
most prolific editors ever.
Template:MopTemplate: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.
Template:User2 – Formerly editing in all things
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 – 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:MopTemplate: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:MopTemplate:Formeradmin – Checkuser, bureaucrat and administrator. Joined in May 2006. Resigned and retired September 1, 2013, leaving roughly 12,500 live edits.
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.
Template:User2 – Prolific contributor, with over 39,300 edits, before sudden full stop in June 2011. As of February 2020, 9 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of
most prolific editors ever.
Template:User2 – Last edit December 31, 2009. A prolific editor with over 40,000 edits. Disappeared without any notice or indication of reason. As of February 2020, 11 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2100 of
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.
Template:MopTemplate: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.
Template:MopTemplate: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 – Added
Template:Tl to user and user talk pages on July 3, 2019 and made his last edit on November 24 that year.
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:MopTemplate: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.
Template:User2 – Last edit May 13, 2016, making a few edits in early 2018, with one being made to their talk page, replacing a not around template with long wikibreak.
Template:User2 – Five edits in 2007, one edit on June 29, 2007, but hadn't edited regularly since September 24, 2006.
Template:User2 – Last edit September 29, 2007. Left in May over disgust with featured article candidate process; returned briefly in July when
Jimbo Wales put a
Template:Tl tag on
Che Guevara, then a featured article. Made one edit in September.
Template:MopTemplate:Formeradmin – Last edit February 1, 2007. Left due to a conflict with
Jimbo Wales over a professor who asked his students to vandalise Wikipedia. Account was later compromised, desysopped, and indefinitely blocked.
Template:User2 – Left on September 26, 2006. However, returned on April 18, 2007 to add
Template:Tl to user and user talk pages. They have not made any edits since.