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This is a list of Wikipedians who no longer edit the English Wikipedia. See also Wikipedia:List of administrators/Inactive.

Wikipedians who no longer edit due to confirmed death should instead be added to Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians.

Purpose of this list

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

Please do not add users with fewer than ~1,000 edits. Do not add people unless you are certain they have left. Do not add anonymous users identified by their IP address; they may have a roaming IP address or possibly created an account to contribute. Do not add banned users. Do not add 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 weeks are likely to have left permanently and may be added to the list.
Wait at least 3 months before listing someone who has simply ceased editing, unless you have some other reason for being certain that they have left.
In most cases, 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 user name to the list as one of your final edits, your addition might be reverted since it is impossible for a "missing" Wikipedian to make an edit.

This page was mentioned in an Economist article on March 6, 2008: "Many who are excited about contributing to the site end up on the “Missing Wikipedians” page: a constantly updated list of those who have decided to stop contributing. It serves as a reminder that frustration at having work removed prompts many people to abandon the project."

The entries with the mop icon beside their names are Wikipedia administrators, or have been at one time (many are procedurally desysopped due to inactivity).

All dates featured on this page correspond with UTC times.

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

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º¡º (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 3, 2003. Previously edited as User:BigFatBuddha. Specialized in zen-like answers.
-- April (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – An early Wikipedian, made her first surviving edit as "April" on December 14, 2001. Final edit was to post a notice advising of future intermittent editing. Has not edited since. Last edit May 6, 2006.
²¹² (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 24, 2003. Final edit stated that this user was "Taking a break.". Has not edited since.
!! (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 3, 2007. Left after the Durova arbitration case.
*drew (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution on May 1, 2011.
16@r (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 21 October 2013.
168... (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit April 21, 2004. Blanked user & user talk pages March 7, 2004, returning to make a handful of edits (including the final edit) to a request for arbitration in April 2004. More details available at RfDA.
17Drew (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator, previously User:ShadowHalo. Made almost 21,000 edits; the last two, in 2008, pointed to his new account user:PiracyFundsTerrorism, which made sporadic edits in July–August 2009 and March–May 2011. Was desysopped for inactivity in 2011.
2112 rush (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 15, 2007. Formerly User:Jfurr1981.
21655 (talk · contribs · count) – Retired on August 20, 2011.
52 Pickup (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – 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 edit on April 6, 2009.

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A. B. (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator, last significant edit March 13, 2015; made 2 edits in February 2016 stating "I am inactive to the point of almost but not quite gone." Over 45,000 edits.
A. Exeunt (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution on August 3, 2012. Left retirement notice and explained why he stopped editing (earlier).
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.
A Man In Black (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Desysopped on June 27, 2009, stopped editing two days later.
A Musing (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution 4 April 2008.
AAA! (talk · contribs · count) – Placed wikibreak templates on user and talk page on October 27, 2009; edited user page on August 9, 2010. Returned to make one page move in March 2014
AAA765 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 22, 2008.
Aarktica (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – last edit November 3, 2009.
Aaron (talk · contribs · count) – last edit July 10, 2012. First edit December 7, 2002.
Aaron-Tripel (talk · contribs · count) – last edit October 7, 2014.
AbbyKelleyite (talk · contribs · count) – last edit September 10, 2010.
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.
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.
ACEOREVIVED (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution June 17, 2013.
Acidburn24m (talk · contribs · count) – last edit October 17, 2008.
Active Banana (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution June 12, 2011.
Actown (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution February 19, 2011.
Adam Carr (talk · contribs · count) – Started contributing September 2003. After many months of increasing frustration, stopped editing regularly February 15, 2007, then posted May 6 that he would no longer contribute to Wikipedia. Made a few sporadic edits afterwards.
Adambro (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit October 4, 2012.
AdamRetchless (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 14, 2009, first edit 2002.
Adamsan (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit: May 1, 2006. Replaced most user page content with "I give up. You win." on April 29, 2006, then removed that message with the final edit. May have left over concerns with external linking, per this edit to Talk:Stonehenge.
Affenhausen (talk · contribs · count) – Created 107 new articles. Last edit March 31, 2006.
AgentPeppermint (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 23, 2008; returned on January 20, 2010, to blank user page and post a farewell notice. Made sporadic edits in 2011–2012.
Agnte (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor on Australian topics. Began trailing off in 2006, took most of following year off and edits dwindled further. Last edit June 19, 2011.
Agtfjott (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 30, 2006 except for two edits on November 12, 2009.
Aitias (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last seen on January 22, 2010; 47,000+ edits. Former administrator.
Akradecki (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Admin with a keen interest in aviation; last mainspace edit March 16, 2010. Made three edits to userspace in March 2015.
Aksi great (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Prolific Indian Wikipedian, has not edited regularly since May 2008 with the exception of a brief period in August 2010. Last edit November 26, 2011.
Alai (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit May 20, 2009. Administrator with over 60,000 edits. Operated Alaibot
Alainr345 (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution June 14, 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.
Alan Peakall (talk · contribs · count) – first edit October 17, 2002, last edit December 29, 2007.
Alan16 (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution January 8, 2013.
AlasdairGreen27 (talk · contribs · count) - Last contribution December 21, 2010
Alegoo92 (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution December 29, 2013.
Alii h (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 24, 2008, except for one edit on July 9, 2009.
Allens (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution August 11, 2012.
Allstarecho (talk · contribs · count) – First edit August 21, 2006; last edit June 28, 2012. Posted "semi-retired" template on Talk Page in 2011.
AlMac (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution July 8, 2007.
ALoan (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit: July 30, 2007 – Requested de-adminship and left a goodbye message on user talk with the final edit. Returned briefly to make 4 edits on July 15, 2009. Renamed to RetiredUser2 (talk · contribs · count)
Alphax (talk · contribs · count) – Long term editor, no edits since February 2007.
Alren (talk · contribs · count) – Only three edits since May 31, 2006, the last on December 16, 2008.
Altairisfar (talk · contribs · count) – First edit September 16, 2007; last edit August 29, 2015.
Amarkov (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 15, 2009.
Amcaja (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit January 8, 2008 – Former administrator. Relinquished tools and retired.
AnakngAraw (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 19, 2014. Many edits on Asian topics.
And we drown (talk · contribs · count) – last edit April 3, 2013.
Andreasegde (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor on Beatles-related articles. Retired in April 2013 and has not edited since.
Android79 (talk · contribs · count) – Went on wikibreak and only made four edits since, the last of which was on December 12, 2008.
Andux (talk · contribs · count) – last edit January 1, 2013.
Andy Marchbanks (talk · contribs · count) – Began in 2006. Last edit November 3, 2010.
AndyZ (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit February 14, 2011, but no serious activity since July 24, 2008.
Anglius (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on June 3, 2007.
AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 2, 2010. A highly prolific article writer and WP:FILM coordinator, she left in frustration about Wikipedia's inabilities to deal with persistent harassment while changing her username from Collectonian.
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 breifly returned to make one edit on April 26, 2014.
Anonymous101 (talk · contribs · count) – has not edited since placing a retirement notice in 2009.
Anonymous anonymous (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit: December 23, 2006 – Announced her/his retirement on September 1, 2006, with real-life concerns cited as the reason for leaving in subsequent edits. Returned briefly in December 2006 to leave some seasons' greetings.
Anonymous editor (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit: June 17, 2006 – Administrator.
Antepenultimate (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit - April 25, 2017.
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.
Aranel (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit May 31, 2013; previous edit September 1, 2005.
Aranho (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 20, 2016.
Archola (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit: December 3, 2008. Had been editing since 2005.
Arcturus (talk · contribs · count) – Stopped editing April 23, 2007, with a handful of edits from 2007 to 2010
Ardenn (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit: August 14, 2006 – Posted an unhappy valediction on their user page July 27, 2006, but made fifteen more edits before the final edit. A more detailed explanation for the departure was subsequently posted on user talk by User:Captainktainer.
Argolin (talk · contribs · count) – last edit 7 October 2014.
Ark30inf (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit: February 22, 2004 – Left October 24, 2003 with the posting of several farewell messages indicating concerns at a lack of cooperation. Returned briefly in February 2004 to request de-adminship and have user & user talk pages deleted.
Arknascar44 (talk · contribs · count) – last edit March 21, 2009.
Arundhati_bakshi (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit: March 15, 2007.
Astral (talk · contribs · count) – Retired Huggle user; last edit on May 30, 2008. Made one edit almost three years later on May 1, 2011.
Athanasius1 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit: 19:07, July 22, 2009. Left a great epitaph – ^{editing is fun}
AtheWeatherman (talk · contribs · count) – edited frequently for two years before stopping in December 2009. Made one last edit on 6 November 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 22, 2012.
Audude08 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit: April 7, 2008. User page deleted. Left retirement template and message on talk page.
Azalea pomp (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 4, 2010.
Azer Red (talk · contribs · count), Avant Guard (talk · contribs · count) (alternate acct. for vandal fighting) – Retired both accounts December 2007. Blanked talk and user pages on November 1, 2008.
Ambuj.Saxena (talk · contribs · count) - Prolific User Started editing in 2006, Helped in bringing Indian Institute of Technology and Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur to featured article status, made last edit on 19 August 2011

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B. Wolterding (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on March 23, 2010.
B.Wind (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on May 6, 2010.
Badbilltucker (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on January 28, 2007 on arbritration with User:RyanFreisling
Badger Drink (talk · contribs · count) – Long-time editor and quality contributor, who had frequent clashes with other users over civility issues. After being blocked for a personal attack on another editor, he requested a self-imposed indefinite block and left an angry valediction on his talk page. Inactive since December 4, 2011.
Bahavd Gita (talk · contribs) – last edit December 4, 2012.
Balcer (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on September 8, 2007; currently works on Wikimedia Commons.
Balloonman (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 12 June 2012 .
Banes (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – 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 April 19, 2013.
Banno (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator, last edit March 27, 2013.
Baristarim (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on November 8, 2007.
Barkjon (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 18, 2015.
Barneca (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator, retired. Last edit July 23, 2009
Barrettmagic (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution July 9, 2010.
Bart133 (talk · contribs · count) - last edit on October 18, 2011.
BartonPaul (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 8 March 2007. Edited only architecture-related articles.
Basara-kun (talk · contribs · count) – Left on July 19, 2007 after uploading 50+ unsourced images. "Enough. My contribuitions are ignored, my images are removed from the articles and in general, my editions aren't "encyclopedic"."
Batman2005 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on July 21, 2008.
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).
Belovedfreak (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 11, 2014.
Benc (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit December 23, 2004.
Ben (talk · contribs · count) – Highly experienced with templates, improving several of them. Last edit was on May 18, 2007.
Ben-Zin~enwiki (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 7, 2004. First edit June 8, 2002.
Bernstein2291 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 14, 2013. Made one edit to userpage in April 2016
BeteNoir (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 9, 2007 – left a reason on user page.
Betsythedevine (talk · contribs · count) – Betsy Devine says to have mostly retired and her userpage says she occasionally edits from a clean-start account.Continues to do specific type of edits every now and then.
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.
Bigtimepeace (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator, last edit March 7, 2016.
Bikeable (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 15, 2013.
Bikeroo (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on April 4, 2015 indicated retirement.
Bill Oaf (talk · contribs · count) – Stopped editing regularly after April 20, 2007. Last edit November 9, 2008.
Bill Thayer (talk · contribs · count) – last edit January 27, 2010.
Biosketch (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution April 20, 2013.
BL (talk · contribs · count) – Left notice on userpage. Last edit May 15, 2004.
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.
Blankfaze (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Has not regularly edited since 12 July 2007. Last edited on June 21, 2011.
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."
Blargh29 (talk · contribs · count) – last edit February 19, 2010.
Bleubeatle (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 6, 2012. Retired "Due to bullying, gaming, lawyering and stalking from disruptive users."
Blinklmc (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 21, 2006.
Blood Lines of Darkness (talk · contribs · count) – Editor who contributed to music articles, among other things. Last edit (and only 2011 edit) was February 7, 2011.
Blood Red Sandman (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit August 20, 2015.
Bluemoose (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (aka Martin) – Left a departure message on December 1, 2006. Has not edited since.
BM (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 2, 2005; gave no reason.
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 28, 2013. Had a large number of edits mostly related to music.
Bobblewik (talk · contribs · count) – More than 20,000 edits, but none since October 4, 2006 after heavy criticism was made on his talk page. Apparently came back as Editore99 (talk · contribs) and most recently Lightmouse (talk · contribs). See Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Date delinking.
Bøllefrø (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 31, 2006
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."
Bookandcoffee (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution June 22, 2013.
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.
Boylo (talk · contribs · count) – last edit March 7, 2015, but mad only three edits since September 2012.
Bpeps (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution May 15, 2008. Created the essay Wikipedia:Cabals.
BrandonYusufToropov (talk · contribs · count) – Often signed as "BYT". Last edit September 6, 2009.
Brat32 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 24, 2006; blanked her/his userpage and replaced it with the message "I'm gone."
BrendelSignature (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit January 27, 2013
BritishWatcher (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 24, 2013.
Bullzeye (talk · contribs · count) – stopped editing in early February 2010.
Bwithh (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 1, 2007; creator of Wikipedia:Random page patrol; left goodbye notice on userpage

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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.
CalJW (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 26 March 2007. Over 29,000 edits.
Camcallister (talk · contribs · count) – Userpage deleted November 17, 2007; last edit December 10, 2007. Mostly edited music articles.
Camptown (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 23, 2008.
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 one was on April 1, 2008, made a number of questionable blocks in May and July which led to his eventual desysopping on July 19 pending communication with Arb Com. Has not been heard from since.
CanadianCaesar (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit April 19, 2007. Made one edit on April 10, 2009.
Canadianism (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 8 April 2014. First edit 26 August 2005.
Cander0000 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 18 May 2016.
Candlewicke (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 17, 2011. 52,784 edits since August 2006.
Canoe1967 (talk · contribs · count) – last edit May 11, 2014
Cantthinkofagoodname (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit May 26, 2006.
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.
Captain Disdain (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 17, 2009. Avid Reference Desk contributor.
Captain Wikify (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 10, 2007. Added statement to his user page.
Captain Zyrain (talk · contribs · count) – Resigned his commission. Last edit October 28, 2007
Carbonite (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator; last edit February 11, 2006, user page says they've "lost interest in editing here" due to unimportant arguments.
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 User:Newyorkbrad's Arbitration Committee election. Made over 11,000 edits. Briefly returned to create Victoria Clamp in October 2013.
Casiraghitrio (talk · contribs · count) – last edit September 9, 2011.
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.
Catbar (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator; last edit on February 19, 2010. Made one edit on April 17, 2015
CatherineMunro (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator; last edit on March 14, 2015.
Catchpole (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution May 6, 2015
CattleGirl (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator; last edit April 4, 2008.
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.
Cbdorsett (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution June 20, 2016
Cberlet (talk · contribs · count) – Asked for user page to be deleted and left in July 2008.
Cdc (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 25, 2012.
Cedars (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution October 10, 2015
Celithemis (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 6, 2007.
Celtus (talk · contribs · count) – Left a "retired" message on his user and talk page on September 25, 2009.
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.
Chairman S. (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 21, 2008. Left retirement notice on page.
CharlotteWebb (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 17, 2009. Made many edits to the technical village pump.
CharonX (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution August 20, 2011.
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.
Cherry blossom tree (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 24, 2010.
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.
Christopherlin (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution March 2, 2012.
Chronographos (talk · contribs · count) – Missing since October 14, 2005. Made one edit to his user page September 6, 2006.
ChyranandChloe (talk · contribs · count) – Had edited in the areas of epidemiology and virology before going on a "short wikibreak" in March 2010. Last edit was to create Talk:Total Nonstop Action Wrestling/FAQ four months later.
Chzz (talk · contribs · count) – First edit April 29, 2008. Over 115,000 edits, last contribution March 25, 2013.
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.
Cirt (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 24, 2016.
Citrusbowler (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 21 July 2013.
CJ (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit February 7, 2016.
CJLL Wright (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit March 31, 2012, after a gap of more than a year. Over 40,000 edits. Indicated that they would shortly be resuming but never did. Founded WikiProject Mesoamerica and was a prolific editor there.
Clamster5 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 20, 2010. Headed the Lemony Snicket Task Force and contributed extensively to A Series of Unfortunate Events-related articles.
Clicketyclack (talk · contribs · count) – Self-administered {{User EX-WP}} February 6, 2008. Contributor with >11,500 edits; WikiProject memberships at time of departure: Categories, Biology.
CliffC (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution March 22, 2013.
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".
CloudNine (talk · contribs) – Former Administrator. Last edit April 13, 2013. Admin rights were removed in January 2013 due to inactivity. Does not appear to have edited actively since 2009.
Coasterman1234 (talk · contribs · count) – Member of WikiProject Amusement Parks. Last edited on November 23, 2008.
Cobaltbluetony (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – 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.
Coelacan (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – An admin, last edit November 23, 2007.
Colin Kimbrell (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 5, 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].
ColourBurst (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution October 27, 2007
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.
Computerjoe (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution December 10, 2011.
ConcernedVancouverite (talk · contribs · count) – last edit 20 October 2013.
Cooltobekind (talk · contribs · count) – last edit December 29, 2011.
Coolug (talk · contribs · count) – last edit January 18, 2013. Made there later edits in May 2014
CoppBob (talk · contribs · count) – Was one of the oldest Wikipedians, being born in 1921. Last edit October 2, 2009. (Made another two edits in November 2013, see contribs.)
Corax (talk · contribs · count) – Missing since May 22, 2006 following controversy and a block surrounding his posting of another Wikipedian's personal information.
Coredesat (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Admin, left retirement note on userpage March 30, 2008. Made a few edits afterward, last edit December 2, 2008.
Cortonin (talk · contribs · count) – Missing since shortly after June 26, 2005 six-month ban from certain articles by Arbitration Committee. [2]
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.
CowboySpartan (talk · contribs · count) – Left retirement notice on userpage April 2, 2012; last edit December 5, 2012.
Cprompt (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. First edit August 21, 2002, last edit June 1, 2016
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]."
Cribcage (talk · contribs · count) – last edit February 2009, first edit April 19, 2003.
Cricket02 (talk · contribs · count) – last edit 17 October 2014; first edit August 29, 2006.
Crosbiesmith (talk · contribs · count) – last edit September 13, 2015. First edit December 18, 2004.
Crossmr (talk · contribs · count) – Formally retired in April 2012 but made their last edit on February 6, 2013.
Cryptic C62 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 16 May 2016.
Crystal Clear x3 (talk · contribs · count) – Frequent contributor to articles on music, film, and television. Has not edited since September 21, 2013.
Csernica (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on December 21, 2007. On long wikibreak which may be permanent.
CultureDrone (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on May 15, 2009.
Curps (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. 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.
CWY2190 (talk · contribs · count) – Rollbacker, last edit on July 28, 2013.
CyborgTosser (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit May 3, 2007.
Cyrus XIII (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 1, 2015; preceding edit February 6, 2013.
Czj (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 12, 2009.

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Dabackgammonator (talk · contribs · count) – last edit January 29, 2010.
Dadaesque (talk · contribs · count) – last edit March 26, 2010.
Daemonic Kangaroo (talk · contribs · count) – Retired on April 18, 2014 after an apparent disagreement.
Damuna (talk · contribs · count) – Has not edited since November 18, 2012.
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 3,009 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.
DangerousPanda (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator who has not edited since December 27, 2014, the day after he was desysopped following an arbitration case.
Daniel11 (talk · contribs · count) – Edited from April 29, 2004 – Last edit July 17, 2008. Contributed primarily to beer-related articles.
Danny (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator, former Wikimedia Foundation employee. First edit in 2002, last edit June 8, 2014.
Darkfred (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 27, 2006.
Darkspots (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 23, 2008. Announced retirement on talk page.
Darthflyer (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 21, 2013.
Darthgriz98 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Announced retirement in July 2008. Returned briefly in January 2009. Last edit August 20, 2009.
Darth Panda (talk · contribs · count) – Edited from November 2005 to February 2009. Announced retirement on February 10. Also edited NocturneNoir (talk · contribs · count) (November 30, 2008 – December 13, 2011) and DiscreteIllusion (talk · contribs · count) (June 1, 2009 – September 20, 2009, plus six more edits in April 2010). Returned as Town of Cats (talk · contribs · count), which edited only from July to September 2012.
Da.Tomato.Dude (talk · contribs · count) – Disappeared and she never returned. Last edit was on April 28, 2007.
Daniel Olsen (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit May 27, 2008.
David Kernow (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 11, 2010.
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
David91 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 12, 2006, suggested some health issues.
Davshul (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution December 7, 2011. Prolific editor who started many new pages.
Dbroadwell (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 22, 2008. Came back to make a few edits on March 7, 2009
Decodet (talk · contribs · count) – Except for one edit on August 29, 2016, no contributions since August 2015
Deeb (talk · contribs · count) – after a pause of more than two years in editing starting August 3, 2012, returned and edited intermittently throughout 2015 and 2016. Last edit May 28, 2016
Dekisugi (talk · contribs · count) – stopped editing in early 2009.
Delicious carbuncle (talk · contribs · count) – last edit September 28, 2013.
Delta G (talk · contribs · count) – last edit December 11, 2007, first edit March 14, 2004.
DennyColt (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 13, 2007.
Dep. Garcia (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit by founder of WikiProject Law Enforcement was May 21, 2008.
Derek.cashman (talk · contribs · count) – last edit July 7, 2010.
Derex (talk · contribs · count) – Began editing in July 2005, retired in May 2007; seemed pretty jaded.
Designate (talk · contribs · count) – Often contributed to articles on politicians up through 2014, and has only edited sporadically since, most recently on October 5, 2016.
Dev920 (talk · contribs · count) – last edit February 18, 2015.
Deyyaz (talk · contribs · count) – last edit October 18, 2015.
Diego (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 18, 2015.
Dieter Simon (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit January 25, 2014.
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 edit as Kurt in March 2012.
Digwuren (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 21 June 2009.
Dijxtra (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Croatian editor, has made no edits since January 19, 2008, with the exception of modifying his userpage to say he is inactive on September 17, 2013.
Dina (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution November 19, 2009.
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 90K edits, mainly on US collegiate sports articles and related topics. Last edit in April 2016. almost exactly 7 years after his first edit.
Djinn112 (talk · contribs · count) – Stopped editing actively in October 2006, then returned in 2011, and on February 24, 2013
DLJessup (talk · contribs · count) – Became inactive on November 12, 2006 after two years of prolific editing. Last edit June 5, 2009.
Dlloyd (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 31, 2006
D.M.N. (talk · contribs · count) – Indicating in 2009 that they had "lost the will to write articles here", they edited sporadically in 2010 and 2012, making a final edit on 30 December 2013.
Doceirias (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 22, 2010.
Docu (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit April 17, 2014. Was a prolific editor on commons and wikidata, but stopped editing on those locations at the same time.
Doctorfun (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 25, 2016.
DomRem (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 17, 2007.
Don'tKnowItAtAll (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 29, 2016; preceding edit August 7, 2012.
Doom-chronicle (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 20, 2006, left long list of future articles on userpage, and had used a website of theirs as a reference, now gone.
DoomsDay349 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – A pro-wrestling focused editor, since desysopped for inactivity. Last edit January 11, 2010.
Dori (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Sysop, last edit November 10, 2009. Left message on userpage, then made one revert to it on June 10, 2014.
DoubleBlue (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution November 2, 2013. Participated in many discussions at Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board.
Doug (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 2 April 2016.
Dozenist (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 15, 2009.
Dr. Submillimeter (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution February 6, 2008.
Draggleduck (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 13, 2010. Created over 400 articles on film, TV, cinema, albums, and the Eurovision Song Contest.
Draicone (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution October 28, 2007.
Dreamafter (talk · contribs · count) – The winner of the inaugural WikiCup, their last edit was on 12 November 2012, after a gap in editing since March 13, 2009.
Dreambeaver (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit March 29, 2014.
DropDeadGorgias (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator. Last contribution June 29, 2010. Started editing in 2003.
Dugwiki (talk · contribs · count) – Did a lot of category work. Disappeared. Last edit September 25, 2009.
Duja (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator, editor since 2004; last edit July 30, 2008.
Duncharris (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Long time editor and admin, departed September 25, 2006 after blanking his user pages.
Durin (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Left in December 2007 due to legal threats from another user.
DV8 2XL (talk · contribs · count) – Message on the user page, last edit April 30, 2007.
DVD R W (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – last edit in September 2010.
Dvyost (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – An administrator, announced their departure on their user page on January 9, 2006, saying "Real life calls with a vengeance lately, and 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.
DXBari (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 8 September 2009.
Dysprosia (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator, last edit March 3, 2007. First edit July 2, 2003.

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Echuck215 (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution January 8, 2004.
Edeans (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 30, 2007. Retired after the Essjay controversy.
Eequor (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 16, 2006 in which she left a note at Esperanza that said "I don't expect to come back again."
Efe (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Admin who last edited on December 17, 2016.
Efghij (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 18, 2003.
Egg Centric (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 6, 2013.
Ego White Tray (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 19 March 2016 .
Electricburst1996 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit November 4, 2016
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 his talk page on September 2, 2008
Elaqueate (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 23, 2014.
Electriccatfish2 (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution October 12, 2012.
Elen of the Roads (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator, former arbitrator. Last edit March 20, 2013.
ElinorD (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Admin, last edit December 9, 2008.
Elockid (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Admin, CheckUser, and Oversighter abruptly vanished without a trace July 6, 2016.
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.
Enaidmawr (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor on Welsh subjects, has made no edits since April 10, 2010.
Endrick Shellycoat (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 20, 2012.
Enki H. (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 5, 2009. Just stopped.
Erik the Red 2 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on March 3, 2009.
Esoltas (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.
Essexmutant (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Surrendered his adminship and left a departure message on his userpage on September 12, 2006 and made his final four edits 12 days later.
Essjay (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit March 4, 2007. He retired after being exposed by the New Yorker. He has surrendered his various flags on every wikimedia project. See Essjay controversy.
Estrose (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 30, 2006.
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.
Eugene van der Pijll (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit September 18, 2013.
EvocativeIntrigue (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 17, 2007. Left "due to other commitments in the world of the working".
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.

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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)."
Fabricationary (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 14, 2007. Was a frequent contributor to Wikipedia:WikiProject Days of the year.
Falphin (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 28, 2017.
FamicomJL (talk · contribs · count) – Made a few edits in March 2008 and then disappeared. 1,499 edits to the mainspace before his departure.
Fan-1967 (talk · contribs · count) – Left a day after withdrawing RfA early on January 28, 2007.
Farosdaughter (talk · contribs · count) – A Huggle user who has not edited, nor fought vandalism, since May 2009
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.
Fat&Happy (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on August 9, 2015.
FateClub (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 13, 2007.
FayssalF (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit on July 20, 2016. Desysopped due to inactivity in December 2013, then returned in July 2015, and edited until September.
Feco (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 17 October 2008.
FellowWikipedian (talk · contribs · count) – Unseen since a brief final spell of vandal-fighting in late 2008.
Fenice (talk · contribs · count) – Left January 18, 2006 after an editwar.
Fetchcomms (talk · contribs · count)} – Last edit on May 23, 2016. Was active on Portal:Missouri. Over 40,000 edits.
Fetofs (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 12, 2008‎.
Filiocht (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – 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 webpage on July 17, 2008. Sporadically edited about a few leftover administrative issues afterwards.
Fingers-of-Pyrex (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 2, 2012.
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.
Fl (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit March 26, 2014 .
FlagSteward (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 14, 2014.
Flcelloguy (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Arbitration Committee member, hasn't edited since May 28, 2007, when he left a note at his talk page explaining he's been busy.
Flockmeal (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator, signed up on September 9, 2003. Has not made any edits since October 22, 2011.
Flod logic (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 20, 2008.
Fluri (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 31, 2016; preceding edit February 29, 2008.
Flowerparty (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit September 11, 2009.
Flygongengar (talk · contribs · count) - Last edited November 1, 2015.
Flyhighplato (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution March 8, 2012.
Folajimi (talk · contribs · count) – Last article-space edit March 3, 2008; posted retirement notice September 22, 2008.
Folic Acid (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution September 10, 2012.
Folken de Fanel (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 5, 2013.
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.
Forbsey (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 5, 2007, in which he or she began blanking all of his or her userpages and subpages.
Formerly 98 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 26, 2015. Renamed to Renamed user 51g7z61hz5af2azs6k6 (talk · contribs · count).
Formeruser0910 (talk · contribs · count) – last edit June 10, 2009.
ForteTuba (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution April 22, 2010.
Fountainviewkid (talk · contribs · count) – Announced retirement on September 3, 2011. Made last edit on July 24, 2015
Fraggle81 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 13, 2014.
Francs2000 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Former bureaucrat, had over 38,000 edits, left good bye message on talk page. Last edit July 15, 2006. First edit September 16, 2003.
Freak104 (talk · contribs · count) – Left February 6, 2008 due to WP:N's effects on comic book articles.
Freakofnurture (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator, stopped editing on November 5, 2007; has made some edits in late March 2008.
Fredil Yupigo (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 10, 2011.
Freedomlinux (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution May 7, 2016
FreeRangeFrog (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit August 26, 2015. He was desysopped on October 1, 2016 for inactivity.
FreplySpang (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit April 21, 2009.
Freshgavin (talk · contribs · count) – Was a frequent contributor to the Reference desks. Last edit March 31, 2008.
Frickative (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 10, 2012. Messages on her talk page indicate she moved house around that time.
Friday (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator, made first edit on June 28, 2005 and last edit on June 15, 2016
FrummerThanThou (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 23, 2008. Made one edit July 3, 2009.
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 cant remember and wont be able to go on wikipedia again.
FudgeFury (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 25 April 2016.
Fuelbottle (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution February 4, 2013.
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.
Func (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator; last edit October 10, 2005. "My apologies, I am away from Wikipedia for an extended period of time." Made two edits on April 11, 2006.
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. He will be missed by many. Two edits since, last on October 10, 2007.
Futurebird (talk · contribs · count) – last edit July 20, 2015.
Fvw (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – last contribution January 19, 2009.

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G-Man (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 12 May 2009. First edit 11 February 2003.
GabeMc (talk · contribs · count) – frequently edited articles on Pink Floyd and The Beatles. Last edit was a retirement notice on June 22, 2014.
Gadykozma (talk · contribs · count) – Stated he was "taking wikivacation, probably permanent" on November 22, 2004. Last edit December 21, 2004.
Galwhaa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – 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.
Ganymead (talk · contribs · count) – Left a retirement notice on his userpage on August 24, 2007 and on his talk page on November 19, 2007
GassyGuy (talk · contribs · count) – A frequent, quality contributor to popular music articles; retired in July 2007 for reasons unknown.
Gator1 (talk · contribs · count) – Left after being harassed and outed in 2006; returned in early 2008 but then slowed down until July 7 and then stopped again. Last edit December 23, 2010.
Gay Cdn (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 11, 2007, posted retirement notice
Geek2003 (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution October 7, 2012. A major contributor to the Nortel suite of articles.
Geogre (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – last contribution July 29, 2009.
Geologyguy (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 2, 2008.
George (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 13, 2011.
GeorgeMoney (talk · contribs · count) – Retired. Last edit September 8, 2008.
GeneralPatton (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – 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.
Getaway (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 28, 2007.
Getcrunk (talk · contribs · count) – Notice on talkpage says "trying to take a wikibreak and might be back on Wikipedia later". Last edit October 6, 2006.
GFHandel (talk · contribs · count) – last edit March 23, 2013.
GHe (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 18, 2008.
GhostofSuperslum (talk · contribs · count) – last edit November 14, 2007, some seven months after indicating their departure on their user page.
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).
Girolamo Savonarola (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit was on April 10, 2010.
GiW (talk · contribs · count) – last edit February 22, 2014.
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.
Gocsa (talk · contribs · count)
Goldfritha (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 29, 2014.
Gorrister (talk · contribs · count) Last edit October 5, 2005. Made two edits on March 20, 2012.
Grafikm fr (talk · contribs · count) – Over 11,000 edits. Last edit in November 2007.
GRAHAMUK (talk · contribs · count) – Over 7,000 edits, edited near-constantly between 2003 (first edit) and 2006, last edit February 3, 2011 after only 50 edits in the preceding five years.
Gralo (talk · contribs · count) – creator of the Energy Portal and excellent editor of energy-related articles. Last edit August 9, 2007.
GRBerry (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Userpage says he is "not now active on any project". Last edit was May 18, 2010.
Green-eyed girl (talk · contribs · count) – Author of the essay Beef up that first revision, she semi-retired in 2012 to start her own website, having previously indicated burnout and frustration with Wikipedia. Her last edit was in May 2014.
GregAsche (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – 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 April 2, 2007, and has not edited since then.
GregManninLB (talk · contribs · count) – last edit July 20, 2013.
GregRobson (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – last contribution August 24, 2008.
Greyengine5 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 4, 2004.
Greyhood (talk · contribs · count) – a frequent contributor to topics related to Russia; has not edited since August 15, 2013.
Grimjaw (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 6, 2008.
Groupthink (talk · contribs · count) – last edit February 21, 2011.
Grrrlriot (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution July 4, 2013.
Guanaco (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit November 19, 2006.
Guillaume2303 (talk · contribs · count) – last edit February 2, 2013.
Gurch (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – last contribution August 4, 2013. Over 95,000 edits.
GVnayR (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution August 6, 2013. Over 80,000 edits.
Gwernol (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – 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.
Gwynand (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 21, 2008.

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Haemo (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit March 3, 2011, to post a "retired" notice on his user talk page.
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 27 April 2015, announcing retirement. Last edit 26 August 2016.
Hajor (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – An admin, 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.
HAL(Old) (talk · contribs · count) – Formerly User:HAL. Just stopped in October 2009.
Hall Monitor (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – 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.
Halo Jerk1 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 29, 2013, with no indication of intent to leave.
HamatoKameko (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 16, 2014. Edited hard rock topics, particularly relating to Lordi, until contributions dried up.
Hamtechperson (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 17, 2015.
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.
HardBoiledEggs (talk · contribs · count) – Operator of RM bot, last edit February 18, 2012.
Harry Potter (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 7, 2004. Just disappeared.
Harry491 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 19, 2010, although almost entirely inactive since September 2006.
Hazardous Matt (talk · contribs · count) – put up retired banner in August 2012; last edit was three months and four edits later.
Hcheney (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit April 5, 2008. He was subsequently desysopped in 2011 for inactivity.
Heaven's Wrath (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 14, 2008.
Heironymous Rowe (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor of article content and images. Last edit June 6, 2013.
HeirToPendragon (talk · contribs) – Made his last edit as a semi-active participant on November 27, 2007. Returned for a single edit on July 14, 2008. Blanked most of his user space on September 1, 2011. Major contributor to articles related to Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Hello, I'm a Wikipedian! (talk · contribs · count) – Last edited on September 26, 2014.
Hemanshu (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – last edit November 9, 2014. First edit November 20, 2003.
Henriettapussycat (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution September 6, 2011.
Henrik (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Stopped editing in October 2013, then returned in March 2104. Last edit 13 August 2014.
Hephaestos (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – 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 · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – 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.
Hghyux (talk · contribs · count) – retired after making over 5000 edits between January and May 2012.
Hi878 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 24, 2012.
HighwayCello (talk · contribs · count) – Stated that he felt WikiBonked on November 6, 2006. Ceased editing the next day.
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.
Hipocrite (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 23, 2015. Creator of Wikipedia:Don't template the regulars.
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.
HisSpaceResearch (talk · contribs · count) – No edits since August 8, 2008.
HistoricMN44 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 2 August 2015.
Hit bull, win steak (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit March 8, 2013. Does not appear to have given reason or advance notice of departure.
Hm2k (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 27, 2012.
HoboJones (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 2, 2009.
Homestarmy (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution December 13, 2010.
HResearcher (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 10, 2006.
Humansdorpie (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 27, 2008. Mature, good-humoured editor with special interest in Africa articles. Left in response to legal threats from User:Lightoftheworld.
Hurricane111 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 23, 2006. RC patroller and member of the Canadian law WikiProject, which misses him.
Humus sapiens (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Admin and prolific contributor on Jewish-history topics. Last edit May 5, 2008, with no indication of why he stopped.
Hydnjo (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 19, 2012.
Hydrogen Iodide (talk · contribs · count) – Heavy contributor to articles on cities and buildings. Stopped editing regularly on December 22, 2008, but made four more edits on March 24, 2009.
Hyperbole (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 11, 2008.

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I do not exist (talk · contribs · count) – Announced "long wikibreak" on January 26, 2008.
Icairns (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Indefinitely blocked himself on January 21, 2012 after over 75,000 edits.
IAMTHEEGGMAN (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 3, 2012.
Ice Explorer (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 15, 2010, left goodbye note about "small minded, abusive and bullying" editors [4].
Improv (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – 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 [5]. Edited his userspace March 2, 2007.
Imladjov (talk · contribs · count) – Historian and Scholar. Last edit August 13, 2006. Influential and distinguished editor with great contributions to Byzantine History and similar topics. He will be missed on many levels.
Immunize (talk · contribs · count) – Has not edited since January 2012.
Imran (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit February 13, 2005. Left a note on November 3, 2004 to say "Note: I am (as of Sept 04) currently inactive on Wikipedia".
Indon (talk · contribs · count) – A regular editor on topics relating to Indonesia. Last edit was in early 2008.
Inferno, Lord of Penguins (talk · contribs · count) – Edited regularly from November 2008 to May 2010. Made a comeback in April 2011 but has not edited since.
Infrangible (talk · contribs · count) – Stopped editing immediately following an unsuccessful RfA. Last edit August 16, 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.
Int21h (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 18 February 2016.
Interiot (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Says he needed to spend less time online. Since December 25, 2007 has only made two signed-in edit, on December 22, 2012 and February 28, 2017. Still edits anonymously.
Into The Fray (talk · contribs · count) – Has abruptly stopped editing in November 2007. Returned on January 12, 2008 to replace his user and talk pages with a {{retired}} tag. Returned again making two edits on March 27, and once more on May 31 by removing himself from Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User/Adoptee's Area/Adopters.
IP Address (talk · contribs · count) – Blanked his user page on July 23, 2006 and made his last contribution on August 5 of that year.
IPadPerson (talk · contribs · count) – Worked on various music-related articles. No activity since November 4, 2016.
Ipodnano05 (talk · contribs · count) – Frequent contributor to articles relating to Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift. Last edit was July 2, 2014, and does not appear to have edited regularly since May 2013.
Ipsign (talk · contribs · count) – last edit August 21, 2013.
Irishguy (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Announced retirement on April 4, 2008, due to off-wiki harassment; made a few more edits, the last one being on July 6, 2008.
IronChris (talk · contribs · count) – Userpage displays a semi-retired notice. Has not edited since 2011.
Isomorphic (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – last edit May 22, 2015. First edit November 11, 2002.
Isotope23 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Announced he was on "indefinite hiatus" in January 2008; returned to make one comment on June 13, 2008.
Itaqallah (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution June 18, 2010.
ItsZippy (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – last edit June 11, 2015.
Izehar (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – last edit January 16, 2006. Made a single edit one year later on January 30, 2007.

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J.delanoy (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Stopped editing December 29, 2013, returned in January 2015 to request desysop and update user page. Over 300,000 edits; has made some since desysopping.
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.
Jacob Haller (talk · contribs · count) – Stopped editing November 12, 2007.
Jamcib (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution August 15, 2009.
James086 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – An admin, abruptly stopped editing on March 30, 2014. Returned in June 2016 to make more than 4,000 edits, mostly to remove cats from user talk pages.
James500 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 7 March 2016.
Jappalang (talk · contribs · count) – Left a farewell message before he ceased editing on January 5, 2012.
Jaraalbe (talk · contribs · count) – Joined in May 2005 and accumulated 105,816 edits. Last edited on March 14, 2010.
Jask99 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 28, 2009.
Jaxl (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – An admin, has not edited since December 20, 2006, when he blanked his user pages after a period of inactivity.
JayHenry (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 29, 2011.
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.
Jaysweet (talk · contribs · count) – Retired. Last edit April 14, 2009
Jazz77 (talk · contribs · count) – Stopped editing after August 28, 2004; made a change to his userpage on August 15, 2005, and announced he was coming back on March 26, 2006; however, he has not edited since.
JCarriker (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – An admin, retired in September 2006, last edit was April 12, 2008. Felt that his work was not appreciated.
JDG (talk · contribs · count) – A Wikipedian since 2002; last edit December 15, 2007.
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.
Jedi6 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator, last edits on February 13, 2007 (except for two edits on October 10, and 3 in April 8). He is possibly busy with school matters.
JeffConrad (talk · contribs · count) – A dedicated editor in areas such as photography, with more than 4500 edits since July 2006, left rather unexpectedly on short notice on August 3, 2011 over what appear to be growing frustrations with some IP edits and other editors' blunt discussion style while trying to improve the Manual of Style.
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.
Jeronimo (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – last edit August 19, 2006. First edit January 8, 2002.
Jersyko (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) User page says he retired as of May 2008; made one more edit that November.
Jesster79 (talk · contribs · count) – Left a message on his userpage on July 2, 2006 saying he was leaving Wikipedia for the time being.
JetLover (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 1, 2008.
Jewbacca (talk · contribs · count) – Left retirement notices on his user and talk pages on April 8, 2006. Made a handful of later edits, the last in July 2008.
Jezhotwells (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 17, 2014; first edit December 17, 2008.
JForget (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – last edit September 30, 2010. Over 110,000 edits.
Jfurr1981 (talk · contribs · count) – last edit October 8, 2006.
Jguk (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 9, 2007. First edit September 12, 2004 under an account now known as Jguk 2 (talk · contribs · count).
JGXenite (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution April 27, 2013.
JHCC (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 15, 2006. Left a farewell message on his userpage.
Jhinman (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 19, 2011.
Jiang (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit August 24, 2015, then returned briefly in 2016. First edit April 14, 2003. Over 40,000 edits.
Jiy (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 21, 2006.
Jj137 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit February 2, 2013.
Jj98 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 29 June 2016.
JKBrooks85 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 3, 2011.
Jmh123 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 6, 2008.
Jmoliver (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 28, 2010.
JoannaSerah (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution February 23, 2013.
Johan Magnus (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution May 5, 2005.
Johanthon (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 4, 2008.
John Cardinal (talk · contribs · count) – Only one edit since March 8, 2010. 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.
Joie de Vivre (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 14, 2007. Stated he left after being accused of lying.
Jokestress (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution April 25, 2013. Over 50,000 edits.
Jorgenev (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 13, 2011. Stated leaving for a while at WP:SIGNPOST
Joseph Dwayne (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 8, 2006. Known for his humorous vandalism.
Joseph Solis in Australia (talk · contribs · count) – Originally joined as Australia boy (talk · contribs · count) in December 2005 before changing his account name on February 19, 2006. Had 95,581 edits (97% to article space) with his last edit on May 21, 2013.
Josh Grosse (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator, disappeared on December 21, 2006 and has rarely edited since. First edit around January 22, 2001; see the Nostalgia Wikipedia's contributions page for JoshuaGrosse. Was especially helpful with the Taxobox template and with articles on microscopic animals. Returned to make four edits from October 18 to November 28, 2009.
JRM (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – requested de-sysopping in May 2007 and stopped editing. Returned briefly in December 2012, but has not edited since.
Jtdirl (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit April 14, 2015, then returned in November until February 5, 2016. First edit November 15, 2002.
Julia Rossi (talk · contribs · count) – Reference Desk regular. Last edit April 3, 2009.
Julien Tuerlinckx (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 1, 2007.
Junipers Liege (talk · contribs · count) – last edit October 30, 2010. Talk page states "busy in real life".
JustAGal (talk · contribs · count) – More than 160,000 edits. First edit May 24, 2006; last edit May 06, 2016.
J'raxis (talk · contribs · count) – Retired, left goodbye essay on userpage citing issues with neutral point of view policy. Last edit January 11, 2010.
JYolkowski (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Over 16,000 edits. Stopped editing regularly June 21, 2014. Edited sporadically until March 12. 2016.

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Kafziel (talk · contribs · count) – Onetime prolific contributor to various U.S. regional and military history articles. Made last edit January 24, 2014, during an Arbitration Committee case brought against him.
Kainaw (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution February 21, 2012.
KamikazeArchon (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 12, 2009.
Kappa (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 5 June 2008. First edit 15 September 2004.
Karen Johnson (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit 9 October 2004. First edit 3 April 2002.
Karenjc (talk · contribs · count) – last edit May 9, 2014.
Katefan0 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – A prolific administrator, she left after Daniel Brandt threatened to inform her employer regarding her work on Wikipedia. See Muddying Sandifer for more details. Last edit May 27, 2006.
Katharineamy (talk · contribs · count) – last edit 7 February 2016 .
Katieh5584 (talk · contribs · count) – Active Huggle user and new page patroller who last edited on October 5, 2015.
Keefer4 (talk · contribs · count) – last edit 1 November 2008.
KeithD (talk · contribs · count) – last edit June 26, 2010.
Kelly Martin (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – last contribution December 7, 2008.
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.
Kenny sh (talk · contribs · count) – last edit October 25, 2004.
Kevinmon (talk · contribs · count) – last edit February 14, 2016.
Khalid hassani (talk · contribs · count) – last edit 17 August 2015. First edit 13 March 2004.
Khalidkhoso (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution August 19, 2010. Listed as a member of WikiProject Pakistani districts.
Khazar2 (talk · contribs · count) – frequent editor of articles on human rights activists and prolific reviewer of WP:Good article nominations. No activity since December 23, 2015.
Kilo-Lima (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last spotted actively editing in November 2011. Last edit to request de-sysopping on November 26, 2012, also saying they will return someday.
Kingfisherswift (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 5, 2008
Kinneyboy90 (talk · contribs · count) – Left a farewell letter on user page. Last edit July 4, 2007.
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.
KirtZJ (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on September 29, 2015.
KittenKlub (talk · contribs · count) – Last articlespace edit March 24, 2007. Made a few userspace edits in 2008 and posted a "no longer active" notice June 9, 2008.
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.
Klonimus (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 2, 2006.
Knurftendans (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 30, 2007.
Konstable (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Resigned his admin access following an arbitration and has not edited since April 2008.
Koman90 (talk · contribs · count) – Made ~13,000 edits between September 28, 2008 and September 2013. Had placed {{retired}} on July 5, 2013. Wrote about mass transit in San Diego and computer-related topics.
Kookyunii (talk · contribs · count) – last edit 2 February 2015.
Kotepho (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 19, 2007. Requested for user and talk pages to be deleted.
Kotniski (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution January 24, 2012.
Koven.rm (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 19, 2009.
Koyaanis Qatsi (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit September 9, 2008, first edit July 20, 2001.
KP Botany (talk · contribs · count) – Contributor to articles about botany and biology; and also to BLPs, especially minor ones. Last edit July 20, 2009.
Krash (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 9, 2008.
KrebMarkt (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 7, 2015.
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, edited once in 2010 and once more in 2011. Has not edited since. 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.
Kukkurovaca (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 23, 2005. Came back briefly on July 3 and 9, 2006.
Kurando (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution October 22, 2014.
Kylu (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 13, 2011.
Kyoko (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 2, 2008.

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L33th4x0rguy (talk · contribs · count) – last edit October 31, 2009. First edit November 19, 2004.
Lady Lotus (talk · contribs · count) – frequent editor to articles on actors. No edits since January 13, 2017, no regular activity since 2015, and has a "retired" notice on their user page.
LaidOff (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution August 4, 2011.
Lapaz (talk · contribs · count) – last edit January 20, 2009.
Larry laptop (talk · contribs · count) – Left on January 20, 2007. See essay for details.
Lawrence Cohen (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit was May 15, 2008.
LeaHazel (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 22, 2012.
Lendorien (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution June 10, 2011.
Lexi Marie (talk · contribs · count) – former administrator, last contribution March 14, 2011. Previously also Phroziac (talk · contribs · count) and Stephanie (talk · contribs · count).
Libertarian12111971 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 21, 2015.
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.
Life of Riley (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 2, 2016.
Lightdarkness (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit July 23, 2015.
Lights (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 11, 2008.
Lil-unique1 (talk · contribs · count) – Mainly active in music articles. Retired in January 2014 before returning for a few months in March. Has had a "semi-retired" notice on page since March that was a "retired" notice from January to March. Has not regularly contributed since June 2014, and last edited on December 24, 2015.
Lillygirl (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 10, 2009.
Linuxbeak (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit March 6, 2012. Has made only 39 edits since 2006.
Lionelt (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution September 2, 2012.
LittleOldMe (talk · contribs · count) – with the exception of an edit on March 2, 2014, their editing ended in October 2012.
L Kensington (talk · contribs · count) – First edit July 2, 2010; last edit December 7, 2011. Prolific in anti-vandalism; 37 awards in 17 months.
Location (talk · contribs · count) – last edit 30 June 2016. Stopped without explanation
Lommer (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator – userpage says (as of February 5, 2006) that "they will be taking an indefinite wikibreak, and cannot to a project that actively destroys people's work for the sole reason that corporations can't use it." Made two edits on August 8, 2007; edited sporadically between June 2009 and September 2016.
Lonewolf BC (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 24, 2009.
Lord Emsworth (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former Administrator. Last edit December 13, 2006
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.
LordViD (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 28, 2006.
LouI (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit January 26, 2010. Stopped without explanation. Admin privileges suspended in 2011 due to inactivity. Worked on and created mostly historical articles (e.g. Daniel Morgan, the Battle of Bunker Hill, List of Continental Congress Delegates, Saratoga Campaign, the Battle of Saratoga, the Pequot War, and Elias Boudinot [from LouI's user page]).
LouriePieterse (talk · contribs · count) – Rollbacker with over 7000 edits. Last edit April 7, 2013.
Lradrama (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) 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.
Luigizanasi (talk · contribs · count) – Founded WikiProject Woodworking. Last edit August 17, 2007.
LukeTH (talk · contribs · count) – A prolific contributor (as in 100 edits or more in a session!) to Hillary Rodham Clinton and American liberalism; got married in February 2006, has only a few edits since then, no article space ones since December 2006.
Luna Santin (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator, made first edit in 2006. Has not edited since June 8, 2012.
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.

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M C Y 1008 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 7, 2007.
M.nelson (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 30, 2015. Was involved in WikiProject Ottawa.
M3tal H3ad (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 7, 2010.
Macgreco (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific Brazilian editor blanked user page in October 2007. Last edit July 15, 2012.
MacGyverMagic (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Prolific editor stopped regular editing without explanation December 18, 2009. Returns occasionally. Last edit March 27, 2012.
Madeleined2 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 22, 2013.
Madhero88 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 9, 2015.
MadMax (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on May 26, 2007 declaring they would be temporarily inactive.
Magister Mathematicae (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit October 5, 2016.
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; except for sporadic edits, his activity ended in 2010. He returned in May 2013 to post a goodbye note.
Makeemlighter (talk · contribs · count) – a frequent participant at featured picture candidates. Last edit December 11, 2012.
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 October 29, 2013.
MakeRocketGoNow (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 27, 2007.
Malcolm Farmer (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 10 February 2013. First edit 6 March 2001.
Malkinann (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 6, 2012.
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.
MangoWong (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution December 14, 2011.
Marcbela (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit January 31, 2016.
Mark Dingemanse (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator. 11000 edits since 2004, including featured articles Nafaanra language and Gbe languages. Last edit March 21, 2014. Returns sporadically to archive talk page.
Mark Richards (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 10, 2005.
MarkS (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 15, 2012.
MarkSweep (talk · contribs · count) – Administrator – vanished on November 14, 2007 and made a small return in 2009 before again ceasing to edit.
Martial Law (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 3, 2007.
MartinHarper (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit August 2, 2014, first edit November 29, 2002.
Martijn Hoekstra (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit September 30, 2015, then returned to make five edits between May and October 2016.
Masamage (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former Administrator, last edit October 6, 2009.
Matilda (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Edited December 5, 2008, after leaving a retired note on her talk page. Made a few edits in 2012, several in early 2013, and sporadically into September 2016.
Matt Crypto (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator; last edit July 9, 2011.
MattFisher (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 19 January 2013.
Maximus Rex (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 31, 2004, deleted his user page right before he left. First edit July 4, 2003. Over 20,000 edits.
MaxPont (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 14, 2014.
Mbecker (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. First edit September 5, 2002; last edit February 10, 2010.
MBK004 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit November 11, 2010
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; [6] 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.
Mel Etitis (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – An editor since 2004 and an administrator since 2005. Was heavily active until June 2007, where he edited occasionally. Last edit was on July 1, 2007.
Melancholie (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution September 8, 2009.
Melcombe (talk · contribs · count) – last edit April 21, 2013.
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.
Merlinus (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 8, 2007.
MetroFan2009 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 3 January 2016.
MetsFan76 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 2008.
Mic (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit September 27, 2004.
Michael Mad (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 9, 2008, had only been sporadically active since December 2007.
Michaelbusch (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 2, 2015. Left retirement notice on user page.
MichaelTinkler (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 3, 2002.
MidgleyDJ (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 9, 2013.
Midori (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit January 13, 2014 on Indonesian Language Wikipedia. (A brilliant contributor for both Indonesian Language Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons).
Mike 7 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Editing only sporadically since 2012, his last edit was on October 26, 2015.
Mike Halterman (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator, last edit on March 27, 2014, then made several edits in December 2016.
Mintguy (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 13, 2004. "It has stopped being fun. The lunatics are taking over the asylum." See his userpage for more information
Minun (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 28, 2006, has not returned after Arbitration Committee ban ended on August 13, 2007
Miranda (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 20, 2012.
Mirror Vax (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 25, 2012.
Mirv (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – formerly User:No-One Jones. last edit on September 16, 2010. 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."
Misterdiscreet (talk · contribs · count) Strongly deletionist editor made last edit (to an AfD, no less), on April 14, 2010. "Increasingly I feel that I'm out of step with the way things are run here, and at best grudgingly tolerated by the children who run this site" says a banner on his userpage.
Mistress Selina Kyle (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 2, 2012.
MistyMorn (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution July 16, 2013.
Misza13 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – creator of the MiszaBots; desysopped for inactivity. Last edit February 19, 2015.
Mitico (talk · contribs · count) Prolific contributor to lacrosse-related articles made last edit July 12, 2010.
Mmoyer (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on October 24, 2008.
Modster (talk · contribs · count) – last edit July 15, 2008, first edit October 31, 2002.
Mom2jandk (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution August 23, 2012. Wrote and operated Watchlistbot.
Moni3 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – prolific Featured Article and Good Article contributor, blanked her user pages on May 18, 2012. She returned briefly to add retirement notices in June 2013. Made two edits in 2016, both of which were deleted.
Mono (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 16 May 2016. Placed retired notice on user page.
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.
Movingboxes (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution September 6, 2008.
MPF (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit January 19, 2008. Stopped editing after an RFC was filed regarding MPF's conduct. Made three edits in 2016.
MPLX (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 28, 2005; left apparently after a conflict at Teach the Controversy.
Mr Accountable (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 19, 2011; formerly edited as McTrixie (talk · contribs · count)
MrBill3 (talk · contribs · count) – last edit 28 June 2016. Stopped without explanation (talk page note that computer had died was left ten months prior).
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.
Mrfish33 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 24 March 2014.
Mr. Lefty (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – 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.
Mtmelendez (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former admin. Last edit July 6, 2015.
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.
MuffledThud (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit May 10, 2010.
MurderByDeadcopy (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 16 February 2016.
Muriel Gottrop (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 5, 2007. Terrific editor of European history topics, including the since deleted, but very interesting List of young people in history. Now lurks in wiki-pt?
Musical Linguist (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator, last edit June 23, 2007.
Musicpvm (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 26 November 2012.
Mustafaa (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 17, 2006. His user page cites a lack of free time.
Mydogategodshat (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 18, 2006. First edit May 26, 2003.
MyNameIsNotBob (talk · contribs · count) – earned a barnstar for his work on 2006 FIFA World Cup controversies to present a more neutral point of view; first edited in 2004 but activity slowly came to a stop by June 2011. Has not edited since.

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Naerii (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 19, 2008.
Nahallac Silverwinds (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 30, 2011.
Navy Blue (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 23, 2008.
Ncboy2010 (talk · contribs · count) – last edit August 13, 2013.
NeoFreak (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution July 25, 2009.
Nerdseeksblonde (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 12, 2012 .
NerdyScienceDude (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 4, 2012.
Nergaal (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 29, 2017.
Nestwiki (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 1, 2015.
Neurodivergent (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 12, 2007.
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.
Newbyguesses (talk · contribs · count) – last edit November 14, 2012.
Nhl4hamilton (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution June 29, 2013.
Nichalp (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – last edit under that account on January 31, 2009. A former administrator, bureaucrat, and oversighter, he had made over 30,000 edits. His userrights were removed by the Arbitration Committee in June 2009 after it was discovered that he had been using another account for paid editing.
Niceguyedc (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 4, 2016
NiciVampireHeart (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor with over 89,000 edits, specialized in pro wrestling articles. Last edit April 16, 2015.
NickelShoe (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 9, 2008.
Niteowlneils (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 27, 2006.
NittyG (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 21, 2015, a (failed) Keep in an articles for deletion discussion for an article they created.
Nixeagle (talk · contribs · count) – last edit September 20, 2011.
NJGW (talk · contribs · count) – last edit March 20, 2010. An editor of energy articles, main contributor to the Peak oil article.
Nobleeagle (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit was on May 25, 2007.
Noetica (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution April 11, 2013. Posted a retirement banner after receiving a discretionary sanctions notice. Has offered to participate in any Arbitration Committee case on the matter.
Nohansen (talk · contribs · count) – Made two edits on April 6, 2009 after almost two months without editing, has not edited since.
Noirish (talk · contribs · count) – last edit September 14, 2009.
Noitall (talk · contribs · count) – last edit October 11, 2005.
Noleander (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution July 3, 2013.
Nono64 (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution November 1, 2011. over 90,000 edits.
Noirish (talk · contribs · count) – last edit September 14, 2009.
Noraft (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution September 20, 2013.
Notheruser (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) Administrator. Left on August 17, 2003 giving no reason, but stating "I'm taking an indefinite break from Wikipedia." Returned for one day on June 4, 2005, but has not edited since.
Notinasnaid (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution May 17, 2007.
Nouniquenames (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution February 6, 2013.
Noypi380 (talk · contribs · count) – last edit September 11, 2009.
Nwwaew (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 16, 2009; left a "retired" notice on userpage.
NYMFan69-86 (talk · contribs · count) – last edit October 20, 2012. Last edit was an interview with the Signpost about WikiProject Turtles.

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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.
Oberiko (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Was highly active in World War II related articles. Stopped editing July 29, 2008. Made final edit detailing his views and reason for retirement on August 7, 2009.
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.
Olasveengen (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 30, 2011.
Oldtaxguy (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution 20 April 2016.
Oldwindybear (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator. Amid allegations of sockpuppetry, Oldwindybear asked for his userpage to be deleted and blanked his talkpage. Last edit July 25, 2007.
Olessi (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 19, 2008.
Ollie (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 26, 2009.
OmegaWikipedia (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 27, 2005.
Omicronpersei8 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 1, 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 from March – July 2006.
On Wheezier Plot (talk · contribs · count) – last edit July 27, 2012.
OneGuy (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit was on December 9, 2006.
Optim (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator and bureaucrat. Left notice on userpage. Last edit March 6, 2004.
OrangesRyellow (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 2, 2015.
Orioane (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit February 29, 2012. Procedurally de-sysopped due to inactivity on March 1, 2013.
Ortolan88 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 15 July 2016. First edit 16 November 2001.
OsamaK (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 29, 2014.
Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk · contribs · count) – Left "retired" note on user page. Last edit December 25, 2008.
Ottawa4ever (talk · contribs · count) – last edit August 20, 2013.
OttawaAC (talk · contribs · count) – last edit 31 December 2014.
Ottre (talk · contribs · count) – last edit March 12, 2014.
Oxymoron83 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former Administrator. Last contribution December 9, 2010. Over 70,000 edits since May 17, 2007.

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Padenton (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 29, 2015.
Pádraic MacUidhir (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on December 25, 2006. Requested his user and talk pages be deleted on April 25, 2007.
Pahari Sahib (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution May 4, 2011. Listed as a member of WikiProject Pakistani districts.
Pahpaha (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution September 7, 2010. Contributor from France.
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.
Palmiro (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 9, 2009
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.
Pantheonzeus (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution October 18, 2015
Paralympiakos (talk · contribs · count) - Last edited March 4, 2014
Pastordavid (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 21, 2014
Paul Siebert (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution May 23, 2013.
PaulHanson (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 10, 2013. First edit October 17, 2004.
Pcb21 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator who was desysopped in 2013 for inactivity. One edit on February 9, 2015, then one edit on February 7, 2016.
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." [7] Reiterated this on April 17, and has not edited since.
PDH (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit June 19, 2011. Over 55,000 edits.
Peanut4 (talk · contribs · count) – last edit on February 12, 2010.
Pedant (talk · contribs · count) – last edit October 30, 2016. First edit July 31, 2004.
Pekinensis (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 31, 2006, except for 2 edits on September 15, 2006 and one on his user talk on June 7, 2007.
Pentawing (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution April 9, 2013.
Per Honor et Gloria (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on March 13, 2011. Left a message on his talk page in 2009 about reducing his editing rate because of disillusionment due to an arbitration case.
Perl (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 7, 2008 . First edit February 14, 2004.
Persian Poet Gal (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator . Prolific vandal fighter and administrator. Last edit was January 24, 2010. In July 2011, another user posted a message on her talk page saying that she is "extremely busy in real life" and does not think it likely she will return anytime soon.
PeterSymonds (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator who first edited in December 2005. Last edit on April 4, 2013.
Peter Shearan (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 14, 2013.
PetraSchelm (talk · contribs · count) – Last edited in June 2008.
PetSounds (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 25, 2005
Pfortuny (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator; six edits since December 13, 2004, with the last one being on April 20, 2009.
Pgk (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 16, 2007. A sysop who was very good at what he did. Ran a bot called Pgkbot.
Phaedriel (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit September 28, 2007. One of the most respected administrators on Wikipedia.
Phaedrus86 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 15, 2007.
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.
Phil Bridger (talk · contribs · count) – last edit January 7, 2017
Phyesalis (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution February 9, 2012.
Picaroon (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator and Arbitration clerk, last edit on March 1, 2008 to userpage noting disappointment at how things were going.
Pickle UK (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 27, 2007.
Pilotguy (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edited in August 2008. Returned on January 10, 2009 to delete his user and talk pages.
Ping (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 13, 2013. First edit March 2, 2003.
Pir (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 27, 2014.
Pixelface (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution August 3, 2009.
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.
PMDrive1061 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Retired June 2011 in frustration, then made four edits on March 10, 2014.
PocklingtonDan (talk · contribs · count) – left in frustration in December 2013.
Pocopocopocopoco (talk · contribs · count) – last edit February 27, 2009.
Poetic Decay (talk · contribs · count) – Left goodbye message on userpage. Last edit August 5, 2008.
Polarscribe (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution May 10, 2013.
Polonium (talk · contribs · count) – Stopped editing regularly in summer 2007. Made two edits on December 10, 2007.
Popsracer (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 1, 2005.
Poroubalous (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 17, 2014. First edit August 10, 2004. Many contributions regarding the state of Missouri.
Praddy06 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 15 December 2016.
Pretzels (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution September 23, 2015.
Prism (talk · contribs · count) – music contributor who hasn't edited since February 20, 2017
ProfessorPaul (talk · contribs · count) – last edit September 11, 2014. Worked extensively on topics related to the state of Oklahoma; does not appear to have given notice or a reason for departure.
Publichall (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor of music articles. Last edit February 12, 2017.
PullUpYourSocks (talk · contribs · count) – last edit January 2, 2013.
Punctured Bicycle (talk · contribs · count) – last edit February 18, 2009. Does not appear to have given advance notice of or a reason for departure.
Pupster21 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 31, 2011
PurplePlatypus (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 14, 20012.
PYLrulz (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 31, 2012
Pyrrhus16 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 12, 2012.

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Qirex (talk · contribs · count) – She effectively quit on 28 January 2006, coming back only once on 7 May that year to blank her user page.
Qwyrxian (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator (from July 2011) with over 57,000 edits beginning in May 2006. Has not edited since announcing an “extended break” in January 2014, which some colleagues attributed to off-wiki harassment.

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R (talk · contribs · count) (now R~enwiki (talk · contribs · count)) – Announced his retirement in April 2008; has made a few edits since.
R45 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 23 November 2015.
Radagast83 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 8, 2013.
Radiant! (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last contribution September 28, 2014.
RadicalBender (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator, last edit on July 3, 2007.
RadioBroadcast (talk · contribs · count) – Very active from 2008-2013. Significantly reduced 2014-2015. Last contribution 16 July 2015.
RadioKirk (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former admin, announced he was inactive on Wikipedia on April 3, 2007. Last edit was on May 16, 2007, announcing on his user page that "administrative access had been removed by request."
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
RainbowOfLight (talk · contribs · count) – Made over 25,000 edits. Last edit on August 11, 2013. Posted a semi-retired template on her Talk Page in 2009.
Ral315 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator. Last edit January 17, 2013. Editor-in-chief of the Wikipedia Signpost from August 2005 through December 2008.
Rama's Arrow (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator credited with nominating 12 featured articles, last edit August 26, 2007.
Raven23 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit February 3, 2014.
Random Passer-by (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 11, 2007.
Randomran (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 15, 2009.
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.
RandomXYZb (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Formerly User:Gb, deleted all pages in userspace, disappeared. Last edit February 15, 2009.
Rangerdude (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on December 19, 2005. Had 3155, over a little under a year. Left after an arbitration case.
RattBoy (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 15, 2006. Worked mostly on U.S. politicians. Editor simply vanished.
Razr Nation (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – former admin, previously known as "Hahc21", who resigned his mop in 2014. No activity since January 5, 2017.
Rd232 (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution May 12, 2013.
Realist2 (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution March 20, 2016, after a long break since 10 May 2014. 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.
Rebecca1990 (talk · contribs · count) – Over 7,400 edits; last edit 21 September 2016.
Redmarkviolinist (talk · contribs · count) – Effectively stopped contributing in January 2014 save for a last edit on 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.
Redvers (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 22, 2010. Over 30,000 edits.
Redwolf24 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – last contribution November 3, 2011.
Regan123 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 2 February 2008.
Remuel (talk · contribs · count) – Has made only 2 edits since August 29, 2005. The second was to add himself to the List of non-admins with high edit counts on February 17, 2006.
Renata (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution January 19, 2012. Started 2002.
ResidentAnthropologist (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Admin retired in November 2011.
Resoru (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 16 March 2015.
Retired username (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution February 23, 2008.
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.
Revolutionaryluddite (talk · contribs · count) – requested user page deletion; stopped edits 2007/11/13. Has made some smaller edits since then.
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 12, 2007.
RexNL (talk · contribs · count) – A highly active vandal fighter (administrator) who started off on April 18, 2005. Hasn't edited since August 29, 2009.
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 one further message at the WP:Welsh Wikipedians' notice board on January 28 requesting his userpage be blanked and offering a further explanation for his departure. Made one edit on November 28, 2008.
Riana (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit January 28, 2015 .
Richard Barlow (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 3, 2015
RickK (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator. One of the most active administrators on recent changes patrol, blanked his talk page and left a goodbye message on his user page. His exit came after a revert war where he was removing a copyright violation, in which he was blocked for violating the three revert rule by a fellow administrator. (see here). Appeared on Simple Wikipedia on July 21, 2005. He came back on December 23, 2005 to protect his user page and leave a message. His account was later compromised on July 16, 2008 and was blocked indefinitely.
Rilak (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 17, 2011.
Rintrah (talk · contribs · count) – Declared account "permanently inactive" on Feburary 22, 2007, and edited one time after that.
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.
Rje (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit September 24, 2010.
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
Robbiegiles (talk · contribs · count) – Stopped editing without explanation. Last edit December 9, 2008.
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 an RfA.
RobJ1981 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edited on October 19, 2010; used to frequent WikiProject Professional wrestling.
Robert Merkel (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit November 24, 2013. Started editing in 2001.
Robocoder (talk · contribs · count) – last edit 27 April 2015.
Roleplayer (talk · contribs · count) – Contributor with over 35,000 edits since July 2006. Created 73 pages. Last edit September 9, 2012
Rolinator (talk · contribs · count) – last edit on 19 July 2009.
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.
Rorschach567 (talk · contribs · count) – primarily focused on comic books, they last edited on May 20, 2007.
Rotem Dan (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution on March 15, 2006, which was to blank his talkpage and a subpage. Hasn't appeared since.
Roux (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution July 8, 2012. Participated in many discussions at Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board.
Rudjek (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 23, 2007.
Rune.welsh (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Frequent promoter/failer of lists on WP:FLC. Last edit January 6, 2007.
Rwwww (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 15, 2010.
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.
RyanGerbil10 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit was on August 16, 2013.
Rybec (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 27, 2014.

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Sabrebd (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit November 23, 2016.
Sade (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution February 9, 2009.
Salsa Shark (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator, last edit January 29, 2004.
Sam Spade (talk · contribs · count) – Became only an infrequent contributor after a May 2006 arbitration case. Last edit April 19, 2007.
Samaritan (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 5, 2008.
Samuel Blanning (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Retired administrator, last edit October 9, 2009
Samuelsen (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 23, 2006.
Sango123 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Retired administrator, last edit October 1, 2006, e-mail messages sent to her have not been replied to.
Sanguinity (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 19, 2017
Sannse (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator; last edit April 14, 2014 Currently active on Wikia.
Sardanaphalus (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 23 July 2015.
Sauloviegas (talk · contribs · count) – Frequent contributor to Britney Spears-related articles. Has had a "semi-retired" notice on user page since May 2012. Last edited on April 21, 2015.
Sb101 (talk · contribs · count) – Worked relentlessly between April and October 2013 to successfully bring Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to Good article status. Last edit October 30, 2013.
Scarce (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 11, 2011.
Scarian (talk · contribs · count) – Amassed over 28,000 edits. Currently displays a semi-retired banner; last edited in late 2013.
Schaefer (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution May 1, 2010.
Scharks (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 24, 2010..
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."
SchuminWeb (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit 20 December 2012.
Scraggy4 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 24, 2012
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 26, 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) – Prolific editor of good article nominations. Has not edited since March 7, 2014.
Sean William (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Became an admin on April 3, 2007, under the username Pulltoopen. Hasn't edited since November 20, 2009.
Securiger (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 25, 2010.
Segv11 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 6, 2012.
Seonookim (talk · contribs · count) – Went into semi-retirement on July 4, 2014 and retired over a year later.
Sephiroth BCR (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit February 22, 2010. He contributed significantly to anime and manga articles and was also an admin coach.
SergeantBolt (talk · contribs · count) – A contributor of the television series Lost. Last edit June 16, 2009.
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) – Last edit November 9, 2010.
Sethmahoney (talk · contribs · count) – Left for a short wikibreak in 2006 and didn't return. Last edit November 17, 2006.
SeventyThree (talk · contribs · count) – last edit February 19, 2008.
SGGH (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit January 19, 2015. Former coordinator of Wikiproject:Law Enforcement, worked in a wide-variety of areas, including articles about military history, law enforcement, and cricket.
Shaliya waya (talk · contribs · count) – last edit November 1, 2013.
ShaneKing (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 19, 2005.
Sharktopus (talk · contribs · count) – Primarily worked on articles about biology. Last edited June 2013, previous edit November 2011.
Shauri (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit December 30, 2005.
ShelfSkewed (talk · contribs · count) – Joined Wikipedia on May 5, 2006 and made over 160,000 edits. Last contribution was June 30, 2013.
Sherurcij (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution October 29, 2011.
Shirulashem (talk · contribs · count) – blanked their user and talk pages on November 18, 2014 and made only two edits in August 2015.
Shorne (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 6, 2004.
Shreshth91 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 14, 2008. Returned to make four edits on May 17, 2009.
Shrewpelt (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on January 2, 2009. Worked tirelessly on improving Warriors (novel series) to GA, and on creating a Warriors portal.
Silly rabbit (talk · contribs · count) A tireless contributor to science and mathematics articles, retired on September 25, 2009‎.
SilvaStorm (talk · contribs · count) – Regularly worked on articles on TV shows, especially Lost. Last edit March 18, 2009.
SimonMayer (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 16, 2012.
Singularity (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit December 20, 2009. Said he was "getting a life outside of Wiki" and would no longer be an active user.
Singularity42 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit November 11, 2013.
SiobhanHansa (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 10, 2009.
Sjc (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 4 March 2010. First edit 28 May 2001.
Skier Dude (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edited on September 17, 2012.
Skinnyweed (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 18, 2006.
Skittleys (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 2 December 2013.
Skomorokh (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution December 1, 2013 (one minor edit in 2016). He was the nominator of 4 featured articles and for a time was co-managing editor of The Signpost.
SkyWalker (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit, a retirement notice, January 31, 2010.
Slowking Man (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator, over 10,000 edits. Last edit December 8, 2008.
Smallman12q (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 1, 2013 .
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. Three edits in November 2009.
Socal gal at heart (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on October 20, 2008. Quit after being blocked by Aphaia on English Wikiquote.
Solarra (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 17, 2014.
Solar-Wind (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 3, 2015. Over 90,000 edits.
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.
Someone else (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 22, 2003. First edit September 3, 2002.
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.
Soulpatch (talk · contribs · count) – Last contributed August 27, 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
SpeedReader (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution November 10, 2013.
Spelemann (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 30, 2009.
Spinboy (talk · contribs · count) – First edit 28 August 2004. Very few edits since December 27, 2005, the last on January 1, 2007. Left a message on his user page.
SpLoT (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 26, 2008.
SPUI (talk · contribs · count) – Onetime heavy and prolific contributor to U.S. Roads and other transportation-related projects; subject of many block-unblock wars and a few RFCs and arbitration cases. 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) – Last edit June 17, 2009 – the only edit since April 13, 2006.
Squiggleslash (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 23, 2015. Active in telecommunications articles. Left a note on user page saying goodbye.
Srcastic (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 1, 2014
SriMesh (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 25 July 2015.
Srose (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 5, 2007.
Staffelde (talk · contribs · count) – Left a farewell message on his user page on June 13, 2006.
Stalwart111 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 8 February 2016.
Starstriker7 (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor to country pages for Olympic Games. Last edit was November 22, 2015.
STATicVapor (talk · contribs · count) – Frequently worked on hip hop music-related articles. Except for one edit on December 15, 2016, no contributions since February 2015, and has had a "semi-retired" notice on userpage since October 2014.
Static Universe (talk · contribs · count) Active from 2006–2008 in editing St. Louis-area and film articles; last edit July 30, 2009.
Status (talk · contribs · count) – Edited many music related articles. No activity since May 10, 2017.
Stavros1 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 10, 2016
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 22, 2016.
Stev0 (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution August 5, 2012.
SteveW (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 21, 2005 – the only edit since May 28, 2005.
Steve Dufour (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 23, 2015.
Storm05 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 14, 2008.
Storyliner (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 26, 2009. Left departing note on User Page.
StuartDD (talk · contribs · count) – fell out with Wikipedia. Last edit March 10, 2008.
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.
Suriel1981 (talk · contribs · count) – last edit November 26, 2014.
Susvolans (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 31, 2005.
Sunborn (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution August 28, 2014
Suntag (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 2010
Superslum (talk · contribs · count) – Retired citing "exhaustion and stress" on his userpage. Last edit February 6, 2008.
SWAdair (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - A former admin, desysopped for inactivity. With the exception of one edit in 2013, they effectively quit in March of 2010.
Sweet xx (talk · contribs · count) – On September 30, 2010 left a retirement message [8] and requested deletion of user pages. Last edited December 29, 2010.
Syncategoremata (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 12, 2010.
Syrthiss (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit July 13, 2016.

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T (talk · contribs · count) – last edit July 28, 2016.
Τασουλα (talk · contribs · count) – last edit November 11, 2012. Had previously said she was considering "permanently retiring for good", later changed this to something different and left only a semi-retired template on her talk page (along with a {{busy}} notice).
T@nn (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution 19 April 2010.
T L Miles (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution August 10, 2013.
Ta bu shi da yu (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Originally retired in 2007; later returned as Tbsdy lives, but retired again in May 2010.
Taelus (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit November 27, 2011.
Talrias (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 14, 2006, a good bye note on user page.
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.
Tango (talk · contribs · count) – Editing since December 2002. Last edit April 12, 2013
Tangotango (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator. Last edit April 2, 2009.
Tannin (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator. Last edit April 12, 2014, then a few edits in July 2015, first edit December 11, 2002.
TantalumTelluride (talk · contribs · count) – Has not edited since 2009.
Tanthalas39 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit May 4, 2010. An active admin who left after being desysopped for an incident in which he unblocked himself and proceeded to block an administrator who blocked him.
Tarnas (talk · contribs · count) – On indefinite wikibreak since December 10, 2005. Created some excellent sketches whilst he was here. Last edit July 8, 2015.
Tarquin (talk · contribs · count) – An editor since January 15, 2002, has not edited with much frequency since 2006. Last edit April 18, 2009.
Tatterfly (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution July 30, 2013.
Tbsdy lives (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (previously Ta bu shi da yu (talk · contribs · count)) – Last edit May 24, 2010. An active admin who retired shortly after a dispute with another user.
Tearlach (talk · contribs · count) – Announced a long Wikibreak on May 24, 2007; made only two more edits, the last one on September 13, 2007.
Technobadger (talk · contribs · count) – left end of Feb 2008, may have been frustrated by "GNU/Linux" vs "Linux" discussions
TedE (talk · contribs · count) – A great 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.
Ted Wilkes (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit was on September 25, 2008 to blank user and user talk page.
Teman13 (talk · contribs · count) – Frequent contributor to Katy Perry-related articles, and original founder of WikiProject Katy Perry. Last edit was August 15, 2013, and does not seem to have edited regularly since June 2012.
Tempodivalse (talk · contribs · count) – User page declares "I don't edit here much anymore." Last edit was in March 2014.
TestPilot (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 12, 2009.
Texture (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – last edit July 25, 2013, first edit November 21, 2003.
Tezero (talk · contribs · count) – frequently edited articles on video games, particularly those from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Last edited on October 17, 2015.
TFOWR (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Prolific editor for nearly three years. Put a notice on their talk page in mid 2010 saying "currently overwhelmed with real-life issues." but continued editing, last edit November 5, 2010.
Thanatosimii (talk · contribs · count) – 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
ThatPeskyCommoner (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 23, 2013.
The-G-Unit-Boss (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit March 20, 2015, one before that on December 8, 2011.
Themadonnamusiccn (talk · contribs · count) – Worked largely on tour-related articles. No edits since May 1, 2016.
The Hybrid (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on May 9, 2014
The Kinslayer (talk · contribs · count) – Posted a wikibreak message in April 2007. Made two edits in July 2007, hasn't edited since.
The Minister of War (talk · contribs · count) – Left a long wikibreak tag on his userpage on April 30, 2006, but has been rarely active since early 2007. Last edit on November 5, 2013
The prophet wizard of the crayon cake (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 14, 2009; had not edited regularly since July 2008 before that.
The Random Editor (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution April 5, 2010.
The Raven's Apprentice (talk · contribs · count) – Added retirement notice on September 2, 2007, last edit on June 9, 2008.
TheRedPenOfDoom (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor with over 135,000 edits since November 2007. Last edit December 3, 2015.
The Rogue Penguin (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution January 16, 2012.
The Thing That Should Not Be (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit from the main account was March 8, 2011, with over 167,000 edits. Still lurks on IRC sometimes.
Thedjatclubrock (talk · contribs · count) – last edit June 20, 2009, with an edit summary of "no moar".
Theilert (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 7, 2011.
Thejadefalcon (talk · contribs · count) – 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.
THEN WHO WAS PHONE? (talk · contribs · count) – Prominent vandal-fighter who suddenly ceased editing on April 29, 2009.
Theoldanarchist (talk · contribs · count) – Placed a retirement notice on his user page on August 22, 2007, made a few more edits, the last on September 4, 2007.
Thereen (talk · contribs · count) – last edit March 3, 2013. Busy wikifier and member of the biography WikiProject. Wrote "semi-retired" on userpage but has not edited since.
Theresa knott (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator. Last edit May 29, 2015.
Thernlund (talk · contribs · count) – 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.
Thewinchester (talk · contribs · count) – last edit October 9, 2013.
THF (talk · contribs · count) – last edit September 27, 2014
ThinkBlue (talk · contribs · count) – last edit February 4, 2017, first edit December 1, 2006.
Thomas888b (talk · contribs · count) – last edit June 11, 2014.
Thunderbrand (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Creator and host of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games GCOTW, occasional irregular edits since May 31, 2007. Last edit on October 31, 2016.
Tijfo098 (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution November 29, 2012.
Till (talk · contribs · count) – 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.
Tim1357 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 25 September 2016. Over 69,000 edits.
TimNelson (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 4 June 2016.
Timneu22 (talk · contribs · count) Active newpage patroller made his last edit on August 18, 2014 after a three-year pause in editing, amid allegations of biting newbies.
Tjmoel (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution September 26, 2015
TMC1982 (talk · contribs · count) – Joined Wikipedia on August 24, 2004 and made over 104,000 edits. Last edited March 23, 2011.
TPK (talk · contribs · count) – last edit May 19, 2014 first edit December 20, 2003.
tnxman307 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – last contribution October 3, 2012. Major contributor at the Help Desk.
TOO (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 21, 2008.
Toon05 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 10 June 2015.
Toussaint (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution November 22, 2011.
Tree Biting Conspiracy (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution July 29, 2010
Tregoweth (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator, retired October 3, 2008, then edited in August 2012.
Trey Stone (talk · contribs · count) – Requested his user and talk page to be deleted on June 17, 2007; no reason given. Blanked own talk page on July 30, 2009
Triddle (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit September 23, 2011.
Trilliumz (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 11 December 2013.
Trilobite (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit December 1, 2016.
Triplestop (talk · contribs · count) – 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.
Triwbe (talk · contribs · count) – last edit January 3, 2011.
Troy 07 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 11, 2016.
Trusilver (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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.
Truthspreader (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 3, 2007; user page cites real-life obligations as the reason for departure.
Tryptofeng (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 21, 2016
TUF-KAT (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (Other usernames include Tokerboy (talk · contribs · count) and John Price (talk · contribs · count).) – Administrator, first chairman of the Mediation Committee, active contributor. First edit was on September 15, 2002, & his last September 4, 2009.
Turian (talk · contribs · count) – Retired following a dustup and the resulting block. Last edit August 20, 2010.
Tuspm (talk · contribs · count) – On August 6, 2006 he left a goodbye note on his userpage stating his time was being taken up by real life. He made a few edits on August 25 and 27 and suggested he would still contribute anonymously. Occasional edits since; last January 13, 2013.
TwinsMetsFan (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Longtime contributor to upstate New York and road articles who hasn't edited since November 26, 2014
TwoOneTwo (talk · contribs · count) – First contribution was on September 9, 2001; last edit was on February 4, 2011.
Tyrenius (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – 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.
Tyson2k (talk · contribs · count) – Over 1100 edits since January 2005. Last edit February 2, 2006; one more on March 8, 2006.

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Uannis (talk · contribs · count) (now Uannis~enwiki (talk · contribs · count)) – Edited for a year on Turkey-related topics; last edit was April 18, 2008
UberScienceNerd (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) - Last edit December 8, 2011.
UniReb (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution April 4, 2011.
Uppland (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 31, 2009.
Urbanrenewal (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution December 26, 2013.
Uriyan (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 1, 2003.
Ursasapien (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 2, 2008.
U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A. (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 2, 2008.
User A1 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 27, 2010. Left due to the implementation of pending changes.

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Vala M (talk · contribs · count) – Edited only in spurts since December 2008.
Vancouverguy (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – "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.
Vantine84 (talk · contribs · count) – Ceased editing actively in August 2014, last edit November 8, 2016 Does not seem to have given notice or a reason for departure. Worked mainly on video game articles, especially on Neverwinter Nights 2 articles.
Vegaswikian (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 15 September 2015 .
Veledan (talk · contribs · count) – On December 10, 2007, he explained on his userpage on that he is not currently active. Last edit on June 5, 2008.
Vera, Chuck & Dave (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 11, 2008. Contributed to articles related to the Beatles and other British bands.
Verklempt (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 6, 2008
VeryVerily (talk · contribs · count) – 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.
Vespristiano (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 26, 2006 to his sandbox after a four-month Wikibreak.
Victoriagirl (talk · contribs · count) – Active contributor whose last edit was February 24, 2010, which was not in keeping with usual rate of contributions.
Videmus Omnia (talk · contribs · count) IIRC, left due to complications w/his real-world identity; save for requesting his userpage be deleted, has not edited since 2009-04-21.
Vikingstad (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 7 March 2016. First edit 14 December 2003.
Vikreykja (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 29, 2007. Left no word as to why.
Viriditas (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit was on February 12, 2016, mentioned health problems in last edit, and was, prior to that, consistently active since 2004.
VirtualSteve (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit September 8, 2010. Administrator. Former president of Wikimedia Australia.
VivaEmilyDavies (talk · contribs · count) Last edit December 30, 2005.
VX (talk · contribs · count) – Formerly RockManQ, stopped editing in July 2009, making a handful more edits in December 2009 and on April 20, 2011. Particularly active at Editor for deletion.

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Waacstats (talk · contribs · count) – last edit May 12, 2015. One of only a few editors with over 1,000,000 edits.
Wackywace (talk · contribs · count) – last edit July 6, 2013
Walter Humala (talk · contribs · count) – last edit April 2, 2007.
Walton One (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit September 1, 2012.
WAS 4.250 (talk · contribs · count) – last contribution April 13, 2011.
Water Bottle (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator, inactive since May 2006. Left Wikipedia and protected his userpage on January 26, 2008.
Weregerbil (talk · contribs · count) – last edit October 19, 2009.
Wernher (talk · contribs · count) – only two edits since May 9, 2008.
Wesley (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – 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 14 March 2015.
White Shadows (talk · contribs · count) – Retired. Last edit September 25, 2012.
Whyaduck (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor who stopped editing May 8, 2007. Last edit suggested he felt another user was threatening him.
Wiki alf (talk · contribs · count) – last edit October 31, 2009, over 60,000 edits.
WikHead (talk · contribs · count) – 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.
Wikignome0530 (talk · contribs · count) – last edit September 29, 2010.
Wikipediatrix (talk · contribs · count) – 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.
Wildhartlivie (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 19, 2010.
Wile E. Heresiarch (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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 February 17, 2016).
WilliamH (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Checkuser, bureaucrat and administrator. Joined in May 2006. Resigned and retired September 1, 2013, leaving roughly 12,500 live edits.
WIN (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 5, 2008.
Witkacy (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 15, 2005. Disappeared without any notice or indication of reason.
WODUP (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – A former administrator who has not edited since 2009.
WojPob (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit June 9, 2003. Joined in 2001.
Wolfer68 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 31, 2009. A prolific editor with over 40,000 edits. Disappeared without any notice or indication of reason.
Worldtraveller (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor with 24 featured article successful nominations, last edit on March 3, 2007.
Wronkiew (talk · contribs · count) – Operator of DustyBot. Last edit July 4, 2009.
Wuhwuzdat‎ (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor with over 56,000 edits. Last edited on February 18, 2016.

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Xanchester (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 14 June 2013.
Xiner (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Administrator. Last edit on September 23, 2007.

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Yath (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 5, 2007.
YellowMonkey (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edited November 23, 2010 following an RFC/U. Prolific Featured Article creator and reviewer.
Yllosubmarine (talk · contribs · count) – Left a retirement message on April 10, 2014; no previous edits since August 2013.
Yngvarr (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 8, 2009. Worked mostly on cartoon-related articles.

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Zachary crimsonwolf (talk · contribs · count) – Became inactive in May of 2011 and has only edited thrice since.
Zad68 (talk · contribs · count) – last edit 13 May 2016.
Zakksez (talk · contribs · count) – last edit December 22, 2013.
Zargulon (talk · contribs · count) – last edit February 20, 2014.
Zazaban (talk · contribs · count) - last edit November 11, 2013.
Zeldamaster3 (talk · contribs · count) – Five edits in 2007, one edit on June 29, 2007, but hadn't edited regularly since September 24, 2006 before that.
Zenwhat (talk · contribs · count) – last edit February 5, 2011.
Zero Gravity (talk · contribs · count) – last edit March 18, 2014.
Zestauferov (talk · contribs · count) – last edit December 16, 2005.
ZimZalaBim (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Retired March 24, 2015, then made one edit in June 2016.
Zleitzen (talk · contribs · count) – last edit September 29, 2007. Left in May over disgust with featured article candidate process; returned briefly in July when Jimbo Wales put a {{NPOV}} tag on Che Guevara, then a featured article. Made one edit in September.
Zoe (talk · contribs · count) – 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 and indefinitely blocked.
Zoz (talk · contribs · count) – Left on September 26, 2006. However, returned on April 18, 2007 to add {{Db-userreq}} to user and user talk pages. He has not made any edits since.
Zzz345zzz (talk · contribs · count) – Founder of WikiProject Skiing and Snowboarding began editing less in mid-2007. Last edit was April 11, 2013.

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