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[[File:Active_editors_at_the_English_Wikipedia_2001–2023.png|thumb|The number of [[metawiki:Research:Wikistats metrics/Active editors|active editors]] (registered accounts making 5+ edits in a given month) has been stable at the English Wikipedia since about 2013.  Even though the overall volume is holding steady, we miss many of the individuals who used to contribute here.]]

This is a partial list of [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedians]] who no longer edit the [[English Wikipedia]] and are considered missing by the community. This page includes editors whose most recent edit was before the start of 2010.

The entries with the mop icon [[File:Wikipedia Administrator.svg|16px|link=]] beside their names are Wikipedia [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]], or have been at one time (many are procedurally desysopped due to [[Wikipedia:Administrators#Procedural removal for inactive administrators|inactivity]]; see also [[Wikipedia:List of administrators/Inactive]]). All dates featured on this page correspond with [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] times.

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==Numbers and other characters==
* {{UserM|-- April}} – An early Wikipedian, made her first surviving edit as "April" on [[nost:special:Contributions/April|December 14, 2001]]. Final edit was to [[Special:PermaLink/51774179|post a notice]] advising of future intermittent editing. Has not edited since. Last edit May 6, 2006.
* {{UserM|²¹²|}} – Last edit October 24, 2003. Final edit stated that this user was [[Special:PermaLink/16097156|"Taking a break."]] Has not edited since.
* {{UserM|!!|}} – Last edit December 3, 2007. Left after the [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Durova|Durova arbitration case]].
* {{UserM|168...}} – Last edit April 21, 2004. Blanked user and user talk pages on March 7, 2004, returning to make a handful of edits (including the final edit) to a [[WP:RFAR|request for arbitration]] in April 2004. More details available at [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_de-adminship#Removed_using_ad_hoc_decision-making:|RfDA]].
* {{UserM|2112 rush|}} – Last edit April 15, 2007. Formerly [[User:Jfurr1981]].
* {{UserM|52 Pickup}} – Former administrator who stopped editing on May 9, 2008. Made three more edits on October 25, the last one leaving a [[Special:PermaLink/247636724|retirement notice]] on his talk page. Made one final edit on April 6, 2009. Made four subsequent edits on German Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons in July 2009; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.

==A==
* {{UserM|A.Garnet|}} – Made extensive contributions to Turkey-related topics; developed [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] to featured article status. Last edit March 11, 2009. Made 3,671 edits in total.
* {{UserM|A Musing|}} – Last contribution [[Special:Diff/203334971|April 4, 2008]].
* {{UserM|AAA765|}} – Last edit December 22, 2008.
* {{UserM|Aarktica}} – Last edit November 3, 2009.
* {{UserM|Abigail-II|}} – Last edit June 12, 2004. First edit February 4, 2004. Final edits were unhappy farewells posted on [[Special:PermaLink/4061627|user]], [[Special:PermaLink/4061450|user talk]] and the [[Special:PermaLink/4061388#Goodbye|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.''"
* {{UserM|Abu badali|}} – Last edit in 2008.  [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Abu badali|Experienced some conflict]] and left over concerns regarding [[Wikipedia:Non-free content|non-free content]] usage, per the [[Special:PermaLink/157201302#:o|final edit]]. 
* {{UserM|Acidburn24m|}} – Last edit October 17, 2008.
* {{UserM|AdamRetchless|}} – Last edit December 14, 2009, first edit June 28, 2002.
* {{UserM|Adamsan|}} – Last edit: May 1, 2006. Replaced most user page content with [[Special:PermaLink/50713710|"''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 [[Special:PermaLink/50713667#The_external_link_to_Eternalidol.com|this edit]] to [[Talk:Stonehenge]].
* {{UserM|AED|}} – Was an active editor until suddenly completely stopping in November 2006. Over 14,000 edits.
* {{UserM|Alai}} – Last edit May 20, 2009. Administrator with over 60,000 edits. Operated [[user:Alaibot|Alaibot]].
* {{UserM|Alii h|}} – Last edit March 24, 2008, except for one edit on July 9, 2009.
* {{UserM|AlMac|}} – Last contribution July 8, 2007.
* {{UserM|ALoan}} – Last edit: July 30, 2007 – Requested [[m:Special:PermaLink/637381#De-admin|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 {{UserM|RetiredUser2|}}
* {{UserM|Alphax|}} – Long term editor, no edits since February 2007.
* {{UserM|Alren|}} – Only three edits since May 31, 2006, the last on December 17, 2008.
* * {{UserM|A Man In Black}} – Former administrator. Last edited on June 15, 2009, shortly before being [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/A_Man_In_Black#A_Man_In_Black_desysopped|desysopped]] later that month.  A [[WP:MOSTEDITS|prolific contributor]] with 38,430 edits. 
* {{UserM|Amarkov|}} – An active contributor from 2006&ndash;2007, amassing over 10,000 edits&mdash;primarily in Wikipedia space, where they frequently contributed to backroom discussions and [[WP:RfA|requests for adminship]]. Last edit on March 15, 2009.
* <!-- User:Andonic does not want to be added to this list. -->{{UserM|Amcaja}} – Former administrator who last edited on January 8, 2008. Relinquished tools and retired.
* {{UserM|Android79}} – [[Special:Diff/179295265|Went on wikibreak]] and only made four edits since, the last of which was on December 12, 2008.
* {{UserM|Anglius|}} – Last edit on June 3, 2007.
* {{UserM|Anonymous101|}} – Has not edited since placing a [[Special:Diff/320611504|retirement notice]] in 2009.
* {{UserM|Anonymous editor}} – Last edit: June 17, 2006.
* {{UserM|Apollomelos|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Apostrophe|}} – Blanked his user and talk pages on August 4, 2008; last edit on February 25, 2009.
* {{UserM|Archola|}} – Last edit: December 3, 2008. Had been editing since 2005.
* {{UserM|Ardenn|}} – Last edit: August 14, 2006 – Posted an [[Special:PermaLink/66221436|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 [[Special:PermaLink/74455618#I_wonder_what_happened|subsequently posted on user talk]] by [[User:Captainktainer]].
* {{UserM|Ark30inf}} – Last edit: February 22, 2004 – Left October 24, 2003 with the posting [[Special:PermaLink/1617260|of]] [[Special:PermaLink/1619541|several]] [[Special:PermaLink/1615121|farewell]] [[Special:PermaLink/1615450|messages]] indicating concerns at a lack of cooperation. Returned briefly in February 2004 to request de-adminship and have user & user talk pages deleted.
* {{UserM|Arknascar44|}} – Last edit March 21, 2009.
* {{UserM|Arundhati_bakshi|}} – Last edit: March 15, 2007.
* {{UserM|Audude08|}} – Last edit: April 7, 2008. User page deleted. Left retirement template and message on talk page.
* {{UserM|Azer Red|}}, {{UserM|Avant Guard|}} (alternate acct. for vandal fighting) – Retired both accounts December 2007. Blanked talk and user pages on November 2, 2008.

==B==
* {{UserM|Badbilltucker|}} – Last edit on January 28, 2007 [[special:diff/prev/103891898|on arbitration with User:RyanFreisling]].
* {{UserM|Balcer|}} – Last edit on September 8, 2007.
* {{UserM|Barneca}} – Former administrator, retired. Last edit July 23, 2009.
* {{UserM|BartonPaul|}} – Last edit on March 8, 2007. Edited only architecture-related articles.
* {{UserM|Basara-kun|}} – Left on July 20, 2007 after uploading 50+ unsourced images. "Enough. My contributions are ignored, my images are removed from the articles and in general, my editions aren't "encyclopedic"."
* {{UserM|Batman2005|}} – Last edit on July 21, 2008.
* {{UserM|Bcrowell|}} – 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 {{UserM|Bcrowell2|}}.
* {{UserM|Ben|}} – Highly experienced with templates, improving several of them. Last edit was on May 18, 2007.
* {{UserM|Ben-Zin~enwiki|}} – Last edit October 7, 2004. First edit June 8, 2002.
* {{UserM|BeteNoir|}} – Last edit June 9, 2007. Left a reason on their user page, which was resigning over the then-deletion of [[Allison Stokke]].
* {{UserM|Bill Oaf|}} – Stopped editing regularly after April 20, 2007. Last edit November 9, 2008.
* {{UserM|BL|}} (now {{UserM|BL~enwiki|}}) – Left notice on userpage. Last edit May 15, 2004.
* {{UserM|BlankVerse|}} – 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."
* {{UserM|Blow of Light|}} – User with 5,542 edits. [[Special:PermaLink/210038330|Placed semi-retired template]] on his user page May 4, 2008. Changed user page to say "[[Special:PermaLink/247824730|I will not edit here - anymore]]" on October 26, 2008 with the edit summary "my final call (you'll see me around)". Last edit on March 25, 2009.
* {{UserM|Blowdart|}} – Made 11,371 edits in total between 2005-2009. Last edit was on February 19th 2009.
* {{UserM|Bluemoose}} (aka Martin) – Left a departure message on December 1, 2006. Has not edited since.
* {{UserM|BM|}} – Last edit May 2, 2005; gave no reason.
* {{UserM|BoojiBoy|}} – 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."
* {{UserM|Bornintheguz|}} – Last edit October 3, 2005. A very prolific contributor to articles about soccer.
* {{UserM|BostonMA|}} – Last edit July 17, 2007; stopped editing prolifically in February, a month after a failed RfA. 6000+ edits. No reason given.
* {{UserM|Bpeps|}} – Last contribution May 15, 2008. Created the [[Wikipedia:essays|essay]] [[Wikipedia:Cabals]].
* {{UserM|Brat32|}} – Last edit August 24, 2006; blanked their userpage and replaced it with the message "I'm gone."
* {{UserM|Bwithh|}} – Last edit September 2, 2007; creator of [[Wikipedia:Random page patrol]]; left goodbye notice on userpage.

==C==
* {{UserM|Caerwine|}} – Last edit August 4, 2008. Over 48,000 edits. Left over "method of handling varieties of national Englishes" or lack thereof.
* {{UserM|CalJW|}} – Last edit March 26, 2007. Over 29,000 edits.
* {{UserM|Camcallister|}} – Userpage deleted November 17, 2007; last edit December 10, 2007. Mostly edited music articles.
* {{UserM|Camptown|}} – Last edit April 23, 2008.
* {{UserM|CanadianCaesar}} – Administrator. Last edit April 19, 2007. Made one edit on April 10, 2009.
* {{UserM|Cantthinkofagoodname}} – Last edit May 26, 2006.
* {{UserM|Cantus|}} – 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. 
* {{UserM|Captain Disdain|}} – Last edit September 17, 2009. Avid Reference Desk contributor.
* {{UserM|Captain Wikify|}} – Last edit August 10, 2007. Added statement to his [[User:Captain_Wikify|user page]].
* {{UserM|Carbonite}} – Former administrator; last edit February 11, 2006, user page says they've "lost interest in editing here" due to unimportant arguments.
* {{UserM|Catapult|}} – [[WP:MOSTEDITS|Prolific contributor]], with 44,700 edits, including 10,500 pages created, all in 2006, their one and only year of editing. Made a request in April 2007 to have their user page deleted, so reasons for leaving are gone. 
* {{UserM|CattleGirl}} – Administrator; last edit April 4, 2008. Was desysopped three years later due to inactivity. Friendly contributor with 4,998 edits who was consistently active from 2006 to 2008, where editing ceased in April 2008, with no reason given on inactivity.
* {{UserM|Cberlet|}} – Asked for user page to be deleted and left in July 2008.
* {{UserM|Celithemis|}} – Last edit September 6, 2007.
* {{UserM|Celtus|}} – Left a "retired" message on his user and talk page on September 25, 2009.
* {{UserM|Cernen|}} – Last contribution May 14, 2008.
* {{UserM|Chacor}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Chairman S.|}} – Last edit January 21, 2008. Left retirement notice on page.
* {{UserM|CharlotteWebb|}} – Last edit December 17, 2009. Made many edits to the [[Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)|technical village pump]].
* {{UserM|Cheeser1|}} – Left Wikipedia several times, always came back, but eventually {{diff|User:Cheeser1|205551491|prev|posted}} a definitive and frustrated goodbye on his/her user page on April 12, 2008. Last edit May 17, 2008.
* {{UserM|Chriscf|}} – Stopped editing Wikipedia on March 31, 2007, without explanation, though after displaying frustration for being blocked. Frequently commented at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|Articles for deletion]], and contributed to a wide variety of articles on subjects including railway stations, U.S. interstates, politics, and the internet.
* {{UserM|Chronographos|}} – Missing since October 14, 2005. Made one edit to his user page September 6, 2006.
* {{UserM|Clicketyclack|}} – Self-administered <nowiki>{{User EX-WP}}</nowiki> February 6, 2008. Contributor with [[Special:PermaLink/185784200|>11,500 edits]]; WikiProject memberships at time of departure: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories|Categories]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Biology|Biology]].
* {{UserM|CO|}} – Last edit on November 24, 2007.
* {{UserM|Coasterman1234|}} – Member of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Amusement Parks|WikiProject Amusement Parks]]. Last edited on November 24, 2008.
* {{UserM|Coelacan}} – Last edit November 23, 2007.
* {{UserM|Colin Kimbrell|}} – Last edit May 4, 2006. Left over concerns about the [[Wikipedia:Reward board]], saying, "I'm going on Wikibreak, maybe forever, due to WP:RB. I no longer wish to contribute my labor to the project under these conditions, as I feel that this tremendously misguided proposal deals a critical blow to the credibility of the project...If it dies, I might come back. Otherwise, best of luck, y'all"[[Special:Diff/48186129/50994101|diff]].
* {{UserM|ColourBurst|}} – Last contribution October 27, 2007.
* {{UserM|COMPFUNK2|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Conte Giacomo|}} – Last edit on February 2, 2006.
* {{UserM|Corax|}} – Missing since May 22, 2006, following [[User talk:Corax#Block|controversy]] and a [[WP:BLOCK|block]] surrounding his posting of another Wikipedian's personal information.
* {{UserM|Coredesat}} – Former administrator, left retirement note on userpage March 30, 2008. Made a few edits afterward, last edit December 2, 2008.
* {{UserM|Cortonin|}} – Missing since shortly after June 26, 2005, six-month ban from certain articles by Arbitration Committee. [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Climate_change_dispute]
* {{UserM|Courtkittie|}} – Last edit June 18, 2007.
* {{UserM|CovenantD|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|CrazyTalk|}} – 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: [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/27/wikipedia_britannica_and_linux/]."
* {{UserM|Cribcage|}} – Last edit  February 2009, first edit April 19, 2003.
* {{UserM|Csernica|}} – Placed a "long wikibreak" notice on their user page on November 27, 2007. Made one more edit on December 21, 2007. 
* {{UserM|CultureDrone|}} – Last edit on May 15, 2009.
* {{UserM|Curps}} – 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.
* {{UserM|CyborgTosser}} – Last edit May 3, 2007.
* {{UserM|Czj|}} – Last edit February 12, 2009.

==D==
* {{UserM|Danakil|}} – This user edited for only one and a half months, from August 1 to September 14, 2004, yet during that time made 3,089 edits. Although his page moves were controversial, he was responsible for the systematic and correct categorization of hundreds of programming languages and other software-related articles.
* {{UserM|DanDs|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Daniel Olsen}} – Last edit was on May 27, 2008. An administrator, he made a total of 6,244 edits at the time of being marked missing.
* {{UserM|Daniel11|}} – Edited from April 29, 2004 until their last edit on July 18, 2008. Contributed primarily to beer-related articles.
* {{UserM|Darkfred|}} – Last edit September 27, 2006.
* {{UserM|Darkspots|}} – Last edit November 24, 2008. Announced retirement on talk page.
* {{UserM|Darthgriz98}} – Administrator. Announced retirement in July 2008. Returned briefly in January 2009.  Last edit August 20, 2009.
* {{UserM|Da.Tomato.Dude|}} – Disappeared and she never returned. Last edit was on April 29, 2007.
* {{UserM|David91|}} – Last edit April 12, 2006, [[Special:Diff/48121294|suggested some health issues]].
* {{UserM|Dbroadwell|}} – Last edit April 22, 2008. Came back to make a few edits on March 7, 2009.
* {{UserM|Dekisugi|}} – Stopped editing in early 2009.
* {{UserM|Delta G|}} – Last edit December 11, 2007, first edit March 14, 2004.
* {{UserM|DennyColt|}} – Last edit April 13, 2007.
* {{UserM|Dep. Garcia|}} – Last edit by founder of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Law Enforcement|WikiProject Law Enforcement]] was May 21, 2008.
* {{UserM|Derex|}} – Began editing in July 2005, retired in May 2007; seemed pretty jaded.
* {{UserM|Digwuren|}} – Last edit  June 21, 2009.
* {{UserM|Dina|}} – Last contribution  November 19, 2009.
* {{UserM|Dinosaur puppy|}} – Last edit November 24, 2007. States on userpage that he has gotten a little bored and is less active now.
* {{UserM|DLJessup|}} – Became inactive on November 12, 2006 after two years of prolific editing. Last edit June 5, 2009.
* {{UserM|Dlloyd|}} – Last edit January 31, 2006.
* {{UserM|DocDragon|}} – Last edit May 7, 2009.
* {{UserM|DomRem|}} – Last edit November 18, 2007. Contributor that was active in NASCAR-related articles, making over 1,000 edits from 2005 to 2007. Activity slowed in 2007, making 29 edits that year until final edit, with no reason given to inactivity. First edit made on June 12, 2005.
* {{UserM|Dozenist|}} – Last edit April 15, 2009.
* {{UserM|Dr. Submillimeter|}} – Last contribution February 6, 2008.
* {{UserM|Draicone|}} – Last contribution October 28, 2007.
* {{UserM|Dugwiki|}} – Did a lot of category work. Disappeared. Last edit September 25, 2009.
* {{UserM|Duja}} – Administrator, editor since 2004; last edit July 30, 2008.
* {{UserM|Duk}} – Last edit September 29, 2009.
* {{UserM|Duncharris}} – Long time editor and admin, departed September 25, 2006 after blanking his user pages.
* {{UserM|Durin}} – Left in December 2007 due to legal threats from another user.
<!--- Please do not add Durova to this list; she does not want to be on it---->
* {{UserM|DV8 2XL|}} – Message on the user page, last edit April 30, 2007.
* {{UserM|Dysprosia}} – Former administrator, last edit March 3, 2007. First edit July 2, 2003.

==E==
* {{UserM|Edeans|}} – Last edit March 30, 2007. Retired after the [[Essjay controversy]].
* {{UserM|Eequor|}} – Last edit February 16, 2006 in which she left a note at [[WP:Esperanza|Esperanza]] that said "I don't expect to come back again."
* {{UserM|Efghij|}} – Last edit November 18, 2003.
* {{UserM|Elaragirl|}} – Placed a retirement template on her user page on March 28, 2007, and made her last edits May 27, 2007, then blanked most of her talk page on September 2, 2008.
* {{UserM|ElinorD}} – Administrator, last edit  December 9, 2008.
* {{UserM|Emax|}} – Last edit February 18, 2005. Disappeared without any notice or indication of reason.
* {{UserM|Erik the Red 2|}} – Last edit on March 3, 2009.
* {{UserM|Essexmutant}} – Surrendered his adminship and left a departure message on his userpage on September 12, 2006, followed by his final four edits 12 days later.
* {{UserM|Essjay}} – Last edit March 4, 2007. He retired [[User:Essjay/RFC|after being exposed by the New Yorker]]. He has since surrendered his various flags on [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/rights every Wikimedia project]. See [[Essjay controversy]].
* {{UserM|Estrose|}} – Last edit April 30, 2006.
* {{UserM|Evil Monkey}} – A former admin. Last edit was on April 27, 2008.
* {{UserM|EvocativeIntrigue|}} – Last edit June 17, 2007. Left "due to other commitments in the world of the working".

==F==
* {{UserM|Faedra|}} – Last edit January 1, 2005. "This contributor is currently under the impression that Wikipeia is a complete waist of time. (except for a spelling lesson)." Was exclusively active in 2004 and made less than 2000 edits total, but helped to expand Wikipedia's coverage of British honorifics and historical figures.
* {{UserM|Fabricationary|}} – Last edit January 14, 2007. Was a frequent contributor to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Days of the year]].
* {{UserM|FamicomJL|}} – Made a few edits in March 2008 and then disappeared. 1,499 edits to the mainspace before his departure.
* {{UserM|Fan-1967|}} – Left a day after withdrawing [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Fan-1967|RfA]] early on January 28, 2007.
* {{UserM|Farosdaughter|}} – A Huggle user who has not edited, nor fought vandalism, since May 2009.
* {{UserM|FateClub|}} – Last edit July 13, 2007.
* {{UserM|Feco}} – Last edit October 17, 2008. Was only really active in 2005 and had just a little over 3000 edits in total, but made many useful contributions to finance-related articles.
* {{UserM|FellowWikipedian|}} – Unseen since a brief final spell of vandal-fighting in late 2008.
* {{UserM|Fenice|}} – Left January 18, 2006 after an editwar.
* {{UserM|Fetofs|}} – Last edit November 13, 2008.
* {{UserM|Finalnight|}} – After withdrawing from an RfA, placed a retirement notice on their userpage on July 17, 2008. Sporadically edited about a few leftover administrative issues afterwards.
* {{UserM|Firebug|}} – Left on January 1, 2006, due to the [[Wikipedia:Userbox|Userbox]] controversy. There is a goodbye message on his user page that contains explicit language.
* {{UserM|Flcelloguy}} – Arbitration Committee member, hasn't edited since May 28, 2007, when he left a note at his talk page explaining he's been busy.
* {{UserM|Flowerparty}} – Last edit September 11, 2009.
* {{UserM|Folajimi|}} – Last article-space edit March 3, 2008; posted retirement notice September 21, 2008.
* {{UserM|Fonzy|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Forbsey|}} – Last edit December 5, 2007, in which he or she began blanking all of their userpages and subpages.
* {{UserM|Formeruser0910|}} – Last edit  June 10, 2009.
* {{UserM|Francs2000}} – Former bureaucrat, had over 38,000 edits, left good bye message on talk page. Last edit July 15, 2006. First edit September 16, 2003.
* {{UserM|Freakofnurture}} – Administrator, stopped editing on November 5, 2007; has made some edits in late March 2008.
* {{UserM|FreplySpang}} – Last edit April 22, 2009.
* {{UserM|Freshgavin|}} – Was a frequent contributor to the Reference desks. Last edit March 31, 2008.
* {{UserM|FuelWagon|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Func}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Funeral|}} – Over 8,500 edits. Only three edits from June 2008 to December 2008.
* {{UserM|Funnybunny|}} – Left August 13, 2006. He has told an editor by email that he had officially quit. Two edits since, last on October 11, 2007.
* {{UserM|Fvw}} – Last contribution  January 19, 2009.

==G==
* {{UserM|G-Man}} – Last edit May 12, 2009. First edit February 11, 2003.
* {{UserM|Gadykozma|}} – Stated he was "taking wikivacation, probably permanent" on November 22, 2004. Last edit December 21, 2004.
* {{UserM|GassyGuy|}} – A frequent, quality contributor to popular music articles; retired in July 2007 for reasons unknown.
* {{UserM|Gay Cdn|}} – Prolific contributor, with 38,969 edits before posting "{{tl|Retired}}" and making full stop in July 2007. As of February 2020, nearly 13 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2100 of [[WP:MOSTEDITS|most prolific editors]] ever.
* {{UserM|Geogre}} – Last contribution  July 29, 2009.
* {{UserM|Getaway|}} – Last edit September 28, 2007.
* {{UserM|Getcrunk|}} – Notice on talkpage says "trying to take a wikibreak and might be back on Wikipedia later". Last edit October 6, 2006.
* {{UserM|GHe|}} – Last edit June 18, 2008.
* {{UserM|GhostofSuperslum|}} – Last edit November 15, 2007, some seven months after indicating their departure on their user page.
* {{UserM|Gocsa|}} – Last edit July 18, 2009.
* {{UserM|Gralo|}} – Creator of the [[Portal:Energy|Energy Portal]] and excellent editor of energy-related articles. Last edit August 9, 2007.
* {{UserM|GregAsche}} – Administrator; stopped editing regularly in June 2006. Made one edit on January 4, 2007, and another single edit to his userpage on February 20. Returned making one more edit on September 25, 2008, and has not edited since then.
* {{UserM|Greyengine5|}} – Last edit September 4, 2004.
* {{UserM|Grimjaw|}} – Last edit January 6, 2008.
* {{UserM|GunnarRene|}} – Last edit October 20, 2007.
* {{UserM|Gwernol}} – Administrator, Wikipedian since May 2005 with over 91,000 edits. Suddenly disappeared without notice or reasoning on July 29, 2008. Returned to add a retired message to their talk page on June 1, 2009 and requested desysopping on June 4. Later wrote a [https://gwern.net/inclusionism blog post] about their reasons for disillusionment.
* {{UserM|Gwynand|}} – Last edit August 21, 2008.

==H==
* {{UserM|Hajor}} – A former admin desysopped for inactivity, he stated "It stopped being fun... but it was fun while it lasted. Thanks for the ride" in his last edit on November 22, 2005.
* {{UserM|Hapsiainen|}} – Has been absent from [[Wikipedia]] since December 12, 2005. No further explanation. Made some edits on the Finnish Wikipedia during 2006.
* {{UserM|Harry Potter|}} – Last edit April 7, 2004. Contributor with 1,057 edits that was active in mid-2003 until September 2003, where activity dropped, making only 13 edits in 2004 until their final edit. First edit was made on May 5, 2003.
* {{UserM|Hcheney}} – Administrator. Blanked his user archives with final edits in April 2008. He was subsequently desysopped in 2011 for inactivity.
* {{UserM|Heaven's Wrath|}} – Having created calendars for both [[Wikipedia:Esperanza|Wikiproject Esparanza]] and [[WP:BDC|the Birthday Committee]], their last edit occurred September 15, 2008.
* {{UserM|Hermione1980}} – 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 [[Special:PermaLink/281507713|message]] on their talk page, further explaining her refusal to be contacted by Wikipedia or by e-mail.
* {{UserM|HisSpaceResearch|}} – Prolific contributor, [[Wikipedia:Rollback|rollbacker]] with 15,000 edits, including 1,300 page created, during a brief period from June 2006 until unexplained full stop in August 2008.
* {{UserM|HoboJones|}} – Posted "{{tl|Retired}}" with last edit January 2, 2009.
* {{UserM|HResearcher|}} – Last edit was made on September 11, 2006. Formerly active editor who cleaned up various pages and articles and participated in AfDs. First edit was made on April 15, 2006.
* {{UserM|Humus sapiens}} – Admin and prolific contributor on Jewish-history topics. Last edit May 5, 2008, with no indication of why he stopped. User page later marked "{{tl|Retired}}" by an IP-address user.
* {{UserM|Hydrogen Iodide|}} – Just 31 short of 128,000 edits, was a major contributor to articles on cities and buildings. Last edits on March 24, 2009. More than a decade after going dormant, was still in the top 500 on the list of [[WP:MOSTEDITS|most prolific editors]] ever.
* {{UserM|Hyperbole|}} – Last edit made on February 11, 2008, which was to ask where they could request their user or talk pages be deleted. Stated they were "off the project" on Administrator's Noticeboard following a block for edit warring.

==I==
* {{UserM|I do not exist|}} – Announced "long wikibreak" on January 26, 2008.
* {{UserM|IMeowbot|}} – Made several thousand edits between November 2004 and August 2006.
* {{UserM|Imladjov|}} – Historian and Scholar. Last edit August 13, 2006. Editor who contributed to Byzantine History and similar topics.
* {{UserM|Imran}} – 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''".
* {{UserM|Indon|}} – A regular editor on topics relating to Indonesia. Last edit was in early 2008.
* {{UserM|Infrangible|}} – Stopped editing immediately following an unsuccessful RfA. Last edit August 17, 2007.
* {{UserM|IP Address|}} – Blanked his user page on July 23, 2006 and made his last contribution on August 5 of that year. Years later, the account was indefinitely blocked due to being compromised.
* {{UserM|Irishguy}} – Announced retirement on April 4, 2008, due to off-wiki harassment; made a few more edits, the last one being on July 6, 2008.
* {{UserM|Izehar}} – Last edit January 16, 2006. Made a single edit one year later on January 30, 2007.

==J==
* {{UserM|Jacob Haller|}} – Stopped editing November 12, 2007.
* {{UserM|Jamcib|}} (now {{UserM|Jamcib~enwiki|}}) – Last contribution August 15, 2009.
* {{UserM|Jask99|}} – Last edit December 28, 2009.
* {{UserM|Jayzel68|}} – Prolific creator of articles on or related to U.S. political scandals, some featured. Now retired. Last edit May 1, 2008.
* {{UserM|Jazz77|}} – Prolific creator of pages regarding musicians and "YYYY in literature/music/film/television" during first years (2002 and 2003) of Wikipedia. Active editor until August 2003, brief return (23 edits) in August 2004, then very last edit was their userpage in March 2006, with unfulfilled announcement that they were coming back.
* {{UserM|JCarriker}} – An admin, retired in September 2006, last edit was April 12, 2008.  Felt that his work was not appreciated.
* {{UserM|JDG|}} – A Wikipedian since 2002; last edit December 15, 2007.
* {{UserM|Jeanenawhitney|}} – 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.
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* {{UserM|Jeronimo}} – Last edit  August 19, 2006. First edit January 8, 2002.
* {{UserM|Jersyko}} – User page says he retired as of May 2008; made one more edit that November.
* {{UserM|Jesster79|}} – Left a message on his userpage on July 2, 2006 saying he was leaving Wikipedia for the time being.
* {{UserM|JetLover|}} – Last edit May 1, 2008. An IP-address user added {{tl|retired}} in February 2010.
* {{UserM|Jewbacca|}} – Left "I'm no longer posting at Wikipedia", via IP-address edit, on the user and talk pages on April 8, 2006. Made five later edits with own username, the last in July 2008.
* {{UserM|Jfurr1981|}} – First edit October 3, 2005; last edit October 8, 2006. User created 67 articles during their single year as an editor.
* {{UserM|Jguk|}} – Last edit March 9, 2007. First edit September 12, 2004 under an account now known as {{UserM|Jguk 2|}}.
* {{UserM|JHCC|}} – {{tl|Retired}} in May 2006. Left a farewell message on their userpage.
* {{UserM|Jiy|}} – Last edit August 21, 2006.
* {{UserM|Jmh123|}} – Last edit March 6, 2008.
* {{UserM|Johan Magnus|}} – Last contribution May 5, 2005.
* {{UserM|Johanthon|}} – Last edit January 4, 2008.
* {{UserM|John Fader|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|John Reid|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Joie de Vivre|}} – {{tl|Retired}} as of July 2007. Stated they left after being accused of lying.
* {{UserM|Josh Grosse}} – Former administrator, disappeared on December 21, 2006 and has rarely edited since. First edit around January 22, 2001; see the [[nost:Wikipedia:General disclaimer|Nostalgia Wikipedia's]] contributions page for [[nost:Special:Contributions/JoshuaGrosse|JoshuaGrosse]]. Was especially helpful with the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of life|Taxobox template]] and with articles on microscopic animals. Returned to make four edits from October 18 to November 28, 2009.
* {{UserM|Julia Rossi|}} – [[WP:RD|Reference Desk]] regular.  Last edit April 3, 2009. 
* {{UserM|Julien Tuerlinckx|}} – Last edit May 1, 2007.

==K==
* {{UserM|Kappa|}} – Last edit June 5, 2008. First edit September 15, 2004.
* {{UserM|Karen Johnson}} – Last edit October 9, 2004. First edit  April 3, 2002.
* {{UserM|Keefer4|}} – Last edit November 1, 2008.
* {{UserM|Kelly Martin}} – Former administrator and arbitrator. Last contribution was on December 7, 2008, following a year of near-total inactivity. A different user (<200 edits, then disappeared) added {{tl|retired}} in August 2015.
* {{UserM|Kingfisherswift|}} – Last edit September 5, 2008.
* {{UserM|KittySaturn|}} – 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.''
* {{UserM|Klonimus|}} – Last edit February 2, 2006.
* {{UserM|Knurftendans|}} – Last edit August 30, 2007.
* {{UserM|Konstable}} – Resigned his admin access following an [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Konstable|arbitration]], fully {{tl|retired}} in April 2008.
* {{UserM|Kotepho|}} – Last edit July 19, 2007. Requested for user and talk pages to be deleted.
* {{UserM|Koven.rm|}} – Last edit December 19, 2009.
* {{UserM|Koyaanis Qatsi}} – Former administrator who last edited on September 9, 2008. First edit July 20, 2001.
* {{UserM|Krash|}} – Last edit February 9, 2008.
* {{UserM|Kukkurovaca|}} – Last edit November 23, 2005. Came back briefly on July 3 and 9, 2006.
* {{UserM|Kyoko|}} – Last edit August 2, 2008.

==L==
* {{UserM|L33th4x0rguy|}} – Last edit  October 31, 2009. First edit November 19, 2004.
* {{UserM|Lapaz|}} – Last edit January 20, 2009.
* {{UserM|Landon1980|}} – Last edit August 25, 2009.
* {{UserM|Larry laptop|}} – Left on March  2, 2007. See [[Special:PermaLink/101979222|essay]] for details.
* {{UserM|Lawrence Cohen|}} – Last edit was May 15, 2008.
* {{UserM|LeaveSleaves|}} – A [[WP:MOSTEDITS|prolific contributor]], [[Wikipedia:Rollback|rollbacker]] with 42,900 edits including 5,255 pages created. Super active from January 2008 until unexplained full stop in July 2009.
* {{UserM|Lifefeed|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Lights|}} – Last edit July 11, 2008.
* {{UserM|Lonewolf BC|}} – Last edit November 24, 2009.
* {{UserM|Lord Emsworth}} – Former administrator. Last edit December 13, 2006.
* {{UserM|Lordkinbote|}} – Last edit November 28, 2006, after problems with vandals. Left a retirement notice on his userpage quoting [[User:RickK|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.
* {{UserM|LordViD|}} – Last edit March 28, 2006.
* {{UserM|Lradrama}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Lucid|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|LukeTH|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Lupin|}} – Creator of the Navigation popups,  Lupin's Anti-vandal tool. Created some of the first Categories on Wikipedia. Last edit was September 11, 2009.

==M==
* {{UserM|M C Y 1008|}} – Last edit October 7, 2007.
*{{UserM|Maddie!|}} – [[Special:PermaLink/268776861|Placed wikibonked template on userpage]] on February 5, 2009. Last edit on February 10, 2009.  
* {{UserM|MadMax|}} – Last edit on May 26, 2007 declaring [[Special:Diff/133651251|they would be temporarily inactive]].
* {{UserM|Mamawrites|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Mark Richards|}} – Last edit March 10, 2005.
* {{UserM|MarkSweep|}} – Administrator; vanished on November 14, 2007 and made a small return in 2009 before again ceasing to edit.
* {{UserM|Martial Law|}} – Last edit June 3, 2007.
* {{UserM|Maximus Rex|}} – Last edit July 31, 2004, deleted his user page right before he left. First edit July 4, 2003. A [[WP:MOSTEDITS|prolific editor]].
* {{UserM|Megan1967|}} – 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; [[Special:Diff/15485820/17049997|diff]] 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.
* {{UserM|Mel Etitis}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Melancholie|}} – Last contribution September 8, 2009.
* {{UserM|Mereda|}} – Just before reaching 6,000 edits, user stated that his/her username will be mainly dormant from April 2007. Last edit March 28, 2007.
* {{UserM|Merlinus|}} – Last edit April 8, 2007.
* {{UserM|MetsFan76|}} – Last edit February 8, 2008.
* {{UserM|Mic}} – Last edit September 27, 2004.
* {{UserM|Michael Mad|}} – Last edit December 13, 2009, had only been sporadically active since December 2007.
* {{UserM|MichaelTinkler|}} – Last edit September 3, 2002.
* {{UserM|Mintguy}} – Last edit November 13, 2004. "It has stopped being fun. The lunatics are taking over the asylum." See [[User:Mintguy|his userpage]] for more information.
* {{UserM|Minun|}} – Last edit October 28, 2006, has not returned after Arbitration Committee ban ended on August 13, 2007.
* {{UserM|Miss Mondegreen|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Modster|}} – Last edit  July 15, 2008, first edit October 31, 2002.
* {{UserM|Monobi|}} – Last edit on June 21, 2008. Privately requested his userpage to be deleted and both userpage and talk pages to be fully protected.
* {{UserM|Morton devonshire|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Movingboxes|}} – Last contribution  September 6, 2008.
* {{UserM|MPLX|}} – Last edit April 28, 2005; left apparently after a conflict at [[Teach the Controversy]].
* {{UserM|MrDarwin|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Mr. Lefty}} – Former administrator. Left and last used tools on July 7, 2008. Returned to make a single edit on November 6, 2008, and a few more in July 2009. A year later, he edited his user page to indicate that he is no longer active.
* {{UserM|Muriel Gottrop|}} (now {{UserM|Muriel Gottrop~enwiki|}}) – 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?
* {{UserM|Musical Linguist}} – Former administrator, last edit June 23, 2007.
* {{UserM|Mustafaa|}} – Last edit November 18, 2006. His user page cites a lack of free time.
* {{UserM|Mydogategodshat|}} – Last edit February 18, 2006. First edit  May 26, 2003.

==N==
* {{UserM|Naerii|}} – Last edit October 19, 2008.
* {{UserM|Navy Blue|}} – Last edit October 23, 2008.
* {{UserM|Neurodivergent|}} – Last edit January 12, 2007.
* {{UserM|Neurolysis|}} – Last edit October 14, 2009; left a <nowiki>{{retired}}</nowiki> template on his talk page, leaving a farewell message in the edit summary.
* {{UserM|Nichalp}} – 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 [[Special:PermaLink/296240244#Nichalp|removed by the Arbitration Committee]] in June 2009 after it was discovered that he had been using another account for paid editing.
* {{UserM|Niteowlneils|}} – Last edit December 27, 2006.
* {{UserM|Nobleeagle|}} – Last edit was on May 26, 2007.
* {{UserM|Nohansen|}} – Made two edits on April 6, 2009 after almost two months without editing, has not edited since.
* {{UserM|Noirish|}} – Last edit September 14, 2009.
* {{UserM|Notheruser}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Notinasnaid|}} – Last contribution  May 18, 2007.
* {{UserM| Noypi380|}} – Last edit  September 11, 2009.
* {{UserM|Nwwaew|}} – Last edit March 16, 2009; left a "retired" notice on userpage.

==O==
* {{UserM|O^O|}} – Last edit May 11, 2007. He/she [[Special:Diff/71911533|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.
* {{UserM|Oden|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Oldwindybear}} – Former administrator. Amid allegations of sockpuppetry, Oldwindybear asked for his userpage to be deleted and blanked his talkpage. Last edit July 25, 2007.
* {{UserM|Ollie|}} – Last edit July 26, 2009.
* {{UserM|OmegaWikipedia|}} – Last edit November 7, 2005.
* {{UserM|Omicronpersei8|}} – Last edit December 9, 2006, made a few on the 9th, placing a "Former Wikipedians" template on his user page with "Goodbye" as the edit summary. A dedicated vandalfighter with over 50,000 edits.
* {{UserM|Omniplex|}} – Last edit July 10, 2006, blanked user page; was also very active on Meta during March–July 2006.
* {{UserM|Optim}} – Former administrator and bureaucrat. Left notice on userpage. Last edit March 6, 2004.

==P==
* {{UserM|PaddyBriggs|}} – Prolific editor of and contributor of photos to cricket-related articles from mid 2005 to mid 2007, when he requested his user and talk pages be deleted. 
* {{UserM|Pádraic MacUidhir|}} – Last contribution February 27, 2007. Requested his user and talk pages be deleted on April 25, 2007.
* {{UserM|Pairadox|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Palmiro|}} – Last edit December 9, 2009.
* {{UserM|Pan Dan|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Pcpcpc|}} – 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." [[Special:Diff/12439521|diff]] Reiterated this on April 17, and has not edited since.
* {{UserM|Pekinensis|}} – Last edit July 31, 2006, except for 2 edits on September 15, 2006 and one on his user talk on June 7, 2007.
* {{UserM|Perl|}} – Last edit  April 7, 2008. First edit February 14, 2004.
* {{UserM|PetraSchelm|}} – Last edited in June 2008.
* {{UserM|PetSounds|}} – Last edit July 25, 2005.
* {{UserM|Pfortuny}} – Administrator; six edits since December 13, 2004, with the last one being on April 20, 2009. Lost their mop after 2 years of inactivity.
* {{UserM|Pgk}} – Last edit August 16, 2007. A sysop who was very good at what he did. Ran a bot called Pgkbot.
* {{UserM|Phaedriel}} – Last edit September 28, 2007 and was desysopped for lack of activity. One of the most respected administrators on Wikipedia.
* {{UserM|Phaedrus86|}} – Last edit June 15, 2007.
* {{UserM|Phatcat68|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Phlegm Rooster|}} – Made over 6,000 edits between March 2008 and March 2009. Prominent creator of [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|AfDs]].
* {{UserM|Phoenix-forgotten|}} – Last edit on August 29, 2008.
* {{UserM|Picaroon}} – Former administrator and Arbitration clerk, last edit on March 1, 2008 to userpage noting disappointment at how things were going.
* {{UserM|Pickle UK|}} – Last edit October 27, 2007.
* {{UserM|Pilotguy}} – Former administrator. Last edited on August 20, 2008. Returned on January 10, 2009 to delete his user and talk pages.
* {{UserM|Pixelface|}} – Last contribution  August 3, 2009.
* {{UserM|Pocopocopocopoco|}} – Last edit  February 27, 2009.
* {{UserM|Poetic Decay|}} – Left goodbye message on userpage. Last edit August 5, 2008.
* {{UserM|Pokerdance|}} – Frequent contributor to music articles. Added {{tl|Retired}} to user page on September 9, 2009 and made his last edit on October 15 that year.
* {{UserM|Polonium|}} – Stopped editing regularly in March 2007. Two final edits were on December 10, 2007.
* {{UserM|Popsracer|}} – Last edit February 1, 2005.
* {{UserM|Punctured Bicycle|}} – Last edit February 18, 2009. Does not appear to have given advance notice of or a reason for departure.

==Q==
* {{UserM|QazPlm|}} – Prolific editor and creator of articles on cricket and Australian geography from late 2005 to mid 2008. 
* {{UserM|Qirex|}} – She effectively quit on January 28, 2006, coming back only once on May 7 that year [[Special:Diff/51917678|to blank her user page]].

==R==
* {{UserM|RadicalBender}} – Former administrator, consistent editing ended after 2005, making their last edit on July 3, 2007. Left a [[User:RadicalBender|displeased notice]] on userpage, stating that they have quit Wikipedia due to various issues on Wikipedia. First edit was made on September 24, 2003. Made 20,710 edits through 2003 through 2007, with a majority of edits being made in 2004.
* {{UserM|RadioKirk}} – 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 [[:m:RFP#Removal of access|removed by request]]."
* {{UserM|Radman1|}} – 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 {{UserM|R.123|}} due to final edit on March 31, 2007.
* {{UserM|RahadyanS|}} – Last edit December 30, 2008.
* {{UserM|Rama's Arrow}} – Former administrator credited with nominating 12 featured articles, last edit August 26, 2007.
* {{UserM|Random Passer-by|}} – Last edit May 11, 2007.
* {{UserM|Randomran|}} &ndash; Last edit May 15, 2009.
* {{UserM|RandomXYZb}} – Formerly User:Gb, deleted all pages in userspace, disappeared. Last edit February 15, 2009.
* {{UserM|Rangerdude|}} – Last edit on December 19, 2005. Had 3155, over a little under a year. Left after an arbitration case.
* {{UserM|RattBoy|}} – Last edit December 16, 2006. Worked mostly on articles about U.S. politicians. Editor simply vanished.
* {{UserM|Raven4x4x}} − Former administrator. Last edit in 2009.
* {{UserM|Reaper X|}} – Last edit to article space on August 18, 2008; blanked userpage September 25, 2008.
* {{UserM|Redrocket|}} – Has not been active since May 10, 2008. Added a retired tag on his talk page on June 16.
* {{UserM|Regan123|}} – Last edit  February 2, 2008. A prolific contributor with 23,580 edits and 2,317 created pages who was active in articles on roads in the UK. Was highly active through 2006-2007, until 2008 where activity suddenly ended on February 2. First edit was made on January 15, 2006.
* {{UserM|Remuel|}} – Has made only 2 edits since August 29, 2005. The second was to add himself to the [[Wikipedia:List of non-admins with high edit counts|List of non-admins with high edit counts]] on February 17, 2006.
* {{UserM| Retired username|}} – Last contribution  February 23, 2008.
* {{UserM|Reubenbarton|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Revolutionaryluddite|}} – Requested user page deletion; stopped edits 2007/11/13. Has made some smaller edits since then.
* {{UserM|Revolver|}} – A Wikipedian since June 3, 2003, announced retirement on May 30, 2006. Made a few more edits, the last on April 7, 2007.
* {{UserM|RexNL}} – A highly active [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandal fighter]] and administrator who started off on April 18, 2005. Hasn't edited since August 29, 2009.
* {{UserM|Rhion|}} – An active editor especially on Welsh topics, he left a farewell message on his talk page on January 9, 2007. Left [[special:diff|prev|103799688|one further message]] at the [[Wikipedia:Welsh Wikipedians' notice board|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.
* {{UserM|Rintrah|}} – Declared account [[Special:Diff/110019867|"permanently inactive"]] on Februrary 22, 2007, and edited one time after that.
* {{UserM|Rividian|}} - Writer of implemented Wikipedia policy and critic of behavior amongst Wikipedians. Last edit January 20th, 2009.
* {{UserM|Robbiegiles|}} – Stopped editing without explanation. Last edit December 9, 2008.
* {{UserM|Robchurch|}} – Left a message on his user page on July 3, 2006, saying he'd be "getting out of the way". Only a handful of edits since then, the last on May 24, 2007, supporting a RfA.
* {{UserM|Rolinator|}} – Last edit on July 19, 2009.
* {{UserM|Rorschach567|}} – Primarily focused on [[comic book]]s, they last edited on May 20, 2007. 	
* {{User|Rosenknospe}} – Over 12,000 edits; last edit July 14, 2009.
* {{UserM|Rotem Dan|}} – Last contribution on March 15, 2006, which was to blank his talkpage and a subpage. Hasn't appeared since.
* {{UserM|Rudjek|}} – Last edit September 23, 2007.
* {{UserM|Rune.welsh}} – Frequent promoter/failer of lists on [[WP:FLC]]. Last edit January 6, 2007.

==S== 
* {{UserM|Sade}} – Former administrator, previously known as [[User:Oven Fresh|Oven Fresh]]. Last contribution February 9, 2009. The circumstances of his departure can be assessed from his talk page.
* {{UserM|Salsa Shark}} – Administrator, last edit January 29, 2004.
* {{UserM|Sam Spade|}} – Became only an infrequent contributor after a May 2006 arbitration case. Left a retired notice on user page. Last edit April 19, 2007.
* {{UserM|Samuelsen|}} – Last edit January 23, 2006.
* {{UserM|Sango123}} – Retired administrator, last edit October 1, 2006, e-mail messages sent to her have not been replied to.
* {{UserM|Sarvagnya|}} – Last edit January 30, 2009.
* {{UserM|ScudLee|}} – A prolific editor during 2004, ScudLee first disappeared in December 2004. Made almost 1500 edits in December 2005, then blanked talk page on December 27, 2005 and has not been heard from since.
* {{UserM|SD6-Agent|}} – Last seen at the end of January 2006, after over 9600 edits; left without explanation. A major contributor to Canadian topics, he [[Special:PermaLink/5383133|started]] the page on the TV show, ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'' and also the current version of ''[[The Nature of Things]]''.
* {{UserM|Sean William}} – Became an administrator on April 3, 2007, under the username PullToOpen. Hasn't edited since November 20, 2009.
* {{UserM|Sengkang|}} — A [[WP:MOSTEDITS|prolific contributor]], with 38,820 edits.  Posted "{{tl|Retired}}" with last edit, in November 2007.
* {{UserM|SergeantBolt|}} – A contributor of the television series ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]''. Last edit June 16, 2009.
* {{UserM|Sethmahoney|}} – Left for a short wikibreak in 2006 and didn't return. Last edit November 18, 2006.
* {{UserM|SeventyThree|}} – Last edit  February 19, 2008.
* {{UserM|ShaneKing|}} – Last edit August 19, 2005.
* {{UserM|Shauri}} – Last edit December 29, 2005.
* {{UserM|Shorne|}} – Last edit December 6, 2004.
* {{UserM|Shrewpelt|}} – Last edit on November 30, 2008. Worked tirelessly on improving [[Warriors (novel series)]] to GA, and on creating a Warriors portal.
* {{UserM|SilvaStorm|}} – Regularly worked on articles on TV shows, especially ''Lost''. Last edit March 18, 2009.
* {{UserM|Skinnyweed|}} – Last edit December 18, 2006.
* {{UserM|Snocrates|}} – Announced they were moving to an area without internet access on their user page on January 31, 2008; announced they would in fact have internet access in February 2008, but have apparently been offline since February 16, 2008. Four edits in November 2009.
* {{UserM|Socal gal at heart|}} – Last edit on October 20, 2008. Quit after [[Special:Diff/246446694|being blocked]] by {{noping|Aphaia}} on English Wikiquote.
* {{UserM|SoM|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Someone else|}} – Last edit November 22, 2003. First edit September 3, 2002.
* {{UserM|SouthernComfort|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|Soxrock|}} – 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 [[Special:Diff/211074717/217145058|retired]].
* {{UserM|Spelemann|}} – Last edit May 30, 2009.
* {{UserM|Spinboy|}} –  First edit August 28, 2004. Very few edits since December 27, 2005, the last on January 1, 2007. Left a message on his user page.
* {{UserM|SpLoT|}} – Last edit October 26, 2008.
* {{UserM|SPUI|}} – One-time heavy and prolific contributor to [[WP:USRD|U.S. Roads]] and other transportation-related projects. Stopped editing regularly on December 26, 2006; made a few sporadic edits through 2007 and has not edited since October 21 of that year. Last edit claimed he was still active on IRC.
* {{UserM|Srose|}} – Last edit February 5, 2007. 
* {{UserM|Staffelde|}} – Left a farewell message on his user page on June 13, 2006.
* {{UserM|Static Universe|}} – Active from 2006–2008 in editing St. Louis-area and film articles; last edit July 30, 2009.
* {{UserM|SteveW|}} – Last edit September 21, 2005 – the only edit since May 28, 2005.
* {{UserM|Storm05|}} – Last edit November 14, 2008.
* {{UserM|Storyliner|}} – Last edit October 26, 2009.  Left departing note on User Page.
* {{UserM|Striver}} – Former administrator and [[WP:MOSTEDITS|prolific contributor]], with 39,300 edits. Last edited in September 2008; left message on their User page saying "I'm sick of the censorship posing NPOV and also about people meddling in articles they don't know anything about." 
* {{UserM|StuartDD|}} – Fell out with Wikipedia.  Last edit March 10, 2008.
* {{UserM|Susvolans|}} – Last edit December 31, 2005.
* {{UserM|Superslum|}} – Retired citing "exhaustion and stress" on his userpage. Last edit February 6, 2008.

==T==
* {{UserM|Talrias|}} – Last edit April 14, 2006, a good bye note on user page.
* {{UserM|Tangotango}} – Former administrator. Last  edit April 2, 2009.
* {{UserM|Tarquin|}} – An editor since January 15, 2002, has not edited with much frequency since 2006. Last edit April 18, 2009.
* {{UserM|Tearlach|}} – Announced a long Wikibreak on May 24, 2007; made only two more edits, the last one on September 13, 2007.
* {{UserM|Technobadger|}} – Left at the end of February 2008. May have been frustrated by [[GNU/Linux naming controversy|"GNU/Linux" vs "Linux"]] discussions.
* {{UserM|TedE|}} – A prolific contributor to medical and science articles, took [[Down Syndrome]] to featured status in 2006, but appears to have got frustrated at the terminology of disease/disorder/illness in articles and last edits were shortly afterwards. 
* {{UserM|Ted Wilkes|}} – Last edits were on September 24, 2008 to blank user and user talk pages.
* {{UserM|TestPilot|}} – Last edit December 12, 2009.
* {{UserM|The Kinslayer|}} – Posted a wikibreak message in April 2007.  Made two edits in July 2007, hasn't edited since.
* {{UserM|The Librarian|}} – Made 2,289 edits since joining in 2005. Last edit on June 1, 2009.
* {{UserM|The prophet wizard of the crayon cake|}} – Last edit July 14, 2009; had not edited regularly since July 2008 before that.
* {{UserM|The Raven's Apprentice|}} – Added retirement notice on September 2, 2007, last edit on June 9, 2008.
* {{UserM|Thedjatclubrock|}} – Last edit June 20, 2009, with an edit summary of "no moar".
* {{UserM|THEN WHO WAS PHONE?|}} – Prominent vandal-fighter who suddenly ceased editing on April 29, 2009.
* {{UserM|Theoldanarchist|}} – Placed a retirement notice on his user page on August 22, 2007, made a few more edits, the last on September 4, 2007.
* {{UserM|Thernlund|}} – Thousands of (mainly) firearm subject edits in a year; methodically closed out his editor involvement September 14, 2007, then made one edit on March 4, 2008.
* {{UserM|Thunderboltz}} – A prolific editor in 2006, Thunderboltz made a bit more than 1330 edits in 2007, about three hundred in 2008, with activity dropping off after that. They received more than [[User:Thunderboltz/Barnstars|a dozen barnstars for India-related contributions]] but [[Special:Diff/660185501|showed little interest in returning]].
* {{UserM|TOO|}} – Last edit January 21, 2008.
* {{UserM|Trey Stone|}} – Requested his user and talk page to be deleted on June 17, 2007; no reason given. Blanked own talk page on July 30, 2009.
* {{UserM|Truthspreader|}} – Left a retirement notice on talk page in February 2007, though last edit was on November 17, 2008.
* {{UserM|TUF-KAT}} (Other usernames include {{UserM|Tokerboy|}} and {{UserM|John Price|}}.) – Administrator, first chairman of the Mediation Committee, active contributor. First edit was on September 15, 2002, & his last September 4, 2009.
* {{UserM|Tyson2k|}} – Over 1100 edits since January 2005. Last edit February 1, 2006.

==U==
* {{UserM|Uannis|}} (now {{UserM|Uannis~enwiki|}}) – Edited for a year on Turkey-related topics; last edit was April 18, 2008.
* {{UserM|Uppland|}} – Last edit March 31, 2009.
* {{UserM|Uriyan|}} – Last edit August 1, 2003.
* {{UserM|Ursasapien|}} – Last edit June 2, 2008.
* {{UserM|U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A.|}} – Last edit April 2, 2008.

==V==
* {{UserM|Vancouverguy}} – "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]].
* {{UserM|Veledan|}} – On December 10, 2007, he explained on his userpage on that he is not currently active. Last edit on June 5, 2008.
* {{UserM|Vera, Chuck & Dave|}} – Last edit March 11, 2008. Contributed to articles related to the Beatles and other British bands.
* {{UserM|VeryVerily|}} – Banned at one point in 2004 for edit warring, he returned for a few months in 2005. On December 27, 2005 he started an [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Appeal of VeryVerily|appeal]] at requests for arbitration to "clear his name" from his previous block. He has not edited since February 28, 2006.
* {{UserM|Vespristiano|}} – Last edit August 26, 2006 to his sandbox after a four-month Wikibreak.
* {{UserM|Videmus Omnia|}} – IIRC, left due to complications w/his identity; save for requesting his userpage be deleted, has not edited since April 21, 2009.
* {{UserM|VivaEmilyDavies|}} – Last edit December 30, 2005.

==W==
* {{UserM|Walter Humala|}} – Last edit April 2, 2007. Consistently active contributor that made over 4,000 edits through 2006 to 2007. Possibly left after being blocked for 48 hours for violating [[WP:POINT]] on April 2, 2007. First edit was made on April 24, 2006.
* {{UserM|Water Bottle}} – Former administrator, inactive since May 2006. Left Wikipedia and protected his userpage on January 26, 2008.
* {{UserM|Wernher|}} – Only two edits since May 9, 2008.
* {{UserM|Who then was a gentleman?|}} – Last edit December 2, 2009.
* {{UserM|Whyaduck|}} – Prolific contributor who stopped editing May 8, 2007. [[Special:Diff/129378301|Last edit]] suggested he felt another user was threatening him.
* {{UserM| Wiki alf|}} – Last edit October 31, 2009, over 60,000 edits, last edit was blanking their user page, adding they were retired with an edit summary of “Disgusted with various editors using Wikipedia for their hit-piece playground, no longer have faith in Wikipedia's pillars (now corrupted by various editors on various crusades)”.
* {{UserM|Wikipediatrix|}} – 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.
* {{UserM|WIN|}} – Last edit December 5, 2008.
* {{UserM|Witkacy|}} – Last edit September 14, 2005. Disappeared without any notice or indication of reason.
* {{UserM|WODUP}} – A former administrator who has not edited since 2009.
* {{UserM|WojPob}} – Administrator. Last  edit June 9, 2003. Joined in 2001.
* {{UserM|Wolfer68|}} – Last edit December 31, 2009. A prolific editor with over 40,000 edits. Disappeared without any notice or indication of reason. As of February 2020, 11 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2100 of [[WP:MOSTEDITS|most prolific editors]] ever.
* {{UserM|Worldtraveller|}} – Prolific editor with [[WP:WBFAN|24 featured article successful nominations]], last edit on March 3, 2007.
* {{UserM|Wronkiew|}} – Operator of [[User:DustyBot|DustyBot]]. Last edit July 4, 2009.

==X==

==Y==
* {{UserM|Yath|}} – Last edit September 5, 2007.
* {{UserM|Yngvarr|}} – Last edit October 8, 2009. Worked mostly on cartoon-related articles.
* {{UserM|Yuckfoo|}} – Last edit December 8, 2009. Worked as a vandalism fighter.

==Z==
* {{UserM|Zeldamaster3|}} – Five edits in 2007, one edit on June 29, 2007, but hadn't edited regularly since September 24, 2006.
* {{UserM|Zestauferov|}} – Last edit December 16, 2005.
* {{UserM|Zleitzen|}} – Last edit September 29, 2007. Left in May over disgust with featured article candidate process; returned briefly in July when [[Jimbo Wales]] put a {{tl|NPOV}} tag on [[Che Guevara]], then a featured article. Made one edit in September.
* {{UserM|Zoe}} – Last edit February 1, 2007. Left due to a conflict with [[Jimbo Wales]] over a professor who asked his students to vandalise Wikipedia.  Account was later compromised, desysopped, and indefinitely blocked.
* {{UserM|Zoz|}} – Left on September 26, 2006. However, returned on April 18, 2007 to add {{tl|Db-userreq}} to user and user talk pages. They have not made any edits since.

==See also==
*[[Wikipedia:Discovered reasons for leaving Wikipedia]]
*[[Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians]]
*[[Wikipedia:Former administrators]]
*[[Wikipedia:Retiring]]
*[[Wikipedia:Leave gracefully]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/missed users]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention]]
*[[:Category:Banned Wikipedia users]]

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==External links==
*[[meta:Wikipedia drop-outs]]
*[[strategy:Former Contributors Survey Results]]
*[[Meatball:GoodBye]]
*[[Meatball:RightToVanish]]

[[Category:Lists of Wikipedians by Wikipedia activity|Missing Wikipedians]]
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