Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians

It has been suggested that this page should be split into multiple pages. (discuss) (February 2024)

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

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

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

Please do not add users with fewer than ~1,000 edits. Do not add people unless you are certain they have left. Do not add anonymous users identified by their IP address or (for UseModWiki-era accounts) domain names; they may have a roaming IP address or possibly created an account to contribute. Do not add banned users, or yourself. Leave a message on the person's talk page to let them know that you have added them to this list; they can remove themselves if they ever return. Retired Wikipedians who do not wish to be listed may also remove themselves.

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

The entries with the mop icon beside their names are Wikipedia administrators, or have been at one time (many are procedurally desysopped due to inactivity; see also Wikipedia:List of administrators/Inactive).

All dates featured on this page correspond with UTC times.

• -- April (talk · contribs · former admin: html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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. Editing slowed down heavily after October 2007, only making four edits since then which were to archive their talk page, with their last edit adding a busy status on their userpage. Has made no edits since then.
• 7 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator who was particularly active at AIV and UAA. Last edit was on August 25, 2015.
• 16@r (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 5-5-2021, last global edit on French Wikipedia 5-8-2021. Prolific contributor with over 31,000 edits and 4,788 created pages. Editing slowed down significantly after 2008, making only sporadic edits afterwards, until a stop in late 2013. Made a brief return in 2021, making 16 edits until their final edit. First edit was made on January 26, 2006.
• 168... (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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 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. A highly active vandal-fighter with over 10,000 edits in 2008, but made only a few hundred over the following three years.
• 52 Pickup (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator who stopped editing on May 9, 2008. Made three more edits on October 25, the last one leaving a retirement notice on his talk page. Made one final edit on April 6, 2009. Made four subsequent edits on German Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons in July 2009; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.

• A930913 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edited frequently in April 2016. Made 10,655 edits to Wikipedia. Edited their user page on February 15, 2021 to post they are now retired. Subsequently made one final edit on February 3, 2023; has not edited since.
• A.Garnet (talk · contribs · count) – Made extensive contributions to Turkey-related topics; developed Suleiman the Magnificent to featured article status. Last edit March 11, 2009. Made 3,671 edits in total.
• A Man In Black (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator. Last edited on June 15, 2009, shortly before being desysopped later that month. Prolific contributor, with 38,430 edits. As of February 2020, 11 years after going dormant, he still ranks among the top 2200 most prolific editors ever.
• A Musing (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution April 4, 2008.
• AAA! (talk · contribs · count) – Placed wikibreak templates on user and talk pages on October 27, 2009; edited user page on August 9, 2010. Returned to make one page move in March 2014.
• AAA765 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 22, 2008.
• Aarktica (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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.
• ABCD (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Active 2004 through 2006, his editing dropped in 2007 although he officially marked a wikibreak in 2009. ABCD made his last edit on February 17, 2021 and was subsequently de-sysopped for inactivity.
• Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk · contribs · count) – A prolific countervandalism and AfC editor and user script developer; he made over 48,000 edits and about 250 with his alternate account. Last edited with his main account on February 27, 2019 by adding a Wikibreak enforcer to his common.js, though he put up {{retired}} templates with his alt the next day. Last edited with his alt with an RfA vote on April 24, 2019.
• ABF (talk · contribs · count) – Contributor of both German Wikipedia and English Wikipedia with 19,528 edits on English Wikipedia. Last edit on April 3, 2013. Continued contributing to German Wikipedia until February 2022; has not edited any Wikimedia projcts since.
• AbigailAbernathy (talk · contribs · count) – Active 2011 through 2014, her edits reduced to a handful annually and her last edit was October 12, 2021.
• Abigail-II (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 12, 2004. First edit February 4, 2004. Final edits were unhappy farewells posted on user, user talk and the Village Pump. Excerpt from user page: "I've no interest in working on a system where people break down your work without discussing it on appropriate page."
• Abrech (talk · contribs · count) – Active Huggle user who stopped editing for a long time after June 2, 2008. Made a handful of edits on March 16, 2013. Made 3 edits on March 13, 2022, and another 3 on German Wikipedia late that year; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• Abryn (talk · contribs · count) – Retired on July 18, 2021, made last edit on July 20, 2023.
• Abu badali (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 11, 2007. Left over concerns regarding non-free content usage, per the final edit. The final edit also indicates the user may return in "some months", depending upon progress in this area. Edited twice in 2008, making comments in discussions over the policy.
• Acetic Acid (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – A 2005 editor, they made 176 edits in 2006, only 29 edits in 2007, with a final edit on July 29, 2015.
• Acidburn24m (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 17, 2008.
• ACSE (talk · contribs · count) – Japanese Wikipedian with 42,000 edits over 5 years. Last edit October 19, 2011. Requested for his user page to be deleted on the same day.
• Active Banana (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution June 12, 2011.
• Actown (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution October 22, 2019.
• Adam Carr (talk · contribs · count) – Started contributing in September 2003. After many months of increasing frustration, stopped editing regularly on February 15, 2007, then posted on May 6 that he would no longer contribute to Wikipedia. Made a few sporadic edits afterwards.
• Adambro (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit October 4, 2012.
• AdamRetchless (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 14, 2009, first edit June 28, 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.
• AED (talk · contribs · count) – Was an active editor until suddenly completely stopping in November 2006. Over 14,000 edits.
• AgentPeppermint (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 23, 2008; returned on January 20, 2010 to blank the user page and post a farewell notice. Made sporadic edits in 2011–2013.
• Agnte (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor on Australian topics. Began trailing off in 2006, took most of the following year off and edits dwindled further. Last edit June 19, 2011.
• Aido2002 (talk · contribs · count) – Was quite active until 2011. Made sporadic edits in 2013 and 2014. Made over 2,100 contributions to Wikipedia and was last seen editing on April 1, 2014.
• Ainz Ooal Gown (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 29, 2020.
• Aitias (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last seen on January 22, 2010; 47,000+ edits. Former administrator.
• Akhilleus (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Was an administrator from 2007 until they were desysopped for inactivity in 2019. Last edit made on 30 October 2018.
• Akira Kouchiyama (talk · contribs · count) – Over 2,000 edits with last edit coming in 2015.
• Akld guy (talk · contribs · count) – Over 21,000 edits. Editing was increasing year by year then suddenly stopped, with last edit 24 November 2019.
• Akradecki (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator with a keen interest in aviation; last mainspace edit March 16, 2010. Made three edits in userspace in March 2015.
• Aksi great (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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 · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit May 20, 2009. Administrator with over 60,000 edits. Operated Alaibot.
• Alan Liefting (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 5, 2015. First edit January 3, 2004. Over 125,000 edits. Has not returned after his last block expired. Made one edit on July 28, 2019. Subsequently made several edits on Wikimedia Commons in November 2022; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• Alan16 (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution November 23, 2018, which was to blank their userpage. Previous edit was made over 5 years before final edit, with past edits becoming sporadic after 2010. First edit was made on May 25, 2008.
• Alanmaher (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 27, 2019.
• Alasdair (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit August 17, 2022.
• AlasdairGreen27 (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution December 21, 2010, with no reason given for inactivity. Contributor with over 4,000 edits who began editing on August 27, 2007.
• AlbertSM (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor, pending changes reviewer with 43,016 edits. Consistently active from March 2006 until unexplained full stop in March 2014. As of April 2022, 8 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of the most prolific editors ever.
• Alex Bakharev (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator who last edited on August 24, 2022. Was deysopped for inactivity in 2023. Made two subsequent edits on Russian Wikipedia, in September 2022 and August 2023; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• Alii h (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 24, 2008, except for one edit on July 9, 2009.
• AliveFreeHappy (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – A ten year-editor, their last edit was April 27, 2017. Made three subsequent edits on Wikimedia Commons in October 2019; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• Allens (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution August 11, 2012.
• Allstarecho (talk · contribs · count) – Former prolific contributor and rollbacker with 41,100 edits. Created 4,911 pages. Consistently active from September 2007 to August 2009. Made a few sporadic edits since, the last of which was in June 2012. As of February 2020, 11 years after first becoming inactive, Allstarecho was still in the top 2000 most prolific editors ever.
• AlMac (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution July 8, 2007.
• ALoan (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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)
• Alpha Monarch (talk · contribs · count) – Was a pending changes reviewer and rollbacker with over 3,000 edits. Made his last edit in 2016.
• 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 17, 2008.
• Alternativity (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 30, 2021.
• Amarkov (talk · contribs · count) – An active contributor from 2006–2007, amassing over 10,000 edits—primarily in Wikipedia space, where they frequently contributed to backroom discussions and requests for adminship. Last edit on March 15, 2009.
• Ambuj.Saxena (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor, who 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 June 20, 2018.
• Amcaja (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator who last edited on January 8, 2008. Relinquished tools and retired.
• Amgine (talk · contribs · count) – User talk page bears retired banner, declaring in July 2015: "I will simply continue to add the odd contributions to projects I find more welcoming." Made 5 edits afterwards, most recently in October 2017. Made one edit on English Wikinews in November 2023; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• AnakngAraw (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 10-19-2014, last global edit on Tagalog Wikipedia 11-10-2014. Many edits on Asian topics.
• And we drown (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 3, 2013.
• Anderson (talk · contribs · count) – User with over 2,000 edits. Posted on his user page that he was taking a two-week to a month-long break in August 2013, then made his last edit one week later.
• Andreasegde (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor on Beatles-related articles. Retired in April 2013 and has not edited since.
• Andrew c (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit December 26, 2019.
• Android79 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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 · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit February 14, 2011, but no serious activity since July 24, 2008. Made a brief return to editing in June 2020, but has made no edits since then.
• Angela (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Longtime Wikipedian who registered in 2003 and became an administrator shortly thereafter. In 2004, she became one of the first six administrators to be entrusted with bureaucratship, was one of the first elected members of the newly-established WMF Board of Trustees, and co-founded WikiCities (which later became Wikia, and then Fandom) with Jimbo Wales. Became less and less active with each passing year, eventually ceasing nearly all engagement with the project in the 2010s. Ultimately handed in her mop in August 2020 and has not edited since, save for one final edit in January 2021, and nine edits to her talk page archives in March 2024.
• AngelOfSadness (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit January 29, 2017.
• Anglius (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on June 3, 2007.
• AngryHarpy (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 2-20-2022, last global edit on Meta-Wiki 10-22-2022.
• Animum (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit June 13, 2016.
• AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor, announced retirement on August 2, 2010.
• ANNAfoxlover (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit: August 30, 2007 – User talk page notes "computer problems" since April 25, 2007, which may be related (notice was added by User:Deskana). Returned in August 2008 for a spell but disappeared again, then briefly returned to make one edit on April 26, 2014, followed by another one on January 6, 2019.
• Anna Frodesiak (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Prolific editor and former administrator who ceased active editing in April 2019. One year later, Oshwah added a retired template and personal note to her talk page at her behest; later, in August 2020, she added an update implying that her reason for not editing is due to Chinese restrictions on access to Wikipedia. Made two subsequent edits in October 2021, followed by another almost two years later in June 2023, and has not edited since.
• Anonymous101 (talk · contribs · count) – Has not edited since placing a retirement notice in 2009.
• Anonymous anonymous (talk · contribs · count) – After announcing her/his retirement on September 1, 2006, user returned briefly in December 2006 to leave some seasons' greetings. Most recent edit was one post to own talk page in March 2019.
• Anonymous Dissident (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator and bureaucrat with over 47,000 edits between 2007 and 2021, the vast majority of which were prior to 2011. Became one of the youngest editors to ever be granted adminship in September 2007, at only twelve years of age. Desysopped due to inactivity in 2014; last edit 15 February 2021.
• Anonymous editor (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit: June 17, 2006.
• Ansh666 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator with 21,115 edits across both accounts. Made 20,382 edits on original account. Requested to be desyopped on June 11, 2019 and have all rights removed except autopatrol. Moved to Ansh.666 (talk · contribs · count), made 733 edits, and placed retirement templates on both accounts September 28, 2023.
• Antepenultimate (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 25, 2017.
• Appraiser (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 42,464 edits and 2,000 pages created from Aug 2006 to Sep 2008, then just 30 random edits before unexplained full stop in March 2012. As of March 2020, over 11 years after first going virtually dormant, was still in the top 1900 of most prolific editors ever.
• Apollomelos (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 19, 2005. User & user talk pages were deleted May 21, 2005 by request, citing the reason "I am leaving the project because I no longer have the time to spare contributing to often controversial topics in which I must spend 75% of my time explaining the information to users who did not even bother to read up on the topics[...]". Final edit indicated this user would be returning; has not edited since.
• Apostrophe (talk · contribs · count) – Blanked his user and talk pages on August 4, 2008; last edit on February 25, 2009.
• Aranel (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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.
• 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.
• Are you ready for IPv6? (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 30, 2015.
• ArielGold (talk · contribs · count) – Contributor to a few GAs, author of several articles and DYKs, and the recipient of dozens of barnstars, her main period of activity was 2007 to 2009 with brief burst of editing in 2013 and finally in 2019.
• Argolin (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 7, 2014.
• Ark30inf (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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.
• Arriva436 (talk · contribs · count) – Pending changes reviewer who mainly edited UK transport articles. Last edit January 29, 2013, adding onto their user page a {{semi-retired}} banner along with a notice on why they had left; this was subsequently removed per WP:POLEMIC.
• ARTEST4ECHO (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor, pending changes reviewer with 42,000 edits and 1,143 pages created, including extensive work on articles relating to the Latter Day Saint movement, before sudden unexplained full stop in September 2015. As of March 2020, over 4 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2000 of most prolific editors ever.
• 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.
• AtheWeatherman (talk · contribs · count) – Edited frequently for two years before stopping in December 2009. Made one last edit on November 6, 2010.
• AtilimGunesBaydin (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor to Turkey-related topics; instrumental in improving Turkish language to featured article status. Edits began trailing off in April 2010; hasn't edited since August 23, 2012. Made two edits on Wikimedia Commons in August 2013; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• Atomic Religione (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 13, 2015.
• ATS (talk · contribs · count) – Added {{Retired}} to user and user talk pages on September 7, 2021. Subsequently returned one year later as DaydreamBelizer (talk · contribs · count), making a further 403 edits between then and March 5, 2023; has not edited since.
• AuburnPilot (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit May 7, 2022.
• Audude08 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit: April 7, 2008. User page deleted. Left retirement template and message on talk page.
• AussieLegend (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on 30 March 2022 with 173,395 edits. His user page states his health issues and states that “If I don't edit in a month or more, you can safely assume that I won't be back.”
• Avenged Eightfold (talk · contribs · count), formerly Red Thunder (talk · contribs) and Stormtracker94 (talk · contribs) – Active in both content creation and countervandalism; brought Backbreaker (video game) to GA-status. After amassing almost 16,000 edits, announced in August 2010 that they were on holiday and never returned.
• Az1568 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 1-18-2022, last global edit on English Wikibooks 4-1-2024.
• 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 2, 2008.
• Azylber (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 18, 2014.

• B.Wind (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on May 6, 2010.
• B. Wolterding (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on March 23, 2010.
• Badbilltucker (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on January 28, 2007 on arbitration with User:RyanFreisling.
• Bahavd Gita (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 4, 2012.
• Balcer (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on September 8, 2007.
• Bald Zebra (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Formerly known as Bettia (talk · contribs). Was primarily active from December 2007 through to mid-2011, after which he contributed on a more sporadic basis before becoming almost completely inactive as of 2015. Last edit 26 November 2020.
• Balloonman (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edited on June 12, 2012. Left a retirement notice on his userpage. Has occasionally edited as an IP after his retirement.
• Banes (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – On August 29, 2006 he left a retirement message on his userpage, saying he would be busy for the next few months, though he continued editing sporadically. Last edit on April 19, 2013.
• Barbara Shack (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 25, 2015.
• Baristarim (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 8, 2007, save for one edit on March 18, 2022.
• 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.
• Barney the barney barney (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on September 3, 2014.
• Barras (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 10-25-2015, last global edit on Simple English Wikipedia 1-15-2023.
• Barrettmagic (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution October 19, 2021. Was indefinitely blocked after being compromised.
• Bart133 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on October 19, 2011.
• BartonPaul (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on March 8, 2007. Edited only architecture-related articles.
• Basara-kun (talk · contribs · count) – Left on July 20, 2007 after uploading 50+ unsourced images. "Enough. My contributions are ignored, my images are removed from the articles and in general, my editions aren't "encyclopedic"."
• 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).
• Begonia Brandbygeana (talk · contribs · count) – Made their last edit on July 8, 2013. Contributor with over 4,000 edits. First edit was made on December 18, 2011. No reason was given as to why activity stopped.
• Bejinhan (talk · contribs · count) – Stopped actively editing June 2019. Made one mainspace edit in July 2022 and then marked user and user talk pages as retired in January 2023.
• Ben (talk · contribs · count) – Highly experienced with templates, improving several of them. Last edit was on May 18, 2007.
• Ben-Zin~enwiki (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 7, 2004. First edit June 8, 2002.
• Ben b (talk · contribs · count) – Made over 2,400 contributions to Wikipedia. Was very active until July 2014. Last edit on December 13, 2018.
• Bencherlite (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – A ten-year editor, Bencherlite was heavily involved in the featured article and TFA processes. He essentially stopped editing in December 2017, with his final two edits being made on January 25, 2018.
• Benny the mascot (talk · contribs · count) – Instrumental in getting Benet Academy to GA status. Not edited since 2010.
• Bentley Banana (talk · contribs · count) – Has not edited since February 2011.
• Berean Hunter (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator and checkuser with over 73,000 edits spanning a 12-year editing career. Active in a variety of different venues, but was a particularly prolific volunteer at SPI. Last edited on October 1, 2020, and was desysopped for inactivity the following year.
• 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 their user page, which was resigning over the then-deletion of Allison Stokke.
• 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.
• Bever (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit was made on August 24, 2021, in an article. First made was made on May 4, 2013.
• Bgwhite (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 15, 2020. First edit May 11, 2005. 547,151 edits.
• Big Adamsky (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 27, 2006, followed by one edit in November 2013, one in September 2014, and one in May 2016. Subsequently made one edit on English Wiktionary in September 2016; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• Biker Biker (talk · contribs · count) – Former prolific contributor, pending changes reviewer and rollbacker with 41,000 edits. Created 6,016 new pages, many dealing with motorcycles and automobiles. Consistently active from May 2009 until unexplained full stop in June 2013. As of February 2020, nearly 7 years after stopping, was still in the top 2000 of most prolific editors ever.
• BigNate37 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on August 31, 2012.
• 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 william compton (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 8, 2019.
• Bine Mai (talk · contribs · count) – Former prolific contributor and pending changes reviewer with 41,700 edits. Created 7,305 pages, active editor of articles relating to rugby, association football and their homeland of Romania. Consistently active from June 2007 to July 2013, then sporadic until unexplained full stop in July 2019. Made one subsequent edit on Wikidata in April 2020; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since. As of February 2020, 7 years after first becoming virtually dormant, was still in the top 2000 of most prolific editors ever.
• Biosketch (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution April 20, 2013.
• BL (talk · contribs · count) (now BL~enwiki (talk · contribs · count)) – Left notice on userpage. Last edit May 15, 2004.
• Black Falcon (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit August 9, 2020.
• 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.
• Blackmane (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 20, 2022.
• Blanchey (talk · contribs · count) – Last edited on February 22, 2023. Their final edit was the creation of their blank user page.
• BlankVerse (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 5, 2007. Made one edit on April 8, 2008. "There are times when editor behavior and decision making, as well as governance on the Wikipedia, seems closer to the "Lord of the Flies" than the Quaker ideal of civility and consensus that the Wikipedia professes to follow. There is no joy in Mudville tonight."
• 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."
• Blood Lines of Darkness (talk · contribs · count) – Editor who contributed to music articles, among other things. Last edit was on April 20, 2010.
• Blood Red Sandman (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator. Last edit 7-22-2020, last global edit on English Wikinews 8-10-2020.
• BloodDoll (talk · contribs · count) – Last edited in July 2019, then stopped abruptly. Came back on August 4, 2021 to make numerous automated edits.
• Blow of Light (talk · contribs · count) – User with 5,542 edits. Placed semi-retired template on his user page May 4, 2008. Changed user page to say "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.
• Bluegoblin7 (talk · contribs · count) – Most active on Simple English Wikipedia, Bluegoblin7 essentially retired from editing in January 2015, only making one edit on August 24, 2015 and no edits since then.
• Bluemoose (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) (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.
• Bmicomp (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator, focus on articles relating to Chicago. Made full stop on September 28, 2014, returned for a moment with a single edit on January 14, 2017, and briefly returned once again making an edit on March 27, 2022.
• Boadrummer (talk · contribs · count) – Left April 27, 2009, did not announce departure. Later made three edits in July 2011 and one to own userpage on October 25, 2013. Had a large number of edits mostly related to music.
• 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.
• BoogerD (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 2, 2020.
• BoojiBoy (talk · contribs · count) – Almost 9000 edits, stopped prolific editing in August 2006, then returned in May 2007 before retiring for good on June 11, 2007. Left a message on his talk page, "I gave it another chance, nothing has changed here and it's not worth my time. I won't be back this time."
• Bornintheguz (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 3, 2005. A very prolific contributor to articles about soccer.
• BoringHistoryGuy (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 13, 2022.
• Boson (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – A fifteen-year editor, Boson asked to be desysopped in November 2018 saying they would "not be able to devote as much time to the project" afterward unsubscribed from newsletters and never edited again.
• 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.
• Bpeps (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution May 15, 2008. Created the essay Wikipedia:Cabals.
• Brambleberry of RiverClan (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 18, 2018.
• BrandonYusufToropov (talk · contribs · count) – Often signed as "BYT". Last edit September 6, 2009.
• Bratsche (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Main period of activity was in 2005. Reduced engagement with Wikipedia from March 2006, contributing only sporadically for the next thirteen years. Made one final edit on April 1, 2019 at the bureaucrats' noticeboard to request desysopping.
• Brat32 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 24, 2006; blanked their userpage and replaced it with the message "I'm gone."
• BrendelSignature (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator. Last edit January 27, 2013.
• Brian (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Formerly Brian New Zealand (talk · contribs). Regular editing dried up in 2013, and his last edit was in January 2018. Brian had contributed to Wikipedia (and other WMF projects) since 2005. He was a highly active member of the OTRS team (now superceded by the Volunteer Response Team, or "VRT").
• BritishWatcher (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 24, 2013.
• Bryan Derksen (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator and prolific editor with over 99,000 edits. Last edit August 23, 2020, with first edit on August 21, 2001.
• Bullzeye (talk · contribs · count) – Stopped editing in early February 2010.
• Bunchofgrapes (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator. Last substantive edit in 2015, before making several edits to their user talk page since, including one declaring that they were a "poor schlub" who had not edited since "time immemorial".
• Bwithh (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 2, 2007; creator of Wikipedia:Random page patrol; left goodbye notice on userpage.

• 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 March 26, 2007. Over 29,000 edits.
• Callinus (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 5, 2019.
• Caltrop (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit February 5, 2022.
• Calvin999 (talk · contribs · count) – A formerly frequent editor of various music-related articles. No activity since May 9, 2023.
• 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 edit was on April 1, 2008; he made a number of questionable blocks in May and July which led to his eventual desysopping on July 19 pending communication with ArbCom. Has not been heard from since. Made one edit on Wikimedia Commons in March 2010; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• CanadianCaesar (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator. Last edit April 19, 2007. Made one edit on April 10, 2009.
• Canadianism (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 8, 2014. First edit August 26, 2005.
• Candlewicke (talk · contribs · count) (now CLWE (talk · contribs · count)) – Last edit March 28, 2017. 52,784 edits since August 2006.
• Canihaveacookie (talk · contribs · count) – First edit December 18, 2007; last edit May 3, 2018, which was to blank their talk page.
• Canoe1967 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 11, 2014.
• Cantthinkofagoodname (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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.
• 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.
• Carbonrodney (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 14, 2014.
• Casey Abell (talk · contribs · count) – Quit Wikipedia concerning the Durova/Giano conflict, at the end of November 2007. Last edit made December 2, 2007, voting on Newyorkbrad's Arbitration Committee election. Made over 11,000 edits. Briefly returned to create Victoria Clamp in October 2013.
• CasualObserver'48 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 23, 2018. First edit September 14, 2007.
• 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.
• Catapult (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor, with 44,700 edits, including 10,500 pages created, all in 2006, their one and only year of editing. Made a request in April 2007 to have their user page deleted, so reasons for leaving are gone. As of March 2020, 14 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1700 of most prolific editors ever.
• Catbar (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator; second to last edit was made on February 20, 2010. Made one final edit on April 18, 2015.
• CateFromArcadia (talk · contribs · count) – First edit June 5, 2020; last edit December 7, 2022.
• CatherineMunro (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator; last edit on March 14, 2015.
• Catchpole (talk · contribs · count) (now Hannibalormaybejustrex (talk · contribs · count)) – Last contribution December 17, 2020.
• CattleGirl (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator; last edit April 4, 2008. Was desysopped in 2011 due to inactivity. Friendly contributor with 4,998 edits who was consistently active from 2006 to 2008, where editing ceased in April 2008, with no reason given on inactivity.
• Cavila (talk · contribs · count) – Added a "semi-retired" notice to their userpage in February 2011; made a declining number of edits until placing a "retired" notice on May 6, 2012. Made a single edit in October 2020.
• 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.
• Celestina007 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 25, 2022.
• 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.
• Cernen (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution May 14, 2008.
• 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.
• Chamal N (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Owner of 50 DYKs and two Triple Crowns, he was elected admin months after registering in 2008. Chamal N made three edits in 2014, one on 2016, and his final one in 2020.
• 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.
• Chicken Wing (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 25, 2013, save for two edits on October 22, 2019.
• 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.
• Chip123456 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 12, 2018.
• Chris 73 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit 1-21-2017, last global edit on Commons 9-18-2022.
• 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.
• ChrisGualtieri (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 3, 2016.
• Chrishmt0423 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 8, 2019.
• 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.
• 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.
• Citrusbowler (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 21, 2013.
• CJ (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator. Last edit September 14, 2021.
• CJLL Wright (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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".
• Closedmouth (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit June 2, 2022.
• Clubmarx (talk · contribs · count) – 13,100 edits; last edit before long stop on November 12, 2011. Made four edits on September 13, 2020.
• CloudNine (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former Administrator. Last edit January 1, 2018. Admin rights were removed in January 2013 due to inactivity. Does not appear to have edited actively since 2009.
• Cmadler (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 25, 2018, save for one edit on July 11, 2023.
• CO (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on November 24, 2007.
• Coasterman1234 (talk · contribs · count) – Member of WikiProject Amusement Parks. Last edited on November 24, 2008.
• Cobaltbluetony (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit July 17, 2015. Posted Wikibreak template in August 2010, slowed down as a contributor to an eventual stop in the three years to follow. Appears to have given no reason. Returned in June 2014, then edited occasionally for year and a month.
• Coelacan (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit November 23, 2007.
• Colin Kimbrell (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 4, 2006. Left over concerns about the Wikipedia:Reward board, saying, "I'm going on Wikibreak, maybe forever, due to WP:RB. I no longer wish to contribute my labor to the project under these conditions, as I feel that this tremendously misguided proposal deals a critical blow to the credibility of the project...If it dies, I might come back. Otherwise, best of luck, y'all"[1].
• 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 edit on December 10, 2011.
• ConcernedVancouverite (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 20, 2013.
• Conte Giacomo (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on February 2, 2006.
• Coolabahapple (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 24, 2022.
• Cooltobekind (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 29, 2011.
• Coolug (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 18, 2013. Later made three edits in 2014, and one last edit in May 2017.
• Corax (talk · contribs · count) – Missing since May 22, 2006, following controversy and a block surrounding his posting of another Wikipedian's personal information.
• Coredesat (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator, 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]
• Courtkittie (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 18, 2007.
• Corvus cornix (talk · contribs · count) – Former prolific contributor, with 40,200 edits. Stopped editing April 2011, saying "Done. Goodbye." in a post stating their reaction to feeling falsely accused of vandalism. As of February 2020, 9 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2100 of most prolific editors ever.
• 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.
• Copperchloride (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 11 April 2018.
• 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 October 17, 2014; first edit August 29, 2006.
• Cricket246 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on August 13, 2018; missing since then.
• Crossmr (talk · contribs · count) – Formally retired in April 2012 but made their last edit on February 6, 2013.
• CrowzRSA (talk · contribs · count) – He earned numerous good articles and DYKs for music-related content. His prolific editing 2009 through 2011 led to a single edit in 2012, a return to heavy editing 2013-2014, four edits in 2015 and nothing in 2016, another spurt of activity in 2017 and only 18 more edits in 2018 perhaps because he was a college student.
• Cryptic C62 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 1, 2018, save for one edit on August 20, 2022.
• 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) – Placed a "long wikibreak" notice on their user page on November 27, 2007. Made one more edit on December 21, 2007.
• CultureDrone (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on May 15, 2009.
• Curps (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Declared a semi-Wikivacation on May 13, 2006, and made some bot edits, blocks, and deletions up until June 26, 2006, and then declared a long-term Wikivacation on August 1, 2006 and has not edited since.
• CWY2190 (talk · contribs · count) – Rollbacker, last edit on July 28, 2013.
• CyborgTosser (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit May 3, 2007.
• Cyphoidbomb (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit August 30, 2022, save for three edits in December 2023.
• Cyrus XIII (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 2, 2015; preceding edit February 6, 2013.
• Czj (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 12, 2009.

• Daaviiid (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 29, 2017.
• Dabackgammonator (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 29, 2010. Came back as Marco Guzman, Jr (talk · contribs · count) on January 31, 2010. Retired May 2, 2016.
• Dadaesque (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 26, 2010.
• Daemonic Kangaroo (talk · contribs · count) – Retired on April 18, 2014 after an apparent disagreement. Made one edit on Wikimedia Commons later that year; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• Damuna (talk · contribs · count) – Has not edited since November 18, 2012.
• Dana boomer (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit December 1, 2016.
• Danakil (talk · contribs · count) – This user edited for only one and a half months, from August 1 to September 14, 2004, yet during that time made 3,089 edits. Although his page moves were controversial, he was responsible for the systematic and correct categorization of hundreds of programming languages and other software-related articles.
• DanDs (talk · contribs · count) – Expanded many articles to very good B-class articles, and helped to get The Sword of Shannara to GA, but he left suddenly on July 19, returning only 3 times after that, including blanking his userpage on September 5, 2008.
• 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. As of February 2020, over 5 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of most prolific editors ever.
• Daniel Olsen (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit was on May 27, 2008. An administrator, he made a total of 6,244 edits at the time of being marked missing.
• Daniel11 (talk · contribs · count) – Edited from April 29, 2004 – Last edit July 18, 2008. Contributed primarily to beer-related articles.
• Danieljackson (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 29, 2010.
• Danny (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator, former Wikimedia Foundation employee, prolific contributor with 41,000 edits. Present from nearly the start, with first edit in February 2002. Created 8,709 pages. Very active until April 2008, then sporadic edits until unexplained full stop in June 2014. As of February 2020, nearly 12 years after first becoming virtually dormant, was still in the top 2000 of most prolific editors ever.
• Darkfred (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 27, 2006.
• Darkspots (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 24, 2008. Announced retirement on talk page.
• Darthgriz98 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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.
• DARTH SIDIOUS 2 (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor, account creator, pending changes reviewer and rollbacker with 45,800 edits, including 7,700 pages created. Massively active for just 12 months, from June 2010 to June 2011, made only forty random edits thereafter until posting “{{Retired}}” and making full stop in June 2012. As of March 2020, nearly 9 years after effectively going dormant, was still in the top 1800 of most prolific editors ever.
• Da.Tomato.Dude (talk · contribs · count) – Disappeared and she never returned. Last edit was on April 29, 2007.
• David Kernow (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 42,960 edits. Created 1,779 new pages. Very active from November 2005 until posting "{{Wikibreak}}" in June 2007 – , not editing until 2010, briefly returning then and making 28 edits that year on June, July, and October with the last edit being made on October 11, 2010. As of February 2020, 13 years after becoming virtually dormant, was still in the top 2000 of most prolific editors ever.
• David.Throop (talk · contribs · count) – Stopped editing actively in January 2010, then made two edits in 2011, one in March 2013, and six relating to PCSK9 in June 2015.
• David91 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 12, 2006, suggested some health issues.
• Davodd (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit August 31, 2022.
• Davshul (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution December 7, 2011. Prolific editor who started many new pages.
• Dayewalker (talk · contribs · count) – Added {{Retired}} to user and user talk pages on July 11, 2013 and made his last edit eight days later.
• Dbroadwell (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 22, 2008. Came back to make a few edits on March 7, 2009.
• Deckiller (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit May 1, 2022.
• Deeb (talk · contribs · count) – After a pause of more than two years in editing starting August 3, 2012, returned and edited intermittently from 2015 into early 2019. Made one subsequent edit on April 2, 2021; has not edited since.
• Deepak D'Souza (talk · contribs · count) – Last edited in January 2011.
• Deflective (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor with over 28,000 edits. Was active during 2017, but slowed down after June 2017, making one last edit on May 2, 2018. First edit July 4, 2006.
• 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.
• Deppty (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 25, 2022.
• 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.
• DESiegel (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit October 6, 2021.
• Designate (talk · contribs · count) – Often contributed to articles on politicians up through 2014, and has only edited sporadically since, most recently on October 26, 2020.
• Deyyaz (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 7, 2018.
• De la Marck (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 20, 2021. Contributor with over 4,000 edits.
• Dieter Simon (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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 edited as Kurt in March 2012.
• Digwuren (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 21, 2009.
• Dijxtra (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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.
• Dineshkannambadi (talk · contribs · count) – Long-term and prolific editor with several FAs; last edited in 2011. Continued contributing to Wikimedia Commons until February 2019; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• Dinosaur puppy (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 24, 2007. States on userpage that he has gotten a little bored and is less active now.
• Dirtlawyer1 (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific and popular user with 90K edits, mainly on US collegiate sports articles and related topics. Last edit in April 2016, almost exactly 7 years after his first edit.
• Dispenser (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor, created tools for fixing disambiguation links. Editing slowed down in 2019 and no edits since March 15, 2020. Continued contributing to Wikimedia Commons until March 2021; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• DLJessup (talk · contribs · count) – Became inactive on November 12, 2006 after two years of prolific editing. Last edit June 5, 2009.
• 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 December 30, 2013.
• Doceirias (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 22, 2010.
• Doctree (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 19, 2019.
• Docu (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator. Last edit April 17, 2014. Was a prolific editor on Commons and Wikidata, but stopped editing on those locations at the same time.
• DomRem (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 18, 2007. Contributor that was active in NASCAR-related articles, making over 1,000 edits from 2005 to 2007. Activity slowed in 2007, making 29 edits that year until final edit, with no reason given to inactivity. First edit made on June 12, 2005.
• Don'tKnowItAtAll (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 29, 2016; preceding edit August 7, 2012.
• DonJay (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 16, 2016.
• 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 · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Sysop, last edit November 10, 2009. Left message on userpage, then made one revert to it on June 10, 2014.
• DoriSmith (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 23, 2015.
• Dozenist (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 15, 2009.
• Dr. Submillimeter (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution February 6, 2008.
• Dr. Universe (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 22, 2022.
• 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 November 12, 2012, after a gap in editing since March 13, 2009.
• Dreambeaver (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 29, 2014.
• DreamGuy (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 8, 2015. Prolific contributor.
• DrFleischman (talk · contribs · count) – Major contributor to United States political articles. First edited on July 22, 2008, but began editing regularly on September 1, 2011. Last edit July 26, 2018.
• DropDeadGorgias (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator. Last contribution June 29, 2010. Started editing in 2003.
• Drow69 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 16, 2018.
• Dsimic (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 39,600 edits, including extensive work on articles relating to computer programming, before sudden full stop in July 2016. As of February 2020, nearly 4 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2200 of most prolific editors ever.
• Dsreyn (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 29, 2010.
• Dudemanfellabra (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 4, 2017. First edit March 18, 2008. Prolific contributor with 25,648 edits.
• Dugwiki (talk · contribs · count) – Did a lot of category work. Disappeared. Last edit September 25, 2009.
• Duja (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator, editor since 2004; last edit July 30, 2008.
• Duncharris (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Long time editor and admin, departed September 25, 2006 after blanking his user pages.
• Durin (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Left in December 2007 due to legal threats from another user.
• Dusti (talk · contribs · count) – Active 2007 trough 2014, his last edit came September 14, 2023.
• DV8 2XL (talk · contribs · count) – Message on the user page, last edit April 30, 2007.
• DVD R W (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit in September 2010.
• Dvyost (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – An administrator, announced their departure on their user page on January 9, 2006, saying "I'm increasingly unable to justify the time I put in here". Made a few further edits, the last on February 17, 2007. Came back and blanked their pages on September 6, 2011.
• Dysprosia (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator, last edit March 3, 2007. First edit July 2, 2003.

• Earlypsychosis (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 14, 2013.
• Eatingme (talk · contribs · count) – Fond of updating football articles, last edited in 2011.
• Eat me, I'm an azuki (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 23, 2020. Formerly Eat me, I'm a red bean (talk · contribs · count).
• Echuck215 (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution January 8, 2014.
• EdChem (talk · contribs · count) – A ten year editor, EdChem earned a four award and a triple-crown editing from 2008 to 2021.
• 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 · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former admin who last edited on September 13, 2020. Was desysopped in 2018 for inactivity.
• 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 April 17, 2022.
• Elaragirl (talk · contribs · count) – Placed a retirement template on her user page on March 28, 2007, and made her last edits May 27, 2007, then blanked most of her talk page on September 2, 2008.
• Elaqueate (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 23, 2014.
• Electionworld (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit June 5, 2022, save for one edit on September 6, 2023. Continued contributing to Dutch Wikipedia until October 2023; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• Electricburst1996 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 2, 2019. Blanked his user page with a message that he was no longer active on his account.
• ElectrodeandtheAnode (talk · contribs · count) – With multiple GAs to his credit, he stopped editing in February 2019.
• Electriccatfish2 (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution October 12, 2012.
• Elen of the Roads (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator, former arbitrator. Last edit March 20, 2013.
• ElinorD (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator, last edit December 9, 2008.
• Elipongo (talk · contribs · count) – A ten-year editor and countervandal, Elipongo was mostly active 2006 to 2008, with spurts of editing in 2011 and 2014 with only nine edits in 2017.
• Eliyak (talk · contribs · count) – Former prolific contributor, with 34,000 edits (of 40,700 total) from 2006 to early 2009, including extensive work on articles relating to their Israeli homeland. Sporadic for final ten years, until sudden full stop in September 2020. As of February 2020, 2 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2100 of most prolific editors ever.
• Elockid (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Admin, CheckUser, and Oversighter who 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.
• Emcg93 (talk · contribs · count) – First edit April 9, 2014. Last edit April 1, 2018. Mostly edited female wrestler articles.
• Enaidmawr (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor on Welsh subjects, has made no edits since April 10, 2010.
• Encephalon (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former Administrator with 6,009 edits. Last edit was made October 3, 2021, with the first edit being made on August 5, 2005. Normal editing ceased after 2006, making sporadic edits afterwards until final edit in October 2021. Was desysopped in 2012 due to inactivity.
• Endrick Shellycoat (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 20, 2012.
• Enigmaman (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – A prolific editor 2008-2009 with an additional burst of activity circa 2017-2019, he marked himself semi-retired in 2020 and his last edit was April 10, 2023.
• Enki H. (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 20, 2022. Made over 1,000 edits in the span of a few months, before a sudden stop in editing in July 2009. No reason was given on inactivity. First edit was made on April 21, 2009.
• EP111 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 16, 2021. First edit June 25, 2006. 393,069 edits.
• Epbr123 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator. With nearly 292,000 edits, suddenly slowed to a few (26) sporadic edits after May 2013, ending with a final edit, archiving their talk page, in May 2019. As of February 2020, seven years first going virtually dormant, was still in the top 100 of most prolific editors ever. Account was later indefinitely blocked on November 20, 2021 after being compromised.
• Epeefleche (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific content creator with more than 150,000 edits over nine years. Abruptly ceased editing in July 2015 amid an ongoing CCI. As of June 2022, remains in the top 400 by number of edits.
• Equazcion (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 12, 2020. Created the user script OneClickArchiver.
• Erik the Red 2 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on March 3, 2009.
• Ermahgerd9 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 14, 2021.
• ErnestKrause (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 19, 2023.
• Esoltas (talk · contribs · count) (now LP6ugh2TsT (talk · contribs · count)) – A Wikignome who helped set up WikiProject Shipwrecks. Abruptly replaced all content on user and talk pages with "THIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN CLOSED BY THE USER," in February 2010, after a three year gap without edits. Has not edited again.
• Essexmutant (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Surrendered his adminship and left a departure message on his userpage on September 12, 2006, followed by his final four edits 12 days later.
• Essjay (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit March 4, 2007. He retired after being exposed by the New Yorker. He has since surrendered his various flags on every Wikimedia project. See Essjay controversy.
• Estrose (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 30, 2006.
• EthanGaming7640 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 8, 2022.
• 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 · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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".
• Everyking (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Long-time editor and administrator with well over 100,000 edits. Suddenly became inactive on September 14, 2017.
• EVula (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – A former admin and bureaucrat, he indicated he felt that there was not much left for 'crats to do on Wikipedia and having lost his bits due to inactivity he made a total of five edits across 2016 and 2017 with his last edit coming May 3, 2017.
• EWS23 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Editor and admin, most active from 2005-2007, with periods of sporadic activity from 2008-2016. Officially retired and de-sysoped due to inactivity in 2019. A message from the editor, Eric: "Wikipedia was a second home for me in an important period in my life, and despite its ups and downs, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I doubt I'll ever be a full time editor again, but rest assured that retirement is treating me well, and I'll continue to lurk here under another name, correcting typos as I read. Thank you to those of you who continue to maintain and build this encyclopedia; please be kind to each other, and I wish you all nothing but peace and blessings."
• Exemplo347 (talk · contribs · count) – Exemplo347 was active 2016 through 2018 with a burst of activity in 2023 with a final edit on December 10, 2023.
• Excirial (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit October 28, 2021. After a year-long absence that began in October 2020, returned to state in this edit summary that he hoped to become more active before long, but has instead remained inactive.
• Exir Kamalabadi (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 24, 2007, owing to the fact that his home country of China had blocked access to Wikipedia at the time. Came back once more to request permanent protection of user page on May 20, 2008. Requested unprotection in 2010, left {{Abandoned account| an anonymous user}} on his userpage on September 30, 2011, editing again briefly in June and July 2012, and then blanked his userpage, his talk page, and some essays he wrote in September 2014.
• ExpressingYourself (talk · contribs · count) – Long-term editor & article creator, active for over a decade, most commonly on pages related to UK TV shows, films, and actors/actresses. Last edit 17th January, 2017, when he blanked his page.
• Extransit (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit May 3, 2016.
• Eye of the Mind (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights)/The Random Editor (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – User's sister allegedly used account to delete the main page in December 2007; was desysopped. Made two final edits, one to remvoe an announcement that they had left in October 2008, and then one in April 2010.

• Faedra (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 1, 2005. "This contributor is currently under the impression that Wikipeia is a complete waist of time. (except for a spelling lesson)." Was exclusively active in 2004 and made less than 2000 edits total, but helped to expand Wikipedia's coverage of British honorifics and historical figures.
• 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 November 17, 2020.
• FamicomJL (talk · contribs · count) – Made a few edits in March 2008 and then disappeared. 1,499 edits to the mainspace before his departure.
• Farine (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 3, 2014. Made over 10,000 edits spread out across namespaces and topics, with a particular interest in Canadian department stores and soap operas.
• 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.
• Fattyjwoods (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on July 13, 2013.
• FayssalF (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) − Former administrator and arbitrator. Has been largely inactive since early 2010, albeit with brief spurts of editing interspersed over the course of several years (most notably in October 2018) Last edit April 20, 2022.
• Feco (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit October 17, 2008. Was only really active in 2005 and had just a little over 3000 edits in total, but made many useful contributions to finance-related articles.
• 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.
• Fennec (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit June 13, 2023.
• Fetchcomms (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor, with 41,600 edits. Created 4,574 pages, was very active on then-Portal:Missouri. Consistently active from October 2009 until July 2012, then sporadic edits until unexplained full stop in May 2016. As of February 2020, 8 years after first becoming virtually dormant, was still in the top 2000 of most prolific editors ever.
• Fetofs (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 13, 2008.
• Field Marshal (talk · contribs · count) – He indicated he would be busy with exams on July 28, 2020 and made his last edits on August 1, never to return.
• Filiocht (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – After falling ill earlier in the year, he declared himself "away indefinitely" on June 6, 2006. He made a small number of edits from 2008 to 2012. He made his last edit March 14, 2013.
• Finalnight (talk · contribs · count) – After withdrawing from an RfA, placed a retirement notice on their userpage on July 17, 2008. Sporadically edited about a few leftover administrative issues afterwards.
• 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.
• Fixuture (talk · contribs · count) – User had amassed over 18,000 edits over a consistent period of time, but has not edited at all since July 27, 2017.
• Fl (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit May 4, 2023.
• Flcelloguy (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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 · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator, signed up on September 9, 2003. Has not made any edits since October 22, 2011.
• Floridasand (talk · contribs · count) – First edit May 31, 2006; last edit January 30, 2021.
• Fluri (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 31, 2016; preceding edit February 29, 2008.
• Flowerparty (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit September 11, 2009.
• FlugKerl (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 18, 2016, save for three edits on October 25, 2022.
• 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 21, 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.

• Footlessmouse (talk · contribs · count) – A user who was prolific in 2020 and worked on physics-based articles. Stopped editing on January 14, 2021. Added a mention to user page on February 4, 2021 about other obligations preventing them from editing Wikipedia. Made their final edits in April 10 and April 11, 2021.
• Forbsey (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 5, 2007, in which he or she began blanking all of their userpages and subpages.
• Forbidden User (talk · contribs · count) – Worked on many Disney-related articles. No activity since December 3, 2016.
• 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.
• Foxnpichu (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 30, 2021.
• Fraggle81 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 13, 2014.
• Fran Rogers (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – originally edited under the name Krimpet. She received the mop in 2007 after only three months of editing. Her final edit was on December 31, 2014 and was since desysopped for inactivity.
• Francs2000 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former bureaucrat, had over 38,000 edits, left good bye message on talk page. Last edit July 15, 2006. First edit September 16, 2003.
• Fratrep (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor, with 46,000 edits, including extensive work on disambiguation pages and their links. Massively active from April 2008 to May 2010, a few random edits thereafter until unexplained full stop in October 2010. As of March 2020, nearly 10 years after effectively going dormant, was still in the top 1700 of most prolific editors ever.
• Freak104 (talk · contribs · count) – Left February 6, 2008 due to WP:N's effects on comic book articles. Came back as Spidey104 (talk · contribs · count), edits dwindled over time with last edit on November 8, 2023.
• Freakofnurture (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator, stopped editing on November 5, 2007; has made some edits in late March 2008.
• Fredrik (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – A countervandal and mathematics-focused editor, they edited heavily 2003 to 2009, making few edits 2010, 2012, and 2013, with a final edit in 2015.
• Fredil Yupigo (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 8, 2018.
• FreeRangeFrog (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit August 26, 2015. He was desysopped on October 1, 2016 for inactivity.
• FreplySpang (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit April 22, 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 · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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, two June 21, 2010, and one on August 11, 2021.
• Finemann (talk · contribs · count) – Announced on September 7, 2011 that he was quitting for "personal" reasons and stated that he changed his password to something he can't remember and won't be able to go on Wikipedia again.
• FudgeFury (talk · contribs · count) – Last edits November 9, 2020.
• Fuhghettaboutit (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit January 5, 2022.
• 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 · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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. Two edits since, last on October 11, 2007.
• Fvw (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last contribution January 19, 2009.
• Fyre2387 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 21, 2021.

• G. C. Hood (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 2, 2015.
• G-Man (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit May 12, 2009. First edit February 11, 2003.
• Gadykozma (talk · contribs · count) – Stated he was "taking wikivacation, probably permanent" on November 22, 2004. Last edit December 21, 2004.
• Gaijin42 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 19, 2016.
• Galwhaa (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator, previously known as "Mathwiz2020", stopped editing regularly in 2007. He returned on August 7, 2008 to be renamed and made a few substantial edits. He ceased editing for one year after a couple of edits on October 21, 2008, but returned to make one edit on November 1, 2009, then requested a resysop (which was denied due to inactivity) on April 2, 2013.
• Gandydancer (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 14, 2021. First edit September 13, 2006.
• Ganymead (talk · contribs · count) – Left a retirement notice on his userpage on August 24, 2007 and on his talk page on November 19, 2007. Returned as Empidonax (talk · contribs · count) with infrequent edits. Last edit 1-24-2023, last global edit on Commons 4-21-2023.
• GassyGuy (talk · contribs · count) – A frequent, quality contributor to popular music articles; retired in July 2007 for reasons unknown.
• Gator1 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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 May 5, 2017.
• Gay Cdn (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor, with 38,969 edits before posting "{{Retired}}" and making full stop in July 2007. As of February 2020, nearly 13 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2100 of most prolific editors ever.
• Geek2003 (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution October 7, 2012. A major contributor to the Nortel suite of articles.
• Geogre (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last contribution July 29, 2009.
• Geologyguy (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor from February 2006 to full stop in May 2008, returned for two last edits in early 2019.
• George (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 11, 2022.
• GeorgeMoney (talk · contribs · count) – Retired. Last edit June 12, 2010.
• GeneralPatton (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Formerly an administrator, last edit March 9, 2007, although did come back (albeit very briefly) in January/February 2011 and expanded a single article. Came back again in early 2015, but no edits since March 20, 2015.
• GermanJoe (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit October 15, 2020.
• 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. Returned to one single edit on May 22, 2021.
• GHe (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 18, 2008.
• GhostofSuperslum (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 15, 2007, some seven months after indicating their departure on their user page.
• Giants27 (talk · contribs · count) – A prolific DYK editor, his last edit was on May 21, 2019.
• Giano (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit in August 2022.
• Giggy (talk · contribs · count) – Formerly Dihydrogen Monoxide; edits trailed off after February 2009 to last real edit on October 4. Returned to blank userpage on May 17, 2010; removed userbox from talk page 11 months later (April 17, 2011), and blanked a page in own userspace in June 2013.
• Gigs (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 9, 2022.
• Ginkgo100 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Created dozens of articles; thousands of annual edits in 2006 and 2007 dropped into hundreds of annual edits through 2011 to only tens of edits (or less) in following years with her last three edits in June 2022.
• Girolamo Savonarola (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit was on November 1, 2015.
• GiW (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 22, 2014.
• Gixce93 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 10, 2015. First edit May 15, 2013.
• GK (talk · contribs · count) – Last edits on December 7, 2006, when he participated in Arbitration Committee elections. Had previously stated he was leaving for good. Objected to an usurpation of his username in October 2010.
• Gloss (talk · contribs · count) – Often worked on hockey and Survivor articles. No activity since March 11, 2017.
• Gocsa (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 18, 2009.
• Goldfritha (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 21, 2018.
• Goldom (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit was on January 13, 2021. Made a total of 6,132 edits.
• Good Olfactory (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit August 24, 2023.
• Goodraise (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 22, 2015.
• Gorrister (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 5, 2005. Made two edits on March 21, 2012.
• Grafikm fr (talk · contribs · count) – Over 11,000 edits. Last edit in December 2013.
• GRAHAMUK (talk · contribs · count) – Over 7,000 edits, edited near-constantly between 2003 (first edit) and 2006, last edit February 17, 2015 after only 50 edits in the preceding five years.
• Gralo (talk · contribs · count) – Creator of the Energy Portal and excellent editor of energy-related articles. Last edit August 9, 2007.
• Graphium (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 22, 2017.
• GravityUp (talk · contribs · count) – Spurts of activity 2006 to 2016, another burst of editing in 2018, he made three edits in 2020 and not since.
• Grayshi (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 27, 2011.
• GRBerry (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Userpage says he is "not now active on any project". Last edit was May 18, 2010.
• GreatWhiteNortherner (talk · contribs · count) – Made over 13,000 edits over the course of over 10 years before vanishing in 2015.
• 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 · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator; stopped editing regularly in June 2006. Made one edit on January 4, 2007, and another single edit to his userpage on February 20. Returned making one more edit on September 25, 2008, and has not edited since then.
• GregManninLB (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 20, 2013.
• GregRobson (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last contribution December 31, 2013.
• Greyengine5 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 4, 2004.
• Greyhood (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 8-15-2013, last global edit on Commons 8-20-2013. Frequent contributor to topics related to Russia.
• Grimjaw (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 6, 2008.
• Grrrlriot (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution October 6, 2016.
• Guoguo12 (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution August 25, 2020.
• Guillaume2303 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 2, 2013.
• GunnarRene (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 20, 2007.
• Gwen Gale (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit April 14, 2020.
• Gwernol (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator, wikipedian since May 2005 with over 91,000 edits. Suddenly disappeared without notice or reasoning on July 29, 2008. Returned to add a retired message to their talk page on June 1, 2009 and requested desysopping on June 4.
• Gwynand (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 21, 2008.

• Hafspajen (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor to art-related topics and featured picture candidates; numerous editors proudly proclaimed their user pages to be "decorated by Hafspajen". Deleted user page on April 27, 2015, announcing retirement. Last edit August 26, 2016.
• Hairhorn (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor and rollbacker, with 40,600 edits. Had long pauses and brief returns until a full stop in November 2016. Last edit was on May 15, 2020. As of February 2020, nearly 4 years after going (basically) dormant, was still in the top 2100 of most prolific editors ever.
• Hajor (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – A former admin desysopped for inactivity, he stated "It stopped being fun... but it was fun while it lasted. Thanks for the ride" in his last edit on November 22, 2005.
• HalfShadow (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 7, 2020.
• Hall Monitor (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Active admin in anti-vandal work, stopped editing regularly near end of July 2009. Returned briefly to do more such work in February 2011 and February 2012. As of February 2020, fully eight years after going dormant, he was still in the top 5000 of Wikipedia's most prolific editors ever. Lost mop due to lack of activity.
• Hallows AG (talk · contribs · count) – Mostly active in 2011, they made a hundred edits in each of the following years before taking a wikibreak on August 5, 2014, later changing the wikibreak on October 31, 2015, which is currently their last edit.
• HamatoKameko (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 16, 2014. Edited hard rock topics, particularly relating to Lordi, until contributions dried up.
• Hampton11235 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on February 2, 2021.
• Hapsiainen (talk · contribs · count) – Has been absent from Wikipedia since December 12, 2005. No further explanation. Made some edits on the Finnish Wikipedia during 2006.
• Harro5 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Harro5's active editing ended in March 2013. Only making a handful of edits in each following year, Harro5 was de-sysopped for inactivity and made their last edit on October 2, 2022.
• Harry Potter (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 7, 2004. Contributor with 1,057 edits that was active in mid-2003 until September 2003, where activity dropped, making only 13 edits in 2004 until their final edit. First edit was made on May 5, 2003.
• Harry the Dirty Dog (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 2, 2017.
• Harry491 (talk · contribs · count) – Nearly full stop September 2006, inactive since two sporadic edits – one in 2009 and final one in August 2010.
• Hcheney (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator. Blanked his user archives with final edits in April 2008. He was subsequently desysopped in 2011 for inactivity.
• HDS (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 29, 2016.
• Hdt83 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator who was desysopped for inactivity. Last edit May 31, 2016, with first edit on September 10, 2006.
• Heatherawalls (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 5, 2022.
• Heaven's Wrath (talk · contribs · count) – Having created calendars for both Wikiproject Esparanza and the Birthday Committee, their last edit occurred September 15, 2008.
• HeirToPendragon (talk · contribs · count) – Made his last edit as a semi-active participant on November 27, 2007. Returned for a single edit on July 14, 2008. Replaced his user space with "I don't really edit Wikipedia anymore, but thanks for stopping by" on September 1, 2011. Major contributor to articles related to Avatar: The Last Airbender.
• Hello32020 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit was made on June 2, 2019, with the previous edit being made almost four months before. Previously had a gap in editing that was two years in length. No reason was given on inactivity.
• Hemanshu (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Member of WikiProject India whose final edits came on November 16, 2021.
• Henriettapussycat (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution made on September 6, 2011. Was consistently active before final edit, contributing to articles relating to women. First edit was made on July 19, 2011. Made over 2,000 edits in the span of nearly two months.
• Henrik (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator. Stopped editing in October 2013, then returned in March 2014. Last edit August 13, 2014.
• Hephaestos (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator. Stopped editing regularly in December 2004, followed by very sporadic editing. Left an unhappy goodbye on his user page on April 2, 2005. Last edit was on February 27, 2007, until one edit on July 25, 2013.
• Hermione1980 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator. Previously took a long break on May 7, 2006 but returned to active editing in December 2008. Left on April 3, 2009 by leaving a message on their talk page, further explaining her refusal to be contacted by Wikipedia or by e-mail.
• Hersfold (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – An administrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, oversighter, arbitrator, and operator of two bot accounts. Made over 30,000 edits from 2007 to 2013, mainly working behind-the-scenes in dispute resolution and site maintenance; he was known for his sense of humor and approachable disposition. Effectively retired in 2013, but continued to edit sporadically until his final edit on January 10, 2014.
• Hghyux (talk · contribs · count) – Retired after making over 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. Returned in 2020 to edit sporadically as PeridotThot, see Special:Diff/964277181.
• Hillman (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor to articles on mathematics and physics, especially general relativity. Left in October 2006, ground down by degradation of material he had written. Briefly reappeared in July 2008. Made two later edits (July 2009, July 2010) to blank own user space and restate they were long retired and ask "Request locking of my talk page by some kindly admin. I'm retired! TIA", which an editor did for them a few months later.
• Hippi ippi (talk · contribs · count) – Last articlespace edit November 26, 2007. Made several edits to her own userspace pages in 2008, posting an "I quit" notice on March 20, 2008. Blanked userspace pages in September 2012 and December 2014.
• Hiroizmeh (talk · contribs · count) – Was a prolific editor of paleontology-related pages (particularly new discoveries) in 2021 and early 2022. They disappeared in the middle of a discussion on WP:RFD with their last edit made on March 15, 2022. Does not respond to emails.
• HisSpaceResearch (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor, rollbacker with 15,000 edits, including 1,300 page created, during a brief period from June 2006 until unexplained full stop in August 2008.
• HistoricMN44 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 2, 2015. Made a few edits in January 2017 to archive talk page.
• Hit bull, win steak (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit March 8, 2013. Does not appear to have given reason or advance notice of departure.
• Hitsuji Kinno (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 6, 2016.
• Hm2k (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on September 8, 2020.
• HoboJones (talk · contribs · count) – Posted "{{Retired}}" with last edit January 2, 2009.
• Homestarmy (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution December 13, 2010.
• Hrafn (talk · contribs · count) – Former prolific contributor, with 40,200 edits, before sudden stop in May 2012, save for six edits in February 2013. Returned for two subsequent edits, including a mention that they had retired, to contribute to a discussion at Template talk:Primary sources. Returned for three final edits in July 2022, and has not edited since. As of February 2020, 8 years after first going dormant, was still in the top 2100 of most prolific editors ever.
• HResearcher (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit was made on September 11, 2006. Formerly active editor who cleaned up various pages and articles and participated in AfDs. First edit was made on April 15, 2006.
• Hubschrauber729 (talk · contribs · count) – Racked up over 11,000 edits before vanishing in 2010.
• HuffTheWeevil (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 5, 2022.
• Humansdorpie (talk · contribs · count) – Mature, good-humoured editor with special interest in Africa articles. Left an unhappy goodbye on his user page on June 8, 2006, in response to legal threats. Returned to edit replace the goodbye on user page with a quote from Caged in April 2018, and made several edits from October–December 2020, and later on October 30, 2021.
• Humus sapiens (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Admin and prolific contributor on Jewish-history topics. Last edit May 5, 2008, with no indication of why he stopped. User page later marked "{{Retired}}" by an IP-address user.
• HuskyHuskie (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on July 2, 2015.
• Hurricane111 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 5, 2021, after a slowing of edits beginning on December 2019. First edit August 31, 2004.
• Hydrogen Iodide (talk · contribs · count) – Just 31 short of 128,000 edits, was a major contributor to articles on cities and buildings. Stopped editing in December 2008, but inertia meant four last edits on March 24, 2009. As of February 2020, 11 years after going dormant, was still at #405 on list of most prolific editors ever.
• Hyperbole (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit made on February 11, 2008, which was to ask where they could request their user or talk pages be deleted. Stated they were "off the project" on Administrator's Noticeboard following a block for edit warring.

• IAMTHEEGGMAN (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 3, 2012.
• IamNotU (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 8, 2021. Had user page deleted by request.
• Iceberg3k (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit was on March 5, 2008; first edit was on March 9, 2004. Moved to La Maupin (talk · contribs · count) on June 28, 2008 and made an edit to original userpage to reflect this. Last edited as La Maupin on August 20, 2018. Made 9,974 edits total across both accounts.
• IdreamofJeanie (talk · contribs · count) – Last edited October 1, 2021.
• I do not exist (talk · contribs · count) – Announced "long wikibreak" on January 26, 2008.
• Idontknow610 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit made on July 16, 2013 after no edits since June 2011. First edit on November 15, 2007.
• Ice Explorer (talk · contribs · count) – Abrupt stop in January 2010, left goodbye note about "small minded, abusive and bullying" editors later opining "Sometime the people here are too much, that's all. They give the Wiki police badge to just about anyone who has a need for control and a liking for tyrannical behavior." Tried six edits in April 2016, then never came back.
• Idont Havaname (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit June 8, 2015.
• I love entei (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit was made on June 11, 2012 after a slowdown in edits after 2008. First edit was made on October 8, 2006.
• IMeowbot (talk · contribs · count) – Made several thousand edits between November 2004 and August 2006.
• Imladjov (talk · contribs · count) – Historian and Scholar. Last edit August 13, 2006. Editor who contributed to Byzantine History and similar topics.
• Immunize (talk · contribs · count) – Has not edited since January 2012.
• Improv (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit December 26, 2006. Left a note on his user page on January 2, 2007 stating: "I have left Wikipedia. I do not see it as acceptable to have advertisements, whether they be for brand identity or for a product, on Wikipedia." – with a link to a foundation-l reference [4]. Edited his userspace March 2, 2007 and March 23, 2010, then made one edit August 23, 2011.
• Imran (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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.
• Infogapp1 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 15, 2020.
• Infrangible (talk · contribs · count) – Stopped editing immediately following an unsuccessful RfA. Last edit August 17, 2007.
• Instinct (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on July 8, 2010. Known as Milk's Favorite Cookie until May 2009. Was well known for being an exceptionally productive editor in content creation, particularly in sports articles around American football, baseball, and basketball.
• Interiot (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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) – Stopped editing actively in July 2015, but made one edit on March 26, 2020.
• IP Address (talk · contribs · count) – Blanked his user page on July 23, 2006 and made his last contribution on August 5 of that year. Was later indefinitely blocked on February 16, 2021 due to being compromised.
• IPadPerson (talk · contribs · count) – Worked on various music-related articles. Placed a {{Retired}} template on userpage on January 13, 2018.
• Iridescent (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit February 19, 2023, save for one edit on December 16, 2023.
• Irishguy (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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. Just four edits from since June 2017, last was April 2019.
• Ironholds (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator from 2011–2013 and former WMF staff member; last edited May 22, 2016.
• Ism schism (talk · contribs · count) – Contributor with 15,451 edits. Slowed down after December 2016 with less and less edits up until September 5, 2020 to make several edits to the Kosovo and Serbia economic normalization agreement page. Last edited on February 3, 2021, thirteen years after account creation date.
• Isotope23 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Announced he was on "indefinite hiatus" in January 2008; returned to make one comment on June 13, 2008 and two edits on February 6, 2018.
• Izehar (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit January 16, 2006. Made a single edit one year later on January 30, 2007.

• J3Mrs (talk · contribs · count) – Edited from May 2009 to June 2018, mainly regarding Greater Manchester and Yorkshire. Created 140 articles and pushed 12 articles to GA/FA status. As of February 2020^[update], nearly two years after going dormant (a single edit in each of 2019 and 2020), is still in the top 2000 of most prolific editors ever.
• J.delanoy (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Registered 310,263 edits. Basically stopped in December 2013, sixth edit for all of 2014 was farewell letter (but no {{retired}} box) in October 2014, but inertia kept him running through 100 edits in 2015 when he voluntarily resigned his adminship, until full stop after sixth edit of 2016 (September). Made one edit on Wikimedia Commons in June 2021; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since. Often worked at addressing vandalism, on thousands of articles. As of February 2020^[update], over six years since basically stopping, is still the 80th most prolific editor ever.
• J.smith (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit December 5, 2018.
• Jack Greenmaven (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 16, 2019, which was to remove their name from Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Mailing List. Prolific contributor with 26,830 edits and 4,271 created pages. Editing became sporadic after 2014, making only 90 edits in the years after until final edit in 2019. First edit was made on November 5, 2010.
• Jack O'Lantern (talk · contribs · count) – Has not edited regularly since 2007. Blanked user page and talk on August 19, 2013 in final two edits.
• Jackmcbarn (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – The recipient of fifteen barnstars, he was elected to adminship in November 2014 but his editing became more sporadic until he stopped editing in 2017 after which he lost his bit for inactivity. He returned in Summer 2020, was elected to adminship a second time but his editing again dwindled to nothing by January 2021. He was procedurally de-sysopped a second time.
• Jacob Haller (talk · contribs · count) – Stopped editing November 12, 2007.
• Jacoplane (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator with over 32,000 edits who made their last edit on September 4, 2016 after a period of sporadic edits. First edit was made on January 17, 2004. Was procedurally desysopped in 2016 due to inactivity. Made two subsequent edits on Wikimedia Commons in August 2020; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• Jamcib (talk · contribs · count) (now Jamcib~enwiki (talk · contribs · count)) – Last contribution August 15, 2009.
• James086 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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. Last edit July 23, 2019.
• Jamesx12345 (talk · contribs · count) – User with 28,014 edits contributed over the span of two years. Abruptly stopped editing on October 1, 2014.
• 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, including 116 pages created and extensive early work on WP:CATEGORY effort. As of February 2020^[update] has been in top 1000 editors since 2006, despite being dormant since last edit on March 14, 2010.
• Jask99 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 28, 2009.
• Jaxl (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – An admin, has not edited since December 20, 2006, when he blanked his user pages after a period of inactivity. Made one edit on October 25, 2016.
• JayHenry (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 29, 2011.
• Jayron32 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit September 14, 2023.
• Jaysweet (talk · contribs · count) – Retired. Last edit made on August 29, 2022.
• Jayzel68 (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific creator of articles on or related to U.S. political scandals, some featured. Now retired. Last edit May 1, 2008.
• Jazz77 (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific creator of pages regarding musicians and "YYYY in literature/music/film/television" during first years (2002 and 2003) of Wikipedia. Active editor until August 2003, brief return (23 edits) in August 2004, then very last edit was their userpage in March 2006, with unfulfilled announcement that they were coming back.
• Jbhunley (talk · contribs · count) – Most active 2015 to 2018, his activity dropped after Framgate to simply removing old user talk page messages, with the last of those on July 2, 2023.
• JCarriker (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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.
• JDoorjam (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator who last edited on September 6, 2020, save for one edit on July 6, 2022. Was desysopped for inactivity in 2021.
• 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.
• Jeanne boleyn (talk · contribs · count) – Mostly active 2008 through 2016, she hasn't edited since May 30, 2023.
• Jedi6 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator who last edited on September 10, 2013. Was desysopped for inactivity in 2011.
• Jeff3000 (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor, pending changes reviewer and rollbacker with 45,000 edits, including 1,300 pages created. Consistently active from 2005 to 2014, then random edits until unexplained full stop in December 2017. As of March 2020, 6 years after first going virtually dormant, was still in the top 1700 of most prolific editors ever.
• Jeni (talk · contribs · count) – Editor with 16,133 edits. Last edit March 4, 2020. First edit August 23, 2008.
• Jenks24 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit December 9, 2023.
• 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 · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit August 19, 2006. First edit January 8, 2002.
• Jersyko (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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.
• Jethro B (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 10, 2013.
• JetLover (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 1, 2008. An IP-address user added {{retired}} in February 2010.
• Jewbacca (talk · contribs · count) – Left "I'm no longer posting at Wikipedia", via IP-address edit, on the user and talk pages on April 8, 2006. Made five later edits with own username, the last in July 2008.
• 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) – Template {{semi-retired}} was last edit, September 30, 2010. Another user changed it to {{retired}} seven years later. Over 110,000 edits.
• Jfurr1981 (talk · contribs · count) – First edit October 3, 2005; last edit October 8, 2006. User created 67 articles during their single year as an editor.
• JG66 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 28, 2023. Was a member of WikiProject The Beatles.
• 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) – {{Semi-retired}} in December 2009, sporadic 50 edits since, only 6 (a 2013, a 2015, an October 2018, 3 January 2023) after 2012.
• JHCC (talk · contribs · count) – {{Retired}} in May 2006. Left a farewell message on their userpage.
• Jhinman (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 19, 2011.
• Jiang (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit August 12, 2022.
• Jim62sch (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 7-29-2018, last global edit on English Wiktionary 4-17-2019.
• Jiy (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 21, 2006.
• Jj137 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator. Stopped editing July 2015, returned for one "archive talk page" edit December 2019.
• Jllm06 (talk · contribs · count) – More than 400,000 edits. First edit August 2, 2006; last edit January 17, 2018.
• Jmh123 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 6, 2008.
• Jnothman (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator. Last edit in 2019.
• JoannaSerah (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution February 23, 2013. Added retired template to userpage May 4, 2014 citing "Just don't have time to edit with work and family life".
• Joao10Siamun (talk · contribs · count) – Former prolific contributor, autopatrolled and pending changes reviewer with 41,100 edits. Created 1,177 pages, helped create 3 FLs and 12 GAs. Consistently active from August 2007 until posting "{{Personalissues}}" in November 2012. As of February 2020, 8 years after stopping, was still in the top 2000 of most prolific editors ever.
• Joe Decker (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit December 11, 2022. After a year-long absence that began in December 2021, he voluntarily resigned his administrative privileges and said he hoped to eventually become a regular editor again, but has instead remained inactive.
• 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 five edits since March 8, 2010, the last on June 23, 2022. Known for his work on Beatles-related articles.
• John Fader (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit in May 2006, but those were his first two edits since May 2005 after nearly 5000 edits including regular responses at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). His user page and his talk page give no indication that he was intending to leave the project and email contact is not enabled.
• JohnGormleyJG (talk · contribs · count) – Active 2014 through 2015, he stopped editing on March 30, 2023.
• John M Wolfson (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit November 7, 2023.
• John Reid (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 30, 2006, posted the lyrics to Crazy Rhythm, a sad song about lovers parting (about which he'd written of the mainspace article) presumably as an allusion to his leaving Wikipedia, the day after coming off a disputed block for alleged edit-warring on a policy page; his last edit under this username had a sardonic "null edit summary" in reference to the block log reason.
• JohnnyAlbert10 (talk · contribs · count) – A prolific contributor to articles about U.S. roads—particularly Pennsylvanian routes and highways—from 2007 until 2009. Became a very infrequent editor until making one final edit on January 26, 2015.
• JohnInDC (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 15, 2019.
• JohnnyMrNinja (talk · contribs · count) – Stopped editing on June 13, 2019. Returned for 28 edits in August 2022, but has not edited since. Made for edits on Wikimedia Commons in September and October 2022; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• Joie de Vivre (talk · contribs · count) – {{Retired}} as of July 2007. Stated they left after being accused of lying.
• Joke137 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator who made their last edit on June 13, 2012. Contributor with 3,852 edits who was active in cosmology and astrophysics-related articles. Active in 2006, until a sharp decline in editing in 2007 with editing becoming sporadic afterwards until their final edit in 2012. Desysopped in 2012 due to inactivity. First edit was made on February 4, 2005.
• Jonyungk (talk · contribs · count) – Creator of dozens of classical music articles claiming seven FAs and a Four Award, Jonyungk was active 2007 through 2010 and again 2012. Jonyungk's thousands of edits a year dropped to hundreds of edits a year 2013-2016 before dropping to nothing, with a final clutch of edits to Piano Concerto No. 4 (Rachmaninoff) on April 29, 2023.
• JordanKyser22 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 24, 2017.
• JorgeLaArdilla (talk · contribs · count) – User with 18,907 edits. Blocked three separate times from editing for participating in various edit wars. Blocked from editing for the third time for one week on September 2, 2021 and hasn't edited since.
• Jorgenev (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 13, 2011. Stated leaving for a while at WP:SIGNPOST.
• Joseph Dwayne (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor until May 2006, then started a new account. Reactivated with two final edits in December 2013, just days before adding {{former account}} notice from new account name. Known for his humorous vandalism.
• Joseph Laferriere (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor, autopatrolled, with 42,700 edits, including 25,100 pages created. A PhD Ethnobotanist, focused on – or created – many thousands of articles related to this expertise. Consistently active from December 2013 until unexplained full stop in September 2015 (snuck in a single edit that December). As of March 2020, over 4 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1900 of most prolific editors ever.
• 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.
• Jredmond (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit May 25, 2023.
• JRM (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Requested de-sysopping in May 2007 and stopped editing. A short 13-edit dalliance in December 2012, but has not edited since.
• 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) – First edit was on July 7, 2009, most recent activity was on October 30, 2010.
• JurassicClassic767 (talk · contribs · count) – A prolific anti-vandal editor and contributor on information about pterosaurs. They edited very frequently until suddenly stopping in mid-September 2021, then came back in November the same year to update their RedWarn configuration. Went missing for almost over a year with a final burst of five edits on August 25, 2022, all to their user and talk pages. Talk page marked with {{Not around}} in November 2023.
• JustAGal (talk · contribs · count) – More than 175,000 edits. Rollbacker, pending changes reviewer. First edit May 24, 2006, 20,000 to 30,000 edits per year until mid 2015, then sporadic 20 edits over next three years, silent since July 26, 2018.
• Just Chilling (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit July 25, 2019.
• 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 · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Over 16,000 edits. Former admin, prolific editor in 2005 & 2006, sporadic 125 edits over next 9 years, silent since May 2015.

• K (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on February 16, 2021. Formerly edited as User:Kenosis. Made over 22,000 contributions to Wikipedia.
• Kafziel (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator and prolific contributor to various U.S. regional and military history articles. Has not actively edited since January 2014. Made four edits on April 17, 2020, and then marked self as retired and blanked talk page in January 2024.
• Kainaw (talk · contribs · count) (now User9669 (talk · contribs · count)) – Last contribution February 21, 2012; account is no longer a registered user.
• Kakofonous (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator with over 7,000 contributions who made their last edit on December 9, 2011. First edit made on November 23, 2007.
• Kanonkas (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Last edit September 29, 2023.
• Kappa (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 5, 2008. First edit September 15, 2004.
• Karen Johnson (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit October 9, 2004. First edit April 3, 2002.
• Karenjc (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 9, 2014. Contributor who made 13,022 edits and created 1,335 pages. Activity dropped after 2010, with a small increase in editing in 2012 that stopped afterwards, declining until last edit in 2014. First edit was made on April 11, 2006.
• Katefan0 (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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 April 25, 2020.
• KathrynLybarger (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 7, 2023.
• Katieh5584 (talk · contribs · count) – Active Huggle user and new page patroller who last edited on October 5, 2015.
• Kayau (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 9, 2018.
• Kb03 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 12, 2022.
• Keefer4 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 1, 2008.
• KeithD (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 26, 2010.
• Kelly Martin (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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 {{retired}} in August 2015.
• Kendrick7 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 16, 2021.
• Kennethaw88 (talk · contribs · count) – First edit May 25, 2013. More than 50,000 edits; last edit January 9, 2021.
• 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.
• Khalidkhoso (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution August 19, 2010. Listed as a member of WikiProject Pakistani districts.
• Khazar2 (talk · contribs · count) – Retired November 2015, no edits since a few cleanup edits in December. Frequent editor of articles on human rights activists and prolific reviewer of WP:Good article nominations.
• Khendon (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator with 1,741 contributions. Last edit was made on June 14, 2022. First edit was made on September 3, 2002.
• Kikkokalabud (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 23, 2012.
• KillerChihuahua (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit in February 2022.
• Killiondude (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit March 3, 2023.
• Kilo-Lima (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last spotted actively editing in November 2011. Last edit to request de-sysopping on November 26, 2012, also saying they will return someday.
• Kimchi.sg (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit November 19, 2021.
• Kingboyk (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Joined in 2005, making 57,419 edits. Last edit was April 21, 2022.
• Kingfisherswift (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 5, 2008.
• Kingoomieiii (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 3, 2021.
• Kinneyboy90 (talk · contribs · count) – Left a farewell letter on user page. Last edit June 8, 2015.
• Kirill Lokshin (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit 10-8-2022, last global edit on Meta-Wiki 4-14-2023.
• Kirjtc2 (talk · contribs · count) – Left a goodbye note on his/her userpage on November 21, 2006 – left another final message July 21, 2008. Returned briefly in 2010 as Fiveohsixer (talk · contribs · count), but retired again in August 2010 after <100 edits on that account; returned for two edits in January 2015.
• KirtZJ (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit on 9-29-2016, last global edit on Meta-Wiki 10-23-2020.
• KittySaturn (talk · contribs · count) – Left a goodbye message on her user page on July 31, 2006 and changed it to Japanese the next day. Roughly translated, her message said: You grew tired already. How it is good already. Bygone days, this Wikipedia which I have regularly used. Today, it was broken.
• Klonimus (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 2, 2006.
• Kmweber (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 6, 2015.
• Knowledge Seeker (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Longtime editor and administrator, mainly active from late 2004 until the end of 2006, with occasional flurries of activity through to 2012. Since then, has made no more than 2-3 edits in a single calendar year, the last of which was on March 1, 2017.
• Knurftendans (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 30, 2007.
• Kogsquinge (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit May 11, 2023.
• Kolindigo (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor and pending changes reviewer with 45,800 edits, including 8,300 page created. Performed thousands of repairs of vandalism. Consistently active from August 2006 until unexplained full stop in August 2010. As of March 2020, nearly 10 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1700 of most prolific editors ever. Made six more edits on March 23, 2021 with no further edits afterwards.
• Konstable (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Resigned his admin access following an arbitration, fully {{retired}} in April 2008.
• Koman90 (talk · contribs · count) – Made ~13,000 edits, many regarding mass transit in San Diego and computer-related topics, between September 2008 and September 2013. Posted "{{Retired}}" in July 2013, followed by last two edits over the next few weeks, then requested their userpage be deleted in June 2023.
• Kosack (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit 18 February 2023. Mainly editing/reverting vandalism on articles centred around association football with particular focus on Cardiff City and other Welsh football. Has not edited since that date.
• Kotepho (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 19, 2007. Requested for user and talk pages to be deleted.
• Kotniski (talk · contribs · count) – A prolific contributor, with 40,300 edits, before full stop in January 2012. Left a message explaining major frustration with process in a policy discussion of wording to use for WP:Article titles - Deciding on an article title. As of February 2020, 8 years after going dormant, was still in the top 2100 of most prolific editors ever.
• Koven.rm (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 19, 2009.
• Koyaanis Qatsi (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former administrator who last edited on 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 December 8, 2016.
• Krash (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 9, 2008.
• KrebMarkt (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 28, 2018.
• Kukini (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Former admin who had well over 50,000 edits since first editing in December 2005; ceased regular editing four years later, added one final edit in 2010. Last edit was to user talk page attributing lack of activity to boredom with Wikipedia. Was desysopped owing to their absence and a change in policy.
• 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 28, 2016.
• Kylu (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – A cross-wiki editor and Wikimedia Steward. Last edit November 13, 2011. Claims to be "taking a short wikibreak", but will return "once other obligations are met."
• Kyoko (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 2, 2008.
• Kyriakos (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific Australian editor & article creator with an interest in ancient Greek history, military history, and cricket. They made edits from early 2005 until an abrupt and unexplained end to editing in mid 2018. Last edit July 7, 2018.

• L Kensington (talk · contribs · count) – First edit July 2, 2010; last edit March 20, 2021, save for one edit on June 25, 2022. Prolific in anti-vandalism; 37 awards in 17 months.
• L'Aquatique (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Noting in 2012 that changes in her life reduced her edits on wiki after having been desysopped for inactivity, her last edit was on October 15, 2013.
• L33th4x0rguy (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 31, 2009. First edit November 19, 2004.
• LaidOff (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution January 20, 2013.
• LakesideMiners (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 14, 2022.
• Lapaz (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 20, 2009.
• Lampman (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor, autopatrolled, pending changes reviewer and rollbacker. Highly active from late 2006 to late 2011, slowing over subsequent years to final edit in July 2018. Made 12,000 edits including 1,280 pages created. Made two subsequent edits on Wikimedia Commons in April 2019; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• Landon1980 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit August 25, 2009.
• Larry laptop (talk · contribs · count) – Left on March 2, 2007. See essay for details.
• Laser brain (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit December 8, 2021.
• Lawrence Cohen (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit was May 15, 2008.
• LeaHazel (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 22, 2012.
• Leahtwosaints (talk · contribs · count) – Made c. 20,000 edits over a decade and focused on rock and R&B acts, particularly adding photos. She hasn't edited since 2017-08-13.
• LeaveSleaves (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific contributor, rollbacker with 42,900 edits including 5,255 pages created. Super active from January 2008 until unexplained full stop in July 2009. As of March 2020, over 10 years after going dormant, was still in the top 1900 of most prolific editors ever.
• Lendorien (talk · contribs · count) – Last contribution September 10, 2013.
• Lesion (talk · contribs · count) – Frequent contributor to WikiProject Medicine, announced their intent to leave Wikipedia on April 20, 2014. Last edit May 25, 2014.
• Lexi Marie (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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. Contributor who made 5,641 edits who was active on articles relating to attacks before inactivity. First edit made on June 1, 2014.
• Lifefeed (talk · contribs · count) – Made only a handful of edits after August 2005; blanked his user and talk pages and replaced them with the word "done" on October 10 of that year; has not edited since.
• Life of Riley (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 1, 2019.
• LightandDark2000 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 5-17-2022, last global edit on Meta-Wiki 7-14-2022. Made 40 subsequent contributions to Wikimedia Commons under his alternate account, BlueHypercane761, in August–October 2023; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• Lightdarkness (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit October 19, 2018.
• Lighthead (talk · contribs · count) – Active 2007-2013, his account was compromised in July 2023 and subsequently blocked.
• Lights (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit July 11, 2008.
• Lillygirl (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 10, 2009, made one edit to user space on September 15, 2015.
• LinguistAtLarge (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Plentiful editing through 2016 lessened in following years, with two final edits in April 2021.
• Linuxbeak (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit March 6, 2012. Has made only 39 edits since 2006.
• Lips Are Movin (talk · contribs · count) – Made their last mainspace edit in April 2016 but continued editing their sandbox till February 2017. Primarily a contributor to Meghan Trainor-related articles.
• Liquidluck (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 26, 2010.
• Littlecarmen (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 14, 2017.
• LittleOldMe (talk · contribs · count) – With the exception of an edit on March 2, 2014, their editing ended in October 2012.
• Lockley (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit 4-5-2023, last global edit on Commons 4-9-2023.
• Lonewolf BC (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 24, 2009.
• Longhair (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit December 6, 2021.
• LordAtlas (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit April 4, 2019.
• 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.
• LoriLee (talk · contribs · count) – Also formerly named User:HstryQT. Did a lot of outreach, conference, and GLAM work in the 2010s. She hasn't edited since 2016-03-18.
• LouI (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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 · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit October 6, 2008. Administrator and prolific vandal fighter. After a long break from August 2008, Lradrama returned only to make some brief edits and then declare his retirement. Has not returned since.
• Lucid (talk · contribs · count) – Declared retirement on September 7, 2007, made one edit on September 13, 2007. Returned to comment on an article he created on November 5, 2009; has not edited since.
• Ludwigs2 (talk · contribs · count) – After about 18,000 edits, ceased abruptly in 2012 and returned for one edit over a year later. Does not appear to have given any notice or reason for departure, although it may have had to do with being banned for a year by the ArbCom; when the ban expired he did not return, except for one edit on March 9, 2013.
• Luigizanasi (talk · contribs · count) – Founded WikiProject Woodworking. Last edit February 8, 2012.
• 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 · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – 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.