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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: 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 May 2024, 14 years after going dormant, he still ranks among the top 3000 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 to both German Wikipedia and English Wikipedia with 19,528 edits on English Wikipedia. Last edit on April 3, 2013. Continued contributing to German Wikipedia until February 2022; has not edited any Wikimedia projcts since.
• AbigailAbernathy (talk · contribs · count) – Active 2011 through 2014, her edits reduced to a handful annually and her last edit was October 12, 2021.
• Abigail-II (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit June 12, 2004. First edit February 4, 2004. Final edits were unhappy farewells posted on user, user talk and the Village Pump. Excerpt from user page: "I've no interest in working on a system where people break down your work without discussing it on appropriate page."
• Abrech (talk · contribs · count) – Active Huggle user who stopped editing for a long time after June 2, 2008. Made a handful of edits on March 16, 2013. Made 3 edits on March 13, 2022, and another 3 on German Wikipedia late that year; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• Abryn (talk · contribs · count) – Retired on July 18, 2021, made last edit on July 20, 2023.
• Abu badali (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit September 11, 2007. Left over concerns regarding non-free content usage, per the final edit. The final edit also indicates the user may return in "some months", depending upon progress in this area. Edited twice in 2008, making comments in discussions over the policy.
• 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, the last on June 7, 2015.
• 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 almost 6 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.
• 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.
• 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. Has not edited since May 2010. Remained active on English Wikinews until August 2010; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• 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.
• BirgitteSB (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Wikisource and Wikipedia editor. Last edit in April 2019.
• 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.
• 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".
• 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.
• 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: ."
• 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 until their last edit on 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 almost 90K edits, mainly on US collegiate sports articles and related topics. Last edit in April 2016, almost exactly 7 years after his first edit.
• Dispenser (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor, created tools for fixing disambiguation links. Editing slowed down in 2019 and no edits since March 15, 2020. Continued contributing to Wikimedia Commons until March 2021; has not edited any Wikimedia projects since.
• DLJessup (talk · contribs · count) – Became inactive on November 12, 2006 after two years of prolific editing. Last edit June 5, 2009.
• 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.
• DSmurf (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 21, 2020.
• 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.
• Duk (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit September 29, 2009.
• 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, followed by a further three contributions there in May 2024; 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.
• Eric444 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit October 27, 2016. Created a large number of country music articles, with particular interest on Canadian artists.
• 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.
• 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.
• FockeWulf FW 190 (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit November 2, 2019.
• 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.
• 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.