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This is a list of Wikipedians who are no longer an integral part of the community. See also Wikipedia:List of administrators/Inactive.

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

Purpose of this list

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

Please do not add people to this list who were never an integral part of the community. Don't add users with fewer than about 1,000 edits. Do not add people unless you are certain they have left, do not add anonymous users identified by their IP address (they could have created an account and still be contributing, or they might have a roaming IP address) and do not add yourself.

People who leave a goodbye message on their talk page or elsewhere, and then actually refrain from editing for at least two weeks are likely to have left permanently and may be added to the list.
Wait about a month before listing someone who has simply ceased editing, unless you have some other reason for being certain that they have left.
In most cases, editors who have gradually adopted a pattern of occasional editing interspersed with long breaks should not be listed merely because they are on one of their long breaks.
Editors who return are no longer "missing" and should be removed from the list.
Missing Wikipedians should be added to this list by people who knew them well rather than by strangers.
If you add your own user name to the list as one of your final edits, your addition might be reverted since it is theoretically impossible for a "missing" Wikipedian to make an edit.

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

Index

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Missing Wikipedians

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º¡º (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit May 3, 2003. Previously edited as User:BigFatBuddha. Specialized in zen-like answers.
O^O (talk · contribs · count). Last edit May 11 2007. He/she wrote on August 26, 2006 that he/she had been a frequent contributor since August 2002, had held several personas over the years, and had used "admin accounts, hundreds of 'anonymous' IP addresses, and more user accounts than I could ever tally". Specialized in zen-like answers.
-- April (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit May 6, 2006 - Final edit was to post a notice advising of future intermittent editing. Has not edited since.
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 2, 2007, left after the Durova arbitration case.
52 Pickup (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator who stopped editing on May 9, 2008. Made three more edits on October 25; the last one leaving a retirement notice on his talk page.
168... (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit: April 21, 2004 - Blanked user & user talk pages March 7, 2004, returning to make a handful of edits (including the final edit) to an RfAr in April 2004. More details available at RfDA.
17Drew (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator, previously User:ShadowHalo. Made almost 21,000 edits; made two edits in 2008, pointing to his new account user:PiracyFundsTerrorism, which stopped editing in November.

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AAA! (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit August 24, 2008.
Abigail-II (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit: June 12, 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) - Very active Huggle user who has not edited, nor fought vandalism since June 2, 2008.
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. Has edited twice in 2008, making comments in discussions over the policy.
Adam Carr (talk · contribs · count) - Started contributing September 2003. After many months of increasing frustration, stopped editing regularly February 15, 2007, then posted May 6 that he would no longer contribute to Wikipedia. Made a few sporadic edits afterwards.
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.
Adjam (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit May 20, 2007. Second to last edit in December 2006.
Admrboltz (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator. Last edit November 24, 2008.
Ae-a (talk · contribs · count) - Highly active since 2005, worked on a lot of redirects. Last edited July 7, 2008.
After Midnight (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - an administrator with over 50,000 edits to the project. Last edit was January 27, 2008.
Agtfjott (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit 30 August 2006.
Alex756 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Last edit: February 9, 2007 - Administrator - May have left following changes to the Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws in December 2006, a critique of which appears on the user page.
Alexia Death (talk · contribs · count) - Left a good bye note on userpage. Last edit: January 31, 2008
Alhutch (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator. Last edit August 6, 2008.
Alii h (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit: March 24, 2008.
ALoan (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit: July 30, 2007 - Requested de-adminship and left a goodbye message on user talk with the final edit.
Alphax (talk · contribs) - Long term editor, no edits since February 2007.
Alren (talk · contribs · count) - Only two edits since May 31, 2006, the last on July 22, 2007.
Alteripse (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Last edit: September 14, 2007 - Administrator.
Amarkov (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit May 16, 2008.
Amaltheus (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit January 31, 2008.
Amcaja (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit January 8, 2008 - Former administrator. Relinquished tools and retired.
Anchoress (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit 31 August, 2008.
Andman8 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit: November 17, 2007.
AndyZ (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit July 24, 2008.
Anglius (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit on June 3, 2007.
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.
Anonymous anonymous (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit: December 23, 2006 - Announced her/his retirement on September 1, 2006, with real-life concerns cited as the reason for leaving in subsequent edits. Returned briefly in December 2006 to leave some seasons' greetings.
Anonymous editor (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Last edit: June 17, 2006 - Administrator.
Apankrat (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit: January 3, 2008 - left a goodbye message.
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. Had not edit regularly for several months before that.
Aranel (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Last edit: September 1, 2005. Administrator.
Archola (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit: December 3, 2008. Had been editing since 2005.
Arcturus (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit: April 23, 2007.
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.
Argyriou (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit 9 September, 2008.
Ark30inf (talk · contribs · count) - 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.
Arundhati_bakshi (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit: March 15, 2007.
Ashmodai (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit: March 10, 2007.
Astral (talk · contribs · count) - Retired Huggle user; last edit on May 30, 2008.
AugPi (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit: July 19, 2007.
Audude08 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit: April 7, 2008. User page deleted. Left retirement template and message on talk page.

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Badbilltucker (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit on 28 January, 2007 on arbritration with User:RyanFreisling
Badlydrawnjeff (talk · contribs · count) - following the deletion of the Daniel Brandt article. Later exercised his m:right to vanish. Account was moved to Bdj (talk · contribs · count), last edit was July 8, 2007. Returned briefly in December to vote in ArbCom elections.
Balcer (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit on September 8, 2007; currently works on Wikimedia Commons.
Banes (talk · contribs · count) - 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 November 17, 2006.
Basara-kun (talk · contribs · count) - Left on 19/07/2007 after uploading 50+ unsourced images. "Enough. My contribuitions are ignored, my images are removed from the articles and in general, my editions aren't "encyclopedic"."
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).
Benc (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 23, 2004.
Ben (talk · contribs · count) - Highly experienced with templates, improving several of them. Last edit was on May 18, 2007.
Bhouston (talk · contribs · count), later Deodar (talk · contribs · count) - last edit November 13, 2006.
Big Adamsky (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit April 27, 2006.
Bill Oaf (talk · contribs · count) - Stopped editing regularly after April 20, 2007. Last edit March 2, 2008.
Blankfaze (talk · contribs · count) - Has not intentionally edited since the summer of 2007. Made one edit on June 15, 2008.
BlankVerse (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit April 5, 2007. Made one edit on April 8, 2008.
Bluemoose (talk · contribs · count) (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 · count) - Former administrator, last edit was on August 4, 2006. Came back to make an edit to his userpage on February 6, 2009, not seen since.
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.
Boadrummer (talk · contribs · count)
BoojiBoy (talk · contribs · count) - Almost 9000 edits, stopped prolific editing in August 2006, then returned in May of 2007 before retiring for good on June 11, 2007. Left a message on his talk page, "I gave it another chance, nothing has changed here and it's not worth my time. I won't be back this time."
Bornintheguz (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit October 3, 2005. A very prolific contributor to articles about soccer.
BostonMA (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit July 17, 2007; stopped editing proflicially in February, a month after a failed RfA. 6000+ edits. No reason given.
Brat32 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit August 24, 2006; blanked her/his userpage and replaced it with the message "I'm gone."
Brossow (talk · contribs · count) Posted wikibreak message on user and user talk pages on June 6, 2006, and has been editing sporadically since. Last edit August 15, 2007.
Butseriouslyfolks (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator, last edit May 5, 2008. Says he may "pop in occasionally".
Bwithh (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit September 1, 2007; creator of Wikipedia:Random page patrol; left goodbye notice on userpage

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Can't sleep, clown will eat me (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) - Former administrator and prolific vandal fighter with over 101,000 edits. Last one was on April 1, 2008, made a number of questionable blocks in May and July which led to his eventual desysopping on July 19 pending communication with Arb Com. Has not been heard from since.
CanadianCaesar (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator. Last edit April 19, 2007. Made one edit on April 10, 2009.
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 ArbCom decision.
Captain Wikify (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit August 10, 2007. Added statement to his user page.
Captain Zyrain (talk · contribs · count) - Resigned his commission.
Carbonite (talk · contribs · count) - Former administrator; last edit February 11, 2006, user page says they've "lost interest in editing here" due to unimportant arguments.
Casey Abell (talk · contribs · count) Quit Wikipedia concerning the Durova/Giano conflict, at the end of November 2007. Last edit made December 2, 2007, voting on User:Newyorkbrad's ArbCom election. Made a total of 11,465 edits.
Catamorphism (talk · contribs · count) - Taking an indefinite break from Wikipedia, according to user's userpage. Last edit July 27, 2006.
CattleGirl (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator; last edit April 4, 2008.
Cdc (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit November 30, 2006.
Celithemis (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit September 6, 2007.
Chacor (talk · contribs · count) - A former admin, originally User:NSLE, then User:Chacor. Originally taking a long wikibreak, left a retirement message September 20, 2007. Made well over 10,000 edits on the English Wikipedia as Chacor alone. Made two edits on January 5, 2008.
Cheeser1 (talk · contribs · count) - Left Wikipedia several times, always came back, but eventually posted a definitive and frustrated goodbye on his/her user page on April 12, 2008. Last edit May 17, 2008.
ChrisGriswold (talk · contribs · count) - Former administrator. Last edit on August 27, 2007.
Chronographos (talk · contribs · count) - Missing since October 14, 2005. Made one edit to his user page September 6, 2006.
Cjmarsicano (talk · contribs · count) - WP:H!P founder, left because he does not want to "Participate On Wikipedia Unless WikiMedia Starts Respecting The Fair Use Clause Of The US Copyright Act list"
Clicketyclack (talk · contribs · count) - Self-administered {{User EX-WP}} 6 Feb 2008. Contributor with >11,500 edits; WikiProject memberships at time of departure: Categories, Biology.
Coburnpharr04 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit on September 24, 2007
Codex Sinaiticus (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit September 28, 2007, but hadn't seriously edited since April 2007; cited his displeasure with certain categorizations of religion articles on his talk page.
Coelacan (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - An admin, last edit November 23, 2007.
Colin Kimbrell (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit May 5, 2006. Left over concerns about the Wikipedia:Reward board, saying, "I'm going on Wikibreak, maybe forever, due to WP:RB. I no longer wish to contribute my labor to the project under these conditions, as I feel that this tremendously misguided proposal deals a critical blow to the credibility of the project...If it dies, I might come back. Otherwise, best of luck, y'all"[1].
Corax (talk · contribs · count) - Missing since May 22, 2006 following controversy and a block surrounding his posting of another Wikipedian's personal information.
Coredesat (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Admin, left retirement note on userpage March 30, 2008. Made a few edits afterward, last edit December 2, 2008.
Cortonin (talk · contribs · count) - Missing since shortly after June 26, 2005 six-month ban from certain articles by ArbComm. [2]
CovenantD (talk · contribs · count) - Hasn't returned since being blocked for 3RR violation on March 23, 2007.
He made a couple of edits on July 23, but has not edited since. H^t/c 17:48, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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]."
CroatCanuck (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Last edit December 25, 2008.
Csernica (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit on December 21, 2007. On long wikibreak which may be permanent.
Curps (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator. Declared a semi-Wikivacation on May 13, 2006 and made some bot edits, blocks, and deletions up until June 26, 2006, and then declared a long-term Wikivacation on August 1, 2006 and has not edited since.
CryptoDerk (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit January 30, 2006; modified userpage to "I'm not really active on Wikipedia anymore," on July 14, 2006. On March 24, 2007, the user made another edit to his page, adjusting his age in historical context.
CyborgTosser (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator. Last edit May 3, 2007, after having a total of four edits between February 11, 2007 and May 2, 2007. He will be missed.

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Danakil (talk · contribs · count) - This user edited for only one and a half months, from August 1 to September 14, 2004, yet during that time made 3,009 edits. Although his pages 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 19th, returning only 3 times after that, including blanking his userpage on 5 September 2008.
Darkfred (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit September 27, 2006.
Darthgriz98 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator. Announced retirement in July 2008. Last edit November 1, 2008.
Darth Panda (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit February 11, 2009. User and talk page deleted per RTV.
DarthVader (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit March 17, 2009 - one user page edit. 2 edits in 2008. Before that, two edits on October 13, 2007. 21 edits total since January of 2007.
Da.Tomato.Dude (talk · contribs · count) - Disappeared and she never returned. Last edit was on April 28, 2007.
David Kernow (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit June 17, 2007.
David91 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit April 12, 2006.
Dbroadwell (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit April 22, 2008. Came back to make a few edits on March 7, 2009
Decumanus (talk · contribs · count) - Great editor of New York and U.S. river related topics. Really stopped in June 2005, but last edit was March 30, 2006.
Demiurge (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit October 26, 2007.
Dennis Brown (talk · contribs · count), formerly Pharmboy (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 30, 2008. Announced wikibreak and blanked userpage.
DennyColt (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit April 13, 2007.
Derex (talk · contribs · count) - Began editing in July 2005, retired in May 2007; seemed pretty jaded.
Descendall (talk · contribs · count) - Announced his retirement on February 27, 2008. Returned to blank his talk page on June 26, 2008.
DESiegel (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator, last edit August 13, 2007.
Dfrg.msc (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator, last edit 16 September, 2008.
Digitaleon (talk · contribs · count) – Frequent contributor to this page who stopped editing regularly on January 19, 2008. Returned a year later to post retirement message on userpage expressing concern as to whether "the project can continue as it is, successfully, while remaining true to its original mission". Last edit was January 5, 2009.
Dinosaur puppy (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit November 24, 2007. States on userpage that he has gotten a little bored and is less active now.
Dionyseus (talk · contribs · count) - Stopped editing after July 20, 2007. Made one edit on October 27, 2007.
Discordance (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit June 14, 2006.
Djinn112 (talk · contribs · count) - Only a handful of edits after June 12, 2005; the last was on April 19, 2006.
DLJessup (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit November 12, 2006 after two years of prolific editing.
Dlloyd (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit January 31, 2006
Doc Tropics (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 9, 2007
DomRem (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit May 10, 2007
Doom127 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit June 23, 2006
Dori (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit March 20, 2005. Left message on userpage
Duncharris (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Long time editor and admin, departed September 25, 2006 after blanking his user pages.
Duja (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator, editor since 2004; last edit 30 July, 2008.
Durin (talk · contribs · count) - Left in August 2007 due to legal threats from another user.
DV8 2XL (talk · contribs · count) - Message on the user page, last edit April 30, 2007.
Dvyost (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - An administrator, announced their departure on their user page on January 9, 2006, saying "Real life calls with a vengance lately, and I'm increasingly unable to justify the time I put in here." Made a few further edits, the last on February 17, 2007.
Dysprosia (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator, last edit March 3, 2007

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E Pluribus Anthony (talk · contribs · count) - Massive amount of edits, last one on December 3, 2006. Was blocked several times then used sock puppets and was blocked again. As Cogito ergo sumo, announced departure [4] October 15, 2006.
Edeans (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit March 30, 2007. Left after the Essjay incident.
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."
Efghij (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit November 18, 2003.
Elaragirl (talk · contribs · count) - Placed a retirement template on her user page on March 28, 2007, and made her last edit May 1, 2007.
ElBenevolente (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit January 8, 2006, arbitrary departure occured after acknowledging a user with the {{welcome}} tag. As of April 21, 2006, all attempts to contact user in question have been unsuccessful.
- The Benevolent One made four subsequent edits (three of which regarding the same content edit) on November 15 2007.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} El B was the editor who welcomed me to Wikipedia; It's sad to think we've lost his continued contribution. --SSBohio 02:52, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Emax (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit February 18, 2005. Disappeared without any notice or indication of reason.
Essexmutant (talk · contribs · count) - Surrendered his adminship and left a departure message on his userpage on September 12, 2006 and made his final four edits 12 days later.
Essjay (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit March 4, 2007. He retired after being exposed by the New Yorker. He has surrendered his various flags on every wikimedia project. See Essjay controversy.
Estrose (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit April 30, 2006.
Etacar11 (talk · contribs · count) - Maybe just taking a break, stopped editing November 19, 2008. Came back to make a few edits in February, 2009 and one in May, 2009.
Evilphoenix (talk · contribs · count) - Missing since April 25, 2006, left good-bye message on talk page on November 28, 2006.
Evrik (talk · contribs · count) - Placed a "retired" notice on his talk page on September 29, 2008, but had not edited regularly since June 2008.
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.
ExplorerCDT (talk · contribs · count) - Over 8,000 edits.
Eye of the Mind (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 9, 2007. Left after a fiasco with his sister accessing his account and deleting the main page.

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Faedra (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit January 1, 2005. "This contributor is currently under the impression that Wikipeia is a complete waist of time. (except for a spelling lesson)."
Fabricationary (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit January 14, 2007. Was a frequent contributor to Wikipedia:WikiProject Days of the year.
Falphin (talk · contribs · count) - Two edits since August 23, 2006.
FamicomJL (talk · contribs · count) - Made a few edits in March 2008 and then disappeared. 1,499 edits to the mainspace before his departure.
Fan-1967 (talk · contribs · count) - Left a day after withdrawing RfA early on January 28, 2007.
Farosdaughter (talk · contribs · count) - A Huggle user who has not edited, nor fought vandalism, since March 2008. Made one edit on June 22, 2008.
Fastifex (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 4, 2006.
FateClub (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit July 13, 2007.
Fenice (talk · contribs · count) - Left January 18, 2006 after an editwar.
Fennec (talk · contribs · count) - Went off to start a software company and hasn't come back. Tends to come back every so often for an edit or two, but the last edit was 14 October 2008.
Filiocht (talk · contribs · count) - After falling ill earlier in the year, he declared himself "away indefinitely" on June 6, 2006. Returned in March 2008 and deleted user and user talk pages.
Finalnight (talk · contribs · count) - After withdrawing from an RfA, placed a retirement notice on their webpage on July 17, 2008. Sporadically edited about a few leftover administrative issues afterwards.
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.
Flcelloguy (talk · contribs · count) - ArbCom member, hasn't edited since May 28, 2007, when he left a note at his talk page explaining he's been busy.
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, 2006 to confirm he was the anonymous editor who was instrumental in starting Wikinews. And admitting he had made some anonymous edits to Wikinews during his absence.
Forbsey (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 5, 2007, in which he or she began blanking all of his or her userpages and subpages.
Formeruser-81 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit July 14, 2005.
Francs2000 (talk · contribs · count) - Bureaucrat, left on July 15, 2006 following over 38,000 edits, and has not edited since.
Freak104 (talk · contribs · count) - Left 6 February 2008 due to WP:N's effects on comic book articles.
Freakofnurture (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator, stopped editing on November 5, 2007; has made some edits in late March 2008.
FrummerThanThou (talk · contribs · count)
FuelWagon (talk · contribs · count) - Had over 6000 edits from April 2 to December 23, 2005 before receiving a six-month ban from the ArbCom, and has not edited since, even after the expiration of his ban.
Func (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator; last edit October 10, 2005. "My apologies, I am away from Wikipedia for an extended period of time." Made two edits on April 11, 2006.
Funeral (talk · contribs · count) - Over 8,500 edits. Only three edits from June 2008 to December 2008.
Funnybunny (talk · contribs · count)- Left August 13, 2006. He has told an editor by email that he had officially quit. He will be missed by many. Two edits since, last on October 10, 2007.

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Gadykozma (talk · contribs · count) - Stated he was "taking wikivacation, probably permanent" on November 22, 2004. Last edit December 21, 2004.
Gaillimh (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator. Last edit in February 2008; reappeared briefly to delete and protect a user talk page on March 5, 2008. Has edited sporadically since then.
Galwhaa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator, previously known as "Mathwiz2020", stopped editing regularly in 2007. Returned on August 7, 2008 to be renamed. Last edit on October 21, 2008.
Ganymead (talk · contribs · count) - Left a retirement notice on his userpage on August 24, 2007 and on his talk page on November 19, 2007
GassyGuy (talk · contribs · count) - A frequent, quality contributor to popular music articles; retired in July 2007 for reasons unknown.
Gator1 (talk · contribs · count) - Left after being harassed and outed in 2006; returned in early 2008 but then slowed down until July 7 and then stopped again.
Gay Cdn (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit July 6, 2007, posted retirement notice
Gennaro Prota (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit May 16, 2007.
Geologyguy (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit May 2, 2008.
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.
GHe (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit June 18, 2008.
GK (talk · contribs · count) - Last edits on December 7, 2006, when he participated in ArbCom elections. Had previously stated he was leaving for good.
Gleng (talk · contribs · count) - see his user page for details about his reason why.
Gocsa (talk · contribs · count)
Gorrister (talk · contribs · count) Last edit October 5, 2005. Made one edit over a year later on February 27, 2007.
Grafikm fr (talk · contribs · count) - Over 11,000 edits. Last edit in November 2007.
GRAHAMUK (talk · contribs · count) - Announced in November 2007 that he was quitting the project, citing "the direction that the project has taken."
Gralo (talk · contribs · count) - creator of the Energy Portal and excelent editor of energy-related articles. Last edit August 9, 2007.
GregAsche (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator; stopped editing regularly in June 2006. Made one edit on January 4, 2007, and another single edit to his userpage on February 20. Returned making one more edit on April 2, 2007, and has not edited since then.
Greyengine5 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit September 4, 2004.
Grimjaw (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit January 6, 2008.
Guanaco (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit November 19, 2006.
Gwernol (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator, wikipedian since May 2005 with over 91,000 edits. Suddenly disappeared without notice or reasoning on July 29, 2008. Returned to add a retired message to their talk page on June 1, 2009 and requested desysopping on June 4.
Gwynand (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit 21 August 2008.

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H (talk · contribs · count), formerly HighInBC - Left after threats were made against the well-being of his family. His final words were "it's just a website for fuck's sake." Last edit June 21, 2007.
Hadal (talk · contribs · count) - last edit was in May 2008.
Hajor (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - An admin, he stated "It stopped being fun... but it was fun while it lasted. Thanks for the ride" in his last edit on November 22, 2005.
HAL(Old) (talk · contribs · count) - Formerly User:HAL.
Hamster sandwich (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator.
Hapsiainen (talk · contribs · count) - Has been absent from Wikipedia since December 12, 2005. No further explanation. Has made some edits on the Finnish Wikipedia during 2006.
Harry Potter (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit April 7, 2004. Just disappeared.
Havok (talk · contribs · count) - See User:Havok/Liars for details.
Hdt83 (talk · contribs · count) - user page says he is busy in real life; has not edited since June 2008.
Hephaestos (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator. Stopped editing regularly since 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.
HighwayCello (talk · contribs · count) - Stated that he felt WikiBonked on November 6, 2006. Ceased editing the next day.
Hillman (talk · contribs · count) - Prolific contributor to articles on mathematics and physics, especially general relativity. Left in October 2006, ground down by degradation of material he had written. Briefly reappeared in July 2008.
HisSpaceResearch (talk · contribs · count) - No edits since August 8, 2008.
HResearcher (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit September 10, 2006.
Humansdorpie (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit June 8, 2006. Mature, good-humoured editor with special interest in Africa articles. Left in response to legal threats from User:Lightoftheworld.
Hurricane111 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit April 23, 2006. RC patroller and member of the Canadian law WikiProject, which misses him.
Husnock (talk · contribs · count) - A former admin, he stopped editing on December 20, 2006. Declared he would be back in a much more limited fashion on October 20, 2007, but hasn't edited since.
Hyperbole (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit February 11, 2008.

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Improv (talk · contribs · count) - 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 [9]. Edited his userspace March 2, 2007.
Imladjov (talk · contribs · count) - Historian and Scholar. Last edit August 13, 2006. Influential and distinguished editor with great contributions to Byzantine History and similar topics. He will be missed on many levels.
Imran (talk · contribs · count) - 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".
Information Center (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit October 18, 2007.
Interiot (talk · contribs · count) - last edit December 25, 2007. Says he needed to spend less time online, and still edits anonymously.
Into The Fray (talk · contribs · count) - Has abruptly stopped editing in November 2007. Returned on January 12, 2008 to replace his user and talk pages with a {{retired}} tag. Returned again making two edits on March 27, and once more on May 31 by removing himself from Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User/Adoptee's Area/Adopters‎.
IP Address (talk · contribs · count) - blanked his user page on August 5, 2006 and made his last contribution later that day.
Isotope23 (talk · contribs · count) - announced he was on "indefinite hiatus" in January 2008; returned to make one comment on June 13, 2008.
Izehar (talk · contribs · count) - last edit January 16, 2006. Made a single edit one year later on January 30, 2007.

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Jack O'Lantern (talk · contribs · count) No edits since 16 December 2007
Jamesday (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator. Past member of the Wikimedia technical team and developer committee. No edits since November 15, 2008.
Jaxl (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - An admin, has not edited since December 20, 2006, when he blanked his user pages after a period of inactivity.
Jazz77 (talk · contribs · count) - Stopped editing after August 28, 2004; made a change to his userpage on August 15, 2005, and announced he was coming back on March 26, 2006; however, he has not edited since.
JCarriker (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - An admin, retired in September 2006, last edit was April 12, 2008. Felt that his work was not appreciated.
JDG (talk · contribs · count) - A Wikipedian since 2002; last edit 15 December, 2007.
Jedi6 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator, last edits on February 13, 2007 (except for two edits on 10 October, and 3 in April 08). He is possibly busy with school matters.
Jesster79 (talk · contribs · count) - Left a message on his userpage on July 2, 2006 saying he was leaving Wikipedia for the time being.
JetLover (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit May 1, 2008.
Jewbacca (talk · contribs · count) - Left retirement notices on his user and talk pages on April 8, 2006. Made a handful of later edits, the last in July 2008.
JHCC (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit May 15, 2006. Left a farewell message on his userpage.
Jimregan (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit February 1, 2007. No longer active around Wikipedia and now writes for the Linux Gazette.
Jguk (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit March 9, 2007.
Jmlk17 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator, last edit 9 July, 2008.
Jmoliver (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 13, 2006.
Johanthon (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit January 4, 2008.
John Fader (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit in May 2006, but those were his first two edits since May 2005 after nearly 5000 edits including regular responses at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). His user page and his talk page give no indication that he was intending to leave the project and email contact is not enabled.
John Reid (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit November 30, 2006, posted the lyrics to Crazy Rhythm, a sad song about lovers parting (about which he'd written of the mainspace article) presumably as an allusion to his leaving Wikipedia, the day after coming off a disputed block for alleged edit-warring on a policy page; his last edit under this username had a sardonic "null edit summary" in reference to the block log reason.
JohnnyAlbert10 (talk · contribs · count) – Contributed heavily to articles on roads in the United States. He initially retired from Wikipedia on January 29, 2008, but replaced the retired template with a busy template on March 21, 2008. He has made only a small handful of edits since, the last on November 4, 2008.
Joie de Vivre (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit July 14, 2007. Stated he left after being accused of lying.
Joseph Dwayne (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit May 8, 2006. Known for his humorous vandalism.
Josh Grosse (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator, disappeared on December 21, 2006 and has not edited since. Was especially helpful with the Taxobox template and with articles on microscopic animals.
Jreferee (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator. Last edit November 29, 2007.
JRM (talk · contribs · count) - requested de-sysopping in May 2007 and has not edited since.
Julien Tuerlinckx (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit May 1, 2007
JYolkowski (talk · contribs · count) - Over 10,000 edits. Last edit May 14, 2008. Great contributor to railway articles.

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User-multi error: "Karen_Johnson" is not a valid project or language code (help). - Last edit October 8, 2004.
Katefan0 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - A prolific administrator, she left after Daniel Brandt threatened to inform her employer regarding her work on Wikipedia. See Muddying Sandifer for more details. Last edit May 27, 2006.
Kelly Martin (talk · contribs · count) - Ceased normal editing on December 31, 2007. Returned a year later to cast votes in the ArbCom elections.
Kilo-Lima (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator. Last spotted actively editing in August 2008. Returned briefly to make one edit on December 12, 2008.
Kingfisherswift (talk · contribs · count)
Kirjtc2 (talk · contribs · count) - Left a goodbye note on his/her userpage on November 21, 2006 - left another final message July 21 2008
KittySaturn (talk · contribs · count) - Left a goodbye message on her user page on July 31, 2006 and changed it to Japanese the next day. Roughly translated, her message said: You grew tired already. How it is good already. Bygone days, this Wikipedia which I have regularly used. Today, it was broken.
Klonimus (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit February 2, 2006.
Kmweber (talk · contribs · count) - Editor known for taking controversial positions. Last edit was December 14, 2008, after community ban discussion that gained support. Made one anonymous edit complaining about this entry in March 2009.
Konstable (talk · contribs · count) - resigned his admin access following an arbitration and has not edited since April 2008.
Kotepho (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit July 19, 2007. Requested for user and talk pages to be blacked.
Krimpet (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 29, 2009. Deleted own user page.
Kross (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit May 2, 2007.
Kukkurovaca (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit November 23, 2005. Came back briefly on July 3 and 9, 2006.
Kyoko (talk · contribs · count) - Hasn't edited since August 2, 2008.

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Larry laptop (talk · contribs · count) - Left on January 20, 2007. See essay for details.
Lawrence Cohen (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit was 15 May 2008.
LC (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator and another very early Wikipedian. Last edit on October 31, 2002.
Lifefeed (talk · contribs · count) - Made only a handful of edits after August 2005; his last act was to blank his user and talk pages and replace them with the word "done" on October 10, 2005
Lights (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit July 11, 2008.
Linuxbeak (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit March 31, 2008. Has made only 21 edits since 2006.
Lommer (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator - userpage says (as of February 5, 2006) that "they will be taking an indefinite wikibreak, and cannot to a project that actively destroys people's work for the sole reason that corporations can't use it." Made two edits on August 8, 2007.
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 29 January 2007.
LordViD (talk · contribs · count) Last edit March 28, 2006
Lradrama (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) Last edit October 6, 2008. Administrator and prolific vandal fighter. After a long break from August 2008, Lradrama returned only to make some brief edits and then declare his retirement. Has not returned since.
Lucid (talk · contribs · count) - Declared retirement on September 7, 2007, made one edit on September 13, 2007. Has not edited since.
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.
Lupin (talk · contribs · count) - Creator of the Navigation popups, Lupin's Anti-vandal tool. Made only 2 edits since 5 December 2007

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M3tal H3ad (talk · contribs · count)
Macgreco (talk · contribs · count) - Prolific Brazilian editor. blanked user page in October 2007, and made final edits in January 2008.
Madman (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator. Last edited March 17, 2008, after noting that he's being challenged academically and in a state of semiretirement.
Mamawrites (talk · contribs · count) - Remarked on user page that she would be contributing perhaps only once or twice a week; however, her last edit was made 28 August 2006.
Mark Richards (talk · contribs · count) - last edit March 10, 2005
MarkS (talk · contribs · count) - last edit July 23, 2007
MarkSweep (talk · contribs · count) - Administrator - last edit was on November 14, 2007, hasn't been heard from since.
Martial Law (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit June 3, 2007.
Marshman (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator - Left Wikipedia for a year on June 21, 2006. Returned one year later on June 27, 2007 explaining on his talk page that he "just got TOO busy at work to contribute much," and was desysopped from Wikibooks.
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Matilda (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator; last edit December 5, 2008, after leaving a retired note on her talk page.
Maximus Rex (talk · contribs · count) - last edit: July 31, 2004 - deleted his user page right before he left.
McPhail (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit June 25, 2008
M C Y 1008 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit October 7, 2007
Megan1967 (talk · contribs · count) - last edit August 27, 2006. Left a message on her talk page on June 20, 2005 saying she resigned to go live with her girlfriend; [10] made an edit on August 1, 2006, and another on August 27, reiterating her retirement.
Mel Etitis (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) an editor since 2004 and an administrator since 2005. Was heavily active until June 2007, where he edited occasionally. Last edit was on July 1, 2007.
Mereda (talk · contribs · count) - Just before reaching 6,000 edits, user stated that his/her username will be mainly dormant from April 2007. Last edit was on March 28, 2007.
Merlinus (talk · contribs · count) - last edit April 8, 2007.
MetsFan76 (talk · contribs · count) - last edited in February 2008.
Mic (talk · contribs · count) - last edit September 27, 2004.
Michael Mad (talk · contribs · count) - last edit March 9, 2008, had only been sporadically active since December 2007.
MichaelTinkler (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit on September 3, 2002.
Milk's Favorite Cookie (talk · contribs · count) - Formerly User:Ohmypanda. Prolific sports, Video game, and Huggle editor. Over 10,000 mainspace edits and was involved in getting several lists to Featured list status.
Mintguy (talk · contribs · count) - last edit November 13, 2004. "It has stopped being fun. The lunatics are taking over the asylum." See his userpage for more information
Minun (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit October 28, 2006, has not returned after ArbCom ban ended on August 13, 2007
Mirv (talk · contribs · count)
Mister Jinxy (talk · contribs · count) Edited from December 2005 to May 2007. Left after stating, "Too many editors out there drinking the politically correct Kool-Aid and trying to make everybody worship at the altar of the Almighty Wikipedia Rule Book."
Mmoyer (talk · contribs · count)
Monobi (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit on June 21, 2008. Privately requested his userpage to be deleted and both userpage and talk pages to be fully protected.
Moralis (talk · contribs · count) - Stopped editing without explanation on 29 October 2008. Contributions included being a member of the Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal and a recent changes patroller.
Moreschi (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - An administrator who was known for his activity in arbitration enforcement. Created the fringe theories noticeboard, and worked at protecting Wikipedia's articles from nationalism. Last edit was on February 11, 2009.
Moriori (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit November 1, 2007. Edited from October 2003. Asked, "Is there a new policy to drive good editors away until only the woowoos are left?" Hours later he blanked his userpages and stopped editing after he felt his honesty was questioned over media copyright issues.
Morton devonshire (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit November 18, 2007. Stated that he'll be on indefinite wikibreak, as there is "not much Wiki-violatin' vanity-conspiracy-spamology left to delete" for him.
Morwen (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator, last edit July 16, 2007.
MPLX (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit April 28, 2005, left apparently after a conflict at Teach the Controversy.
MrDarwin (talk · contribs · count) - Prolific plant editor, left in January 2008 in the first Homeopathy ArbCom case. Briefly edited in January 2009 to blank his user talk page.
Mr. Lefty (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator. Left and last used tools on July 7, 2008. Returned to make a single edit on November 6, 2008, and has not edited since.
Muriel Gottrop (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit 5 November 2007. Terrific editor of European history topics, including the since deleted, but very interesting List of young people in history. Now lurks in wiki-pt?
Mushroom (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator, last edit June 13, 2008.
Musical Linguist (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator, last edit June 23, 2007.
Mustafaa (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit November 17, 2006. His user page cites a lack of free time.

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Nathan Ladd (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit: June 6, 2006.
Nathanlarson32767 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit: January 26, 2005.
Navy Blue (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit October 23, 2008.
Neurodivergent (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit January 12, 2007.
Netoholic (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 19, 2006.
NHSavage (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit October 28, 2007.
NickelShoe (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit March 9, 2008
Nknight (talk · contribs · count) - last edit: 24 Feb 2005 - has decided to leave, see the user page.
Nobleeagle (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit was on March 10, 2007.
Noitall (talk · contribs · count)- last edit October 11, 2005.
Notheruser (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) Administrator. Left on August 17, 2003 giving no reason, but stating "I'm taking an indefinite break from Wikipedia." Returned for one day on June 4, 2005, but has not edited since.
NWA.Rep (talk · contribs · count) Also known as Certified.Gangsta, left after controversial block December 4, 2008; posted long "Farewell to Wikipedia Address" on talk page explaining reasons for departure. Removed a comment from userpage in February 2009.

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Oden (talk · contribs · count) - last edit was January 2007, placing a retirement tag on his userpage. Left due to his involvement in the heated WP:NFCC debates, resulting AN complaints about wikistalking, incivility on the part of others, etc.
Oldwindybear (talk · contribs · count) - former administrator. Amidst allegations of sockpuppetry, Oldwindybear requested his userpage deleted and blanked his talkpage. Last edit July 25, 2007.
OmegaWikipedia (talk · contribs · count) - last edit November 27, 2005.
Omicronpersei8 (talk · contribs · count) - last edit December 1, 2006, made a few on the 9th, placing a "Former Wikipedians" template on his user page with "Goodbye" as the edit summary. A dedicated vandalfighter with over 50,000 edits.
Omniplex (talk · contribs · count) - last edit July 10, 2006, blanked user page; was also very active on Meta from Mar - Jul 2006.
OneGuy (talk · contribs · count) - last edit was on December 9, 2006.
Optim (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA): Administrator and bureaucrat. Missing since March 6, 2004.
Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk · contribs · count) - left "retired" note on user page December 25, 2008.

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Pádraic MacUidhir (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit on December 25, 2006. Requested his user and talk pages be deleted on April 25, 2007
Pcpcpc (talk · contribs · count) - Left a message on his talk page on April 1, 2006, saying he was leaving due to "stress caused by the unreliability of the system and harrassment from certain users." [11] Reiterated this on April 17, and has not edited since.
PedanticallySpeaking (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator; userpage says that they're wikibonked. Last edited on November 14, 2007.
Pekinensis (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit July 31, 2006, except for 2 edits on September 15, 2006 and one on his user talk on June 7, 2007.
Peter (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator. Last edit on October 10, 2008.
PetraSchelm (talk · contribs · count) - Last edited in June 2008.
Pfortuny (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator; four edits since December 13, 2004, with the last one being on October 11, 2008.
Pgk (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit August 16, 2007. A sysop who was very good at what he did. Ran a bot called Pgkbot.
Phaedriel (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Last edit September 28, 2007. One of the most respected administrators on Wikipedia.
Phaedrus86 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit June 15, 2007.
Phatcat68 (talk · contribs · count) - An evangelical Christian, his userpage suggests he may have left due to conflicts with other users about Wikipedia's treatment of Christianity. Stopped regularly editing on May 7, 2006; has made a few edits since then, but none since September 25, 2007.
Picaroon (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator and Arbitration clerk, last edit on March 1, 2008 to userpage noting disappointment at how things were going.
Pickle UK (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit October 27, 2007
Pilotguy (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator. Last edited in August 2008. Returned on January 10, 2009 to delete his user and talk pages.
Pir (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 1, 2006
Poetic Decay (talk · contribs · count)
Poindexter Propellerhead (talk · contribs · count) - last edit, September 27, 2007 placed a short wikibreak tag on userpage. made 4500+ edits, one edit since on March 16, 2008.
Polonium (talk · contribs · count) - Stopped editing regularly in summer 2007. Made two edits on December 10, 2007.
Popsracer (talk · contribs · count) - Last edited on February 1, 2005
Prisonbreak12345 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit October 4, 2008.
Private Butcher (talk · contribs · count)- last edit, December 31, 2005. Briefly returned and edited during April 2006 and early November 2006. Made three more edits January 1, 2007, none since.
Purplefeltangel (talk · contribs · count) - This creator of the Wikihug left on November 6, 2005 after conflict. Her last edit was vandalizing Internet Relay Chat by moving it to "Internet Relay Chat on WHEELS!" (a la Willy on Wheels).
PurplePlatypus (talk · contribs · count) - last edit June 26, 2007

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Quadzilla99 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit July 27, 2007. Userpage says he's taking a long wikibreak.
Quarl (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit April 29, 2007.
Quintessent (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit November 11, 2004.

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R (talk · contribs · count) - announced his retirement in April 2008; has made a few edits since.
RadicalBender (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator, last edit on April 17, 2007.
RadioKirk (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) An admin, announced he was inactive on Wikipedia on April 3, 2007. Last edit was on May 16, 2007, announcing on his user page that "administrative access has been removed by request." He has not been seen or heard from since.
Radman1 (talk · contribs · count) - Blanked his user and talk pages in December 2005. He returned to make a few edits on February 10, 2006, but again blanked his talk page and ceased editing.
Rama's Arrow (talk · contribs · count) - Former administrator credited with nominating 12 featured articles, last edit August 26, 2007.
Random Passer-by (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit May 11, 2007.
Random Replicator (talk · contribs · count) - Actively stopped contributing on 29 Jan 2008. Successfully got article to FA and then left over the wiki-drama. Made one edit on 25 Jan 2009.
Rangerdude (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit on December 19, 2005. Had 3155, over a little under a year. Left after an arbitration case.

RattBoy (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit 15 December 2006. Worked mostly on U.S. politicians. Editor simply vanished.
Raymond arritt (talk · contribs · count) - Resigned adminship and went on indefinite wikibreak at the end of May 2008, saying he was "disillusioned with the backbiting and witch hunts that have lately taken over the project." Occasionally edits now as Short Brigade Harvester Boris (talk · contribs · count) but remains just as disillusioned with the backbiting and witch hunts that have taken over the project, if not more so.
Rbrwr (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator; last edited on April 20, 2008. Has not done any administrator tasks since February 19, 2006.
Reaper X (talk · contribs · count)
Redrocket (talk · contribs · count) - Has not been active since May 10, 2008. Added a retired tag on his talk page on June 16.
Redwolf24 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator; made a few edits to his user page and talk page on November 6, 2007. Stopped actively contributing on November 30, 2007, but came back to make four edits on January 17, 2009.
Remuel (talk · contribs · count) Has made only 2 edits since August 29, 2005. The second was to add himself to the List of non-admins with high edit counts on February 17, 2006.
Reubenbarton (talk · contribs · count) - Has edited very sporadically since July 2005. He made a handful of edits on July 20, 2006 and March 16, 2007. He was a major contributor to articles about manned space flight.
Revolutionaryluddite (talk · contribs · count) - requested user page deletion; stopped edits 2007/11/13. Has made some smaller edits since then.
Rfl (talk · contribs · count) A Wikipedia and Commons administrator, inactive since September 2005, last edit January 11, 2008.
Rhion (talk · contribs · count) - An active editor especially on Welsh topics, he left a farewell message on his talk page on January 9, 2007. Left one further message at the Welsh Wikipedians' notice board on January 28 requesting his userpage be blanked and offering a further explanation for his departure. Made one edit on November 28, 2008.
RickK (talk · contribs · count) - One of the most active administrators on recent changes patrol, blanked his talk page and left a goodbye message on his user page. His exit came after a revert war where he was removing a copyright violation, in which he was blocked for violating the three revert rule by a fellow administrator. (see here). Appeared on Simple Wikipedia on July 21, 2005. He came back on December 23, 2005 to protect his user page and leave a message. His account was later compromised on July 16, 2008 and was blocked indefinitely.
Rintrah (talk · contribs · count) - Declared account "permanently inactive" on Feburary 22, 2007, and hasn't edited since.
Rizzleboffin (talk · contribs · count) - Quit Wikipedia on July 12, 2007.
Robchurch (talk · contribs · count) - Left a message on his user page on July 3, 2006, saying he'd be "getting out of the way". Only a handful of edits since then, the last on May 24, 2007, supporting an RfA.
Robert McClenon (talk · contribs · count) - vanished suddenly after March 20, 2006.
Rogper (talk · contribs · count) - Prominent on the Swedish Wikipedia, he stopped editing here July 2005. Returned briefly on March 16 and 17, 2006, and February 25, 2007, but hasn't edited since.
Rossami (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - administrator; editor since 2 April 2003. No activity under this username since 18 November 2008.
Rotem Dan (talk · contribs · count) - last contribution on March 15, 2006, which was to blank his talkpage and a subpage. Hasn't appeared since.
Rune.welsh (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - administrator, frequent promoter/failer of lists on WP:FLC. Last edit January 6, 2007.

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Salsa Shark (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator, last edit January 29, 2004.
Sam Spade (talk · contribs · count) - Became only an infrequent contributor after a May 2006 arbitration case. Last edit April 19, 2007.
Samaritan (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit January 5, 2008.
Samuel Blanning (talk · contribs · count) - Retired administrator, last edit was on April 17th, 2008.
Sango123 (talk · contribs · count) - Retired administrator, last edit October 1, 2006, e-mail messages sent to her have not been replied to.
Sanguinity (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit January 29, 2009.
Sannse (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator; last edited on January 9, 2009.
Scraggy4 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit 26 July 2007.
ScudLee (talk · contribs · count) - A prolific editor during 2004, ScudLee first disappeared in December 2004. Made almost 1500 edits in December 2005, then blanked talk page on December 26, 2005 and has not been heard from since.
SD6-Agent (talk · contribs · count) - Last seen at the end of January 2006, after over 9600 edits; left without explanation. A major contributor to Canadian topics, he started the page on what is now the FA on the TV show, Lost.
Seabhcan (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit September 21, 2008.
Sebastiankessel (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit February 18, 2009.
Segv11 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit January 3, 2009.
Selmo (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit June 2, 2008.
Sergeant Snopake (talk · contribs · count) - Left a message on her talk page on September 15, 2006, saying her "time here has passed." She made a few more edits, the last on December 29, but reiterated that she was not coming back.
Sethmahoney (talk · contribs · count) - Left for a short wikibreak in 2006 and didn't return.
Sfoskett (talk · contribs · count) - Active editor of automobile-related articles from 2004 on; last edit on December 18, 2008.
ShaneKing (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit August 19, 2005.
Shauri (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 30, 2005.
Shorne (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 6, 2004.
Shreshth91 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 14, 2008.
SJP (talk · contribs · count) - Very active Huggle user in late June — mid-July 2008. Last edited on July 13, 2008.
Skellam (talk · contribs · count) - Blanked his userpage and unsubscribed from WikiProject on November 16, 2004; no reason given. Contributions oversighted.
Skinnyweed (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 18, 2006.
Slithean (talk · contribs · count) - Last Edit 12 September, 2006.
Smee (talk · contribs · count), formerly Smeelgova (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit June 28, 2007
Snocrates (talk · contribs · count) - announced they were moving to an area without internet access on their user page on January 31, 2008; announced they would in fact have internet access in February of 2008, but have apparently been offline since February 15, 2008.
Smokizzy (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit on June 27, 2008.
Snowolf (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator; last edit 18 December, 2008.
Someone else (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit November 22, 2003.
SoM (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit July 15, 2006. Left explanation on his user page on March 23, 2007, saying he's "had enough" and "it wasn't fun anymore". Came back on January 9, 2008 to clear out bot messages on his talk page.
Sortior (talk · contribs · count) - Made an admin January 8, 2005. Last edit January 18, 2005.
Soulpatch (talk · contribs · count) - Last contributed June 7, 2007.
SouthernComfort (talk · contribs · count) - Blanked his user page and made his last edit May 14, 2006. Left a retirement message on September 7, 2006 and has not edited since.
Soxrock (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 7, 2007. A member of numerous sports projects with over 52K edits. On an indefinite wikibreak, 'is at a crossroads.' Confirmed via IP on June 4, 2008 he had retired
Spebi (talk · contribs · count) - Administrator. Last series edits were on March 31, 2008. Returned to blank and protect both user and talk pages on June 13, 2008 and July 7, 2008.
Speedboy Salesman (talk · contribs · count) - Fell out with Wikipedia and left on June 15, 2009.
Spellcast (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Last edit February 28, 2009.
Spencer195 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 24, 2005.
Spike Wilbury (talk · contribs · count) - Administrator; last edit 2 August 2008 in a brief return from having stopped editing in January.
Spinboy (talk · contribs · count) - Very few edits since December 27, 2005, the last on January 1, 2007. Left a message on his user page.
SPUI (talk · contribs · count) - Onetime heavy and prolific contributor to U.S. Roads and other transportation-related projects; subject of many block-unblock wars and a few RFCs and arbitration cases. Stopped editing regularly on December 26, 2006; made a few sporadic edits through 2007 and has not edited since October 21 of that year. Last edit claimed he was still active on IRC.
Squash (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit April 13, 2006 except for one edit on 18 May 2007.
Staffelde (talk · contribs · count) - Left a farewell message on his user page on June 13, 2006.
Stbalbach (talk · contribs · count) - Stopped actively contributing on September 14, 2007, after slowing down his edits significantly since May. Made one edit on August 16, 2008.
SteveW (talk · contribs · count) - Has not seriously edited since May 2005. Made one edit on September 21 that year.
Stirling Newberry (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit April 26, 2007.
StuartDD (talk · contribs · count) - fell out with Wikipedia. Last edit March 10, 2008.
Susvolans (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 31, 2005.
Suntag (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit January 14, 2009

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Talrias (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit April 14, 2006, a good bye note on user page.
Tarnas (talk · contribs · count) - 1,987 edits, on indefinite wikibreak since December 10, 2005. Created some excellent sketches whilst he was here. Last edit November 26, 2008.
Taw (talk · contribs · count) - Formerly very active Polish Wikipedian, but no edits since February 19, 2009.
TchussBitc (talk · contribs · count) Disappeared without explanation on 19 September 2006.
Tearlach (talk · contribs · count) - Announced a long Wikibreak on May 24, 2007; made only two more edits, the last one on September 13, 2007.
Technobadger (talk · contribs · count) - left end of Feb 2008, may have been frustrated by "GNU/Linux" vs "Linux" discussions
Ted Wilkes (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit was on September 25, 2008 to blank user and user talk page.
Terence (talk · contribs · count) - Left a retirement notice on his user page on July 12, 2007. Has made a few edits since then, the last on December 5, 2008.
That Guy, From That Show! (talk · contribs · count) - Has been less active since April 2008. Made two edits on June 6.
The Halo (talk · contribs · count) - Left a wikibreak message on February 23, 2007, then a retirement message on May 1.
The Minister of War (talk · contribs · count) - Left a long wikibreak tag on his userpage on April 30, 2006, but has been rarely active since early 2007. Last edit on September 29, 2007.
The Parsnip! (talk · contribs · count) - Stopped editing on December 29, 2007. Account blocked indefinetley on September 10, 2008 after an incident.
The Raven's Apprentice (talk · contribs · count) - Added retirement notice on September 2, 2007, last edit on June 9, 2008.
The Tramp (talk · contribs · count) - last edit January 21, 2008.
Theoldanarchist (talk · contribs · count) - Placed a retirement notice on his user page on August 22, 2007, made a few more edits, the last on September 4, 2007.
Thernlund (talk · contribs · count) - thousands of (mainly) firearm subject edits over the course of 12 months; methodically closed out his editor involvement September 14, 2007
Thright (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit March 17, 2008
Thunderbrand (talk · contribs · count) - Creator and host of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games GCOTW, Last edit on May 31, 2007.
TOO (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit November 12, 2006.
Torc2 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit April 28, 2008 by blanking his talk page; hasn't mainly edited since March 11.
Tothebarricades.tk (talk · contribs · count) - Infrequent but regular edits since 2004 began to decline in 2008; last edit was September 9.
Tmorton166 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 6, 2006, says on his userpage he feels other users don't get his personal style of conversation.
Trade2tradewell (talk · contribs · count)
Tregoweth (talk · contribs · count) - Former administrator, missing since October 2007. Made one edit on November 30.
Trey Stone (talk · contribs · count) - Requested his user and talk page to be deleted on June 17, 2007; no reason given.
Triona (talk · contribs · count)
Truthspreader (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit February 3, 2007; user page cites real-life obligations as the reason for departure.
Tuspm (talk · contribs · count) - On August 6, 2006 he left a goodbye note on his userpage stating his time was being taken up by real life. He made a few edits on August 25 and August 27 and suggested he would still contribute anonymously.
Tyson2k (talk · contribs · count) - Over 1100 edits since January 2005. Last edit February 2, 2006; one more on March 8, 2006.

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Uriyan (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit: August 1, 2003.
U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A. (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit: April 2, 2008.

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Vancouverguy (talk · contribs · count) - "I think I've officially "disappeared" now. You can call me a "missing Wikipedian" although I might edit anonymously." Vancouverguy was previously absent from Wikipedia in February 2004. He edited a bit in October 2005 and has not posted since. His account was compromised on June 2007 and de-sysoped, see WP:FIRED.
Vedexent (talk · contribs · count)
Veledan (talk · contribs · count) - On December 10, 2007, he explained on his userpage on that he is not currently active. Last edit on June 5, 2008.
Vera, Chuck & Dave (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit March 11, 2008. Contributed to articles related to the Beatles and other British bands.
VeryVerily (talk · contribs · count) - Banned at one point in 2004 for edit warring, he returned for a few months in 2005. On December 27, 2005 he started an appeal at requests for arbitration to "clear his name" from his previous block. He has not edited since February 28, 2006.
Vespristiano (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit August 26, 2006 to his sandbox after a four-month Wikibreak.
Vikreykja (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit March 29, 2007. Left no word as to why.
VivaEmilyDavies (talk · contribs · count) 4721 edits, last edited December 30, 2005

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Walgamanus (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit October 1, 2008. Had not edited regularly since December 2007 prior to that.
Walter Humala (talk · contribs · count) - last edit April 2, 2007.
Water Bottle (talk · contribs · count) - Administrator, inactive since May 2006. Left Wikipedia and protected his userpage on January 26, 2008.
Wernher (talk · contribs · count) - only two edits since May 9, 2008.
WHEELER (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit September 7, 2008. Banned for one year by ArbCom on 24 Aug 2007 (see Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/List of Republics). After ban was lifted, he stated on his user talk page that he was short of time and that he was afraid that admins would be "bull baiting" him. No edits to articles since ban was lifted.
White Guard (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit October 19, 2006.
Whyaduck (talk · contribs · count) - Prolific contributor who stopped editing May 8, 2007. Last edit suggested he felt another user was threatening him.
Wikipediatrix (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 14, 2007. Prolific editor and stickler for standards, to the point of often antagonizing others. Userpage suggests she gave up, but not on entirely hostile terms.
Wisden17 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit September 14, 2006.
Witkacy (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit September 15, 2005. Disappeared without any notice or indication of reason.
WJBscribe (talk · contribs · count) - Admin and bureaucrat who left in late 2008 when real life took him in another direction. Last edits January 29, 2009.
WojPob (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit June 8, 2003.
Worldtraveller (talk · contribs · count) - Prolific editor with 24 featured article successful nominations, last edit on March 3, 2007.
Wow1000 (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit November 22, 2006.

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Xiner (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) - Administrator. Last edit on September 23, 2007.

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Yardcock (talk · contribs · count) Last edit, July 16, 2005

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Zeldamaster3 (talk · contribs · count) - Four edits in 2007, one edit on June 29, 2007, but hadn't edited regularly since September 24, 2006 before that.
Zestauferov (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 16, 2005
Zleitzen (talk · contribs · count) - 17,000+ edits. Last edit September 29, 2007 - left in May over disgust with FAC process; returned briefly in July when Jimbo put a NPOV tag on FA Che Guevara. Made one edit in September.
Zoe (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit February 1, 2007. Left due to a conflict with Jimbo Wales over a professor that asked his students to vandalise Wikipedia.
Zoz (talk · contribs · count) - Left on September 26, 2006. However, returned on April 18, 2007 to add {{Db-userreq}} to user and user talk pages. He has not made any edits since.
Zora (talk · contribs · count) - Last edit December 8, 2007, but had been only sporadically active for several months, citing frustration with POV-pushers.
Zzzzz (talk · contribs · count) - Last edited on June 12, 2007.

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 * {{User2|Soxrock}} - Last edit December 7, 2007. A member of numerous sports projects with over 52K edits. On an indefinite wikibreak, 'is at a crossroads.' Confirmed via IP on June 4, 2008 he had [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:Soxrock&diff=217145058&oldid=211074717 retired]
 * {{User2|Spebi}} - Administrator. Last series edits were on March 31, 2008. Returned to blank and protect both user and talk pages on June 13, 2008 and July 7, 2008.
+* {{User2|Speedboy Salesman}} - Fell out with Wikipedia and left on June 15, 2009.
 * {{Admin|Spellcast}} - Last edit February 28, 2009.
 * {{User2|Spencer195}} - Last edit December 24, 2005.