Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians

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This is a list of Wikipedians who, for various reasons, are unfortunately no longer an integral part of our community.

[edit] 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. Most of the people in the list made well over 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), 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.
• Wikipedians who are considering leaving and those who have very recently left a stress-related goodbye message can be listed at stress alerts page.
• 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 can be removed from the list altogether or listed in the "Not really missing" section.
• 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. You are welcome to add your own name to the stress alerts page, but be warned that the community will accordingly try to encourage you to stay.
• Wikipedians who no longer edit due to confirmed death should instead be added to Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians.

Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Not really missing

[edit] Missing Wikipedians

• ²¹² (talk • contribs • count) - Missing since 2003 October 24.
• º¡º (talk • contribs • count) aka BigFatBuddha (talk • contribs • count) - Last contribution 4 May 2003. Left comment on Talk page: "I've wandered far afield, and am likely not to return. My illusions were reduced when I found the mailing list, and found how little was thought of me." (Has probably returned as O^O (talk • contribs • count), but what's it to you?)
• 12.144.5.2 (talk • contribs • count) - Louis Epstein, who posted from a fixed IP, left a valedictory address on his user page 2006 January 1.
• 168... (talk • contribs • count) - Blanked user page and was presumed to have left on 2004 March 7 following disputes arising from the handling of "subvandalism" (see e.g. DNA).
• 0 (talk • contribs • count) - Originally active in 2002, he returned briefly on February 17, 2004. Recently, he has made a couple edits beginning on February 27, 2007

[edit] A

• Abigail-II (talk • contribs • count) - Left 2004 June 12. Blanked talk page and left message on Village Pump, explaining that too many people were deleting material without discussion on talk pages. "I've no interest in working on a system where people break down your work without discussing it on appropriate page."
• Alren (talk • contribs • count) - One edit on February 23, 2007, but hadn't edited since May 31 before that.
• Amgine (talk • contribs • count) - Wikibreak on September 3, 2006 and requested userpage deleted on September 23 after the Board of Trustees election, but was active again through to December 2006.
• Android79 (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit March 19, 2006. He made a few edits in August and September of that year.
• Anonymous anonymous (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit September 6, 2006, left a goodbye message on her talkpage.
• Anonymous editor (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit June 19, 2006
• Ankur (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit 2005 March 9. Used to make great maps.
• Aranel (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit was on September 1, 2005.
• Ardenn (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit August 14, 2006. Stated I am a guy for anyone who was wondering. And now I'm leaving Wikipedia. I refuse to accept that I can be blocked for an Administrator's stupidity, and to be frank, WP:DR does not work. Goodbye forever on July 27.
• Ark30inf (talk • contribs • count) - Left on October 24, 2003 saying "I have found that if you are not here to do battle then nobody will listen to you. Thats not what I am about." He requested de-adminship and the deletion of his user page on 22 February 2004. Read his comments on Wikipedia here.
• Arbustoo (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit November 12, 2006.
• Arundhati_bakshi (talk • contribs • count) - Made a few edits and blanked talk page December 30. Before that, last edit on August 27, 2006.
• AugPi (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit November 30, 2006.

[edit] B

• 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.
• Bagpuss (talk • contribs • count) - One of the oldest Wikipedians. First edit was January 5, 2003. Last edit was May 7, 2003. Came back once in 2005, and again in April 2006.
• Bcrowell (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit 13 March 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 23 December 2004.
• Big Adamsky (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit April 27, 2006.
• 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) - Last edit was on December 15, 2005.
• Bobblewik (talk • contribs • count) - More than 20,000 edits, but none since October 4, 2006 after heavy criticism was made on his talk page.
• Bornintheguz (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit October 3, 2005. A very prolific contributor to articles about soccer.
• Brat32 (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit August 24, 2006; blanked their userpage and replaced it with the message "I'm gone."
• Buttered Bread (talk • contribs • count) - last edit 25 December 2005. See Possibly deceased Wikipedians.

[edit] C

• Captain Jackson (talk • contribs • count) - From his talk page dated 08 April 2006: "Captain Jackson is far too disgusted with Wikipedia members and administration to continue contributing to this site. He has therefore decided to commite Wikisuicide".
• Carbonite (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit February 11, 2006.
• Cantus (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit April 23, 2006. Had over 21000 edits until being blocked for a month on that date due to violating a previous ArbCom decision.
• Catamorphism (talk • contribs • count) - Taking an indefinite break from Wikipedia, according to user's userpage.
• Cautious (talk • contribs • count) - Edited only sporadically from September 2005. Last edit May 8, 2006.
• Chameleon (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit December 23, 2005. Also edited as Chamaeleon (talk • contribs • count) and Helpful_Dave (talk • contribs • count).
• CheeseLover (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit 24 September 2006.
• Chronographos (talk • contribs • count) - Missing since 14 October 2005. Made one edit to his user page September 6.
• Colin Kimbrell (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit 5 May 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].
• Cortonin (talk • contribs • count) - Missing since shortly after 26 June 2005 six-month ban from certain articles by ArbComm. [2]
• CrazyTalk (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit on 5 November 2005. Left a departure note on his user page. "Closed up shop. The three months I was a Wikiholic have sucessfully served their purpose (postponing my career change) and have now run their course. I have also arrived at this conclusion: [3]."
• Curps (talk • contribs • count) - 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 - the user modified his userpage to "I'm not really active on Wikipedia anymore," with the edit summary of (lalala what's up it's derk :P) on July 14, 2006.

[edit] D

• Danakil (talk • contribs • count) - This extraordinary user edited for only one and a half months, from August 1 to September 13, 2004, yet during that time he amassed 3,009 edits. Many of these were controversial, although he was responsible for the systematic and correct categorization of hundreds of programming languages and other software related articles.
  • An anonymous user, User:201.135.18.50 claimed on December 26, 2005 that, as Danakil, he had returned. However Danakil has not made any edits since September 13, 2004.
• Darkfred (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit September 27, 2006
• David Justin (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit April 26, 2006. Possibly the most prolific contributor on the topic of drinking.
• David91 (talk • contribs • count) - last edit April 12, 2006. See Possibly deceased Wikipedians.
• Dawud (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit was on January 28, 2006, trying to add himself to this page. He attempted to leave a fairwell message on this page (here) saying he did not believe Wikipedia could ever be made reliable.
  • Pops in and out of Wikipedia. 12 edits in 2006; editing more in 2007.
• Discordance (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit June 14, 2006.
• DJ Clayworth (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit December 6, 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
• Doom127 (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit June 23, 2006
• Dori (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit March 20, 2005. "I've gotten tired of the English Wikipedia. It's gotten so big that I would have to spent most of my time reverting bad edits to pages on my watchlist, and that's not fun. I'll probably be back, but not until a stable branch is launched.
• Duncharris (talk • contribs • count) - long time editor and admin, departed September 25, 2006 after blanking his user pages.

[edit] E

• E Pluribus Anthony (talk • contribs • count) - Massive amount of edits, last one on December 3, 2006.
• 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.
• ElBenevolente (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit January 08, 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.
• Emax (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit 18 February 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) - Missing since March 4, 2007. He retired because of the New Yorker mess. He has surrender his various flag on every wikimedia project.
• EurekaLott (talk • contribs • count) - Disappeared Admin; Last edit February 4, 2007
• Evilphoenix (talk • contribs • count) - Missing since April 25, 2006, left good-bye message on talk page on 28 November 2006.

[edit] F

• Faedra (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit 1 January 2005. "This contributor is currently under the impression that Wikipeia is a complete waist of time. (except for a spelling lesson)."
• Fenice (talk • contribs • count) - Left January 18, 2006 after an editwar.
• Filiocht (talk • contribs • count) - After falling ill earlier in the year, he declared himself "away indefinitely" on June 6, 2006.
• Finlay McWalter (talk • contribs • count) - Admin, active 09/2003 - 09/2004 and 04/2005 - 01/2007. Last edit January 3, 2007.
• Finn-Zoltan (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit August 9, 2006.
• Firebug (talk • contribs • count) - Left due to the Userbox controversy. There is a rather, um, explicit goodbye message on his user page.
• 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.

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.

• Francs2000 (talk • contribs • count) - Left on July 15, 2006, after a lot of stressful things were happening in his life, both on Wikipedia and off.
• 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 • count) - Last edit 10 October 2005. "My apologies, I am away from Wikipedia for an extended period of time." Made two edits on April 11, 2006.
• Funnybunny (talk • contribs • count)- Left August 13th, 2006. He has told me by email he had officially quit. He will be missed by many.

[edit] G

• Gadykozma (talk • contribs • count) - Stated he was "taking wikivacation, probably permanent" on 22 November 2004. Last edit 21 December 2004.
• GangstaEB (talk • contribs • count) - Left after he was accidently accused of being Willy on Wheels.
• Gary D (talk • contribs • count) - Left a message on February 26, 2005, saying he was "closing up shop";[4] made his last edit the same day.
• Gator1 (talk • contribs • count) - Left April 8, 2006 after harrassment and cyberstalking by a user he indefinitely blocked.
  • He restored a page on July 6, 2006, but has not appeared since.
• GK (talk • contribs • count) - Left on 14 January 2005 with a note: "It took me way too long to realize the underlying facts about the way the Wikipedia works. In this libertarian anarchy, any process is only as functional as it's most dysfunctional participant. What that means is that in too many areas the inmates are in charge of the asylum." GK engaged in approximately a dozen edits through 2005, then updated his "Goodbye" message in September 2005 [5]. He was then absent until December 7, 2006, when he participated in several ArbCom election votes, but has had no other activity.
• Gorrister (talk • contribs • count) Last edit 5 October 2005
• Greyengine5 (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit 4 September 2004.
• Graham_Chapman (talk • contribs • count) - On page titles to be deleted on 4 April 2002: "OK, I'm out of here, too many fuckwits and their egos to be bothered with". Made last edit later that day.

[edit] H

• Hajor (talk • contribs • count) - 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.
• 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 10, 2004. Had over 1000 edits, just disappeared.
• Havok (talk • contribs • count) - See User:Havok/Liars for details.
• Hawstom (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit was to declare an indefinite Wikiholiday on April 10, 2006.
• Hcheney (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit October 24, 2005.
• Hermione1980 (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit May 7, 2006 due to being grounded. Her userpage claimed she might be back at the end of August '06, but she has yet to return.
• 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.

[edit] I

• Iam (talk • contribs • count) - blanked his user and talk pages on August 24, 2005; returned August 3, 2006 to say he was "currently on a permanent wikibreak".
• Improv (talk • contribs • count) - last edit 26 December 2006. Left a note on his user page on 2 January 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 [6]. Edited his userspace 2 March 2007.
• Imran (talk • contribs • count) - last edit 13 February 2006. Left a note on 3 November 2004 to say "Note: I am (as of Sept 04) currently inactive on Wikipedia".
• IP Address (talk • contribs • count) - blanked his user page on August 5, 2006 and made his last contribution later that day.
• Isis (talk • contribs • count) - in February 2003, got into a legal dispute with another contributor and quit over it.
• Izehar (talk • contribs • count) - last edit January 16, 2006. Made a few user and talk page edits on February 24 of that year and a single edit in January 2007.

[edit] J

• Jaknouse (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit August 7, 2006. Came back November 13, 2006 and made a few edits but left again.
• JamesBurns (talk • contribs • count) - Very active AfD participant; last edit 19 August 2005. His user page and his talk page did not give any indication that he was intending to leave the project.

The user appeared on August 4, 2006, to post an indefinate wikibreak template on his space 1.

• 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.
• Jerryseinfeld (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit July 28, 2006.
• Jesster79 (talk • contribs • count) - Left a message on his userpage on July 2, 2006 saying he was leaving Wikipedia for the time being.
• JHCC (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit May 15, 2006. Left a farewell message on his userpage.
• Jimregan (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit 12 February 2005. No longer active around Wikipedia after all and now writes for Linux Gazette(.net)
• Jimwitz (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit December 10, 2006 Left a farewell message on his userpage. Seen as an Administrator on Wikia
• John_Fader (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit May 20, 2005 after nearly 5000 edits including regular responses at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). Declined an offer to be nominated for admin. 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.
• JonGwynne (talk • contribs • count) - Left after 26 June 2005 three-month ban by ArbComm. [7]
• Jorge Stolfi (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit March 21, 2006.
• Jose_Ramos (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit 23 March 2004; not known why. Now back after a vacation under a new psuedonym, only being disclosed to selected Wikipedians, though.
• Joseph Dwayne (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit May 8, 2006. Known for his humorous vandalism.

[edit] K

• Karen Johnson (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit 8 October 2004.
• Katefan0 (talk • contribs • count) - 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.
• King Vegita (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit September 24, 2006. Probably left after editing disputes on Egypt-related articles during the summer of 2006.
• KittySaturn (talk • contribs • count) - Left a goodbye message on her user page on July 31, 2006 and changed it to Japanese the next day. Her message roughly translated said,

You grew tired already. How it is good already. Bygone days, this Wikipedia which I have regularly used, Today, it was broken.

• Kokiri (talk • contribs • count) - First blanked user page and talk page on September 18, 2004, but returned sporadically in 2005. She eventually left a retirement notice on her userpage, and has not edited since January 14, 2006.
• KRS (talk • contribs • count) - Inactive since Feb 2005. Made a few sporadic edits since then, last one dating back to July 29, 2006.
• Kukkurovaca (talk • contribs • count) - last edit November 23, 2005

Came back briefly July 9, 2006.

• Kirjtc2 (talk • contribs • count) - left a goodbye note on his/her userpage on November 21, 2006

[edit] L

• 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
• Lommer (talk • contribs • count) see userpage, last edit February 20, 2006
• Lordkinbote (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit November 28, 2006, after problems with vandals. Left a retirement notice on his userpage quoting RickK on what he saw as Wikipedia's internal problem in dealing with "vandals, trolls, and malefactors."
• LordViD (talk • contribs • count) Last edit March 28, 2006
• Lord Voldemort (talk • contribs • count) last edit August 1, 2006
• Lucky 6.9 (talk • contribs • count) administrator, last edit January 26, 2007, blanked user and talk pages.

[edit] M

• 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 10 March 2005
• Mark_Christensen (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit October 10, 2005
• Marudubshinki (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit September 10, 2006. He blocked himself to "show contrition" over the use of his bot that inspired a request for arbitration. Made a few edits and archived his talk page on December 29, 2006.
• Maximus_Rex (talk • contribs • count) - last edit: 31 Jul 2004 - deleted his user page right before he left
• Mboverload (talk • contribs • count) - Made a few edits on December 29, 2006, but hadn't contributed since August.
• Megan1967 (talk • contribs • count) - last edit 27 August, 2006. Left a message on her talk page on June 20, 2005 saying she resigned to go live with her girlfriend; [8] made an edit on August 1, 2006, and another on August 27, reiterating her retirement.
• Mic (talk • contribs • count) - last edit 27 Sep 2004
• MichaelTinkler (talk • contribs • count) - last edit: 2 Sep 2002.
• Mintguy (talk • contribs • count) - last edit: 13 Nov 2004. "It has stopped being fun. The lunatics are taking over the asylum." See his userpage for more information
• MPLX (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit April 28, 2005, left apparently after a conflict at Teach the Controversy.

[edit] N

• Nabla (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit October 15, 2005 not long after becoming a admin
• Nathanlarson32767 (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit: 26 Jan 2005.
• Nknight (talk • contribs • count) - last edit: 24 Feb 2005 - has decided to leave, see the user page.
• Noitall (talk • contribs • count)- last edit October 11th 2005
• Notheruser (talk • contribs • count) left on 17 August 2003 giving no reason, but stating "I'm taking an indefinite break from Wikipedia."
  • Very sad. Notheruser was a great contributer. Ilyanep 17:00, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • He has returned on June 4, 2005, but has not edited since.
• NSR (talk • contribs • count) - last edit: November 28, 2005; left because of Wikipedia's growing problems with vandals (see user page).

[edit] O

• OmegaWikipedia (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit November 27, 2005.
• Omicronpersei8 (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit 1 December 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.

His vandal fighting skills were surpassed only by the legendary Curps. We can only hope he will return one day. --Captain Wikify ^Argh! 00:20, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

• Omniplex (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit 10 July 2006, blanked user page; was also very active on Meta from Mar - Jul 2006.
• OneGuy (talk • contribs • count) - last edit was on 9 December 2006.
• Optim (talk • contribs • count): Administrator and Bureaucrat. Missed since 19:00 PM (UTC), March 6, 2004. Optim came to Wikipedia in 2003 because he wanted to help with the creation of free educational material. He started 115 new articles and contributed more than 19 photos he took using his digital camera. He decided to leave because he felt fed up with some particular Wikipedians. He wishes to everyone Good Luck and PEACE PROFOUND. Optim 19:08, 6 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • He blocked himself for a period of one year. We'll be very lucky to have him back, whenever he decides its worth it. Like all of us, he has a lot of things to do, and when he tallied up the stresses and satisfactions... The stress-o-meter was a multiple of the satisfaction meter :( Let's try to make this profoundly beneficial contributor feel as welcome and happy as possible, if and when he returns. Sam Spade 04:03, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
• Oven_Fresh (talk • contribs • count) - last edit 17 Aug 2005. His account made edits on June 4, 2006.

[edit] P

• Pádraic MacUidhir (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit on December 25, 2006. User page and history disappeared... maybe he was taken in the Rapture - We will miss him.

A pity - the sort of contributor Wikipedia cannot afford to lose. Rhion 15:21, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Briefly returned on December 29, 2006 Kamope · talk · contributions 12:51, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

• Panairjdde (talk • contribs • count) - After being blocked for date warring and sockpuppet use, he "closed" his account, which he later revealed meant he replaced his password with a random one so he could not log in anymore.
• Papayoung (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit November 18, 2005. No explanation given.
• Paroxysm (talk • contribs • count) - His userbox started a notorious wheel war in February 2006. His last edit was March 6, 2006.
• 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." [9] Reiterated this on April 17, and has not edited since.
• Pekinensis (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit July 31, 2006, except for 2 edits on September 15, 2006.
• Pfortuny (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit 13 December 2004.
• Phaedriel (talk • contribs • count) - Announced on her user page she is pregnant on October 2, 2006 after a period of sporadic editing. She continued to edit sporadically, however her last edit was on November 3, 2006.
• 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. Reverted some vandalism to his page on May 7, 2006; few more January 22, 2007.
• PHenry (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit July 5, 2006. Highways ArbCom fallout as stated on his user page.
• Pir (talk • contribs • count) - Mostly gone, but made an edit on March 27, 2006.
• Piotr_Wozniak (talk • contribs • count) - Left with no bad feelings; see his homepage for his detailed explanation.
• Plato (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit for a while was 14 May 2005. It had been reported on this page that he had died (and he was asked about this on his talk page), but he made three edits between 1 February - 2 February 2006.
• Private_Butcher (talk • contribs • count)- last edit, December 31, 2005. Briefly returned and edited during April 2006 and early November 2006.
• Purplefeltangel (talk • contribs • count) - This creator of the Wikihug left November 4, 2005 after conflict. Was so mad she moved a page to "On Wheels!" (a la Willy on Wheels) and was blocked for some time.
• PZFUN (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit 10 August 2006

[edit] Q

[edit] R

• RadicalBender (talk • contribs • count) - an admin, last edit on August 30, 2006. Edited his user page. Came back on June 16, 2006 to protect his user and user talk pages.
• Radiojon (talk • contribs • count) - An editor since 2002, his last edit was on July 25, 2006. May have left because of style conflicts with other editors.
• 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. He made one edit since then, to April 1, 2006, on April 1, 2006.
• RasputinAXP (talk • contribs • count) - an admin, left in September 2006 after posting to WikiEN-L of being "burned out"
• Redwolf24 (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit July 23, 2006.
• Reene (talk • contribs • count) Last edit 22 January 2005, doesn't do Wikipedia anymore. Creator of both the m:Association of Mergist Wikipedians and the Wiki Wiffle Bat award.
• Remuel (talk • contribs • count) Has made only 2 edits since August 29, 2005. The second was to add himself to the List of non-admins with high edit counts on February 17, 2006.
• Renata (talk • contribs • count) - Once a regular contributor now a long term dissapearee. Last edit March 1, 2004. He made one edit giving the reason why he left on October 9, 2006,[10] and said he'd be coming back, but hasn't edited since.
• Reubenbarton (talk • contribs • count) - Has edited very sporadically since July 2005. He made a handful of edits on July 20, 2006. He was a major contributor to articles about manned space flight.
• 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.
• RK (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit August 13, 2006.
• RickK (talk • contribs • count) - One of the most active administrators on recent changes patrol, blanked his talk page and left a rather bitter 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.
• Robchurch (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit July 3, 2006, left a goodbye message on his talkpage. Came back briefly on 5 December 2006 to cast a few votes for ArbCom elections. Now an active developer.
• 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, but hasn't edited since.
• Rotem_Dan (talk • contribs • count) - last contributed 01:00, 26 Jul 2003...maybe he's over in Hebrew Wikipedia now? Well, since July 2003, I'm on a multiple-year wikibreak from all Wikis, I guess it's from too much wikistress/addiction. I'm still proud of my membership though! I'll be back... muhahaha Rotem Dan 10:56, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
• Rydel (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit was on June 3, 2006. According to comments on his blog br23.net, he was hit by a fire truck and is recovering from a state of coma. Let's hope to see him back in full health soon.

[edit] S

• Sabbut (talk • contribs • count) - Has made only a few edits after July 20, 2005; mostly contributes to the Spanish Wikipedia.
• Salsa_Shark (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit January 29, 2004.
• Samaritan (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit June 6, 2006.
• Sango123 (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit October 1, 2006, e-mail messages sent to her have not been replied to.
• Scipius (talk • contribs • count) - Last contributed June 29, 2003.
• Scraggy4 (talk • contribs • count) - last edit 12 Sep 2004. Re-appeared briefly in July 2005.
• 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.
• 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.
• ShaneKing (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit 19 August 2005.
• Shauri (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit December 30, 2005.
• Shorne (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit December 6, 2004.
• Skellam (talk • contribs • count) - Blanked his userpage and unsubscribed from WikiProject on 16 November 2004; no reason given.
• Someone_else (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit November 22, 2003.
• SoM (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit July 15, 2006.
• Sortior (talk • contribs • count) - Made an admin January 8, 2005. Last edit January 18, 2005.
• Soulpatch (talk • contribs • count) - Last contributed March 7, 2003.
• Splash (talk • contribs • count) - Respected admin, last regularly contributed in November, 2006. Returned January 26, 2007 to say that he would remain inactive while finishing his dissertation, but that he might edit anonymously.
• Spencer195 (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit December 24, 2005.
• Spinboy (talk • contribs • count) - Very few edits since December 27, 2005, the last on January 1, 2007. Left a message on his user page.
• Squash (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit April 13, 2006.
• Susvolans (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit December 13, 2005.

[edit] T

• TakuyaMurata (talk • contribs • count) An editor since 2002, he has made only 3 edits since January 15, 2006. The last one was on March 24, 2006.
• 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 but returned briefly in September and November 2006. Created some excellent sketches whilst he was here.
• Taw (talk • contribs • count) - Formerly very active Polish Wikipedian, but no edits since November 29, 2006.
• That Guy, From That Show! (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit February 1 2007.
• The_Warlock (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit August 3, 2003, left comment on user page.
• Thewayforward (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit June 5, 2006.
• ThomasK (talk • contribs • count) - last edited regularly on 20 October 2005; left messages on his talk page and user page. He came back on April 7, 2006, vandalized some pages, and has been indefinitely blocked since April 10.
• Tobias Conradi (talk • contribs • count) - Prolific and controversial editor, last edited November 13, 2006, during a weeklong block.
• TOO (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit November 12, 2006.
• TonyW (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit August 26, 2006.
• Thumbelina (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit September 14, 2006.
• 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.
• 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.
• Tznkai (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit February 8, 2006; user page indicates family obligations.

[edit] U

• Uriyan (talk • contribs • count) - the original uri. last edit: 1 Aug 2003.

[edit] V

• 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.
• 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
• VivaEmilyDavies (talk • contribs • count) 4721 edits, last edited December 30, 2005

[edit] W

• WCityMike (talk • contribs • count) - Left a retired notice on his userpage on August 2, 2006. Made four edits on 27 October.
• Wiglaf (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit December 30, 2005, left a sign on his userpage saying "Good bye forever".
• Witkacy (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit September 15, 2005. Disappeared without any notice or indication of reason.
• WereWolf (talk • contribs • count) - Winner of a Wikihalo, left a sign on his userpage on March 7, 2007, saying that he only felt shunned and ignored here. Made one last edit on March 12.
• WojPob (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit: June 8, 2003.

[edit] X

• Xiong (talk • contribs • count) Last edit, 20:33, 4 April 2006. Officialy left the project around 19 September 2005, leaving a note that he is disappointed with the treatment of his work by vandals.

[edit] Y

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

[edit] Z

• Zestauferov (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit December 16, 2005

[edit] Not really missing

• Brossow (talk • contribs • count) - Left a message on his userpage on July 4 2006 declaring he was "taking a self-imposed WikiBreak and will be back when I feel like it. Don't hold your breath...." Edits once in a while.
  • Has made 32 edits since the start of the year. 1ne 07:23, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
• Endomion (talk • contribs • count) - Very active AfD contributor, vanished after February 25, 2006. Made a couple edits on May 8, and has edited very sporadically since then. Possibly less active due to harrassment.
  • Actually it was a case of Wiki burnout, after attaining 5000 edits. --Ruby 05:18, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
• Hephaestos (talk • contribs • count) - has been on break from Wikipedia since December 2004. He made some edits between January and April 2005. He then announced that he was going to leave Wikipedia and came back in May to protect his user page. Between January and April 2006, he made more edits, added a vandalism count on his user page and protected his talk page. He came back on May 6, 2006 to update his talk page and has not edited since.
  • He added a protection notice to his user page on September 4. [11]
  • He came back on September 24, 2006 with an insult to injury to leave a warning on his talk page telling bots to stop adding image deletion notes on his talk page. [12], [13] Alex 02:56, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
• Imoeng (talk • contribs • count) declared retirement, but still occasionally editing.
• JCarriker (talk • contribs • count) - Requested de-adminship and announced retirement on September 8, 2006. Made a slew of edits in January and posted that he wouldn't be active, but may still make occasional edits.
• Kate (talk • contribs • count) - declared an indefinite wikibreak on 9 November 2005 and has edited only occasionally since then. She will forever be remembered througout the Wikipedia community for her development of the first practical edit-counting tool. Still active on the technical side of things.
• Koyaanis Qatsi (talk • contribs • count) - Started editing very early on, returns only occasionally now.
• ManuelGR (talk • contribs • count) - last edit 1 November 2005 - does not usually edit on the English Wikipedia, his usual work is the Spanish Wikipedia.
• Manning Bartlett (talk • contribs • count) - Started editing very early on, and was an early administrator. edits only sporadically now.
• Muriel Gottrop (talk • contribs • count) - A former admin, she resigned in April 2004, and three months later declared that she would stop contributing regularly to the English Wikipedia and move to the Portuguese Wikipedia instead. Since then, she has only edited here occasionally, but still edits regularly in the Portuguese Wikipedia.
• Pratyeka (talk • contribs • count) - Stopped editing between September 18, 2005 and April 2006; he has edited relatively infrequently since then. On his userpage he says work commitments and the Chinese ban on Wikipedia have disrupted his editing.
• Sam Spade (talk • contribs • count) - Has contributed sporadically since May 2006, after an arbitration case
• SPUI (talk • contribs • count) - Once very active and controversial, particularly in road transport articles, indicates on his user page that "Now I only edit when I see something that really needs to be fixed". Has edited infrequently since early December 2006.
• Tedernst (talk • contribs • count) - Last edit May 14, 2006. Returned in November 2006 to make a few edits.
• Who (talk • contribs • count) Last edit 8 Aug 2006; I'm buzy with other lifely things.., on trip to Europe. I plan to return soon.
  • Has been editing consistently since January 31, 2007. 1ne 07:20, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
• Wikiacc (talk • contribs • count) No edits 2006-07-06-2006-10-13, may edit occasionally.

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians
• Wikipedia drop-outs
• Wikipedia:Expert retention#Those who have departed Wikipedia or are on long-term hiatus

[edit] External links

• Meatball:GoodBye
• Meatball:RightToVanish