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

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

Purpose of this list

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

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

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

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

All dates featured on this page correspond with UTC times.

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  • QazPlm (talk · contribs · count) – Prolific editor and creator of articles on cricket and Australian geography from late 2005 to mid 2008.
  • Qirex (talk · contribs · count) – She effectively quit on January 28, 2006, coming back only once on May 7 that year to blank her user page.
  • QPT (talk · contribs · count) – This user (originally called Origamite) had about 4000 edits between March 2013 and January 30, 2016, but has no edits since (as of November 2017). S/he left a message on his/her user page.
  • Qwyrxian (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Administrator (from July 2011) with over 57,000 edits beginning in May 2006. Has not edited since announcing an “extended break” in January 2014, which some colleagues attributed to off-wiki harassment.

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  • Vala M (talk · contribs · count) – Last edited on March 6, 2016 after nearly two years of no editing. Previous edit was to blank their talk page.
  • Vancouverguy (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – "I think I've officially "disappeared" now. You can call me a "missing Wikipedian" although I might edit anonymously." Vancouverguy was previously absent from Wikipedia in February 2004. He edited a bit in October 2005 and has not posted since. His account was de-sysopped and blocked after it was compromised in June 2007; see Wikipedia:Former administrators/reason/compromised.
  • Van der Hoorn (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 6, 2020, with the previous edit being over a year ago. Editing began to slow down after April 2013, with only a few edits being made in later years until full stop on December 6, 2020.
  • Vegaswikian (talk · contribs · count) – Last edited on September 15, 2015.
  • 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.
  • Victoriagirl (talk · contribs · count) – Active contributor whose last edit was February 25, 2010, which was not in keeping with usual rate of contributions.
  • Videmus Omnia (talk · contribs · count) – IIRC, left due to complications w/his identity; save for requesting his userpage be deleted, has not edited since April 21, 2009.
  • Vikingstad (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit March 7, 2016. First edited on December 14, 2003.
  • VirtualSteve (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights) – Last edit was made on September 8, 2010, which was to post that they were retired, and requested desysopping in edit summary. Administrator. Former president of Wikimedia Australia.
  • VivaEmilyDavies (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit December 30, 2005.
  • Vorbee (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit January 1, 2021 with no warning. Made 3,877 contributions to Wikipedia at the time of missing.
  • Vwanweb (talk · contribs · count) – Last edit February 12, 2019. Contributor with over 6,000 edits. Was active in 2018 and early 2019 until full stop on February 2019. First edit was made on January 1, 2013.
  • VX (talk · contribs · count) – Formerly RockManQ, stopped editing in July 2009, making a handful more edits in December 2009 and in April 2011. Particularly active at Editor for deletion.

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