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[edit] Add users?

With in the last week 3 admins, Essjay, Doc glascow, and Robchurch have appeared to have left. Should I add them now. --Aranda 56 16:13, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

With Hajor that is 4! If you are sure they have left definitely add them, SqueakBox 17:07, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

With any user, but especially admins, wait a month before even thinking about adding them to this list. There are at least a dozen admins who have been added to this list and then returned, most of them fairly quickly. I can think of at least one admin who has been on this list at least twice, who is now back editing. BlankVerse 20:54, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
Don't forget Kate. It may be a while before those links to her edit-counting tool are working again. If you add the other admins, add her also. --TantalumTelluride 06:51, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Essjay, Doc glasgow, and Robchurch have all returned to some extent. All of them are too active to be on the list. Hajor has shown no sign of returning, so he should remain on the list. Kate has not been very active, but she consistently makes at least couple of edits per week and probably should not be on the list. --TantalumTelluride 21:17, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

I've already removed myself from the list. -- Essjay · Talk 21:21, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Should we add Zscout370? He last editted back in April, almost half a month ago, and apparently isn't on break. --maru (talk) contribs 17:18, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scimitar

He had listed himself when he left (10 Nov. 2005), but this was unlisted somehow. I have relisted him. He has not edited since 10 Nov., and I do miss him. Also, in the same edit, I removed HighHopes, as I concur with Squeakbox above. Xoloz 18:54, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

HighHopes left a message on my talk page saying he had left, had actually made more than 2 edits, and would I please leave it in. Strange, SqueakBox 19:01, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] HighHopes

Last edited 3 days ago so has no right to be on this list. He isn't missing. Nor do we want his soap bnox rant about wikipedia. Go take it to a forum which wikipedia is not, SqueakBox 19:32, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] SEWilco's reverts

SEW, please stop the blind reverting. The page says to include only people who were integrated into the community, and who are genuinely missing. Zordrac (talk • contribs) was never integrated into the community so far as I know (he had been here only a short time) and is still editing despite having announced his departure many, many times. Zephram Stark (talk • contribs) had made only 220 edits to articles, was a troll, was banned by the arbcom, and then came straight back with a sock puppet, so he isn't missing either. This page isn't for every single account that has ever stopped editing, or promised to. SlimVirgin (talk) 14:37, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

I echo SV's comment. Take a look at the introductory text in this section: this page is for long time contributors who have left for some reason or another. Not only are Zordrac and Zephram Stark NOT long time contributors, but Zordrac has made an edit (thus is not missing), and Zephram Stark is currently banned (and users aren't usually listed here while they are banned: usually after the ban ends and they leave voluntarily). Therefore, this is a double-whammy for why those two don't belong here. --Deathphoenix 16:56, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Page move

Per discussion at Wikipedia talk:Esperanza, this page has been moved to a subpage of Esperanza and will be used in conjunction with Esperanza's alert page as a record of "Leaving-Wikipedia" alerts that are not successful in encouraging users to stay. Non-Esperanzans are welcome to edit and help maintain the page. --TantalumTelluride 21:27, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Huh? I think not. This should have been discussed at the talk page of the page to be moved. In any case, this page isn't the sole property or responsibility of a wikiproject. — Dan | talk 22:17, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
You're absolutely right. The only users involved in the discussion were members of Esperanza. The move should have been proposed and discussed here first. Please understand that we are just trying to reduce incivilty and edit warring on this page while at the same time providing encouragement to users who are thinking about leaving the project. We weren't trying to prevent non-Esperanzans from editing the page. Anyway, I don't think it's really necessary to move Missing Wikipedians to a subpage of Esperanza. Will a couple of links between the two be acceptable instead? --TantalumTelluride 00:45, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Yes, just stick to links between the two. This page was around long before Esperanza. the wub "?!" RFR - a good idea? 17:51, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
I just added a couple of links to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Alerts. Feel free to change the wording or even to revert to the previous version if you don't like the changes. --TantalumTelluride 19:22, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Order of page

I'm just going to toss an idea out there but does anyone else think the page would be more beneficial if it was in chronological order from the "time they left/their last edit"? I'm willing to spend time in reorganizing it if anyone else thinks it's a good idea. SWD316 talk to me 03:43, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

I do see the merit in doing that. However, I think it might be better to keep the alphabetical listing, since some editors come to the page looking to update the entry of a specific person. --Idont Havaname (Talk) 21:00, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
I agree it would be easier to find specific people if it remains alpha sorted, and this is probably better. Jonathunder 06:07, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Corvus13

It's worth noting that Corvus13's last edit was in November 2001, before all revisions of pages were archived. If you look at his contribution history, you'll see even the edit of his leaving message doesn't exist anymore in the Wikipedia archive (that's why I just added the month and year instead of the exact day). He may only have 91 archived edits, but I'm sure he made a lot more. BillyH 20:17, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] First known deceased Wikipedian?

Pjacobi 22:18, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Actually, Kwantus (talk • contribs) died earlier - on 2005-7-22. --TML1988 18:13, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
    • I'm actually a bit concerned about user:Buttered Bread. According to his user page, "I was born with HIV, because my parents had it, they have both since died from diseases caused by having HIV"; he also says he was born in 1983, meaning he's had HIV for over 20 years. He started editing in late November, edited extremely regularly for the next couple of weeks, and then vanished. On December 25, he showed up to make this edit stating he's been extremely sick, and in and out of the hospital. He hasn't edited since. About a week ago, I sent him an email asking if he's OK, and I have gotten no response. Raul654 18:36, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
If these people are dead, should we put a note on their user pages?--Cúchullain t c 07:49, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Actually, there's already one for Caroline Thompson (talk • contribs). Are we sure about Kwantus or Buttered Bread?--Cúchullain t c 07:53, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Check out Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians - Kwantus is confirmed, but Buttered Bread has neither been confirmed nor reported, just suspected. --TML1988 21:16, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sort by date

Is it posible to sort this by date? —Cool CatTalk|@ 23:01, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Of course it is. Whether someone should or will are different questions. --maru (talk) contribs 01:39, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Do not add yourself

Who would do that? Obviously you're not missing: You're lost. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wuffyz (talk • contribs).

Alot of people acually added themselves before when they tried to leave wikipedia. Thanks Jaranda wat's sup 01:51, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cortonin

Should we really have Cortonin on the list, if Cortonin was banned (even if only from some articles)? --maru (talk) contribs 04:45, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Banned users

What should we do about banned users? We still have AI listed here.--Cúchullain t/c 16:13, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

And Mike Garcia isn't listed. He hadn't edited since August 8, and he made some edits on September 4 that resulted in him getting blocked. I don't know what's going on, but I think he did so much work here he deserves to be listed.--Cúchullain t/c 16:36, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I added Mike. If anyone knows more about this situation or has a problem with him being added, please do speak up.--Cúchullain t/c 21:09, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
He's really not missing, we know where he's at - he's banned. Can't come back like the other missing ones can. Hbdragon88 07:35, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Date consistency

I've been seeing three formats - YY/MM/DD, MM/DD/YY, and DD/MM/YY. Can we get some consistency here? Hbdragon88 07:35, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Danakil

Danakil's last edit was in fact on Sep.14th,check his/her user contributions.

[edit] Report a Wikipedian

October 6th 2006, Camembert made a few edits. So, he isn't missing anymore. --66.218.12.60 02:54, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Thenr remove the user. Kilo•T 18:00, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Done.--Cúchullain t/c 23:47, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Reporting a Wikipedian. Wernda said on his talk page,

"I have decided, after much consideration, to discontinue my support for Wikipedia indefinitely. The project has become simply too nasty for me. I will edit actively on other Wikimedia projects. If you need me, email me, or contact me on another project."

--Werdna 04:36, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Probable reason: "The request for adminship on this bot was just closed by Taxman with no consensus."

[edit] User:º¡º

He's confirming he's User:O^O. Should we remove him from the list? - Emir214 06:08, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] removal

A rather large percentage of those who are on the list are active again. Perhaps we should remove those who've edited frequently lately? [wossi]

That's what's supposed to be done. --Gwern (contribs) 03:53 15 December 2006 (GMT)

[edit] Notability

How is this notable in any way?128.193.238.6 06:13, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Because these people were valuable editors. That's not notable in the outside world, but then again, this isn't an article, it's a project page (see the Wikipedia: in the title). CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 06:14, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 500 edits rule?

There is no mentioned rule. Cuchullain (talk • contribs) took away Notransistory (talk • contribs) because he has less than 500 edits. If there is a 500 edit rule, please show it to me. -Yancyfry

It's not a hard and fast rule, but as it says at the top of the page: "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." We've been removing users who made less than 1000.--Cúchullain t/c 22:28, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
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