All accounts on this page discovered by running Quarry query #70434: list of sysops with accounts created before June 15, 2003.

Lists

edit

List of potentially first active admins (top 10)

edit

Account must be listed in WP:List of administrators/Active as of January 9, 2023 to be listed here.

Top 10 earliest, active admins
Account Sysop date Method of confirmation Notes
Jimbo Wales 2001 Founder; has held admin privileges since inception of Wikipedia
AxelBoldt By June 2002 Early admins list and talkpage history Received userpage notice for admins about this bug.
Infrogmation February 2003 User:NoSeptember/RfA chronological NoSeptember's list only; no confirmatory email or edit log
Tim Starling 24 March 2003 mail list Earliest with confirmatory record
The Anome 13 May 2003 mail list
Jimfbleak 14 May 2003 mail list
Dante Alighieri 20 May 2003 mail list
Deb 14 June 2003 RfA page history link First currently-active admin listed at page history of WP:RfA
Anthere 15 June 2003 RfA page history link
Menchi 19 June 2003 RfA page history link

Ineligible or later

edit

2004 or later

edit

Notes

edit
  1. ^ Noted as editor July 2001 with "unknown sysopping date" at Early admins page.