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I'm Brian!
I was Brian!
I, dears, am also Brian!

Editors should feel free to make note here of pairs or groups of colleagues with confusingly similar names, or who (whom?) in the past they have confused for some reason, so next time they can figure out just who it is they're vaguely remembering. Diffs to wacky comedies-of-mistaken-identity are especially valued.

The {{Confused?}} template – which renders like this[Confused editor?] and links to this page – is available for calling attention to editors who may be confused.

Editors finding themselves frequently confused (sometimes known as redirect-class Wikipedians[JK]) may consider using a distinct custom signature to help better establish their identity.

  1. 0xDeadbeef and Deadbeef
  2. 28bytes, Q28
  3. 331dot, 333-blue, Bbb23, Sro23
  4. 78.26, 7&6=thirteen, 3family6
  5. A. B., Another Believer[1]
  6. Acroterion, Aquillion
  7. Alaexis, Alexis Jazz
  8. Alien333, Thebiguglyalien
  9. Alison, AlisonW[2]
  10. AlphaBeta135, AlphaBetaGamma
  11. AmirahBreen, Abdallem[3]
  12. AndyTheGrump and Andy Dingley and Andrewa and Andrew Davidson and Anne drew Andrew and Drew
  13. AngusWOOF and EpicPupper
  14. Anomie, The Anome and The Gnome
  15. Anarchyte and Anachronist
  16. Antandrus and Arcturus
  17. Aza24 and AzaToth
  18. Barkeep, Barkeep49
  19. Barek, Berek,[4] Berig
  20. BDD, DGG, BD2412[5]
  21. Beland, Begoon (because "Beland" and "Begoon" are close to indistinguishable, and easily confused... must be those first 2 letters, or word length, or both? Bewildering...) ? And then there's Bagumba...
  22. Belle, Bellezzasolo, Bielle
  23. Berean Hunter, Bearian, and Bearcat (Bearcat confirms that this has actually happened for realz); thence Hashar/Cat, Sarr Cat, Sherwood Cat, SchroCat
  24. (Beyond My Ken, Before My Ken, and Between My Ken [all the same user]) and BMK or Bmk
  25. Bilby, BilCat, Bilorv
  26. (Bishonen, Bishzilla, Bishapod) and Bsherr
  27. Blackmane, Black Kite, Black Falcon
  28. Blubabluba9990, Blablubbs, Beeblebrox
  29. Blue Square Thing, Squared.Circle.Boxing
  30. Bobherry and Ronherry
  31. Bradv, Newyorkbrad (both on Arbcom a/o May 2020)
  32. Buaidh and Buidhe
  33. Buster7 and BusterD
  34. Butwhatdoiknow and WhatamIdoing[6] and Anythingyouwant
  35. C.Fred and CFredkin
  36. Calton and Colin
  37. CapnZapp, CaptainEek, Captain Galaxy, CAPTAIN MEDUSA, CAPTAIN RAJU, Colonel Wilhelm Klink, Colonel Warden, GeneralNotability (This is the Army, Mr. Jones)
  38. Captainllama and Grandpallama I made this mistake just now (also, Captainllama could be in the previous group too)
  39. Casliber, Casprings
  40. Cassianto, Casspedia, Cassiopeia, Cecropia
  41. Cavalryman and Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry
  42. Celestinesucess and Celestianpower
  43. CentreLeftRight, Lefcentreright, RightCowLeftCoast, TheImaCow
  44. Chess, Choess, EnPassant, Pawnkingthree (Queen's gambit declined)
  45. Chiswckchap and Chiswick Chap[7]
  46. Chriscf and Chris troutman
  47. ChrisWx and Tails Wx
  48. Coffee, TheCoffee, CoffeeCrumbs, Coffeeandcrumbs (no, we are not making those last two up), Espresso Addict, CaffeinAddict
  49. Colin, Colin M
  50. Collect, CollectiveSolidarity
  51. Count Iblis, Deacon Vorbis
  52. Coretheapple, Closeapple, Coolabahapple
  53. Courcelles and Carcharoth (both (former) Arbs, both speak with the same somber "professional" voice in discussions); Casliber; Carcharoth and Corachow
  54. Cryptic, Cryptic Canadian
  55. Cullen, Cullen328[8]
  56. cyberpower678, Cyberfan195
  57. Czar, Czarking0
  58. DandelionAndBurdock (signs as "D'n'B") and R'n'B
  59. Daniel, Daniel Case, Daniel Quinlan
  60. Dank, DankJae
  61. Davey2010, Davey2116
  62. David A and Davide King
  63. DeCausa and DeFacto
  64. Deepfriedokra, Devokewater
  65. dinoguy2, Dinoguy1000
  66. Dondervogel 2, Thunderbird2
  67. Doug Weller and Dweller[9] and Dwheeler
  68. Dr.K. and DrKay[10]
  69. Drmies, Drm310 and Mr Miles
  70. Dreamy Jazz and Alexis Jazz
  71. DuncanHill and Duncan.Hull
  72. EdJohnston, EdJF, EdChem, Ed! and The ed17
  73. Ealdgyth and Cwmhiraeth
  74. Edgar181, Eddie891, Ed6767 and Editorofthewiki (commonly known as "Eddy")
  75. EEng, AlexEng, PackMecEng, EngFram, EngineeringEditor
  76. ElKevbo, El C, El cid, el campeador, ElSidCampeador, The C of E, El Cid (Sid Caesar, Billy the Cid, &c.)
  77. EPIC, Epicgenius and EpicPupper
  78. Erik, ErikHaugen, Eric and Eric Corbett ← DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE!
  79. Extraordinary Writ, Writ Keeper[11]
  80. FAdesdae378 and Fadesga
  81. Femke and Femke 01
  82. FlightTime and FlyingAce
  83. FloNight, Floquenbeam (who conjectured It's possible this is how I inexplicably got elected to ArbCom)[12]
  84. Flyer22 Frozen, Flyer22 Reborn, Flyer22 (all the same editor) and SportingFlyer
  85. Frosty and Frostly
  86. Galobtter, Gorthian
  87. Generalrelative, GeneralNotability,[13] General Ization, GeneralizationsAreBad, TheGeneralUser
  88. Gen. Quon, Qono
  89. Geni, Jeni
  90. Gigs and Giggy
  91. Gog the Mild and Hog Farm, similar first words and frequent activity in shared editing areas
  92. GorillaWarfare and NuclearWarfare
  93. Graham, Graham11, Graham87, Graeme Bartlett, GraemeLeggett
  94. Grayfell, Graywalls, Greyjoy (cf. Primergrey)
  95. Guy Macon, Guy M, and JzG (signature Guy) [3]; JzG, JPxG and JFG
  96. HighKing and HighInBC
  97. HurricaneEdgar, Hurricane Noah, -noah-
  98. Ianmacm and ian.thomson
  99. I dream of horses, IdreamofJeanie
  100. InedibleHulk, Ineffablebookkeeper, The Inedible Bulk
  101. Insertcleverphrasehere and AddWittyNameHere
  102. Iridescent, Iridescence, Interstellarity
  103. Isaacl, Vanisaac
  104. Itxia, IXCat, and Ixtal
  105. JBW (formerly JamesBWatson) and JWB and JayBeeEll (signature JBL)[14] and Jbhunley (signature Jbh) and Johnpacklambert[15] and JoelleJay
  106. Jerm, Jorm
  107. JIP, Jip Orlando
  108. JJPMaster, JJMC89
  109. John, Johnbod, John from Idegon, Johnuniq, John Vandenberg, John M Wolfson, John of Reading
  110. Jo-Jo Eumerus, JoJo Anthrax
  111. Joseph2302, Sir Joseph
  112. Jpgordon, JPxG, JzG
  113. Kashmiri, LéKashmiriSocialiste
  114. King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, Kingofaces43
  115. L235, L293D, L3X1
  116. Avilich, Levivich, Mendaliv, Leitmotiv, Lepricavark (too many L's and V's)
  117. Leaky Cauldron (aka Leaky caldron), Theleekycauldron[16]
  118. Leschnei and Lectonar
  119. Lightburst, Lightbreather, Lightmouse, Light show
  120. LouisAragon, LouisAlain
  121. LuK3, Luk3, Luk
  122. Mandruss, Mandarax, Maxaxax, Masem, Maile
  123. Martinevans123, Robevans123
  124. Mastcell, MastCell
  125. Math: Factotem and Primefac (Primefactotem would be too powerful); Primefac, PrimeHunter [4], and Primergrey (honorable mention: AntiCompositeNumber); Pi and Pi.1415926535
  126. Mathglot, Mathsci
  127. Maxim, Maxim.il89[17]
  128. MB, M-B
  129. Meters, 4meter4
  130. Minorax and Mandarax
  131. Mjroots, Ɱ, Mirji (signs ɱ)
  132. Modernist, Mattisse
  133. Moonriddengirl, Megalibrarygirl
  134. MrLinkinPark333, Ritchie333, Seppi333, HAL333
  135. MrsSnoozyTurtle, Mr.weedle
  136. Muboshgu, Bagumba
  137. MX, MrX, MrX Horror, Mr Ernie, Mr rnddude
  138. Mychemicalromanceisrealemo and My Chemistry romantic
  139. Mz7, JzG
  140. Nick, Nick-D, NickCT, Nick Moyes, Nick Thorne, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (signature: Nearly Headless Nick)
  141. Nigej, Nigel Ish[18]
  142. North8000, Northamerica1000
  143. Novem Linguae, Novo Tape
  144. Nyttend, Nythar
  145. Oculi, In ictu oculi
  146. Oshwah, Oshawott 12
  147. Parrot of Doom, TheRedPenOfDoom
  148. Pizzaplayer219, LaundryPizza03
  149. Pharos, Pharaoh of the Wizards
  150. Piotrus and Pietrus[19]
  151. Pr4ever, PF4Eva
  152. Premeditated, Premeditated Chaos
  153. Presidentman and UnitedStatesian
  154. Primefac, PrimeHunter [5], and Primergrey
  155. Qwerfjkl, 1234qwer1234qwer4[20]
  156. RandomCanadian and RandomGnome
  157. Randykitty, Randy Kryn, Korny O'Near[21]
  158. Ratso Rizzo, StuRat
  159. Ravenpuff, RationalPuff, Ravenswing, .Raven, Ravensfire
  160. Redrose64, Red Rose 13, Rosiestep
  161. RedSoxFan274, RedSoxFan2434
  162. Rich Farmbrough and his brother DavidFarmbrough
  163. Rich Smith, RoySmith
  164. RickinBaltimore, Ricky81682
  165. Robofish, Ruhrfisch, Sciencefish, Tryptofish, Tks4Fish, EvilxFish, PigeonChickenFish, Zfish118
  166. Roger Davies, Rogerd
  167. ARoseWolf, Roxy the dog
  168. Sagaciousphil, Sphilbrick, Phil Bridger, PhilKnight
  169. Sahaib, Sahaib jan
  170. Salvio giuliano, Salavat
  171. SarekOfVulcan, Spock of Vulcan, Lieutenant commander Spock
  172. Schierbecker, SchreiberBike
  173. Schazjmd, Sdrqaz, Spartaz, Sdkb
  174. Scorpions13256, Scorpions1325, Scorpion0422
  175. SD0001, Dl2000 and S0091
  176. Sideswipe9th and Spinixster
  177. Siroxo and Silcox
  178. Sir Sputnik, SpacemanSpiff and Spinningspark
  179. Skyring, GoldenRing, GoldRingChip
  180. Skyshifter, Skysmith
  181. Slugger O'Toole, Brews ohare
  182. Smokefoot, SmokeyJoe
  183. Snowded, Snow Rise, GiantSnowman, Snowmanonahoe, Snowolf, SnowFire[22]
  184. SNUGGUMS, Snooganssnoogans, Smasongarrison, Huggums537
  185. Softlavender, Softlemonades
  186. Spencer, Stephen
  187. Steel, Steel1943, Steelkamp, Steelpillow
  188. Störm, Storm598
  189. Tamwin, Tamzin
  190. TAnthony, T. Anthony
  191. Tegel and Teles (both stewards)
  192. TheresNoTime, ToBeFree
  193. Thryduulf, Thrydwulf[23]
  194. Tjsmith, TJMSmith
  195. Toddst1, Todd.st, Toddy1
  196. TonyBallioni, Tony1, Tony May, TonyTheTiger, Tony Webster
  197. TrademarkedTarantula, That Tired Tarantula
  198. United States Man, UnitedStatesian (see the participants list for WP:2010s)
  199. Vchimpanzee, valereee, Vallee01 and Vaselineeeeeeee (for those who take the middle out of a sandwich and only eat the two slices of bread)
  200. Whispyhistory, WhisperToMe
  201. Whoop whoop pull up, Whoop whoop beep beep
  202. Winged Blades of Godric, WereSpielChequers, Winged Blades of Gothic, The Blade of the Northern Lights
  203. WikiEditor1234567123, --WikiUser1234945--
  204. WMSR, WWGB
  205. Wnt and WaltCip
  206. Wordsmith and The Wordsmith
  207. Xeno, Xaosflux (both bureaucrats)[24]
  208. Yamla, Ymblanter and Yngvadottir (There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium ...)
  209. Zaathras, Zaereth
  210. Zero, Zero0000, and Patient Zero
  211. Zzuuzz, Zoozaz1, Zzyzx11

Editors who find this confusing

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  1. Blaze Wolf
  2. LilianaUwU

Editors who are happy to be confused...

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... as long as their names are not included in the list above[25]

  1. Objective3000, Object404
  2. Ched (ignorance is bliss)
  3. Flibbertigibbets (positive outlook & happy to be confused)

Editors who have been confused

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  1. SmokeyJoe
  2. usernamekiran
  3. casualdejekyll

Editors who are dazed and confused

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  1. voorts

Editors who don't find this confusing and probably, most certainly, never will

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  1. TrademarkedTarantula
  2. TrademarkedTWOrantula – My name's not that confusing...

See also

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Historical note

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This page was originally called Wikipedia:List of editors with really, REALLY confusingly similar names (like Dr.K. and DrKay), but it was changed to Wikipedia:Editors with confusingly similar names to avoid anyone feeling picked on. Then to be more general, it was changed to Wikipedia:Editors you might confuse. After further confusion, the title settled on Wikipedia:Editors who may be confused.

References

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  1. ^ "Wikipedia:Village pump (policy): Difference between revisions". en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Wikipedia:Administrators' Noticeboard". en.Wikipedia.org. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  3. ^ "User:Abdallem reported by User:Alexis Jazz".
  4. ^ Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive611#This could be confusing ...
  5. ^ "User:BDD". en.wikipedia.org.
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ "Difference between revisions". Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  8. ^ [2], User:Cullen#Other_Wikipedia_users_named_Cullen
  9. ^ "User:Dweller/weekend: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia". En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  10. ^ "Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents". en.wikipedia.org. 23 May 2020.
  11. ^ Special:Diff/1049223458
  12. ^ "Wikipedia talk:Editors who may be confused: Difference between revisions". Wikipedia. 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  13. ^ diff
  14. ^ "User talk:EdJohnston". en.wikipedia.org. 21 May 2020.
  15. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=1032794508&oldid=1032793834
  16. ^ "Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/theleekycauldron 2". en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Administrator's Noticeboard/Incidents". en.wikipedia.org. 27 October 2020.
  18. ^ "Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents: Difference between revisions". Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ernesto van Peborgh (2nd nomination): Difference between revisions". Wikipedia. 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  20. ^ Special:Permalink/1026956618#scriptManager 2
  21. ^ "Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents: Difference between revisions". en.wikipedia.org. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  22. ^ "User talk:WaltCip - Difference between revisions". En.Wikipedia.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  23. ^ "User:Thryduulf: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia". En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  24. ^ "Wikipedia Talk:Administrators: Difference between revisions". En.Wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  25. ^ Special:Diff/996016141
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