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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 colleagues they have confused in the past, 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. Aca, Acaalexaca, Aka, Ата (all sysops on different Wikipedias)
  7. Acroterion, Aquillion
  8. Alaexis, Alexis Jazz
  9. Alien333, Thebiguglyalien
  10. Alison, AlisonW[2]
  11. AlphaBeta135, AlphaBetaGamma
  12. AmirahBreen, Abdallem[3]
  13. AndyTheGrump and Andy Dingley and Pigsonthewing (signs as Andy Mabbett) and Andrewa and Andrew Davidson and Anne drew Andrew and Drew
  14. AngusWOOF and EpicPupper
  15. Anomie, The Anome and The Gnome
  16. Anarchyte and Anachronist
  17. Antandrus and Arcturus
  18. Aza24 and AzaToth
  19. Asmodea Oaktree, Oaktree b
  20. Barkeep, Barkeep49
  21. Barek, Berek,[4] Berig
  22. Bawolff, Snowolf, Seewolf (all sysops on different projects)
  23. BDD, DGG, BD2412[5]
  24. 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...
  25. Belle, Bellezzasolo, Bielle
  26. Berean Hunter, Bearian, and Bearcat (Bearcat confirms that this has actually happened for realz); thence Hashar/Cat, Sarr Cat, Sherwood Cat, SchroCat
  27. (Beyond My Ken, Before My Ken, and Between My Ken [all the same user]) and BMK or Bmk
  28. Bilby, BilCat, Bilorv
  29. (Bishonen, Bishzilla, Bishapod) and Bsherr
  30. Blackmane, Black Kite, Black Falcon
  31. Blubabluba9990, Blablubbs, Beeblebrox
  32. Blue Square Thing, Squared.Circle.Boxing
  33. Bobherry and Ronherry
  34. Borsoka, Bsoyka
  35. Bradv, Newyorkbrad (both on Arbcom a/o May 2020)
  36. Buaidh and Buidhe
  37. Buster7 and BusterD
  38. Butwhatdoiknow and WhatamIdoing[6] and Anythingyouwant
  39. C.Fred and CFredkin
  40. Calton and Colin
  41. CapnZapp, CaptainEek, Captain Galaxy, CAPTAIN MEDUSA, CAPTAIN RAJU, Colonel Wilhelm Klink, Colonel Warden, GeneralNotability (This is the Army, Mr. Jones)
  42. Captainllama and Grandpallama I made this mistake just now (also, Captainllama could be in the previous group too)
  43. Casliber, Casprings
  44. Cassianto, Casspedia, Cassiopeia, Cecropia
  45. Cavalryman and Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry
  46. Celestinesucess and Celestianpower
  47. CentreLeftRight, Lefcentreright, RightCowLeftCoast, TheImaCow
  48. Chess, Choess, EnPassant, Pawnkingthree (Queen's gambit declined)
  49. Chiswckchap and Chiswick Chap[7]
  50. Chriscf and Chris troutman
  51. ChrisWx and Tails Wx
  52. Coffee, TheCoffee, CoffeeCrumbs, Coffeeandcrumbs (no, we are not making those last two up), Espresso Addict, CaffeinAddict
  53. Colin, Colin M
  54. Collect, CollectiveSolidarity
  55. Count Iblis, Deacon Vorbis
  56. Coretheapple, Closeapple, Coolabahapple
  57. Courcelles and Carcharoth (both (former) Arbs, both speak with the same somber "professional" voice in discussions); Casliber; Carcharoth and Corachow
  58. Cryptic, Cryptic Canadian
  59. Cullen, Cullen328[8]
  60. cyberpower678, Cyberfan195
  61. Czar, Czarking0
  62. DandelionAndBurdock (signs as "D'n'B") and R'n'B
  63. Daniel, Daniel Case, Daniel Quinlan
  64. Dank, DankJae
  65. Danny, Denny and Demmy (Wikipedian of the Year 2012)
  66. Davey2010, Davey2116
  67. David A and Davide King
  68. DeCausa and DeFacto
  69. Deepfriedokra, Devokewater
  70. Dicklyon, Dimadick
  71. dinoguy2, Dinoguy1000
  72. Dondervogel 2, Thunderbird2
  73. Doug Weller and Dweller[9] and Dwheeler
  74. Dr.K. and DrKay[10]
  75. Drmies, Drm310 and Mr Miles
  76. Dreamy Jazz and Alexis Jazz
  77. Dumelow and Dumuzid
  78. DuncanHill and Duncan.Hull
  79. EdJohnston, EdJF, EdChem, Ed! and The ed17
  80. Ealdgyth and Cwmhiraeth
  81. Edgar181, Eddie891, Ed6767 and Editorofthewiki (commonly known as "Eddy")
  82. EEng, AlexEng, PackMecEng, EngFram, EngineeringEditor
  83. ElKevbo, El C, El cid, el campeador, ElSidCampeador, The C of E, El Cid (Sid Caesar, Billy the Cid, &c.)
  84. EPIC, Epicgenius and EpicPupper
  85. Erik, ErikHaugen, Eric and Eric Corbett ← DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE!
  86. Essjay, Hazard-SJ, Sj, Sjö, and ŠJů
  87. Extraordinary Writ, Writ Keeper[11]
  88. FAdesdae378 and Fadesga
  89. Femke and Femke 01
  90. FlightTime and FlyingAce
  91. FloNight, Floquenbeam (who conjectured It's possible this is how I inexplicably got elected to ArbCom)[12]
  92. Flyer22 Frozen, Flyer22 Reborn, Flyer22 (all the same editor) and SportingFlyer
  93. Fram and Framawiki
  94. Frosty, Frostly, Frost (all three users are current or former page movers); NoFrost (former ruwiki AfD-closer)
  95. Galobtter, Gorthian
  96. Generalrelative, GeneralNotability,[13] General Ization, GeneralizationsAreBad, TheGeneralUser
  97. Gen. Quon, Qono
  98. Geni, Jeni
  99. Gigs and Giggy
  100. Gog the Mild and Hog Farm, similar first words and frequent activity in shared editing areas
  101. GorillaWarfare and NuclearWarfare
  102. Graham, Graham11, Graham87, Graeme Bartlett, Graham Beards, GraemeLeggett
  103. Grayfell, Graywalls, Greyjoy (cf. Primergrey)
  104. Guy Macon, Guy M, and JzG (signature Guy) link
  105. HighKing and HighInBC
  106. HurricaneEdgar, Hurricane Noah, -noah-
  107. Ianmacm and ian.thomson
  108. I dream of horses, IdreamofJeanie
  109. InedibleHulk, Ineffablebookkeeper, The Inedible Bulk
  110. Insertcleverphrasehere and AddWittyNameHere
  111. Iridescent, Iridescence, Interstellarity
  112. Isaacl, Vanisaac
  113. Itxia, IXCat, and Ixtal
  114. Jay, Joy (both admins) and JJay, JayJay
  115. JBW (formerly JamesBWatson) and JWB and JayBeeEll (signature JBL)[14] and Jbhunley (signature Jbh) and Johnpacklambert[15] and JoelleJay
  116. Jerm, Jorm
  117. JIP, Jip Orlando
  118. JJPMaster, JJMC89
  119. John, Johnbod, John from Idegon, Johnuniq, John Vandenberg, John M Wolfson, John of Reading, User:Jon (WMF)
  120. John of Reading, Tom.Reding (both top-30 WP:NOE)
  121. Jo-Jo Eumerus, JoJo Anthrax
  122. Joseph2302, Sir Joseph
  123. Jpgordon, JPxG, JPG-GR, JzG, JFG, and Jeff G.
  124. JustSomeRandomGuy32, SomeGuyWhoRandomlyEdits
  125. Kashmiri, LéKashmiriSocialiste
  126. Ace of Spades, King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, Kingofaces43
  127. L235, L293D, L3X1
  128. Avilich, Levivich, Mendaliv, Leitmotiv, Lepricavark (too many L's and V's)
  129. Leaky Cauldron (aka Leaky caldron), Theleekycauldron[16]
  130. Leschnei and Lectonar
  131. Lightburst, Lightbreather, Lightmouse, Light show
  132. LouisAragon, LouisAlain
  133. LuK3, Luk3, Luk
  134. Mandruss, Mandarax, Maxaxax, Masem, Maile
  135. Martinevans123, Robevans123
  136. Mastcell, MastCell
  137. Math: Factotem and Primefac (Primefactotem would be too powerful); Primefac, PrimeHunter(link), and Primergrey (honorable mention: AntiCompositeNumber); Pi, Pi.1415926535 and PiRSquared17
  138. Mathglot, Mathsci
  139. Maxim, Maxim.il89[17]
  140. MB, M-B
  141. Meters, 4meter4
  142. Minorax and Mandarax
  143. Mjroots, Ɱ, Mirji (signs ɱ)
  144. Modernist, Mattisse
  145. Moonriddengirl, Megalibrarygirl
  146. MrLinkinPark333, Ritchie333, Seppi333, HAL333
  147. MrsSnoozyTurtle, Mr.weedle
  148. Muboshgu, Bagumba
  149. MX, MrX, MrX Horror, Mr Ernie, Mr rnddude
  150. Mychemicalromanceisrealemo and My Chemistry romantic
  151. M7, Mykola7 (both Meta-Wiki admins), SM7 and Mz7; for the latter also JzG and MZMcBride
  152. Nick, Nick-D, NickK,[18] NickCT, Nick Moyes, Nick Thorne, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (signature: Nearly Headless Nick)
  153. Nigej, Nigel Ish[19]
  154. Nintendofan885, PokestarFan (CentralAuth)
  155. North8000, Northamerica1000
  156. Nova Crystallis, Novem Linguae, Novo Tape
  157. Nyttend, Nythar
  158. Oculi, In ictu oculi
  159. Oshwah, Oshawott 12
  160. Parrot of Doom, TheRedPenOfDoom
  161. Pizzaplayer219, LaundryPizza03
  162. Pharos, Pharaoh of the Wizards
  163. Piotrus and Pietrus[20]
  164. Pr4ever, PF4Eva
  165. Premeditated, Premeditated Chaos
  166. Presidentman and UnitedStatesian
  167. Primefac, PrimeHunter link, and Primergrey
  168. Qwerfjkl, 1234qwer1234qwer4[21]
  169. RandomCanadian, RandomGnome, RaboKarbakian (CentralAuth)
  170. Randykitty, Randy Kryn, Korny O'Near[22]
  171. Ratso Rizzo, StuRat
  172. Ravenpuff, RationalPuff, Ravenswing, .Raven, Ravensfire
  173. Redrose64, Red Rose 13, Rosiestep
  174. RedSoxFan274, RedSoxFan2434
  175. Rich Farmbrough and his brother DavidFarmbrough
  176. Rich Smith, RoySmith
  177. RickinBaltimore, Ricky81682
  178. Ra'ike and Rillke (both Commons admins in a large timeframe and German-speaking)
  179. Robertsky and Robert McClenon
  180. Robofish, Ruhrfisch, Sciencefish, Tryptofish, Tks4Fish, EvilxFish, PigeonChickenFish, Zfish118
  181. Roger Davies, Rogerd
  182. ARoseWolf, Roxy the dog
  183. Sagaciousphil, Sphilbrick, Phil Bridger, PhilKnight
  184. Sahaib, Sahaib jan
  185. Salvio giuliano, Salavat
  186. SarekOfVulcan, Spock of Vulcan, Lieutenant commander Spock
  187. Schierbecker, SchreiberBike
  188. Schazjmd, Sdrqaz, Spartaz, Sdkb
  189. Scorpions13256, Scorpions1325 (same user), Scorpion0422
  190. SD0001, Dl2000 and S0091
  191. Sideswipe9th and Spinixster, Spinster, Discospinster
  192. Siroxo and Silcox
  193. Sir Sputnik, SpacemanSpiff and Spinningspark
  194. Skyring, GoldenRing, GoldRingChip
  195. Skyshifter, Skysmith
  196. Slugger O'Toole, Brews ohare
  197. Smokefoot, SmokeyJoe
  198. Snowded, Snow Rise, GiantSnowman, Snowmanonahoe, Snowolf, SnowFire[23]
  199. SNUGGUMS, Snooganssnoogans, Smasongarrison, Huggums537
  200. Softlavender, Softlemonades
  201. Spencer, Stephen
  202. Stang and Stanglavine (both Wikidata admins in a certain timeframe)
  203. Steel, Steel1943, Steelkamp, Steelpillow
  204. Störm, Storm598 and Sturm
  205. Tamwin, Tamzin
  206. TAnthony, T. Anthony
  207. Tegel and Teles (both stewards)
  208. TheresNoTime, ToBeFree
  209. Thryduulf, Thrydwulf[24]
  210. Tjsmith, TJMSmith
  211. Toddst1, Todd.st, Toddy1
  212. TonyBallioni, Tony1, Tony May, TonyTheTiger, Tony Webster
  213. TrademarkedTarantula, That Tired Tarantula
  214. United States Man, UnitedStatesian (see the participants list for WP:2010s)
  215. Varnent and Vermont (both WMF-affiliated queer Wikimedians active on Meta)
  216. Vchimpanzee, valereee, Vallee01 and Vaselineeeeeeee (for those who take the middle out of a sandwich and only eat the two slices of bread)
  217. Whispyhistory, WhisperToMe
  218. Whoop whoop pull up, Whoop whoop beep beep
  219. Winged Blades of Godric, WereSpielChequers, Winged Blades of Gothic, The Blade of the Northern Lights
  220. WikiEditor1234567123, --WikiUser1234945--
  221. WMSR, WWGB
  222. Wnt and WaltCip
  223. Wordsmith and The Wordsmith
  224. Xeno, Xaosflux (both bureaucrats)[25]
  225. Yamla, Ymblanter and Yngvadottir (There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium ...)
  226. Zaathras, Zaereth
  227. Zero, Zero0000, and Patient Zero
  228. Zippybonzo and Zppix
  229. Zzuuzz, Zoozaz1, Zzyzx11, Zzyxzaa26

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[26]

  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. ^ link
  7. ^ "Difference between revisions". Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  8. ^ link, 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. ^ This diff
  16. ^ "Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/theleekycauldron 2". en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  17. ^ this diff
  18. ^ uk:Special:Diff/21831341
  19. ^ "Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents: Difference between revisions". Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ernesto van Peborgh (2nd nomination): Difference between revisions". Wikipedia. 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  21. ^ Special:Permalink/1026956618#scriptManager 2
  22. ^ "Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents: Difference between revisions". en.wikipedia.org. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  23. ^ "User talk:WaltCip - Difference between revisions". En.Wikipedia.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  24. ^ "User:Thryduulf: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia". En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  25. ^ "Wikipedia Talk:Administrators: Difference between revisions". En.Wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  26. ^ Special:Diff/996016141
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