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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] B3251
  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. Burmeister and Burmiester[6]
  38. Buster7 and BusterD
  39. Butwhatdoiknow and WhatamIdoing[7] and Anythingyouwant
  40. C.Fred and CFredkin
  41. Calton and Colin
  42. CapnZapp, CaptainEek, Captain Galaxy, CAPTAIN MEDUSA, CAPTAIN RAJU, Colonel Wilhelm Klink, Colonel Warden, GeneralNotability (This is the Army, Mr. Jones)
  43. Captainllama and Grandpallama I made this mistake just now (also, Captainllama could be in the previous group too)
  44. Casliber, Casprings
  45. Cassianto, Casspedia, Cassiopeia, Cecropia
  46. Cavalryman and Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry
  47. Celestinesucess and Celestianpower
  48. CentreLeftRight, Lefcentreright, RightCowLeftCoast, TheImaCow
  49. Chess, Choess, EnPassant, Pawnkingthree (Queen's gambit declined)
  50. Chiswckchap and Chiswick Chap[8]
  51. Chriscf and Chris troutman
  52. ChrisWx and Tails Wx
  53. ChrisTheDude and Chris the speller
  54. Coffee, TheCoffee, CoffeeCrumbs, Coffeeandcrumbs (no, we are not making those last two up), Espresso Addict, CaffeinAddict
  55. Colin, Colin M
  56. Collect, CollectiveSolidarity
  57. Count Iblis, Deacon Vorbis
  58. Coretheapple, Closeapple, Coolabahapple
  59. Courcelles and Carcharoth (both (former) Arbs, both speak with the same somber "professional" voice in discussions); Casliber; Carcharoth and Corachow
  60. Cryptic, Cryptic Canadian
  61. Cullen, Cullen328[9]
  62. Cyberpower678, Cyberfan195, Cyberpower7
  63. Czar, Czarking0
  64. DandelionAndBurdock (signs as "D'n'B") and R'n'B
  65. Daniel, xDanielx, Daniel Case, Daniel Quinlan
  66. Dank, DankJae
  67. Danny, Denny and Demmy (Wikipedian of the Year 2012)
  68. Davey2010, Davey2116
  69. David A and Davide King
  70. DeCausa and DeFacto
  71. Deepfriedokra, Devokewater
  72. Dicklyon, Dimadick
  73. dinoguy2, Dinoguy1000
  74. DoctorWho42, TheDoctorWho
  75. Dondervogel 2, Thunderbird2
  76. Doug Weller and Dweller[10] and Dwheeler
  77. Dr.K. and DrKay[11]
  78. Drmies, Drm310 and Mr Miles
  79. Dreamy Jazz and Alexis Jazz
  80. Dumelow and Dumuzid
  81. DuncanHill and Duncan.Hull
  82. EdJohnston, EdJF, EdChem, Ed! and The ed17
  83. Ealdgyth and Cwmhiraeth
  84. Edgar181, Eddie891, Ed6767 and Editorofthewiki (commonly known as "Eddy")
  85. EEng, AlexEng, PackMecEng, EngFram, EngineeringEditor
  86. ElKevbo, El C, El cid, el campeador, ElSidCampeador, The C of E, El Cid (Sid Caesar, Billy the Cid, &c.)
  87. EPIC, Epicgenius and EpicPupper
  88. Erik, ErikHaugen, Eric and Eric Corbett ← DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE!
  89. Essjay, Hazard-SJ, Sj, Sjö, and ŠJů
  90. Extraordinary Writ, Writ Keeper[12]
  91. FAdesdae378 and Fadesga
  92. Femke and Femke 01
  93. FlightTime and FlyingAce
  94. FloNight, Floquenbeam (who conjectured It's possible this is how I inexplicably got elected to ArbCom)[13]
  95. Flyer22 Frozen, Flyer22 Reborn, Flyer22 (all the same editor) and SportingFlyer
  96. Fram and Framawiki
  97. Frosty, Frostly, Frost (all three users are current or former page movers); NoFrost (former ruwiki AfD-closer)
  98. Ganeshk and Ganesha811
  99. Galobtter, Gorthian
  100. Generalrelative, GeneralNotability,[14] General Ization, GeneralizationsAreBad, TheGeneralUser
  101. Gen. Quon, Qono
  102. Geni, Geniac and Jeni
  103. Gigs and Giggy
  104. Gog the Mild and Hog Farm, similar first words and frequent activity in shared editing areas
  105. GorillaWarfare and NuclearWarfare
  106. Graham, Graham11, Graham87, Graeme Bartlett, Graham Beards, GraemeLeggett
  107. Grayfell, GrayStorm, Graywalls, Greyjoy (cf. Primergrey)
  108. Guy Macon, Guy M, and JzG (signature Guy) link
  109. HighKing and HighInBC
  110. HurricaneEdgar, Hurricane Noah, -noah-
  111. Ianmacm and ian.thomson
  112. I dream of horses, IdreamofJeanie
  113. InedibleHulk, Ineffablebookkeeper, The Inedible Bulk
  114. Insertcleverphrasehere and AddWittyNameHere
  115. Iridescent, Iridescence, Interstellarity
  116. Isaacl, Vanisaac
  117. Itxia, IXCat, and Ixtal
  118. Jay, Joy (both admins) and JJay, JayJay
  119. JBW (formerly JamesBWatson) and JWB and JayBeeEll (signature JBL)[15] and Jbhunley (signature Jbh) and Johnpacklambert[16] and JoelleJay
  120. Jerm, Jorm
  121. JIP, Jip Orlando
  122. JJPMaster, JJMC89
  123. John, Johnbod, John from Idegon, Johnuniq, John Vandenberg, John M Wolfson, John of Reading, Jon (WMF)
  124. John of Reading, Tom.Reding (both top-30 WP:NOE)
  125. Jo-Jo Eumerus, JoJo Anthrax
  126. Joseph2302, Sir Joseph
  127. Jpgordon, JPxG, JPG-GR, JzG, JFG, and Jeff G.
  128. JustSomeRandomGuy32, SomeGuyWhoRandomlyEdits
  129. Kashmiri, LéKashmiriSocialiste
  130. Ace of Spades, King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, Kingofaces43
  131. L235, L293D, L3X1
  132. Avilich, Levivich, Leitmotiv, Lepricavark (too many L's and V's)
  133. Leaky Cauldron (aka Leaky caldron), Theleekycauldron[17]
  134. Leschnei and Lectonar
  135. Lightbreather, Lightmouse, Light show
  136. LouisAragon, LouisAlain
  137. LuK3, Luk3, Luk
  138. Mandruss, Mandarax, Maxaxax, Masem, Maile
  139. Martinevans123, Robevans123
  140. Mastcell, MastCell
  141. Math: Factotem and Primefac (Primefactotem would be too powerful); Primefac, PrimeHunter(link), and Primergrey (honorable mention: AntiCompositeNumber); Pi, Pi.1415926535 and PiRSquared17
  142. Masem, Mason
  143. Mathglot, Mathsci
  144. Maxim, Maxim.il89[18]
  145. MB, M-B
  146. Meters, 4meter4
  147. Minorax and Mandarax
  148. MjolnirPants and TenPoundHammer
  149. Mjroots, Ɱ
  150. Modernist, Mattisse
  151. Moonriddengirl, Megalibrarygirl
  152. MrLinkinPark333, Ritchie333, Seppi333, HAL333
  153. MrsSnoozyTurtle, Mr.weedle
  154. Muboshgu, Bagumba
  155. MX, MrX, MrX Horror, Mr Ernie, Mr rnddude
  156. Mychemicalromanceisrealemo and My Chemistry romantic
  157. M7, Mykola7 (both Meta-Wiki admins), SM7 and Mz7; for the latter also JzG and MZMcBride
  158. Nick, Nick-D, NickK,[19] NickCT, Nick Moyes, Nick Thorne, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (signature: Nearly Headless Nick)
  159. Nigej, Nigel Ish[20]
  160. Nintendofan885, PokestarFan (CentralAuth)
  161. North8000, Northamerica1000
  162. Nova Crystallis, Novem Linguae, Novo Tape
  163. Nyttend, Nythar
  164. Oculi, In ictu oculi
  165. Oshwah, Oshawott 12
  166. Parrot of Doom, TheRedPenOfDoom
  167. Pizzaplayer219, LaundryPizza03
  168. Pharos, Pharaoh of the Wizards
  169. Piotrus and Pietrus[21]
  170. Pr4ever, PF4Eva
  171. Premeditated, Premeditated Chaos
  172. Presidentman and UnitedStatesian
  173. Primefac, PrimeHunter link, and Primergrey
  174. Qwerfjkl, 1234qwer1234qwer4[22]
  175. RandomCanadian, RandomGnome, RaboKarbakian (CentralAuth)
  176. Randykitty, Randy Kryn, Korny O'Near[23]
  177. Ratso Rizzo, StuRat
  178. Ravenpuff, RationalPuff, Ravenswing, .Raven, Ravensfire
  179. Redrose64, Red Rose 13, Rosiestep
  180. RedSoxFan274, RedSoxFan2434
  181. Rich Farmbrough and his brother DavidFarmbrough
  182. Rich Smith, RoySmith
  183. RickinBaltimore, Ricky81682
  184. Ra'ike and Rillke (both Commons admins in a large timeframe and German-speaking)
  185. Robertsky and Robert McClenon
  186. Robofish, Ruhrfisch, Sciencefish, Tryptofish, Tks4Fish, EvilxFish, PigeonChickenFish, Zfish118
  187. Roger Davies, Rogerd
  188. ARoseWolf, Roxy the dog
  189. Sagaciousphil, Sphilbrick, Phil Bridger, PhilKnight
  190. Sahaib, Sahaib jan
  191. Salvio giuliano, Salavat
  192. SarekOfVulcan, Spock of Vulcan, Lieutenant commander Spock
  193. Schierbecker, SchreiberBike
  194. Schazjmd, Sdrqaz, Spartaz, Sdkb, Sadko
  195. Scorpions13256, Scorpions1325 (same user), Scorpion0422
  196. SD0001, Dl2000 and S0091
  197. Sideswipe9th and Spinixster, Spinster, Discospinster
  198. Siroxo and Silcox
  199. Sir Sputnik, SpacemanSpiff and Spinningspark
  200. Skyring, GoldenRing, GoldRingChip
  201. Skyshifter, Skysmith
  202. Slugger O'Toole, Brews ohare
  203. Smokefoot, SmokeyJoe
  204. Snowded, Snow Rise, GiantSnowman, Snowmanonahoe, Snowolf, SnowFire[24]
  205. SNUGGUMS, Snooganssnoogans, Smasongarrison, Huggums537
  206. Spencer, Stephen
  207. Stang and Stanglavine (both Wikidata admins in a certain timeframe)
  208. Steel, Steel1943, Steelkamp, Steelpillow
  209. Störm, Storm598 and Sturm
  210. Sulfurboy, Sirfurboy
  211. Tamwin, Tamzin
  212. TAnthony, T. Anthony
  213. Tegel and Teles (both stewards)
  214. TheresNoTime, ToBeFree
  215. Thryduulf, Thrydwulf[25]
  216. Tjsmith, TJMSmith
  217. Toddst1, Todd.st, Toddy1
  218. TonyBallioni, Tony1, Tony May, TonyTheTiger, Tony Webster
  219. TrademarkedTarantula, That Tired Tarantula
  220. United States Man, UnitedStatesian (see the participants list for WP:2010s)
  221. Varnent and Vermont (both WMF-affiliated queer Wikimedians active on Meta)
  222. Vchimpanzee, valereee, Vallee01 and Vaselineeeeeeee (for those who take the middle out of a sandwich and only eat the two slices of bread)
  223. Whispyhistory, WhisperToMe
  224. Whoop whoop pull up, Whoop whoop beep beep
  225. Winged Blades of Godric, WereSpielChequers, Winged Blades of Gothic, The Blade of the Northern Lights
  226. WikiEditor1234567123, --WikiUser1234945--
  227. WMSR, WWGB
  228. Wnt and WaltCip
  229. Wordsmith and The Wordsmith
  230. Xeno, Xaosflux (both bureaucrats)[26]
  231. Yamla, Ymblanter and Yngvadottir (There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium ...)
  232. Zaathras, Zaereth
  233. Zero, Zero0000, and Patient Zero
  234. Zippybonzo and Zppix
  235. Zzuuzz, Zzyzx11, Zoozaz1, Zzyxzaa26, Zzzs

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[27]

  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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  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. ^ "Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents: Difference between revisions". en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  7. ^ link
  8. ^ "Difference between revisions". Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  9. ^ link, User:Cullen#Other_Wikipedia_users_named_Cullen
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  11. ^ "Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents". en.wikipedia.org. 23 May 2020.
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  14. ^ diff
  15. ^ "User talk:EdJohnston". en.wikipedia.org. 21 May 2020.
  16. ^ This diff
  17. ^ "Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/theleekycauldron 2". en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  18. ^ this diff
  19. ^ uk:Special:Diff/21831341
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  22. ^ Special:Permalink/1026956618#scriptManager 2
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  27. ^ Special:Diff/996016141
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