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

Editors who find this confusing[edit]

  1. Blaze Wolf
  2. LilianaUwU

Editors who are happy to be confused...[edit]

... 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[edit]

  1. SmokeyJoe
  2. usernamekiran
  3. casualdejekyll

Editors who are dazed and confused[edit]

  1. voorts

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

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

See also[edit]

Historical note[edit]

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[edit]

  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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