Wikipedia:Editors who may be confused

See also: Brians

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
6. Acroterion, Aquillion
7. Alaexis, Alexis Jazz
8. Alison, AlisonW
9. AlphaBeta135, AlphaBetaGamma
10. AmirahBreen, Abdallem
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, Berig
19. BDD, DGG, BD2412
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 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
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
55. cyberpower678, Cyberfan195
56. Czar, Czarking0
57. Daniel, Daniel Case, Daniel Quinlan
58. Dank, Dank · Jay
59. Davey2010, Davey2116
60. David A and Davide King
61. DeCausa and DeFacto
62. Deepfriedokra, Devokewater
63. dinoguy2, Dinoguy1000
64. Dondervogel 2, Thunderbird2
65. Doug Weller and Dweller
66. Dr.K. and DrKay
67. Drmies, Drm310 and Mr Miles

    

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    A paradox

68. Dreamy Jazz and Alexis Jazz
69. DuncanHill and Duncan.Hull
70. EdJohnston, EdJF, EdChem, Ed! and The ed17
71. Ealdgyth and Cwmhiraeth
72. Edgar181, Eddie891, Ed6767 and Editorofthewiki (commonly known as "Eddy")
73. EEng, AlexEng, PackMecEng, EngFram, EngineeringEditor
74. ElKevbo, El C, El cid, el campeador, ElSidCampeador, The C of E, El Cid (Sid Caesar, Billy the Cid, &c.)
75. EPIC, Epicgenius and EpicPupper
76. Erik, ErikHaugen, Eric and Eric Corbett ← DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE!
77. Extraordinary Writ, Writ Keeper
78. FAdesdae378 and Fadesga
79. Femke and Femke 01
80. FlightTime and FlyingAce
81. FloNight, Floquenbeam (who conjectured It's possible this is how I inexplicably got elected to ArbCom)
82. Flyer22 Frozen, Flyer22 Reborn, Flyer22 (all the same editor) and SportingFlyer
83. Frosty and Frostly
84. Generalrelative, GeneralNotability, General Ization, GeneralizationsAreBad, TheGeneralUser
85. Gen. Quon, Qono
86. Geni, Jeni
87. Gigs and Giggy
88. Gog the Mild and Hog Farm, similar first words and frequent activity in shared editing areas
89. GorillaWarfare and NuclearWarfare
90. Graham, Graham11, Graham87, Graeme Bartlett, GraemeLeggett
91. Grayfell, Graywalls, Greyjoy (cf. Primergrey)
92. Guy Macon, Guy M, and JzG (signature Guy) [3]; JzG, JPxG and JFG
93. HighKing and HighInBC
94. HurricaneEdgar, Hurricane Noah, -noah-
95. Ianmacm and ian.thomson
96. I dream of horses, IdreamofJeanie
97. InedibleHulk, Ineffablebookkeeper, The Inedible Bulk
98. Insertcleverphrasehere and AddWittyNameHere
99. Iridescent, Iridescence, Interstellarity
100. Isaacl, Vanisaac
101. Itxia, IXCat, and Ixtal
102. JBW (formerly JamesBWatson) and JWB and JayBeeEll (signature JBL) and Jbhunley (signature Jbh) and Johnpacklambert and JoelleJay
103. Jerm, Jorm
104. JIP, Jip Orlando
105. JJPMaster, JJMC89
106. John, Johnbod, John from Idegon, Johnuniq, John Vandenberg, John M Wolfson, John of Reading
107. Jo-Jo Eumerus, JoJo Anthrax
108. Joseph2302, Sir Joseph
109. Jpgordon, JPxG, JzG
110. Kashmiri, LéKashmiriSocialiste
111. King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, Kingofaces43
112. L235, L293D, L3X1
113. Avilich, Levivich, Mendaliv, Leitmotiv, Lepricavark (too many L's and V's)
114. Leaky Cauldron (aka Leaky caldron), Theleekycauldron
115. Leschnei and Lectonar
116. Lightburst, Lightbreather, Lightmouse, Light show
117. LouisAragon, LouisAlain
118. LuK3, Luk3, Luk
119. Mandruss, Mandarax, Maxaxax, Masem, Maile
120. Martinevans123, Robevans123
121. Mastcell, MastCell
122. Math: Factotem and Primefac (Primefactotem would be too powerful); Primefac, PrimeHunter [4], and Primergrey (honorable mention: AntiCompositeNumber); Pi and Pi.1415926535
123. Mathglot, Mathsci
124. Maxim, Maxim.il89
125. MB, M-B
126. Meters, 4meter4
127. Minorax and Mandarax
128. Mjroots, Ɱ, Mirji (signs ɱ)
129. Modernist, Mattisse
130. Moonriddengirl, Megalibrarygirl
131. MrLinkinPark333, Ritchie333, Seppi333, HAL333
132. MrsSnoozyTurtle, Mr.weedle
133. Muboshgu, Bagumba
134. MX, MrX, MrX Horror, Mr Ernie, Mr rnddude
135. Mychemicalromanceisrealemo and My Chemistry romantic
136. Mz7, JzG
137. Nick, Nick-D, NickCT, Nick Moyes, Nick Thorne, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (signature: Nearly Headless Nick)
138. Nigej, Nigel Ish
139. North8000, Northamerica1000
140. Novem Linguae, Novo Tape
141. Nyttend, Nythar
142. Oculi, In ictu oculi
143. Oshwah, Oshawott 12
144. Parrot of Doom, TheRedPenOfDoom
145. Pizzaplayer219, LaundryPizza03
146. Pharos, Pharaoh of the Wizards
147. Piotrus and Pietrus
148. Pr4ever, PF4Eva
149. Praxidicae and Prodraxis
150. Premeditated, Premeditated Chaos
151. Primefac, PrimeHunter [5], and Primergrey
152. Qwerfjkl, 1234qwer1234qwer4
153. RandomCanadian and RandomGnome
154. Randykitty, Randy Kryn, Korny O'Near
155. Ratso Rizzo, StuRat
156. Ravenpuff, RationalPuff, Ravenswing, .Raven, Ravensfire
157. Redrose64, Red Rose 13, Rosiestep
158. RedSoxFan274, RedSoxFan2434
159. Rich Farmbrough and his brother DavidFarmbrough
160. Rich Smith, RoySmith
161. RickinBaltimore, Ricky81682
162. Robofish, Ruhrfisch, Sciencefish, Tryptofish, Tks4Fish, EvilxFish, PigeonChickenFish, Zfish118
163. Roger Davies, Rogerd
164. ARoseWolf, Roxy the dog
165. Sagaciousphil, Sphilbrick, Phil Bridger, PhilKnight
166. Sahaib, Sahaib jan
167. Salvio giuliano, Salavat
168. SarekOfVulcan, Spock of Vulcan, Lieutenant commander Spock
169. Schierbecker, SchreiberBike
170. Schazjmd, Sdrqaz, Spartaz, Sdkb
171. Scorpions13256, Scorpions1325, Scorpion0422
172. SD0001, Dl2000 and S0091
173. Sideswipe9th and Spinixster
174. Siroxo and Silcox
175. Sir Sputnik, SpacemanSpiff and Spinningspark
176. Skyring, GoldenRing, GoldRingChip
177. Skyshifter, Skysmith
178. Slugger O'Toole, Brews ohare
179. Smokefoot, SmokeyJoe
180. Snowded, Snow Rise, GiantSnowman, Snowmanonahoe, Snowolf, SnowFire
181. SNUGGUMS, Snooganssnoogans, Smasongarrison, Huggums537
182. Softlavender, Softlemonades
183. Spencer, Stephen
184. Steel, Steel1943, Steelkamp, Steelpillow
185. Störm, Storm598
186. Tamwin, Tamzin
187. TAnthony, T. Anthony
188. Tegel and Teles (both stewards)
189. TheresNoTime, ToBeFree
190. Thryduulf, Thrydwulf
191. Tjsmith, TJMSmith
192. Toddst1, Todd.st, Toddy1
193. TonyBallioni, Tony1, Tony May, TonyTheTiger, Tony Webster
194. TrademarkedTarantula, That Tired Tarantula
195. United States Man, UnitedStatesian (see the participants list for WP:2010s)
196. Vchimpanzee, valereee, Vallee01 and Vaselineeeeeeee (for those who take the middle out of a sandwich and only eat the two slices of bread)
197. Whispyhistory, WhisperToMe
198. Whoop whoop pull up, Whoop whoop beep beep
199. Winged Blades of Godric, WereSpielChequers, Winged Blades of Gothic, The Blade of the Northern Lights
200. WikiEditor1234567123, --WikiUser1234945--
201. WMSR, WWGB
202. Wnt and WaltCip
203. Wordsmith and The Wordsmith
204. Xeno, Xaosflux (both bureaucrats)
205. Yamla, Ymblanter and Yngvadottir (There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium ...)
206. Zaathras, Zaereth
207. Zero, Zero0000, and Patient Zero
208. Zzuuzz, Zoozaz1, Zzyzx11

Editors who find this confusing

1. Blaze Wolf
2. LilianaUwU

Editors who are happy to be confused...

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

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

Editors who have been confused

1. SmokeyJoe
2. usernamekiran
3. casualdejekyll

Editors who are dazed and confused

1. voorts

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

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

See also

• WP:Editor Interaction Analyzer – For when you want to relive good times
• Hash collision

Historical note

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.