Wikipedia:Editors who may be confused

This is an essay on editors who may be confused with one or more other editors. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints.

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This page in a nutshell: Before flying off the handle at someone, make sure you haven't confused them with someone else.

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

1. Blaze Wolf
2. LilianaUwU

... 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)

1. SmokeyJoe
2. usernamekiran
3. casualdejekyll

1. voorts

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

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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.