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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. Coffee, TheCoffee, CoffeeCrumbs, Coffeeandcrumbs (no, we are not making those last two up), Espresso Addict, CaffeinAddict
  54. Colin, Colin M
  55. Collect, CollectiveSolidarity
  56. Count Iblis, Deacon Vorbis
  57. Coretheapple, Closeapple, Coolabahapple
  58. Courcelles and Carcharoth (both (former) Arbs, both speak with the same somber "professional" voice in discussions); Casliber; Carcharoth and Corachow
  59. Cryptic, Cryptic Canadian
  60. Cullen, Cullen328[9]
  61. Cyberpower678, Cyberfan195, Cyberpower7
  62. Czar, Czarking0
  63. DandelionAndBurdock (signs as "D'n'B") and R'n'B
  64. Daniel, xDanielx, Daniel Case, Daniel Quinlan
  65. Dank, DankJae
  66. Danny, Denny and Demmy (Wikipedian of the Year 2012)
  67. Davey2010, Davey2116
  68. David A and Davide King
  69. DeCausa and DeFacto
  70. Deepfriedokra, Devokewater
  71. Dicklyon, Dimadick
  72. dinoguy2, Dinoguy1000
  73. Dondervogel 2, Thunderbird2
  74. Doug Weller and Dweller[10] and Dwheeler
  75. Dr.K. and DrKay[11]
  76. Drmies, Drm310 and Mr Miles
  77. Dreamy Jazz and Alexis Jazz
  78. Dumelow and Dumuzid
  79. DuncanHill and Duncan.Hull
  80. EdJohnston, EdJF, EdChem, Ed! and The ed17
  81. Ealdgyth and Cwmhiraeth
  82. Edgar181, Eddie891, Ed6767 and Editorofthewiki (commonly known as "Eddy")
  83. EEng, AlexEng, PackMecEng, EngFram, EngineeringEditor
  84. ElKevbo, El C, El cid, el campeador, ElSidCampeador, The C of E, El Cid (Sid Caesar, Billy the Cid, &c.)
  85. EPIC, Epicgenius and EpicPupper
  86. Erik, ErikHaugen, Eric and Eric Corbett ← DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE!
  87. Essjay, Hazard-SJ, Sj, Sjö, and ŠJů
  88. Extraordinary Writ, Writ Keeper[12]
  89. FAdesdae378 and Fadesga
  90. Femke and Femke 01
  91. FlightTime and FlyingAce
  92. FloNight, Floquenbeam (who conjectured It's possible this is how I inexplicably got elected to ArbCom)[13]
  93. Flyer22 Frozen, Flyer22 Reborn, Flyer22 (all the same editor) and SportingFlyer
  94. Fram and Framawiki
  95. Frosty, Frostly, Frost (all three users are current or former page movers); NoFrost (former ruwiki AfD-closer)
  96. Galobtter, Gorthian
  97. Generalrelative, GeneralNotability,[14] General Ization, GeneralizationsAreBad, TheGeneralUser
  98. Gen. Quon, Qono
  99. Geni, Geniac and Jeni
  100. Gigs and Giggy
  101. Gog the Mild and Hog Farm, similar first words and frequent activity in shared editing areas
  102. GorillaWarfare and NuclearWarfare
  103. Graham, Graham11, Graham87, Graeme Bartlett, Graham Beards, GraemeLeggett
  104. Grayfell, GrayStorm, Graywalls, Greyjoy (cf. Primergrey)
  105. Guy Macon, Guy M, and JzG (signature Guy) link
  106. HighKing and HighInBC
  107. HurricaneEdgar, Hurricane Noah, -noah-
  108. Ianmacm and ian.thomson
  109. I dream of horses, IdreamofJeanie
  110. InedibleHulk, Ineffablebookkeeper, The Inedible Bulk
  111. Insertcleverphrasehere and AddWittyNameHere
  112. Iridescent, Iridescence, Interstellarity
  113. Isaacl, Vanisaac
  114. Itxia, IXCat, and Ixtal
  115. Jay, Joy (both admins) and JJay, JayJay
  116. JBW (formerly JamesBWatson) and JWB and JayBeeEll (signature JBL)[15] and Jbhunley (signature Jbh) and Johnpacklambert[16] and JoelleJay
  117. Jerm, Jorm
  118. JIP, Jip Orlando
  119. JJPMaster, JJMC89
  120. John, Johnbod, John from Idegon, Johnuniq, John Vandenberg, John M Wolfson, John of Reading, Jon (WMF)
  121. John of Reading, Tom.Reding (both top-30 WP:NOE)
  122. Jo-Jo Eumerus, JoJo Anthrax
  123. Joseph2302, Sir Joseph
  124. Jpgordon, JPxG, JPG-GR, JzG, JFG, and Jeff G.
  125. JustSomeRandomGuy32, SomeGuyWhoRandomlyEdits
  126. Kashmiri, LéKashmiriSocialiste
  127. Ace of Spades, King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, Kingofaces43
  128. L235, L293D, L3X1
  129. Avilich, Levivich, Mendaliv, Leitmotiv, Lepricavark (too many L's and V's)
  130. Leaky Cauldron (aka Leaky caldron), Theleekycauldron[17]
  131. Leschnei and Lectonar
  132. Lightbreather, Lightmouse, Light show
  133. LouisAragon, LouisAlain
  134. LuK3, Luk3, Luk
  135. Mandruss, Mandarax, Maxaxax, Masem, Maile
  136. Martinevans123, Robevans123
  137. Mastcell, MastCell
  138. Math: Factotem and Primefac (Primefactotem would be too powerful); Primefac, PrimeHunter(link), and Primergrey (honorable mention: AntiCompositeNumber); Pi, Pi.1415926535 and PiRSquared17
  139. Masem, Mason
  140. Mathglot, Mathsci
  141. Maxim, Maxim.il89[18]
  142. MB, M-B
  143. Meters, 4meter4
  144. Minorax and Mandarax
  145. Mjroots, Ɱ, Mirji (signs ɱ)
  146. Modernist, Mattisse
  147. Moonriddengirl, Megalibrarygirl
  148. MrLinkinPark333, Ritchie333, Seppi333, HAL333
  149. MrsSnoozyTurtle, Mr.weedle
  150. Muboshgu, Bagumba
  151. MX, MrX, MrX Horror, Mr Ernie, Mr rnddude
  152. Mychemicalromanceisrealemo and My Chemistry romantic
  153. M7, Mykola7 (both Meta-Wiki admins), SM7 and Mz7; for the latter also JzG and MZMcBride
  154. Nick, Nick-D, NickK,[19] NickCT, Nick Moyes, Nick Thorne, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (signature: Nearly Headless Nick)
  155. Nigej, Nigel Ish[20]
  156. Nintendofan885, PokestarFan (CentralAuth)
  157. North8000, Northamerica1000
  158. Nova Crystallis, Novem Linguae, Novo Tape
  159. Nyttend, Nythar
  160. Oculi, In ictu oculi
  161. Oshwah, Oshawott 12
  162. Parrot of Doom, TheRedPenOfDoom
  163. Pizzaplayer219, LaundryPizza03
  164. Pharos, Pharaoh of the Wizards
  165. Piotrus and Pietrus[21]
  166. Pr4ever, PF4Eva
  167. Premeditated, Premeditated Chaos
  168. Presidentman and UnitedStatesian
  169. Primefac, PrimeHunter link, and Primergrey
  170. Qwerfjkl, 1234qwer1234qwer4[22]
  171. RandomCanadian, RandomGnome, RaboKarbakian (CentralAuth)
  172. Randykitty, Randy Kryn, Korny O'Near[23]
  173. Ratso Rizzo, StuRat
  174. Ravenpuff, RationalPuff, Ravenswing, .Raven, Ravensfire
  175. Redrose64, Red Rose 13, Rosiestep
  176. RedSoxFan274, RedSoxFan2434
  177. Rich Farmbrough and his brother DavidFarmbrough
  178. Rich Smith, RoySmith
  179. RickinBaltimore, Ricky81682
  180. Ra'ike and Rillke (both Commons admins in a large timeframe and German-speaking)
  181. Robertsky and Robert McClenon
  182. Robofish, Ruhrfisch, Sciencefish, Tryptofish, Tks4Fish, EvilxFish, PigeonChickenFish, Zfish118
  183. Roger Davies, Rogerd
  184. ARoseWolf, Roxy the dog
  185. Sagaciousphil, Sphilbrick, Phil Bridger, PhilKnight
  186. Sahaib, Sahaib jan
  187. Salvio giuliano, Salavat
  188. SarekOfVulcan, Spock of Vulcan, Lieutenant commander Spock
  189. Schierbecker, SchreiberBike
  190. Schazjmd, Sdrqaz, Spartaz, Sdkb, Sadko
  191. Scorpions13256, Scorpions1325 (same user), Scorpion0422
  192. SD0001, Dl2000 and S0091
  193. Sideswipe9th and Spinixster, Spinster, Discospinster
  194. Siroxo and Silcox
  195. Sir Sputnik, SpacemanSpiff and Spinningspark
  196. Skyring, GoldenRing, GoldRingChip
  197. Skyshifter, Skysmith
  198. Slugger O'Toole, Brews ohare
  199. Smokefoot, SmokeyJoe
  200. Snowded, Snow Rise, GiantSnowman, Snowmanonahoe, Snowolf, SnowFire[24]
  201. SNUGGUMS, Snooganssnoogans, Smasongarrison, Huggums537
  202. Softlavender, Softlemonades
  203. Spencer, Stephen
  204. Stang and Stanglavine (both Wikidata admins in a certain timeframe)
  205. Steel, Steel1943, Steelkamp, Steelpillow
  206. Störm, Storm598 and Sturm
  207. Tamwin, Tamzin
  208. TAnthony, T. Anthony
  209. Tegel and Teles (both stewards)
  210. TheresNoTime, ToBeFree
  211. Thryduulf, Thrydwulf[25]
  212. Tjsmith, TJMSmith
  213. Toddst1, Todd.st, Toddy1
  214. TonyBallioni, Tony1, Tony May, TonyTheTiger, Tony Webster
  215. TrademarkedTarantula, That Tired Tarantula
  216. United States Man, UnitedStatesian (see the participants list for WP:2010s)
  217. Varnent and Vermont (both WMF-affiliated queer Wikimedians active on Meta)
  218. Vchimpanzee, valereee, Vallee01 and Vaselineeeeeeee (for those who take the middle out of a sandwich and only eat the two slices of bread)
  219. Whispyhistory, WhisperToMe
  220. Whoop whoop pull up, Whoop whoop beep beep
  221. Winged Blades of Godric, WereSpielChequers, Winged Blades of Gothic, The Blade of the Northern Lights
  222. WikiEditor1234567123, --WikiUser1234945--
  223. WMSR, WWGB
  224. Wnt and WaltCip
  225. Wordsmith and The Wordsmith
  226. Xeno, Xaosflux (both bureaucrats)[26]
  227. Yamla, Ymblanter and Yngvadottir (There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium ...)
  228. Zaathras, Zaereth
  229. Zero, Zero0000, and Patient Zero
  230. Zippybonzo and Zppix
  231. 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". wiki.riteme.site. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  3. ^ "User:Abdallem reported by User:Alexis Jazz".
  4. ^ Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive611#This could be confusing ...
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  9. ^ link, User:Cullen#Other_Wikipedia_users_named_Cullen
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  15. ^ "User talk:EdJohnston". wiki.riteme.site. 21 May 2020.
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  17. ^ "Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/theleekycauldron 2". wiki.riteme.site. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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  27. ^ Special:Diff/996016141
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