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 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
6. Aca, Acaalexaca, Aka, Ата (all sysops on different Wikipedias)
7. Aciram and Aviram7
8. Acroterion, Aquillion
9. Alaexis, Alexis Jazz
10. Alien333, Thebiguglyalien
11. Alison, AlisonW
12. AlphaBeta135, AlphaBetaGamma
13. AmirahBreen, Abdallem
14. AndyTheGrump and Andy Dingley and Pigsonthewing (signs as Andy Mabbett) and Andrewa and Andrew Davidson and Anne drew Andrew and Drew
15. AngusWOOF and EpicPupper
16. Anomie, The Anome and The Gnome
17. Anarchyte and Anachronist
18. Antandrus and Arcturus
19. Aza24 and AzaToth
20. Asmodea Oaktree, Oaktree b
21. Barkeep, Barkeep49
22. Barek, Berek, Berig
23. Bawolff, Snowolf, Seewolf (all sysops on different projects)
24. BDD, DGG, BD2412
25. 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...
26. Belle, Bellezzasolo, Bielle
27. Berean Hunter, Bearian, and Bearcat (Bearcat confirms that this has actually happened for realz); thence Hashar/Cat, Sarr Cat, Sherwood Cat, SchroCat
28. (Beyond My Ken, Before My Ken, and Between My Ken [all the same user]) and BMK or Bmk
29. Bilby, BilCat, Bilorv
30. (Bishonen, Bishzilla, Bishapod) and Bsherr
31. Blackmane, Black Kite, Black Falcon
32. Blubabluba9990, Blablubbs, Beeblebrox
33. Blue Square Thing, Squared.Circle.Boxing
34. Bobherry and Ronherry
35. Borsoka, Bsoyka
36. Bradv, Newyorkbrad (both on Arbcom a/o May 2020)
37. Buaidh and Buidhe
38. Buster7 and BusterD
39. Butwhatdoiknow and WhatamIdoing 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
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
61. cyberpower678, Cyberfan195
62. Czar, Czarking0
63. DandelionAndBurdock (signs as "D'n'B") and R'n'B
64. Daniel, 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 and Dwheeler
75. Dr.K. and DrKay
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
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)
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, General Ization, GeneralizationsAreBad, TheGeneralUser
98. Gen. Quon, Qono
99. Geni, 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, 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) and Jbhunley (signature Jbh) and Johnpacklambert 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, User: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
131. Leschnei and Lectonar
132. Lightburst, 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. Mathglot, Mathsci
140. Maxim, Maxim.il89
141. MB, M-B
142. Meters, 4meter4
143. Minorax and Mandarax
144. Mjroots, Ɱ, Mirji (signs ɱ)
145. Modernist, Mattisse
146. Moonriddengirl, Megalibrarygirl
147. MrLinkinPark333, Ritchie333, Seppi333, HAL333
148. MrsSnoozyTurtle, Mr.weedle
149. Muboshgu, Bagumba
150. MX, MrX, MrX Horror, Mr Ernie, Mr rnddude
151. Mychemicalromanceisrealemo and My Chemistry romantic
152. M7, Mykola7 (both Meta-Wiki admins), SM7 and Mz7; for the latter also JzG and MZMcBride
153. Nick, Nick-D, NickK, NickCT, Nick Moyes, Nick Thorne, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (signature: Nearly Headless Nick)
154. Nigej, Nigel Ish
155. Nintendofan885, PokestarFan (CentralAuth)
156. North8000, Northamerica1000
157. Nova Crystallis, Novem Linguae, Novo Tape
158. Nyttend, Nythar
159. Oculi, In ictu oculi
160. Oshwah, Oshawott 12
161. Parrot of Doom, TheRedPenOfDoom
162. Pizzaplayer219, LaundryPizza03
163. Pharos, Pharaoh of the Wizards
164. Piotrus and Pietrus
165. Pr4ever, PF4Eva
166. Premeditated, Premeditated Chaos
167. Presidentman and UnitedStatesian
168. Primefac, PrimeHunter link, and Primergrey
169. Qwerfjkl, 1234qwer1234qwer4
170. RandomCanadian, RandomGnome, RaboKarbakian (CentralAuth)
171. Randykitty, Randy Kryn, Korny O'Near
172. Ratso Rizzo, StuRat
173. Ravenpuff, RationalPuff, Ravenswing, .Raven, Ravensfire
174. Redrose64, Red Rose 13, Rosiestep
175. RedSoxFan274, RedSoxFan2434
176. Rich Farmbrough and his brother DavidFarmbrough
177. Rich Smith, RoySmith
178. RickinBaltimore, Ricky81682
179. Ra'ike and Rillke (both Commons admins in a large timeframe and German-speaking)
180. Robertsky and Robert McClenon
181. Robofish, Ruhrfisch, Sciencefish, Tryptofish, Tks4Fish, EvilxFish, PigeonChickenFish, Zfish118
182. Roger Davies, Rogerd
183. ARoseWolf, Roxy the dog
184. Sagaciousphil, Sphilbrick, Phil Bridger, PhilKnight
185. Sahaib, Sahaib jan
186. Salvio giuliano, Salavat
187. SarekOfVulcan, Spock of Vulcan, Lieutenant commander Spock
188. Schierbecker, SchreiberBike
189. Schazjmd, Sdrqaz, Spartaz, Sdkb
190. Scorpions13256, Scorpions1325 (same user), Scorpion0422
191. SD0001, Dl2000 and S0091
192. Sideswipe9th and Spinixster, Spinster, Discospinster
193. Siroxo and Silcox
194. Sir Sputnik, SpacemanSpiff and Spinningspark
195. Skyring, GoldenRing, GoldRingChip
196. Skyshifter, Skysmith
197. Slugger O'Toole, Brews ohare
198. Smokefoot, SmokeyJoe
199. Snowded, Snow Rise, GiantSnowman, Snowmanonahoe, Snowolf, SnowFire
200. SNUGGUMS, Snooganssnoogans, Smasongarrison, Huggums537
201. Softlavender, Softlemonades
202. Spencer, Stephen
203. Stang and Stanglavine (both Wikidata admins in a certain timeframe)
204. Steel, Steel1943, Steelkamp, Steelpillow
205. Störm, Storm598 and Sturm
206. Tamwin, Tamzin
207. TAnthony, T. Anthony
208. Tegel and Teles (both stewards)
209. TheresNoTime, ToBeFree
210. Thryduulf, Thrydwulf
211. Tjsmith, TJMSmith
212. Toddst1, Todd.st, Toddy1
213. TonyBallioni, Tony1, Tony May, TonyTheTiger, Tony Webster
214. TrademarkedTarantula, That Tired Tarantula
215. United States Man, UnitedStatesian (see the participants list for WP:2010s)
216. Varnent and Vermont (both WMF-affiliated queer Wikimedians active on Meta)
217. Vchimpanzee, valereee, Vallee01 and Vaselineeeeeeee (for those who take the middle out of a sandwich and only eat the two slices of bread)
218. Whispyhistory, WhisperToMe
219. Whoop whoop pull up, Whoop whoop beep beep
220. Winged Blades of Godric, WereSpielChequers, Winged Blades of Gothic, The Blade of the Northern Lights
221. WikiEditor1234567123, --WikiUser1234945--
222. WMSR, WWGB
223. Wnt and WaltCip
224. Wordsmith and The Wordsmith
225. Xeno, Xaosflux (both bureaucrats)
226. Yamla, Ymblanter and Yngvadottir (There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium ...)
227. Zaathras, Zaereth
228. Zero, Zero0000, and Patient Zero
229. Zippybonzo and Zppix
230. Zzuuzz, Zoozaz1, Zzyzx11, Zzyxzaa26

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.