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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. Altenmann, Anwegmann
  13. AmirahBreen, Abdallem[3]
  14. AndyTheGrump and Andy Dingley and Pigsonthewing (signs as Andy Mabbett) and Andrewa and Andrew Davidson and Anne 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,[4] Berig
  23. Bawolff, Snowolf, Seewolf (all sysops on different projects)
  24. BDD, DGG, BD2412,[5] B3251
  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. Biblioworm, bibliomaniac15
  30. Bilby, BilCat, Bilorv
  31. (Bishonen, Bishzilla, Bishapod) and Bsherr
    Mighty Bishzilla could never be confused with puny Bishonen! Absurd! bishzilla ROARR!! pocket 21:03, 16 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]
  32. Blackmane, Black Kite, Black Falcon
  33. Blubabluba9990, Blablubbs, Beeblebrox
  34. Bobherry and Ronherry
  35. Borsoka, Bsoyka
  36. Bradv, Newyorkbrad (both on Arbcom c. May 2020); Newyorkbrad and New York Bred[6]
  37. Buaidh and Buidhe
  38. Burmeister and Burmiester[7]
  39. Buster7 and BusterD
  40. Butwhatdoiknow and WhatamIdoing[8] and Anythingyouwant
  41. C.Fred and CFredkin
  42. Calton and Colin
  43. CapnZapp, CaptainEek, Captain Galaxy, CAPTAIN MEDUSA, CAPTAIN RAJU, Colonel Wilhelm Klink, Colonel Warden, GeneralNotability (This is the Army, Mr. Jones)
  44. Captainllama and Grandpallama I made this mistake just now (also, Captainllama could be in the previous group too)
  45. Casliber, Casprings
  46. Cassianto, Casspedia, Cassiopeia, Cecropia
  47. Cavalryman and Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry
  48. Celestinesucess and Celestianpower
  49. CentreLeftRight, Lefcentreright, RightCowLeftCoast, TheImaCow
  50. Ched, Chetsford
  51. Chess, Choess, EnPassant, Pawnkingthree (Queen's gambit declined)
  52. Chiswckchap and Chiswick Chap[9]
  53. Chriscf and Chris troutman
  54. ChrisWx and Tails Wx
  55. ChrisTheDude and Chris the speller
  56. Coffee, TheCoffee, CoffeeCrumbs, Coffeeandcrumbs (no, we are not making those last two up), Espresso Addict, CaffeinAddict
  57. Colin, Colin M
  58. Collect, CollectiveSolidarity
  59. CommonKnowledgeCreator, CommunityNotesContributor
  60. Count Iblis, Deacon Vorbis
  61. Coretheapple, Closeapple, Coolabahapple
  62. Courcelles and Carcharoth (both (former) Arbs, both speak with the same somber "professional" voice in discussions); Casliber; Carcharoth and Corachow
  63. Cryptic, Cryptic Canadian
  64. Cullen, Cullen328[10]
  65. Cyberpower678, Cyberfan195, Cyberpower7
  66. Czar, Czarking0
  67. DandelionAndBurdock (signs as "D'n'B") and R'n'B
  68. Daniel, xDanielx, Daniel Case, Daniel Quinlan
  69. Dank, DankJae
  70. Danny, Denny and Demmy (Wikipedian of the Year 2012)
  71. Davey2010, Davey2116
  72. David A and Davide King
  73. DeCausa and DeFacto
  74. Deepfriedokra, Deepfriedokra2, Devokewater
  75. Dicklyon, Dimadick
  76. dinoguy2, Dinoguy1000
  77. DoctorWho42, TheDoctorWho
  78. Dondervogel 2, Thunderbird2
  79. Doug Weller and Dweller[11] and Dwheeler
  80. Dr.K. and DrKay[12]
  81. Drmies, Drm310 and Mr Miles
  82. Dreamy Jazz and Alexis Jazz
  83. Dumelow and Dumuzid
  84. DuncanHill and Duncan.Hull
  85. EdJohnston, EdJF, EdChem, Ed! and The ed17
  86. Ealdgyth and Cwmhiraeth
  87. Edgar181, Eddie891, Ed6767 and Editorofthewiki (commonly known as "Eddy")
  88. EEng, AlexEng, PackMecEng, EngFram, EngineeringEditor
  89. ElKevbo, El C, El cid, el campeador, ElSidCampeador, The C of E, El Cid (Sid Caesar, Billy the Cid, &c.)
  90. EPIC, Epicgenius and EpicPupper
  91. Erik, ErikHaugen, Eric and Eric Corbett ← DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE!
  92. Essjay, Hazard-SJ, Sj, Sjö, and ŠJů
  93. Extraordinary Writ, Writ Keeper[13]
  94. FAdesdae378 and Fadesga
  95. Femke and Femke 01
  96. FlightTime and FlyingAce
  97. FloNight, Floquenbeam (who conjectured It's possible this is how I inexplicably got elected to ArbCom)[14]
  98. Flyer22 Frozen, Flyer22 Reborn, Flyer22 (all the same editor) and SportingFlyer
  99. Fram and Framawiki
  100. Frosty, Frostly, Frost (all three users are current or former page movers); NoFrost (former ruwiki AfD-closer)
  101. Ganeshk and Ganesha811
  102. Galobtter, Gorthian
  103. Generalrelative, GeneralNotability,[15] General Ization, GeneralizationsAreBad, TheGeneralUser
  104. Gen. Quon, Qono
  105. Geni, Geniac and Jeni
  106. Gigs and Giggy
  107. Giraffer and Giraffedata
  108. Gnomingstuff, Gommeh, The Gnome
  109. Goszei and Gluonz
  110. Gog the Mild and Hog Farm, similar first words and frequent activity in shared editing areas
  111. GorillaWarfare and NuclearWarfare
  112. Graham, Graham11, Graham87, Graeme Bartlett, Graham Beards, GraemeLeggett
  113. Grayfell, GrayStorm, Graywalls, Greyjoy (cf. Primergrey)
  114. Guy Macon, Guy M, and JzG (signature Guy) link
  115. HighKing and HighInBC
  116. HurricaneEdgar, Hurricane Noah, -noah-
  117. Ianmacm and ian.thomson
  118. I dream of horses, IdreamofJeanie
  119. InedibleHulk, Ineffablebookkeeper, The Inedible Bulk
  120. Insertcleverphrasehere and AddWittyNameHere
  121. Iridescent, Iridescence, Interstellarity
  122. Isaacl, Vanisaac
  123. Iss246, Isi96
  124. Itxia, IXCat, and Ixtal
  125. Jay and Joy (both admins); Jay, Master Jay [16], JJay, JayJay, JoelleJay
  126. JBW (formerly JamesBWatson) and JWB and JayBeeEll (signature JBL)[17] and Jbhunley (signature Jbh) and Johnpacklambert[18]
  127. Jerm, Jorm
  128. JIP, Jip Orlando
  129. JJPMaster, JJMC89
  130. JMF, JFHJr
  131. John, Johnbod, John from Idegon, Johnuniq, John Vandenberg, John M Wolfson, John of Reading, Jon (WMF)
  132. John of Reading, Tom.Reding (both top-30 WP:NOE)
  133. Jo-Jo Eumerus, JoJo Anthrax
  134. Joseph2302, Sir Joseph
  135. Jpgordon, JPxG, JPG-GR, JzG, JFG, and Jeff G.
  136. JustSomeRandomGuy32, SomeGuyWhoRandomlyEdits
  137. Kashmiri, LéKashmiriSocialiste
  138. Ace of Spades, King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, Kingofaces43
  139. L235, L293D, L3X1
  140. Avilich, Levivich, Leitmotiv, Lepricavark (too many L's and V's)
  141. Leaky caldron, theleekycauldron[19]
  142. Leschnei and Lectonar
  143. Lightbreather, Lightburst, Lightmouse, Light show
  144. LouisAragon, LouisAlain
  145. LuK3, Luk3, Luk
  146. LunaEclipse, LunaEatsTuna, LunaHasArrived
  147. Mandruss, Mandarax, Maxaxax, Masem, Maile
  148. Martinevans123, Robevans123
  149. Mastcell, MastCell
  150. Math: Factotem and Primefac (Primefactotem would be too powerful); Primefac, PrimeHunter(link), and Primergrey (honorable mention: AntiCompositeNumber); Pi, Pi.1415926535 and PiRSquared17
  151. Masem, Mason
  152. Mathglot, Mathsci
  153. Maxim, Maxim.il89[20]
  154. MB, M-B
  155. Meters, 4meter4
  156. Minorax and Mandarax
  157. MjolnirPants and TenPoundHammer
  158. Mjroots, Ɱ
  159. Modernist, Mattisse
  160. Moonriddengirl, Megalibrarygirl
  161. Moriwen, Morwen
  162. MrLinkinPark333, Ritchie333, Seppi333, HAL333
  163. MrsSnoozyTurtle, Mr.weedle
  164. Muboshgu, Bagumba
  165. MX, MrX, MrX Horror, Mr Ernie, Mr rnddude
  166. Mychemicalromanceisrealemo and My Chemistry romantic
  167. M7, Mykola7 (both Meta-Wiki admins), SM7 and Mz7; for the latter also JzG and MZMcBride
  168. Nthep, Necrothesp
  169. Nick, Nick-D, NickK,[21] NickCT, Nick Moyes, Nick Thorne, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (signature: Nearly Headless Nick)
  170. Nigej, Nigel Ish[22]
  171. Nintendofan885, PokestarFan (CentralAuth)
  172. North8000, Northamerica1000
  173. Nova Crystallis, Novem Linguae, Novo Tape
  174. Nyttend, Nythar
  175. Oculi, In ictu oculi
  176. Oshwah, Oshawott 12
  177. Parrot of Doom, TheRedPenOfDoom
  178. Patrick, Patrick Welsh (who has signed as "Patrick" and as "Patrick 🐈‍⬛")
  179. Pizzaplayer219, LaundryPizza03
  180. Pharos, Pharaoh of the Wizards
  181. Piotrus and Pietrus[23]
  182. Pr4ever, PF4Eva
  183. Premeditated, Premeditated Chaos
  184. Presidentman and UnitedStatesian
  185. Primefac, PrimeHunter link, and Primergrey
  186. Qwerfjkl, 1234qwer1234qwer4[24]
  187. RandomCanadian, RandomGnome, RaboKarbakian (CentralAuth)
  188. Randykitty, Randy Kryn, Korny O'Near[25]
  189. Ratso Rizzo, StuRat
  190. Ravenpuff, RationalPuff, Ravenswing, .Raven, Ravensfire
  191. Redrose64, Red Rose 13, Rosiestep
  192. RedSoxFan274, RedSoxFan2434
  193. Rich Farmbrough and his brother DavidFarmbrough
  194. Rich Smith, RoySmith
  195. RickinBaltimore, Ricky81682
  196. Ra'ike and Rillke (both Commons admins in a large timeframe and German-speaking)
  197. Robertsky and Robert McClenon
  198. Robofish, Ruhrfisch, Sciencefish, Tryptofish, Tks4Fish, EvilxFish, PigeonChickenFish, Zfish118
  199. Roger Davies, Rogerd
  200. ARoseWolf, Roxy the dog
  201. Sagaciousphil, Sphilbrick, Phil Bridger, PhilKnight
  202. Sahaib, Sahaib jan
  203. Salvio giuliano, Salavat
  204. SarekOfVulcan, Spock of Vulcan, Lieutenant commander Spock
  205. Schierbecker, SchreiberBike
  206. Schazjmd, Sdrqaz, Spartaz, Sdkb, Sadko
  207. Scorpions13256, Scorpions1325 (same user), Scorpion0422
  208. SD0001, Dl2000 and S0091
  209. SeoR and Ser! (both edit in Irish topics)
  210. Sideswipe9th and Spinixster, Spinster, Discospinster
  211. Siroxo and Silcox
  212. Sir Sputnik, SpacemanSpiff and Spinningspark
  213. Skyring, GoldenRing, GoldRingChip
  214. Skyshifter, Skysmith
  215. Slugger O'Toole, Brews ohare
  216. Smokefoot, SmokeyJoe
  217. Snowded, Snow Rise, GiantSnowman, Snowmanonahoe, Snowolf, SnowFire[26]
  218. SNUGGUMS, Snooganssnoogans, Smasongarrison, Huggums537
  219. Spencer, Stephen
  220. Stang and Stanglavine (both Wikidata admins in a certain timeframe)
  221. Steel, Steel1943, Steelkamp, Steelpillow
  222. Störm, Storm598 and Sturm
  223. Sulfurboy, Sirfurboy
  224. Tamwin, Tamzin
  225. TAnthony, T. Anthony
  226. Tegel and Teles (both stewards)
  227. TheresNoTime, ToBeFree
  228. Thryduulf, Thrydwulf[27]
  229. Tjsmith, TJMSmith
  230. ToadetteEdit, Toadspike, Toadboy123
  231. Toddst1, Todd.st, Toddy1
  232. TonyBallioni, Tony1, Tony May, TonyTheTiger, Tony Webster
  233. TrademarkedTarantula, That Tired Tarantula
  234. United States Man, UnitedStatesian (see the participants list for WP:2010s)
  235. Varnent and Vermont (both WMF-affiliated queer Wikimedians active on Meta)
  236. Vchimpanzee, valereee, Vallee01 and Vaselineeeeeeee (for those who take the middle out of a sandwich and only eat the two slices of bread)
  237. ViridianPenguin and Vigilantcosmicpenguin
  238. Whispyhistory, WhisperToMe
  239. Whoop whoop pull up, Whoop whoop beep beep
  240. Winged Blades of Godric, WereSpielChequers, Winged Blades of Gothic, The Blade of the Northern Lights
  241. WikiEditor1234567123, --WikiUser1234945--
  242. WMSR, WWGB
  243. Wnt and WaltCip
  244. Wordsmith and The Wordsmith
  245. Xeno, Xaosflux (both bureaucrats)[28]
  246. Yamla, Ymblanter and Yngvadottir (There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium ...)
  247. Zaathras, Zaereth, Zanahary
  248. Zero, Zero0000, and Patient Zero
  249. Zippybonzo and Zppix
  250. Zzuuzz, Zzyzx11, Zoozaz1, Zzyxzaa26, Zzzs

Editors who find this confusing

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  1. Blaze Wolf
  2. LilianaUwU
  3. Rusty Cat

Editors who are happy to be confused...

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... as long as their names are not included in the list above[29]

  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
  2. Cedelmwood

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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  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. ^ "Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents: Difference between revisions". en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  8. ^ link
  9. ^ "Difference between revisions". Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  10. ^ link, User:Cullen#Other_Wikipedia_users_named_Cullen
  11. ^ "User:Dweller/weekend: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia". En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  12. ^ "Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents". en.wikipedia.org. 23 May 2020.
  13. ^ Special:Diff/1049223458
  14. ^ "Wikipedia talk:Editors who may be confused: Difference between revisions". Wikipedia. 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  15. ^ diff
  16. ^ [2]
  17. ^ "User talk:EdJohnston". en.wikipedia.org. 21 May 2020.
  18. ^ This diff
  19. ^ "Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/theleekycauldron 2". en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  20. ^ this diff
  21. ^ uk:Special:Diff/21831341
  22. ^ "Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents: Difference between revisions". Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  23. ^ "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ernesto van Peborgh (2nd nomination): Difference between revisions". Wikipedia. 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  24. ^ Special:Permalink/1026956618#scriptManager 2
  25. ^ "Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents: Difference between revisions". en.wikipedia.org. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  26. ^ "User talk:WaltCip - Difference between revisions". En.Wikipedia.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  27. ^ "User:Thryduulf: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia". En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  28. ^ "Wikipedia Talk:Administrators: Difference between revisions". En.Wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  29. ^ Special:Diff/996016141
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