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.

Shortcuts WP:CONFUSED WP:THATSNOTME WP:THEOTHERGUY WP:IMBRIAN

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. Borsoka, Bsoyka
33. Bradv, Newyorkbrad (both on Arbcom a/o May 2020)
34. Buaidh and Buidhe
35. Buster7 and BusterD
36. Butwhatdoiknow and WhatamIdoing^[6] and Anythingyouwant
37. C.Fred and CFredkin
38. Calton and Colin
39. CapnZapp, CaptainEek, Captain Galaxy, CAPTAIN MEDUSA, CAPTAIN RAJU, Colonel Wilhelm Klink, Colonel Warden, GeneralNotability (This is the Army, Mr. Jones)
40. Captainllama and Grandpallama I made this mistake just now (also, Captainllama could be in the previous group too)
41. Casliber, Casprings
42. Cassianto, Casspedia, Cassiopeia, Cecropia
43. Cavalryman and Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry
44. Celestinesucess and Celestianpower
45. CentreLeftRight, Lefcentreright, RightCowLeftCoast, TheImaCow
46. Chess, Choess, EnPassant, Pawnkingthree (Queen's gambit declined)
47. Chiswckchap and Chiswick Chap^[7]
48. Chriscf and Chris troutman
49. ChrisWx and Tails Wx
50. Coffee, TheCoffee, CoffeeCrumbs, Coffeeandcrumbs (no, we are not making those last two up), Espresso Addict, CaffeinAddict
51. Colin, Colin M
52. Collect, CollectiveSolidarity
53. Count Iblis, Deacon Vorbis
54. Coretheapple, Closeapple, Coolabahapple
55. Courcelles and Carcharoth (both (former) Arbs, both speak with the same somber "professional" voice in discussions); Casliber; Carcharoth and Corachow
56. Cryptic, Cryptic Canadian
57. Cullen, Cullen328^[8]
58. cyberpower678, Cyberfan195
59. Czar, Czarking0
60. DandelionAndBurdock (signs as "D'n'B") and R'n'B
61. Daniel, Daniel Case, Daniel Quinlan
62. Dank, DankJae
63. Davey2010, Davey2116
64. David A and Davide King
65. DeCausa and DeFacto
66. Deepfriedokra, Devokewater
67. dinoguy2, Dinoguy1000
68. Dondervogel 2, Thunderbird2
69. Doug Weller and Dweller^[9] and Dwheeler
70. Dr.K. and DrKay^[10]
71. Drmies, Drm310 and Mr Miles
72. Dreamy Jazz and Alexis Jazz
73. Dumelow and Dumuzid
74. DuncanHill and Duncan.Hull
75. EdJohnston, EdJF, EdChem, Ed! and The ed17
76. Ealdgyth and Cwmhiraeth
77. Edgar181, Eddie891, Ed6767 and Editorofthewiki (commonly known as "Eddy")
78. EEng, AlexEng, PackMecEng, EngFram, EngineeringEditor
79. ElKevbo, El C, El cid, el campeador, ElSidCampeador, The C of E, El Cid (Sid Caesar, Billy the Cid, &c.)
80. EPIC, Epicgenius and EpicPupper
81. Erik, ErikHaugen, Eric and Eric Corbett ← DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE!
82. Extraordinary Writ, Writ Keeper^[11]
83. FAdesdae378 and Fadesga
84. Femke and Femke 01
85. FlightTime and FlyingAce
86. FloNight, Floquenbeam (who conjectured It's possible this is how I inexplicably got elected to ArbCom)^[12]
87. Flyer22 Frozen, Flyer22 Reborn, Flyer22 (all the same editor) and SportingFlyer
88. Frosty, Frostly, Frost (all three users are current or former page movers)
89. Galobtter, Gorthian
90. Generalrelative, GeneralNotability,^[13] General Ization, GeneralizationsAreBad, TheGeneralUser
91. Gen. Quon, Qono
92. Geni, Jeni
93. Gigs and Giggy
94. Gog the Mild and Hog Farm, similar first words and frequent activity in shared editing areas
95. GorillaWarfare and NuclearWarfare
96. Graham, Graham11, Graham87, Graeme Bartlett, GraemeLeggett
97. Grayfell, Graywalls, Greyjoy (cf. Primergrey)
98. Guy Macon, Guy M, and JzG (signature Guy) [3]; JzG, JPxG and JFG
99. HighKing and HighInBC
100. HurricaneEdgar, Hurricane Noah, -noah-
101. Ianmacm and ian.thomson
102. I dream of horses, IdreamofJeanie
103. InedibleHulk, Ineffablebookkeeper, The Inedible Bulk
104. Insertcleverphrasehere and AddWittyNameHere
105. Iridescent, Iridescence, Interstellarity
106. Isaacl, Vanisaac
107. Itxia, IXCat, and Ixtal
108. JBW (formerly JamesBWatson) and JWB and JayBeeEll (signature JBL)^[14] and Jbhunley (signature Jbh) and Johnpacklambert^[15] and JoelleJay
109. Jerm, Jorm
110. JIP, Jip Orlando
111. JJPMaster, JJMC89
112. John, Johnbod, John from Idegon, Johnuniq, John Vandenberg, John M Wolfson, John of Reading
113. Jo-Jo Eumerus, JoJo Anthrax
114. Joseph2302, Sir Joseph
115. Jpgordon, JPxG, JzG
116. Kashmiri, LéKashmiriSocialiste
117. King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, Kingofaces43
118. L235, L293D, L3X1
119. Avilich, Levivich, Mendaliv, Leitmotiv, Lepricavark (too many L's and V's)
120. Leaky Cauldron (aka Leaky caldron), Theleekycauldron^[16]
121. Leschnei and Lectonar
122. Lightburst, Lightbreather, Lightmouse, Light show
123. LouisAragon, LouisAlain
124. LuK3, Luk3, Luk
125. Mandruss, Mandarax, Maxaxax, Masem, Maile
126. Martinevans123, Robevans123
127. Mastcell, MastCell
128. Math: Factotem and Primefac (Primefactotem would be too powerful); Primefac, PrimeHunter [4], and Primergrey (honorable mention: AntiCompositeNumber); Pi and Pi.1415926535
129. Mathglot, Mathsci
130. Maxim, Maxim.il89^[17]
131. MB, M-B
132. Meters, 4meter4
133. Minorax and Mandarax
134. Mjroots, Ɱ, Mirji (signs ɱ)
135. Modernist, Mattisse
136. Moonriddengirl, Megalibrarygirl
137. MrLinkinPark333, Ritchie333, Seppi333, HAL333
138. MrsSnoozyTurtle, Mr.weedle
139. Muboshgu, Bagumba
140. MX, MrX, MrX Horror, Mr Ernie, Mr rnddude
141. Mychemicalromanceisrealemo and My Chemistry romantic
142. Mz7, JzG
143. Nick, Nick-D, NickCT, Nick Moyes, Nick Thorne, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (signature: Nearly Headless Nick)
144. Nigej, Nigel Ish^[18]
145. North8000, Northamerica1000
146. Novem Linguae, Novo Tape
147. Nyttend, Nythar
148. Oculi, In ictu oculi
149. Oshwah, Oshawott 12
150. Parrot of Doom, TheRedPenOfDoom
151. Pizzaplayer219, LaundryPizza03
152. Pharos, Pharaoh of the Wizards
153. Piotrus and Pietrus^[19]
154. Pr4ever, PF4Eva
155. Premeditated, Premeditated Chaos
156. Presidentman and UnitedStatesian
157. Primefac, PrimeHunter [5], and Primergrey
158. Qwerfjkl, 1234qwer1234qwer4^[20]
159. RandomCanadian and RandomGnome
160. Randykitty, Randy Kryn, Korny O'Near^[21]
161. Ratso Rizzo, StuRat
162. Ravenpuff, RationalPuff, Ravenswing, .Raven, Ravensfire
163. Redrose64, Red Rose 13, Rosiestep
164. RedSoxFan274, RedSoxFan2434
165. Rich Farmbrough and his brother DavidFarmbrough
166. Rich Smith, RoySmith
167. RickinBaltimore, Ricky81682
168. Robofish, Ruhrfisch, Sciencefish, Tryptofish, Tks4Fish, EvilxFish, PigeonChickenFish, Zfish118
169. Roger Davies, Rogerd
170. ARoseWolf, Roxy the dog
171. Sagaciousphil, Sphilbrick, Phil Bridger, PhilKnight
172. Sahaib, Sahaib jan
173. Salvio giuliano, Salavat
174. SarekOfVulcan, Spock of Vulcan, Lieutenant commander Spock
175. Schierbecker, SchreiberBike
176. Schazjmd, Sdrqaz, Spartaz, Sdkb
177. Scorpions13256, Scorpions1325, Scorpion0422
178. SD0001, Dl2000 and S0091
179. Sideswipe9th and Spinixster
180. Siroxo and Silcox
181. Sir Sputnik, SpacemanSpiff and Spinningspark
182. Skyring, GoldenRing, GoldRingChip
183. Skyshifter, Skysmith
184. Slugger O'Toole, Brews ohare
185. Smokefoot, SmokeyJoe
186. Snowded, Snow Rise, GiantSnowman, Snowmanonahoe, Snowolf, SnowFire^[22]
187. SNUGGUMS, Snooganssnoogans, Smasongarrison, Huggums537
188. Softlavender, Softlemonades
189. Spencer, Stephen
190. Steel, Steel1943, Steelkamp, Steelpillow
191. Störm, Storm598
192. Tamwin, Tamzin
193. TAnthony, T. Anthony
194. Tegel and Teles (both stewards)
195. TheresNoTime, ToBeFree
196. Thryduulf, Thrydwulf^[23]
197. Tjsmith, TJMSmith
198. Toddst1, Todd.st, Toddy1
199. TonyBallioni, Tony1, Tony May, TonyTheTiger, Tony Webster
200. TrademarkedTarantula, That Tired Tarantula
201. United States Man, UnitedStatesian (see the participants list for WP:2010s)
202. Vchimpanzee, valereee, Vallee01 and Vaselineeeeeeee (for those who take the middle out of a sandwich and only eat the two slices of bread)
203. Whispyhistory, WhisperToMe
204. Whoop whoop pull up, Whoop whoop beep beep
205. Winged Blades of Godric, WereSpielChequers, Winged Blades of Gothic, The Blade of the Northern Lights
206. WikiEditor1234567123, --WikiUser1234945--
207. WMSR, WWGB
208. Wnt and WaltCip
209. Wordsmith and The Wordsmith
210. Xeno, Xaosflux (both bureaucrats)^[24]
211. Yamla, Ymblanter and Yngvadottir (There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium ...)
212. Zaathras, Zaereth
213. Zero, Zero0000, and Patient Zero
214. 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.