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 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, 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