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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. 28bytes, Q28
  2. 331dot, 333-blue, Bbb23, Sro23
  3. 78.26, 7&6=thirteen, 3family6
  4. A. B., Another Believer[1]
  5. Aca, Acaalexaca, Aka, Ата (all sysops on different Wikipedias)
  6. Acroterion, Aquillion
  7. Alaexis, Alexis Jazz
  8. Alien333, Thebiguglyalien
  9. Alison, AlisonW[2]
  10. AlphaBetaGamma, Alphabetagamma[3]So please capitalize the B and G or you'll be pinging a different inactive editor, AlphaBeta135
  11. Altenmann, Anwegmann
  12. AmirahBreen, Abdallem[4]
  13. AndyTheGrump and Andy Dingley and Pigsonthewing (signs as Andy Mabbett) and Andrewa and Andrew Davidson and Anne drew
  14. AngusWOOF and EpicPupper
  15. Anomie and The Anome (both are bot operators) and The Gnome
  16. Anarchyte and Anachronist
  17. Antandrus and Arcturus
  18. Aza24 and AzaToth
  19. Asmodea Oaktree, Oaktree b
  20. Barkeep, Barkeep49
  21. Barumba and Bagumba
  22. Barek, Berek,[5] Berig
  23. Bawolff, Snowolf, Seewolf (all sysops on different projects)
  24. BDD, DGG, BD2412,[6] 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[7]
  37. Buaidh and Buidhe
  38. Burmeister and Burmiester[8]
  39. Buster7 and BusterD
  40. Butwhatdoiknow and WhatamIdoing[9] and Anythingyouwant
  41. C.Fred and CFredkin
  42. Calton and Colin
  43. Cambalachero and Caeciliusinhorto
  44. CapnZapp, CaptainEek, Captain Galaxy, CAPTAIN MEDUSA, CAPTAIN RAJU, Colonel Wilhelm Klink, Colonel Warden, GeneralNotability (This is the Army, Mr. Jones)
  45. Captainllama and Grandpallama I made this mistake just now (also, Captainllama could be in the previous group too)
  46. Casliber, Casprings
  47. Cassianto, Casspedia, Cassiopeia, Cecropia
  48. Cavalryman and Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry
  49. Celestinesucess and Celestianpower
  50. CentreLeftRight, Lefcentreright, RightCowLeftCoast, TheImaCow
  51. Ched, Chetsford
  52. Chess, Choess, EnPassant, Pawnkingthree (Queen's gambit declined)
  53. Chiswckchap and Chiswick Chap[10]
  54. Chriscf and Chris troutman
  55. ChrisWx and Tails Wx
  56. ChrisTheDude and Chris the speller
  57. Coffee, TheCoffee, CoffeeCrumbs, Coffeeandcrumbs (no, we are not making those last two up), Espresso Addict, CaffeinAddict
  58. Colin, Colin M
  59. Collect, CollectiveSolidarity
  60. CommonKnowledgeCreator, CommunityNotesContributor
  61. Count Iblis, Deacon Vorbis
  62. Coretheapple, Closeapple, Coolabahapple
  63. Courcelles and Carcharoth (both (former) Arbs, both speak with the same somber "professional" voice in discussions); Casliber; Carcharoth and Corachow
  64. Cryptic, Cryptic Canadian
  65. Cullen, Cullen328[11]
  66. Cyberpower678, Cyberfan195, Cyberpower7
  67. Czar, Czarking0
  68. DandelionAndBurdock (signs as "D'n'B") and R'n'B
  69. Daniel, xDanielx, Daniel Case, Daniel Quinlan
  70. Dank, DankJae
  71. Danny, Denny and Demmy (Wikipedian of the Year 2012)
  72. Davey2010, Davey2116
  73. David A and Davide King
  74. Dbeef and Deadbeef
  75. Dclemens1971 and Jclemens
  76. DeCausa and DeFacto
  77. Deepfriedokra, Deepfriedokra2, Devokewater
  78. Dicklyon, Dimadick
  79. dinoguy2, Dinoguy1000
  80. DoctorWho42, TheDoctorWho
  81. Dondervogel 2, Thunderbird2
  82. Doug Weller and Dweller[12] and Dwheeler
  83. Dr.K. and DrKay[13]
  84. Drmies, Drm310 and Mr Miles
  85. Dreamy Jazz and Alexis Jazz
  86. Dumelow and Dumuzid
  87. DuncanHill and Duncan.Hull
  88. EdJohnston, EdJF, EdChem, Ed! and The ed17
  89. Ealdgyth and Cwmhiraeth
  90. Edgar181, Edgar81, Eddie891, Ed6767 and Editorofthewiki (commonly known as "Eddy")
  91. EEng, AlexEng, PackMecEng, EngFram, EngineeringEditor
  92. ElKevbo, El C, El cid, el campeador, ElSidCampeador, The C of E, El Cid (Sid Caesar, Billy the Cid, &c.)
  93. EPIC, Epicgenius and EpicPupper
  94. Erik, ErikHaugen, Eric and Eric Corbett ← DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE!
  95. Essjay, Hazard-SJ, Sj, Sjö, and ŠJů
  96. Extraordinary Writ, Writ Keeper[14]
  97. FAdesdae378 and Fadesga
  98. Fayenatic london and Secretlondon
  99. Femke and Femke 01
  100. FlightTime and FlyingAce
  101. FloNight, Floquenbeam (who conjectured It's possible this is how I inexplicably got elected to ArbCom)[15]
  102. Flyer22 Frozen, Flyer22 Reborn, Flyer22 (all the same editor) and SportingFlyer
  103. Fortuna imperatrix mundi and Oh-Fortuna!
  104. Fram and Framawiki
  105. Frosty, Frostly, Frost (all three users are current or former page movers); NoFrost (former ruwiki AfD-closer)
  106. Ganeshk and Ganesha811
  107. Galobtter, Gorthian
  108. Generalrelative, GeneralNotability,[16] General Ization, GeneralizationsAreBad, TheGeneralUser
  109. Gen. Quon, Qono
  110. Geni, Geniac and Jeni
  111. Gigs and Giggy
  112. Giraffer and Giraffedata
  113. Glen and Glenn
  114. Gnomingstuff, Gommeh, The Gnome, Gonnym
  115. Goszei and Gluonz
  116. Gog the Mild and Hog Farm, similar first words and frequent activity in shared editing areas
  117. GorillaWarfare and NuclearWarfare
  118. Graham, Graham11, Graham87, Graeme Bartlett, Graham Beards, GraemeLeggett
  119. Grayfell, GrayStorm, Graywalls, Greyjoy (cf. Primergrey)
  120. Guy Macon, Guy M, and JzG (signature Guy)[17]
  121. Hammersoft, Hammelsmith, TenPoundHammer
  122. HighKing and HighInBC
  123. HumanxAnthro and Inter&anthro
  124. HurricaneEdgar, Hurricane Noah, -noah-
  125. Howardcorn33, Howard the Duck
  126. Ianmacm and ian.thomson
  127. I dream of horses, IdreamofJeanie
  128. InedibleHulk, Ineffablebookkeeper, The Inedible Bulk
  129. Insertcleverphrasehere and AddWittyNameHere
  130. Iridescent, Iridescence, Interstellarity
  131. Isaacl, Vanisaac
  132. Iss246, Isi96
  133. Itxia, IXCat, and Ixtal
  134. Jameslwoodward and jlwoodwa
  135. Jay and Joy (both admins); Jay, Master Jay [18], JJay, JayJay, JoelleJay
  136. JBW (formerly JamesBWatson) and JWB and JayBeeEll (signature JBL)[19] and Jbhunley (signature Jbh) and Johnpacklambert[20]
  137. Jerm, Jorm
  138. JIP, Jip Orlando
  139. JJPMaster, JJMC89
  140. JMF, JFHJr
  141. John, Johnbod, John from Idegon, Johnuniq, John Vandenberg, John M Wolfson, John of Reading, Jon (WMF)
  142. John of Reading, Tom.Reding (both top-30 WP:NOE)
  143. Jo-Jo Eumerus, JoJo Anthrax
  144. Joseph2302, Sir Joseph
  145. Jpgordon, JPxG, JPG-GR, JzG, JFG, and Jeff G.
  146. JustSomeRandomGuy32, SomeGuyWhoRandomlyEdits
  147. Kashmiri, LéKashmiriSocialiste
  148. Ace of Spades, King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, Kingofaces43
  149. L235, L293D, L3X1
  150. Ldm1954 and LDM2003
  151. Avilich, Levivich, Leitmotiv, Lepricavark (too many L's and V's)
  152. Leaky caldron, theleekycauldron[21]
  153. Leschnei and Lectonar
  154. Lightbreather, Lightburst, Lightmouse, Light show
  155. LouisAragon, LouisAlain
  156. LuK3, Luk3, Luk
  157. LunaEclipse, LunaEatsTuna, LunaHasArrived
  158. M.Billoo2000, M.Bitton, MBisanz
  159. Mandruss, Mandarax,[22] Maxaxax, Masem, Maile
  160. Mandarax and Minorax
  161. Martinevans123, Mewhen123, Robevans123
  162. Mastcell, MastCell
  163. Math: Factotem and Primefac (Primefactotem would be too powerful); Primefac, PrimeHunter[23], and Primergrey (honorable mention: AntiCompositeNumber); Pi, Pi.1415926535 and PiRSquared17
  164. Masem, Mason
  165. Mathglot, Mathsci
  166. Maxim, Maxim.il89[24]
  167. MB, M-B and Mb2437
  168. Meters, 4meter4
  169. Mjroots, Ɱ
  170. Modernist, Mattisse
  171. Moonriddengirl, Megalibrarygirl
  172. Moriwen, Morwen
  173. MrLinkinPark333, Ritchie333, Seppi333, HAL333
  174. MrsSnoozyTurtle, Mr.weedle
  175. Muboshgu, Bagumba
  176. MX, MrX, MrX Horror, Mr Ernie, Mr rnddude
  177. Mychemicalromanceisrealemo and My Chemistry romantic
  178. M7, Mykola7 (both Meta-Wiki admins), SM7 and Mz7; for the latter also JzG and MZMcBride
  179. Nthep, Necrothesp
  180. Nick, Nick-D, NickK,[25] NickCT, Nick Moyes, Nick Thorne, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (signature: Nearly Headless Nick)
  181. Nigej, Nigel Ish[26]
  182. Nil Einne, Nil NZ
  183. Nintendofan885, PokestarFan (CentralAuth)
  184. North8000, Northamerica1000
  185. Nova Crystallis, Novem Linguae, Novo Tape
  186. Nyttend, Nythar
  187. Oculi, In ictu oculi
  188. Oshwah, Oshawott 12
  189. Parrot of Doom, TheRedPenOfDoom
  190. Patrick, Patrick Welsh (who has signed as "Patrick" and as "Patrick 🐈‍⬛")
  191. Pizzaplayer219, LaundryPizza03
  192. Pharos, Pharaoh of the Wizards
  193. Piotrus and Pietrus[27]
  194. Pr4ever, PF4Eva
  195. Premeditated, Premeditated Chaos
  196. Presidentman and UnitedStatesian
  197. Qwerfjkl, 1234qwer1234qwer4[28]
  198. RandomCanadian, RandomGnome, RaboKarbakian (CentralAuth)
  199. Randykitty, Randy Kryn, Korny O'Near[29]
  200. Ratso Rizzo, StuRat
  201. Ravenpuff, RationalPuff, Ravenswing, .Raven, Ravensfire
  202. Redrose64, Red Rose 13, Rosiestep
  203. RedSoxFan274, RedSoxFan2434
  204. Rich Farmbrough and his brother DavidFarmbrough
  205. Rich Smith, RoySmith
  206. RickinBaltimore, Ricky81682
  207. Ra'ike and Rillke (both Commons admins in a large timeframe and German-speaking)
  208. Robertsky and Robert McClenon
  209. Robofish, Ruhrfisch, Sciencefish, Tryptofish, Tks4Fish, EvilxFish, PigeonChickenFish, Zfish118
  210. Roger Davies, Rogerd
  211. ARoseWolf, Roxy the dog
  212. Sagaciousphil, Sphilbrick, Phil Bridger, PhilKnight
  213. Sahaib, Sahaib jan, Saqib
  214. Salvio giuliano, Salavat
  215. SarekOfVulcan, Spock of Vulcan, Lieutenant commander Spock
  216. Schierbecker, SchreiberBike
  217. Schazjmd, Sdrqaz, Spartaz, Sdkb, SdHb, Sadko
  218. Scorpions13256, Scorpions1325 (same user), Scorpion0422
  219. SD0001, Dl2000 and S0091
  220. SeoR and Ser! (both edit in Irish topics)
  221. Sideswipe9th and Spinixster, Spinster, Discospinster
  222. Siroxo and Silcox
  223. Sir Sputnik, SpacemanSpiff and Spinningspark
  224. Skyring, GoldenRing, GoldRingChip
  225. Skyshifter, Skysmith
  226. Slugger O'Toole, Brews ohare
  227. Smokefoot, SmokeyJoe
  228. Snowded, Snow Rise, GiantSnowman, Snowmanonahoe, Snowolf, SnowFire[30]
  229. SNUGGUMS, Snooganssnoogans, Smasongarrison, Huggums537
  230. Spencer, Stephen
  231. Stang and Stanglavine (both Wikidata admins in a certain timeframe)
  232. Steel, Steel1943, Steelkamp, Steelpillow
  233. Störm, Storm598 and Sturm
  234. Sulfurboy, Sirfurboy
  235. Tamwin, Tamzin
  236. TAnthony, T. Anthony
  237. Tegel and Teles (both stewards)
  238. TheresNoTime, ToBeFree
  239. Thryduulf, Thrydwulf[31]
  240. Tjsmith, TJMSmith
  241. ToadetteEdit, Toadspike, Toadboy123, Toadheart
  242. Toddst1, Todd.st, Toddy1
  243. TonyBallioni, Tony1, Tony May, TonySt, TonyTheTiger, Tony Webster
  244. TrademarkedTarantula, That Tired Tarantula
  245. Ucucha and Usucha
  246. United States Man, UnitedStatesian (see the participants list for WP:2010s)
  247. Varnent and Vermont (both WMF-affiliated queer Wikimedians active on Meta)
  248. Vchimpanzee, valereee, Vallee01 and Vaselineeeeeeee (for those who take the middle out of a sandwich and only eat the two slices of bread)
  249. ViridianPenguin and Vigilantcosmicpenguin
  250. Whispyhistory, WhisperToMe
  251. Whoop whoop pull up, Whoop whoop beep beep
  252. Winged Blades of Godric, WereSpielChequers, Winged Blades of Gothic, The Blade of the Northern Lights
  253. WikiEditor1234567123, --WikiUser1234945--
  254. WMSR, WWGB
  255. Wnt and WaltCip
  256. Wordsmith and The Wordsmith
  257. Xeno, Xaosflux (both bureaucrats)[32]
  258. Yamla, Ymblanter and Yngvadottir (There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium ...)
  259. Zaathras, Zaereth, Zanahary
  260. Zero, Zero0000, and Patient Zero
  261. Zippybonzo and Zppix
  262. 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[33]

  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
  4. Toadheart

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.
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  4. ^ "User:Abdallem reported by User:Alexis Jazz".
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  17. ^ link
  18. ^ [2]
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  23. ^ link
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