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 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
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. Biblioworm, bibliomaniac15
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 c. May 2020)
37. Buaidh and Buidhe
38. Burmeister and Burmiester^[6]
39. Buster7 and BusterD
40. Butwhatdoiknow and WhatamIdoing^[7] 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. Chess, Choess, EnPassant, Pawnkingthree (Queen's gambit declined)
51. Chiswckchap and Chiswick Chap^[8]
52. Chriscf and Chris troutman
53. ChrisWx and Tails Wx
54. ChrisTheDude and Chris the speller
55. Coffee, TheCoffee, CoffeeCrumbs, Coffeeandcrumbs (no, we are not making those last two up), Espresso Addict, CaffeinAddict
56. Colin, Colin M
57. Collect, CollectiveSolidarity
58. CommonKnowledgeCreator, CommunityNotesContributor
59. Count Iblis, Deacon Vorbis
60. Coretheapple, Closeapple, Coolabahapple
61. Courcelles and Carcharoth (both (former) Arbs, both speak with the same somber "professional" voice in discussions); Casliber; Carcharoth and Corachow
62. Cryptic, Cryptic Canadian
63. Cullen, Cullen328^[9]
64. Cyberpower678, Cyberfan195, Cyberpower7
65. Czar, Czarking0
66. DandelionAndBurdock (signs as "D'n'B") and R'n'B
67. Daniel, xDanielx, Daniel Case, Daniel Quinlan
68. Dank, DankJae
69. Danny, Denny and Demmy (Wikipedian of the Year 2012)
70. Davey2010, Davey2116
71. David A and Davide King
72. DeCausa and DeFacto
73. Deepfriedokra, Devokewater
74. Dicklyon, Dimadick
75. dinoguy2, Dinoguy1000
76. DoctorWho42, TheDoctorWho
77. Dondervogel 2, Thunderbird2
78. Doug Weller and Dweller^[10] and Dwheeler
79. Dr.K. and DrKay^[11]
80. Drmies, Drm310 and Mr Miles
81. Dreamy Jazz and Alexis Jazz
82. Dumelow and Dumuzid
83. DuncanHill and Duncan.Hull
84. EdJohnston, EdJF, EdChem, Ed! and The ed17
85. Ealdgyth and Cwmhiraeth
86. Edgar181, Eddie891, Ed6767 and Editorofthewiki (commonly known as "Eddy")
87. EEng, AlexEng, PackMecEng, EngFram, EngineeringEditor
88. ElKevbo, El C, El cid, el campeador, ElSidCampeador, The C of E, El Cid (Sid Caesar, Billy the Cid, &c.)
89. EPIC, Epicgenius and EpicPupper
90. Erik, ErikHaugen, Eric and Eric Corbett ← DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE!
91. Essjay, Hazard-SJ, Sj, Sjö, and ŠJů
92. Extraordinary Writ, Writ Keeper^[12]
93. FAdesdae378 and Fadesga
94. Femke and Femke 01
95. FlightTime and FlyingAce
96. FloNight, Floquenbeam (who conjectured It's possible this is how I inexplicably got elected to ArbCom)^[13]
97. Flyer22 Frozen, Flyer22 Reborn, Flyer22 (all the same editor) and SportingFlyer
98. Fram and Framawiki
99. Frosty, Frostly, Frost (all three users are current or former page movers); NoFrost (former ruwiki AfD-closer)
100. Ganeshk and Ganesha811
101. Galobtter, Gorthian
102. Generalrelative, GeneralNotability,^[14] General Ization, GeneralizationsAreBad, TheGeneralUser
103. Gen. Quon, Qono
104. Geni, Geniac and Jeni
105. Gigs and Giggy
106. Giraffer and Giraffedata
107. Goszei and Gluonz
108. Gog the Mild and Hog Farm, similar first words and frequent activity in shared editing areas
109. GorillaWarfare and NuclearWarfare
110. Graham, Graham11, Graham87, Graeme Bartlett, Graham Beards, GraemeLeggett
111. Grayfell, GrayStorm, Graywalls, Greyjoy (cf. Primergrey)
112. Guy Macon, Guy M, and JzG (signature Guy) link
113. HighKing and HighInBC
114. HurricaneEdgar, Hurricane Noah, -noah-
115. Ianmacm and ian.thomson
116. I dream of horses, IdreamofJeanie
117. InedibleHulk, Ineffablebookkeeper, The Inedible Bulk
118. Insertcleverphrasehere and AddWittyNameHere
119. Iridescent, Iridescence, Interstellarity
120. Isaacl, Vanisaac
121. Itxia, IXCat, and Ixtal
122. Jay and Joy (both admins); Jay, Master Jay ^[15], JJay, JayJay
123. JBW (formerly JamesBWatson) and JWB and JayBeeEll (signature JBL)^[16] and Jbhunley (signature Jbh) and Johnpacklambert^[17] and JoelleJay
124. Jerm, Jorm
125. JIP, Jip Orlando
126. JJPMaster, JJMC89
127. John, Johnbod, John from Idegon, Johnuniq, John Vandenberg, John M Wolfson, John of Reading, Jon (WMF)
128. John of Reading, Tom.Reding (both top-30 WP:NOE)
129. Jo-Jo Eumerus, JoJo Anthrax
130. Joseph2302, Sir Joseph
131. Jpgordon, JPxG, JPG-GR, JzG, JFG, and Jeff G.
132. JustSomeRandomGuy32, SomeGuyWhoRandomlyEdits
133. Kashmiri, LéKashmiriSocialiste
134. Ace of Spades, King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, Kingofaces43
135. L235, L293D, L3X1
136. Avilich, Levivich, Leitmotiv, Lepricavark (too many L's and V's)
137. Leaky caldron, theleekycauldron^[18]
138. Leschnei and Lectonar
139. Lightbreather, Lightmouse, Light show
140. LouisAragon, LouisAlain
141. LuK3, Luk3, Luk
142. LunaEclipse, LunaEatsTuna, LunaHasArrived
143. Mandruss, Mandarax, Maxaxax, Masem, Maile
144. Martinevans123, Robevans123
145. Mastcell, MastCell
146. Math: Factotem and Primefac (Primefactotem would be too powerful); Primefac, PrimeHunter(link), and Primergrey (honorable mention: AntiCompositeNumber); Pi, Pi.1415926535 and PiRSquared17
147. Masem, Mason
148. Mathglot, Mathsci
149. Maxim, Maxim.il89^[19]
150. MB, M-B
151. Meters, 4meter4
152. Minorax and Mandarax
153. MjolnirPants and TenPoundHammer
154. Mjroots, Ɱ
155. Modernist, Mattisse
156. Moonriddengirl, Megalibrarygirl
157. MrLinkinPark333, Ritchie333, Seppi333, HAL333
158. MrsSnoozyTurtle, Mr.weedle
159. Muboshgu, Bagumba
160. MX, MrX, MrX Horror, Mr Ernie, Mr rnddude
161. Mychemicalromanceisrealemo and My Chemistry romantic
162. M7, Mykola7 (both Meta-Wiki admins), SM7 and Mz7; for the latter also JzG and MZMcBride
163. Nthep, Necrothesp
164. Nick, Nick-D, NickK,^[20] NickCT, Nick Moyes, Nick Thorne, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (signature: Nearly Headless Nick)
165. Nigej, Nigel Ish^[21]
166. Nintendofan885, PokestarFan (CentralAuth)
167. North8000, Northamerica1000
168. Nova Crystallis, Novem Linguae, Novo Tape
169. Nyttend, Nythar
170. Oculi, In ictu oculi
171. Oshwah, Oshawott 12
172. Parrot of Doom, TheRedPenOfDoom
173. Pizzaplayer219, LaundryPizza03
174. Pharos, Pharaoh of the Wizards
175. Piotrus and Pietrus^[22]
176. Pr4ever, PF4Eva
177. Premeditated, Premeditated Chaos
178. Presidentman and UnitedStatesian
179. Primefac, PrimeHunter link, and Primergrey
180. Qwerfjkl, 1234qwer1234qwer4^[23]
181. RandomCanadian, RandomGnome, RaboKarbakian (CentralAuth)
182. Randykitty, Randy Kryn, Korny O'Near^[24]
183. Ratso Rizzo, StuRat
184. Ravenpuff, RationalPuff, Ravenswing, .Raven, Ravensfire
185. Redrose64, Red Rose 13, Rosiestep
186. RedSoxFan274, RedSoxFan2434
187. Rich Farmbrough and his brother DavidFarmbrough
188. Rich Smith, RoySmith
189. RickinBaltimore, Ricky81682
190. Ra'ike and Rillke (both Commons admins in a large timeframe and German-speaking)
191. Robertsky and Robert McClenon
192. Robofish, Ruhrfisch, Sciencefish, Tryptofish, Tks4Fish, EvilxFish, PigeonChickenFish, Zfish118
193. Roger Davies, Rogerd
194. ARoseWolf, Roxy the dog
195. Sagaciousphil, Sphilbrick, Phil Bridger, PhilKnight
196. Sahaib, Sahaib jan
197. Salvio giuliano, Salavat
198. SarekOfVulcan, Spock of Vulcan, Lieutenant commander Spock
199. Schierbecker, SchreiberBike
200. Schazjmd, Sdrqaz, Spartaz, Sdkb, Sadko
201. Scorpions13256, Scorpions1325 (same user), Scorpion0422
202. SD0001, Dl2000 and S0091
203. SeoR and Ser! (both edit in Irish topics)
204. Sideswipe9th and Spinixster, Spinster, Discospinster
205. Siroxo and Silcox
206. Sir Sputnik, SpacemanSpiff and Spinningspark
207. Skyring, GoldenRing, GoldRingChip
208. Skyshifter, Skysmith
209. Slugger O'Toole, Brews ohare
210. Smokefoot, SmokeyJoe
211. Snowded, Snow Rise, GiantSnowman, Snowmanonahoe, Snowolf, SnowFire^[25]
212. SNUGGUMS, Snooganssnoogans, Smasongarrison, Huggums537
213. Spencer, Stephen
214. Stang and Stanglavine (both Wikidata admins in a certain timeframe)
215. Steel, Steel1943, Steelkamp, Steelpillow
216. Störm, Storm598 and Sturm
217. Sulfurboy, Sirfurboy
218. Tamwin, Tamzin
219. TAnthony, T. Anthony
220. Tegel and Teles (both stewards)
221. TheresNoTime, ToBeFree
222. Thryduulf, Thrydwulf^[26]
223. Tjsmith, TJMSmith
224. Toddst1, Todd.st, Toddy1
225. TonyBallioni, Tony1, Tony May, TonyTheTiger, Tony Webster
226. TrademarkedTarantula, That Tired Tarantula
227. United States Man, UnitedStatesian (see the participants list for WP:2010s)
228. Varnent and Vermont (both WMF-affiliated queer Wikimedians active on Meta)
229. Vchimpanzee, valereee, Vallee01 and Vaselineeeeeeee (for those who take the middle out of a sandwich and only eat the two slices of bread)
230. Whispyhistory, WhisperToMe
231. Whoop whoop pull up, Whoop whoop beep beep
232. Winged Blades of Godric, WereSpielChequers, Winged Blades of Gothic, The Blade of the Northern Lights
233. WikiEditor1234567123, --WikiUser1234945--
234. WMSR, WWGB
235. Wnt and WaltCip
236. Wordsmith and The Wordsmith
237. Xeno, Xaosflux (both bureaucrats)^[27]
238. Yamla, Ymblanter and Yngvadottir (There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium ...)
239. Zaathras, Zaereth, Zanahary
240. Zero, Zero0000, and Patient Zero
241. Zippybonzo and Zppix
242. Zzuuzz, Zzyzx11, Zoozaz1, Zzyxzaa26, Zzzs