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 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); NoFrost (former ruwiki AfD-closer)
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) [1]; JzG, JPxG and JFG
99. Hey man im josh and Joshbaumgartner (both with a 6-/7-figure global edit count)
100. HighKing and HighInBC
101. HurricaneEdgar, Hurricane Noah, -noah-
102. Ianmacm and ian.thomson
103. I dream of horses, IdreamofJeanie
104. InedibleHulk, Ineffablebookkeeper, The Inedible Bulk
105. Insertcleverphrasehere and AddWittyNameHere
106. Iridescent, Iridescence, Interstellarity
107. Isaacl, Vanisaac
108. Itxia, IXCat, and Ixtal
109. JBW (formerly JamesBWatson) and JWB and JayBeeEll (signature JBL)^[14] and Jbhunley (signature Jbh) and Johnpacklambert^[15] and JoelleJay
110. Jerm, Jorm
111. JIP, Jip Orlando
112. JJPMaster, JJMC89
113. John, Johnbod, John from Idegon, Johnuniq, John Vandenberg, John M Wolfson, John of Reading
114. Jo-Jo Eumerus, JoJo Anthrax
115. Joseph2302, Sir Joseph
116. Jpgordon, JPxG, JzG
117. JustSomeRandomGuy32, SomeGuyWhoRandomlyEdits
118. Kashmiri, LéKashmiriSocialiste
119. King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, Kingofaces43
120. L235, L293D, L3X1
121. Avilich, Levivich, Mendaliv, Leitmotiv, Lepricavark (too many L's and V's)
122. Leaky Cauldron (aka Leaky caldron), Theleekycauldron^[16]
123. Leschnei and Lectonar
124. Lightburst, Lightbreather, Lightmouse, Light show
125. LouisAragon, LouisAlain
126. LuK3, Luk3, Luk
127. Mandruss, Mandarax, Maxaxax, Masem, Maile
128. Martinevans123, Robevans123
129. Mastcell, MastCell
130. Math: Factotem and Primefac (Primefactotem would be too powerful); Primefac, PrimeHunter [2], and Primergrey (honorable mention: AntiCompositeNumber); Pi and Pi.1415926535
131. Mathglot, Mathsci
132. Maxim, Maxim.il89^[17]
133. MB, M-B
134. Meters, 4meter4
135. Minorax and Mandarax
136. Mjroots, Ɱ, Mirji (signs ɱ)
137. Modernist, Mattisse
138. Moonriddengirl, Megalibrarygirl
139. MrLinkinPark333, Ritchie333, Seppi333, HAL333
140. MrsSnoozyTurtle, Mr.weedle
141. Muboshgu, Bagumba
142. MX, MrX, MrX Horror, Mr Ernie, Mr rnddude
143. Mychemicalromanceisrealemo and My Chemistry romantic
144. Mz7, JzG
145. Nick, Nick-D, NickK,^[18] NickCT, Nick Moyes, Nick Thorne, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (signature: Nearly Headless Nick)
146. Nigej, Nigel Ish^[19]
147. Nintendofan885, PokestarFan (CentralAuth)
148. North8000, Northamerica1000
149. Nova Crystallis, Novem Linguae, Novo Tape
150. Nyttend, Nythar
151. Oculi, In ictu oculi
152. Oshwah, Oshawott 12
153. Parrot of Doom, TheRedPenOfDoom
154. Pizzaplayer219, LaundryPizza03
155. Pharos, Pharaoh of the Wizards
156. Piotrus and Pietrus^[20]
157. Pr4ever, PF4Eva
158. Premeditated, Premeditated Chaos
159. Presidentman and UnitedStatesian
160. Primefac, PrimeHunter [3], and Primergrey
161. Qwerfjkl, 1234qwer1234qwer4^[21]
162. RandomCanadian, RandomGnome, RaboKarbakian (CentralAuth)
163. Randykitty, Randy Kryn, Korny O'Near^[22]
164. Ratso Rizzo, StuRat
165. Ravenpuff, RationalPuff, Ravenswing, .Raven, Ravensfire
166. Redrose64, Red Rose 13, Rosiestep
167. RedSoxFan274, RedSoxFan2434
168. Rich Farmbrough and his brother DavidFarmbrough
169. Rich Smith, RoySmith
170. RickinBaltimore, Ricky81682
171. Robofish, Ruhrfisch, Sciencefish, Tryptofish, Tks4Fish, EvilxFish, PigeonChickenFish, Zfish118
172. Roger Davies, Rogerd
173. ARoseWolf, Roxy the dog
174. Sagaciousphil, Sphilbrick, Phil Bridger, PhilKnight
175. Sahaib, Sahaib jan
176. Salvio giuliano, Salavat
177. SarekOfVulcan, Spock of Vulcan, Lieutenant commander Spock
178. Schierbecker, SchreiberBike
179. Schazjmd, Sdrqaz, Spartaz, Sdkb
180. Scorpions13256, Scorpions1325, Scorpion0422
181. SD0001, Dl2000 and S0091
182. Sideswipe9th and Spinixster
183. Siroxo and Silcox
184. Sir Sputnik, SpacemanSpiff and Spinningspark
185. Skyring, GoldenRing, GoldRingChip
186. Skyshifter, Skysmith
187. Slugger O'Toole, Brews ohare
188. Smokefoot, SmokeyJoe
189. Snowded, Snow Rise, GiantSnowman, Snowmanonahoe, Snowolf, SnowFire^[23]
190. SNUGGUMS, Snooganssnoogans, Smasongarrison, Huggums537
191. Softlavender, Softlemonades
192. Spencer, Stephen
193. Steel, Steel1943, Steelkamp, Steelpillow
194. Störm, Storm598
195. Tamwin, Tamzin
196. TAnthony, T. Anthony
197. Tegel and Teles (both stewards)
198. TheresNoTime, ToBeFree
199. Thryduulf, Thrydwulf^[24]
200. Tjsmith, TJMSmith
201. Toddst1, Todd.st, Toddy1
202. TonyBallioni, Tony1, Tony May, TonyTheTiger, Tony Webster
203. TrademarkedTarantula, That Tired Tarantula
204. United States Man, UnitedStatesian (see the participants list for WP:2010s)
205. Vchimpanzee, valereee, Vallee01 and Vaselineeeeeeee (for those who take the middle out of a sandwich and only eat the two slices of bread)
206. Whispyhistory, WhisperToMe
207. Whoop whoop pull up, Whoop whoop beep beep
208. Winged Blades of Godric, WereSpielChequers, Winged Blades of Gothic, The Blade of the Northern Lights
209. WikiEditor1234567123, --WikiUser1234945--
210. WMSR, WWGB
211. Wnt and WaltCip
212. Wordsmith and The Wordsmith
213. Xeno, Xaosflux (both bureaucrats)^[25]
214. Yamla, Ymblanter and Yngvadottir (There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium ...)
215. Zaathras, Zaereth
216. Zero, Zero0000, and Patient Zero
217. Zzuuzz, Zoozaz1, Zzyzx11