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.
- 0xDeadbeef and Deadbeef
- 28bytes, Q28
- 331dot, 333-blue, Bbb23, Sro23
- 78.26, 7&6=thirteen, 3family6
- A. B., Another Believer[1]
- Aca, Acaalexaca, Aka, Ата (all sysops on different Wikipedias)
- Acroterion, Aquillion
- Alaexis, Alexis Jazz
- Alien333, Thebiguglyalien
- Alison, AlisonW[2]
- AlphaBeta135, AlphaBetaGamma
- AmirahBreen, Abdallem[3]
- AndyTheGrump and Andy Dingley and Pigsonthewing (signs as Andy Mabbett) and Andrewa and Andrew Davidson and Anne drew Andrew and Drew
- AngusWOOF and EpicPupper
- Anomie, The Anome and The Gnome
- Anarchyte and Anachronist
- Antandrus and Arcturus
- Aza24 and AzaToth
- Asmodea Oaktree, Oaktree b
- Barkeep, Barkeep49
- Barek, Berek,[4] Berig
- Bawolff, Snowolf, Seewolf (all sysops on different projects)
- BDD, DGG, BD2412,[5] B3251
- 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...
- Belle, Bellezzasolo, Bielle
- Berean Hunter, Bearian, and Bearcat (Bearcat confirms that this has actually happened for realz); thence Hashar/Cat, Sarr Cat, Sherwood Cat, SchroCat
- (Beyond My Ken, Before My Ken, and Between My Ken [all the same user]) and BMK or Bmk
- Bilby, BilCat, Bilorv
- (Bishonen, Bishzilla, Bishapod) and Bsherr
- Blackmane, Black Kite, Black Falcon
- Blubabluba9990, Blablubbs, Beeblebrox
- Blue Square Thing, Squared.Circle.Boxing
- Bobherry and Ronherry
- Borsoka, Bsoyka
- Bradv, Newyorkbrad (both on Arbcom a/o May 2020)
- Buaidh and Buidhe
- Burmeister and Burmiester[6]
- Buster7 and BusterD
- Butwhatdoiknow and WhatamIdoing[7] and Anythingyouwant
- C.Fred and CFredkin
- Calton and Colin
- CapnZapp, CaptainEek, Captain Galaxy, CAPTAIN MEDUSA, CAPTAIN RAJU, Colonel Wilhelm Klink, Colonel Warden, GeneralNotability (This is the Army, Mr. Jones)
- Captainllama and Grandpallama I made this mistake just now (also, Captainllama could be in the previous group too)
- Casliber, Casprings
- Cassianto, Casspedia, Cassiopeia, Cecropia
- Cavalryman and Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry
- Celestinesucess and Celestianpower
- CentreLeftRight, Lefcentreright, RightCowLeftCoast, TheImaCow
- Chess, Choess, EnPassant, Pawnkingthree (Queen's gambit declined)
- Chiswckchap and Chiswick Chap[8]
- Chriscf and Chris troutman
- ChrisWx and Tails Wx
- ChrisTheDude and Chris the speller
- Coffee, TheCoffee, CoffeeCrumbs, Coffeeandcrumbs (no, we are not making those last two up), Espresso Addict, CaffeinAddict
- Colin, Colin M
- Collect, CollectiveSolidarity
- CommonKnowledgeCreator, CommunityNotesContributor
- Count Iblis, Deacon Vorbis
- Coretheapple, Closeapple, Coolabahapple
- Courcelles and Carcharoth (both (former) Arbs, both speak with the same somber "professional" voice in discussions); Casliber; Carcharoth and Corachow
- Cryptic, Cryptic Canadian
- Cullen, Cullen328[9]
- Cyberpower678, Cyberfan195, Cyberpower7
- Czar, Czarking0
- DandelionAndBurdock (signs as "D'n'B") and R'n'B
- Daniel, xDanielx, Daniel Case, Daniel Quinlan
- Dank, DankJae
- Danny, Denny and Demmy (Wikipedian of the Year 2012)
- Davey2010, Davey2116
- David A and Davide King
- DeCausa and DeFacto
- Deepfriedokra, Devokewater
- Dicklyon, Dimadick
- dinoguy2, Dinoguy1000
- DoctorWho42, TheDoctorWho
- Dondervogel 2, Thunderbird2
- Doug Weller and Dweller[10] and Dwheeler
- Dr.K. and DrKay[11]
- Drmies, Drm310 and Mr Miles
- Dreamy Jazz and Alexis Jazz
- Dumelow and Dumuzid
- DuncanHill and Duncan.Hull
- EdJohnston, EdJF, EdChem, Ed! and The ed17
- Ealdgyth and Cwmhiraeth
- Edgar181, Eddie891, Ed6767 and Editorofthewiki (commonly known as "Eddy")
- EEng, AlexEng, PackMecEng, EngFram, EngineeringEditor
- ElKevbo, El C, El cid, el campeador, ElSidCampeador, The C of E, El Cid (Sid Caesar, Billy the Cid, &c.)
- EPIC, Epicgenius and EpicPupper
- Erik, ErikHaugen, Eric and Eric Corbett ← DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE!
- Essjay, Hazard-SJ, Sj, Sjö, and ŠJů
- Extraordinary Writ, Writ Keeper[12]
- FAdesdae378 and Fadesga
- Femke and Femke 01
- FlightTime and FlyingAce
- FloNight, Floquenbeam (who conjectured
It's possible this is how I inexplicably got elected to ArbCom
)[13] - Flyer22 Frozen, Flyer22 Reborn, Flyer22 (all the same editor) and SportingFlyer
- Fram and Framawiki
- Frosty, Frostly, Frost (all three users are current or former page movers); NoFrost (former ruwiki AfD-closer)
- Ganeshk and Ganesha811
- Galobtter, Gorthian
- Generalrelative, GeneralNotability,[14] General Ization, GeneralizationsAreBad, TheGeneralUser
- Gen. Quon, Qono
- Geni, Geniac and Jeni
- Gigs and Giggy
- Gog the Mild and Hog Farm, similar first words and frequent activity in shared editing areas
- GorillaWarfare and NuclearWarfare
- Graham, Graham11, Graham87, Graeme Bartlett, Graham Beards, GraemeLeggett
- Grayfell, GrayStorm, Graywalls, Greyjoy (cf. Primergrey)
- Guy Macon, Guy M, and JzG (signature Guy) link
- HighKing and HighInBC
- HurricaneEdgar, Hurricane Noah, -noah-
- Ianmacm and ian.thomson
- I dream of horses, IdreamofJeanie
- InedibleHulk, Ineffablebookkeeper, The Inedible Bulk
- Insertcleverphrasehere and AddWittyNameHere
- Iridescent, Iridescence, Interstellarity
- Isaacl, Vanisaac
- Itxia, IXCat, and Ixtal
- Jay, Joy (both admins) and JJay, JayJay
- JBW (formerly JamesBWatson) and JWB and JayBeeEll (signature JBL)[15] and Jbhunley (signature Jbh) and Johnpacklambert[16] and JoelleJay
- Jerm, Jorm
- JIP, Jip Orlando
- JJPMaster, JJMC89
- John, Johnbod, John from Idegon, Johnuniq, John Vandenberg, John M Wolfson, John of Reading, Jon (WMF)
- John of Reading, Tom.Reding (both top-30 WP:NOE)
- Jo-Jo Eumerus, JoJo Anthrax
- Joseph2302, Sir Joseph
- Jpgordon, JPxG, JPG-GR, JzG, JFG, and Jeff G.
- JustSomeRandomGuy32, SomeGuyWhoRandomlyEdits
- Kashmiri, LéKashmiriSocialiste
- Ace of Spades, King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, Kingofaces43
- L235, L293D, L3X1
- Avilich, Levivich, Leitmotiv, Lepricavark (too many L's and V's)
- Leaky caldron, theleekycauldron[17]
- Leschnei and Lectonar
- Lightbreather, Lightmouse, Light show
- LouisAragon, LouisAlain
- LuK3, Luk3, Luk
- Mandruss, Mandarax, Maxaxax, Masem, Maile
- Martinevans123, Robevans123
- Mastcell, MastCell
- Math: Factotem and Primefac (Primefactotem would be too powerful); Primefac, PrimeHunter(link), and Primergrey (honorable mention: AntiCompositeNumber); Pi, Pi.1415926535 and PiRSquared17
- Masem, Mason
- Mathglot, Mathsci
- Maxim, Maxim.il89[18]
- MB, M-B
- Meters, 4meter4
- Minorax and Mandarax
- MjolnirPants and TenPoundHammer
- Mjroots, Ɱ
- Modernist, Mattisse
- Moonriddengirl, Megalibrarygirl
- MrLinkinPark333, Ritchie333, Seppi333, HAL333
- MrsSnoozyTurtle, Mr.weedle
- Muboshgu, Bagumba
- MX, MrX, MrX Horror, Mr Ernie, Mr rnddude
- Mychemicalromanceisrealemo and My Chemistry romantic
- M7, Mykola7 (both Meta-Wiki admins), SM7 and Mz7; for the latter also JzG and MZMcBride
- Nthep, Necrothesp
- Nick, Nick-D, NickK,[19] NickCT, Nick Moyes, Nick Thorne, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (signature: Nearly Headless Nick)
- Nigej, Nigel Ish[20]
- Nintendofan885, PokestarFan (CentralAuth)
- North8000, Northamerica1000
- Nova Crystallis, Novem Linguae, Novo Tape
- Nyttend, Nythar
- Oculi, In ictu oculi
- Oshwah, Oshawott 12
- Parrot of Doom, TheRedPenOfDoom
- Pizzaplayer219, LaundryPizza03
- Pharos, Pharaoh of the Wizards
- Piotrus and Pietrus[21]
- Pr4ever, PF4Eva
- Premeditated, Premeditated Chaos
- Presidentman and UnitedStatesian
- Primefac, PrimeHunter link, and Primergrey
- Qwerfjkl, 1234qwer1234qwer4[22]
- RandomCanadian, RandomGnome, RaboKarbakian (CentralAuth)
- Randykitty, Randy Kryn, Korny O'Near[23]
- Ratso Rizzo, StuRat
- Ravenpuff, RationalPuff, Ravenswing, .Raven, Ravensfire
- Redrose64, Red Rose 13, Rosiestep
- RedSoxFan274, RedSoxFan2434
- Rich Farmbrough and his brother DavidFarmbrough
- Rich Smith, RoySmith
- RickinBaltimore, Ricky81682
- Ra'ike and Rillke (both Commons admins in a large timeframe and German-speaking)
- Robertsky and Robert McClenon
- Robofish, Ruhrfisch, Sciencefish, Tryptofish, Tks4Fish, EvilxFish, PigeonChickenFish, Zfish118
- Roger Davies, Rogerd
- ARoseWolf, Roxy the dog
- Sagaciousphil, Sphilbrick, Phil Bridger, PhilKnight
- Sahaib, Sahaib jan
- Salvio giuliano, Salavat
- SarekOfVulcan, Spock of Vulcan, Lieutenant commander Spock
- Schierbecker, SchreiberBike
- Schazjmd, Sdrqaz, Spartaz, Sdkb, Sadko
- Scorpions13256, Scorpions1325 (same user), Scorpion0422
- SD0001, Dl2000 and S0091
- Sideswipe9th and Spinixster, Spinster, Discospinster
- Siroxo and Silcox
- Sir Sputnik, SpacemanSpiff and Spinningspark
- Skyring, GoldenRing, GoldRingChip
- Skyshifter, Skysmith
- Slugger O'Toole, Brews ohare
- Smokefoot, SmokeyJoe
- Snowded, Snow Rise, GiantSnowman, Snowmanonahoe, Snowolf, SnowFire[24]
- SNUGGUMS, Snooganssnoogans, Smasongarrison, Huggums537
- Spencer, Stephen
- Stang and Stanglavine (both Wikidata admins in a certain timeframe)
- Steel, Steel1943, Steelkamp, Steelpillow
- Störm, Storm598 and Sturm
- Sulfurboy, Sirfurboy
- Tamwin, Tamzin
- TAnthony, T. Anthony
- Tegel and Teles (both stewards)
- TheresNoTime, ToBeFree
- Thryduulf, Thrydwulf[25]
- Tjsmith, TJMSmith
- Toddst1, Todd.st, Toddy1
- TonyBallioni, Tony1, Tony May, TonyTheTiger, Tony Webster
- TrademarkedTarantula, That Tired Tarantula
- United States Man, UnitedStatesian (see the participants list for WP:2010s)
- Varnent and Vermont (both WMF-affiliated queer Wikimedians active on Meta)
- Vchimpanzee, valereee, Vallee01 and Vaselineeeeeeee (for those who take the middle out of a sandwich and only eat the two slices of bread)
- Whispyhistory, WhisperToMe
- Whoop whoop pull up, Whoop whoop beep beep
- Winged Blades of Godric, WereSpielChequers, Winged Blades of Gothic, The Blade of the Northern Lights
- WikiEditor1234567123, --WikiUser1234945--
- WMSR, WWGB
- Wnt and WaltCip
- Wordsmith and The Wordsmith
- Xeno, Xaosflux (both bureaucrats)[26]
- Yamla, Ymblanter and Yngvadottir (There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium ...)
- Zaathras, Zaereth
- Zero, Zero0000, and Patient Zero
- Zippybonzo and Zppix
- Zzuuzz, Zzyzx11, Zoozaz1, Zzyxzaa26, Zzzs
Editors who find this confusing
Editors who are happy to be confused...
... as long as their names are not included in the list above[27]
- Objective3000, Object404
- Ched (ignorance is bliss)
- Flibbertigibbets (positive outlook & happy to be confused)
Editors who have been confused
Editors who are dazed and confused
Editors who don't find this confusing and probably, most certainly, never will
- TrademarkedTarantula
- TrademarkedTWOrantula – My name's not that confusing...
See also
- WP:Editor Interaction Analyzer – For when you want to relive good times
- Hash collision
Historical note
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.
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- ^ "Wikipedia:Administrators' Noticeboard". en.Wikipedia.org. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ "User:Abdallem reported by User:Alexis Jazz".
- ^ Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive611#This could be confusing ...
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- ^ "Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents: Difference between revisions". en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ link
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