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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. 11WB, 11wx
  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. AlphaBetaGamma, Alphabetagamma[3]So please capitalize the B and G or you'll be pinging a different inactive editor, AlphaBeta135
  12. Altenmann, Anwegmann
  13. AmirahBreen, Abdallem[4]
  14. AndyTheGrump and Andy Dingley and Pigsonthewing (signs as Andy Mabbett) and Andrewa and Andrew Davidson and Anne drew
  15. AngusWOOF and EpicPupper
  16. Anomie and The Anome (both are bot operators) and The Gnome
  17. Anarchyte and Anachronist
  18. Antandrus and Arcturus
  19. Aza24 and AzaToth
  20. Asmodea Oaktree, Oaktree b
  21. Barkeep, Barkeep49
  22. Barumba and Bagumba
  23. Barek, Berek,[5] Berig
  24. Bawolff, Snowolf, Seewolf (all sysops on different projects)
  25. BDD, DGG, BD2412,[6] B3251
  26. Bedivere and Bédévore (sysops on different projects)
  27. 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...
  28. Belle, Bellezzasolo, Bielle
  29. Berean Hunter, Bearian, and Bearcat (Bearcat confirms that this has actually happened for realz); thence Hashar/Cat, Sarr Cat, Sherwood Cat, SchroCat
  30. (Beyond My Ken, Before My Ken, and Between My Ken [all the same user]) and BMK or Bmk
  31. Biblioworm, bibliomaniac15
  32. Bilby, BilCat, Bilorv
  33. (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]
  34. Blackmane, Black Kite, Black Falcon
  35. Blubabluba9990, Blablubbs, Beeblebrox
  36. Bobherry and Ronherry
  37. Borsoka, Bsoyka
  38. Bradv, Newyorkbrad (both on Arbcom c. May 2020); Newyorkbrad and New York Bred[7]
  39. Buaidh and Buidhe[8]
  40. Bunnypranav and Reconrabbit
  41. Burmeister and Burmiester[9]
  42. Buster7 and BusterD
  43. Butwhatdoiknow and WhatamIdoing[10] and Anythingyouwant
  44. C.Fred and CFredkin
  45. Calton and Colin
  46. Cambalachero and Caeciliusinhorto
  47. CapnZapp, CaptainEek, Captain Galaxy, CAPTAIN MEDUSA, CAPTAIN RAJU, Colonel Wilhelm Klink, Colonel Warden, GeneralNotability (This is the Army, Mr. Jones)
  48. Captainllama and Grandpallama I made this mistake just now (also, Captainllama could be in the previous group too)
  49. Casliber, Casprings
  50. Cassianto, Casspedia, Cassiopeia, Cecropia
  51. Cavalryman and Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry
  52. Celestinesucess and Celestianpower
  53. CentreLeftRight, Lefcentreright, RightCowLeftCoast, TheImaCow
  54. Chaotic Enby, Enbi
  55. Ched, Chetsford
  56. Chess, Choess, EnPassant, Pawnkingthree (Queen's gambit declined)
  57. Chiswckchap and Chiswick Chap[11]
  58. Chriscf and Chris troutman
  59. ChrisWx and Tails Wx
  60. ChrisTheDude and Chris the speller
  61. Coffee, TheCoffee, CoffeeCrumbs, Coffeeandcrumbs (no, we are not making those last two up), Espresso Addict, CaffeinAddict
  62. Colin, Colin M
  63. Collect, CollectiveSolidarity
  64. CommonKnowledgeCreator, CommunityNotesContributor
  65. Count Iblis, Deacon Vorbis
  66. Coretheapple, Closeapple, Coolabahapple
  67. Courcelles and Carcharoth (both (former) Arbs, both speak with the same somber "professional" voice in discussions); Casliber; Carcharoth and Corachow
  68. Cryptic, Cryptic Canadian
  69. Cullen, Cullen328[12]
  70. Cyberpower678, Cyberfan195, Cyberpower7
  71. Czar, Czarking0
  72. DandelionAndBurdock (signs as "D'n'B") and R'n'B
  73. Daniel, xDanielx, Daniel Case, Daniel Quinlan
  74. Dank, DankJae
  75. Danners430, Donner60
  76. Danny, Denny and Demmy (Wikipedian of the Year 2012)
  77. Davey2010, Davey2116
  78. David A and Davide King
  79. Dbeef and Deadbeef
  80. Dclemens1971 and Jclemens
  81. DeCausa and DeFacto
  82. Deepfriedokra, Deepfriedokra2, Devokewater
  83. Dicklyon, Dimadick
  84. dinoguy2, Dinoguy1000
  85. DoctorWho42, TheDoctorWho
  86. Dondervogel 2, Thunderbird2
  87. Doug Weller and Dweller[13] and Dwheeler
  88. Dr.K. and DrKay[14]
  89. Drmies, Drm310 and Mr Miles
  90. Dreamy Jazz and Alexis Jazz
  91. Dumelow and Dumuzid
  92. DuncanHill and Duncan.Hull
  93. EdJohnston, EdJF, EdChem, Ed! and The ed17
  94. Ealdgyth and Cwmhiraeth
  95. Edgar181, Edgar81, Eddie891, Ed6767 and Editorofthewiki (commonly known as "Eddy")
  96. EEng, AlexEng, PackMecEng, EngFram, EngineeringEditor
  97. ElKevbo, El C, El cid, el campeador, ElSidCampeador, The C of E, El Cid (Sid Caesar, Billy the Cid, &c.)
  98. EPIC, Epicgenius and EpicPupper
  99. Erik, ErikHaugen, Eric and Eric Corbett ← DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE!
  100. Essjay, Hazard-SJ, Sj, Sjö, and ŠJů
  101. Extraordinary Writ, Writ Keeper[15]
  102. FAdesdae378 and Fadesga
  103. Fayenatic london and Secretlondon
  104. Femke and Femke 01
  105. FlightTime and FlyingAce
  106. FloNight, Floquenbeam (who conjectured It's possible this is how I inexplicably got elected to ArbCom)[16]
  107. Flyer22 Frozen, Flyer22 Reborn, Flyer22 (all the same editor) and SportingFlyer
  108. Fortuna imperatrix mundi and Oh-Fortuna!
  109. Fram and Framawiki
  110. Frosty, Frostly, Frost (all three users are current or former page movers); NoFrost (former ruwiki AfD-closer)
  111. Ganeshk and Ganesha811
  112. Galobtter, Gorthian
  113. Generalrelative, GeneralNotability,[17] General Ization, GeneralizationsAreBad, TheGeneralUser
  114. Gen. Quon, Qono
  115. Geni, Geniac and Jeni
  116. Gigs and Giggy
  117. Giraffer and Giraffedata
  118. Glen and Glenn
  119. Gnomingstuff, Gommeh, The Gnome, Gonnym
  120. Goszei and Gluonz
  121. Gog the Mild and Hog Farm, similar first words and frequent activity in shared editing areas
  122. GorillaWarfare and NuclearWarfare
  123. Graham, Graham11, Graham87, Graeme Bartlett, Graham Beards, GraemeLeggett
  124. Grayfell, GrayStorm, Graywalls, Greyjoy (cf. Primergrey)
  125. Guy Macon, Guy M, and JzG (signature Guy)[18]
  126. Hammersoft, Hammelsmith, TenPoundHammer
  127. HighKing and HighInBC
  128. HumanxAnthro and Inter&anthro
  129. HurricaneEdgar, Hurricane Noah, -noah-
  130. Howardcorn33, Howard the Duck
  131. Ianmacm and ian.thomson
  132. I dream of horses, IdreamofJeanie
  133. Iggy the Swan, Iggy pop goes the weasel
  134. InedibleHulk, Ineffablebookkeeper, The Inedible Bulk
  135. Insertcleverphrasehere and AddWittyNameHere
  136. Iridescent, Iridescence, Interstellarity
  137. Isaacl, Vanisaac
  138. Iss246, Isi96
  139. Itxia, IXCat, and Ixtal
  140. Jameslwoodward and jlwoodwa
  141. Jay and Joy (both admins); Jay, Master Jay [19], JJay, JayJay, JoelleJay
  142. JBW (formerly JamesBWatson) and JWB and JayBeeEll (signature JBL)[20] and Jbhunley (signature Jbh) and Johnpacklambert[21]
  143. Jerm, Jorm
  144. Jiiiiiiii and Jiiiiiiiii[22]
  145. JIP, Jip Orlando
  146. JJPMaster, JJMC89
  147. John, Johnbod, John from Idegon, Johnuniq, John Vandenberg, John M Wolfson, John of Reading, Jon (WMF)
  148. John of Reading, Tom.Reding (both top-30 WP:NOE)
  149. Jo-Jo Eumerus, JoJo Anthrax
  150. Joseph2302, Sir Joseph
  151. Jpgordon, JPxG, JPG-GR, JzG, JFG, and Jeff G.
  152. JustSomeRandomGuy32, SomeGuyWhoRandomlyEdits
  153. Kashmiri, LéKashmiriSocialiste
  154. Ace of Spades, King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, Kingofaces43
  155. L235, L293D, L3X1
  156. Ldm1954 and LDM2003
  157. Avilich, Levivich, Leitmotiv, Lepricavark (too many L's and V's)
  158. Leaky caldron, theleekycauldron[23]
  159. Leschnei and Lectonar
  160. Lightbreather, Lightburst, Lightmouse, Light show
  161. LouisAragon, LouisAlain
  162. LuK3, Luk3, Luk
  163. LunaEclipse, LunaEatsTuna, LunaHasArrived
  164. M.Billoo2000, M.Bitton, MBisanz
  165. Mandruss, Mandarax,[24] Maxaxax, Masem, Maile
  166. Mandarax and Minorax
  167. Martinevans123, Mewhen123, Robevans123
  168. Mastcell, MastCell
  169. Math: Factotem and Primefac (Primefactotem would be too powerful); Primefac, PrimeHunter[25], and Primergrey (honorable mention: AntiCompositeNumber); Pi, Pi.1415926535 and PiRSquared17
  170. Masem, Mason
  171. Mathglot, Mathsci
  172. Maxim, Maxim.il89[26]
  173. MB, M-B and Mb2437
  174. Meters, 4meter4
  175. Mjroots, Ɱ
  176. Modernist, Mattisse
  177. Moonriddengirl, Megalibrarygirl
  178. Moriwen, Morwen
  179. MrLinkinPark333, Ritchie333, Seppi333, HAL333
  180. MrsSnoozyTurtle, Mr.weedle
  181. Muboshgu, Bagumba
  182. MX, MrX, MrX Horror, Mr Ernie, Mr rnddude
  183. Mychemicalromanceisrealemo and My Chemistry romantic
  184. M7, Mykola7 (both Meta-Wiki admins), SM7 and Mz7; for the latter also JzG and MZMcBride
  185. Nthep, Necrothesp
  186. Nick, Nick-D, NickK,[27] NickCT, Nick Moyes, Nick Thorne, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (signature: Nearly Headless Nick)
  187. Nigej, Nigel Ish[28][better source needed]
  188. Nil Einne, Nil NZ
  189. Nintendofan885, PokestarFan (CentralAuth)
  190. North8000, Northamerica1000
  191. Nova Crystallis, Novem Linguae, Novo Tape
  192. Nyttend, Nythar
  193. Oculi, In ictu oculi
  194. Oshwah, Oshawott 12
  195. Parrot of Doom, TheRedPenOfDoom
  196. Patrick, Patrick Welsh (who has signed as "Patrick" and as "Patrick 🐈‍⬛")
  197. Pizzaplayer219, LaundryPizza03
  198. Pharos, Pharaoh of the Wizards
  199. Piotrus and Pietrus[29]
  200. Pr4ever, PF4Eva
  201. Premeditated, Premeditated Chaos
  202. Presidentman and UnitedStatesian
  203. Qwerfjkl, 1234qwer1234qwer4[30]
  204. Rambling Rambler and Rambley and The Rambling Man
  205. RandomCanadian, RandomGnome, RaboKarbakian (CentralAuth)
  206. Randykitty, Randy Kryn, Korny O'Near[31]
  207. Ratso Rizzo, StuRat
  208. Ravenpuff, RationalPuff, Ravenswing, .Raven, Ravensfire
  209. Redrose64, Red Rose 13, Rosiestep
  210. RedSoxFan274, RedSoxFan2434
  211. Rich Farmbrough and his brother DavidFarmbrough
  212. Rich Smith, RoySmith
  213. RickinBaltimore, Ricky81682
  214. Ra'ike and Rillke (both Commons admins in a large timeframe and German-speaking)
  215. Robertsky and Robert McClenon
  216. Robofish, Ruhrfisch, Sciencefish, Tryptofish, Tks4Fish, EvilxFish, PigeonChickenFish, Zfish118
  217. Roger Davies, Rogerd
  218. ARoseWolf, Roxy the dog
  219. Sagaciousphil, Sphilbrick, Phil Bridger, PhilKnight
  220. Sahaib, Sahaib jan, Saqib
  221. Salvio giuliano, Salavat
  222. Samwalton9 and Samwilson (both also WMF staff)
  223. SarekOfVulcan, Spock of Vulcan, Lieutenant commander Spock
  224. Schierbecker, SchreiberBike
  225. Schazjmd, Sdrqaz, Spartaz, Sdkb, SdHb, Sadko
  226. Scorpions13256, Scorpions1325 (same user), Scorpion0422
  227. SD0001, Dl2000 and S0091
  228. SeoR and Ser! (both edit in Irish topics)
  229. SHB2000 and SCP-2000 (both active in cross-wiki spaces)
  230. Sideswipe9th and Spinixster, Spinster, Discospinster
  231. Siroxo and Silcox
  232. Sir Sputnik, SpacemanSpiff and Spinningspark
  233. Skyring, GoldenRing, GoldRingChip
  234. Skyshifter, Skysmith
  235. Slugger O'Toole, Brews ohare
  236. Smokefoot, SmokeyJoe
  237. Snowded, Snow Rise, GiantSnowman, Snowmanonahoe, Snowolf, SnowFire[32]
  238. SNUGGUMS, Snooganssnoogans, Smasongarrison, Huggums537
  239. Spencer, Stephen
  240. Stang and Stanglavine (both Wikidata admins in a certain timeframe)
  241. Steel, Steel1943, Steelkamp, Steelpillow
  242. Störm, Storm598 and Sturm
  243. Sulfurboy, Sirfurboy
  244. Tamwin, Tamzin
  245. TAnthony, T. Anthony
  246. Tegel and Teles (both stewards)
  247. TheresNoTime, ToBeFree
  248. Thryduulf, Thrydwulf[33]
  249. Tjsmith, TJMSmith
  250. ToadetteEdit, Toadspike, Toadboy123, Toadheart
  251. Toddst1, Todd.st, Toddy1
  252. TonyBallioni, Tony1, Tony May, TonySt, TonyTheTiger, Tony Webster
  253. TrademarkedTarantula, That Tired Tarantula
  254. Ucucha and Usucha
  255. United States Man, UnitedStatesian (see the participants list for WP:2010s)
  256. Varnent and Vermont (both WMF-affiliated queer Wikimedians active on Meta)
  257. Vchimpanzee, valereee, Vallee01 and Vaselineeeeeeee (for those who take the middle out of a sandwich and only eat the two slices of bread)
  258. ViridianPenguin and Vigilantcosmicpenguin
  259. Whispyhistory, WhisperToMe
  260. Whoop whoop pull up, Whoop whoop beep beep
  261. Winged Blades of Godric, WereSpielChequers, Winged Blades of Gothic, The Blade of the Northern Lights
  262. WikiEditor1234567123, --WikiUser1234945--
  263. WMSR, WWGB
  264. Wnt and WaltCip
  265. Wordsmith and The Wordsmith
  266. Xeno, Xaosflux (both bureaucrats)[34][35]
  267. Yamla, Ymblanter and Yngvadottir (There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium ...)
  268. Zaathras, Zaereth, Zanahary
  269. Zero, Zero0000, and Patient Zero
  270. Zippybonzo and Zppix
  271. Zzuuzz, Zzyzx11, Zoozaz1, Zzyxzaa26, Zzzs

Editors who find this confusing

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Editors who are happy to be confused...

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... as long as their names are not included in the list above[36]

  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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Editors who are dazed and confused

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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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