Wikipedia:Editors who may be confused

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.

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 or a Wikipedia policy, as it has not been reviewed by the community.

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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!

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. Bedivere and Bédévore (sysops on different projects)
26. 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...
27. Belle, Bellezzasolo, Bielle
28. Berean Hunter, Bearian, and Bearcat (Bearcat confirms that this has actually happened for realz); thence Hashar/Cat, Sarr Cat, Sherwood Cat, SchroCat
29. (Beyond My Ken, Before My Ken, and Between My Ken [all the same user]) and BMK or Bmk
30. Biblioworm, bibliomaniac15
31. Bilby, BilCat, Bilorv
32. (Bishonen, Bishzilla, Bishapod) and Bsherr

    Mighty Bishzilla could never be confused with puny Bishonen! Absurd! bishzilla _ROARR!! pocket 21:03, 16 June 2025 (UTC).

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