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#{{u|Belle}}, {{u|Bellezzasolo}}, {{u|Bielle}}
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#{{u|Berean Hunter}}, {{u|Bearian}}, and {{u|Bearcat}} (Bearcat confirms that this has actually happened for realz); thence {{u|Hashar/Cat}}, {{u|Sarr Cat}}, {{u|Sherwood Cat}}, {{u|SchroCat}}
#{{u|Berean Hunter}}, {{u|Bearian}}, and {{u|Bearcat}} (Bearcat confirms that this has actually happened for realz); thence {{u|Hashar/Cat}}, {{u|Sarr Cat}}, {{u|Sherwood Cat}}, {{u|SchroCat}}
#{{U|Bilorv}}, {{U|BilCat}}
#({{U|Bishonen}}, {{U|Bishzilla}}, {{U|Bishapod}}) and {{U|Bsherr}}
#({{U|Bishonen}}, {{U|Bishzilla}}, {{U|Bishapod}}) and {{U|Bsherr}}
#{{u|Blackmane}}, {{u|Black Kite}}, {{u|Black Falcon}}
#{{u|Blackmane}}, {{u|Black Kite}}, {{u|Black Falcon}}

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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.

  1. AmirahBreen, Abdallem[1]
  2. AndyTheGrump and Andy Dingley and Andrewa and Andrew Davidson and Anne drew Andrew and Drew
  3. Antandrus and Arcturus
  4. Barkeep, Barkeep49
  5. BDD, DGG, BD2412[2]
  6. 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...
  7. Belle, Bellezzasolo, Bielle
  8. Berean Hunter, Bearian, and Bearcat (Bearcat confirms that this has actually happened for realz); thence Hashar/Cat, Sarr Cat, Sherwood Cat, SchroCat
  9. (Bishonen, Bishzilla, Bishapod) and Bsherr
  10. Blackmane, Black Kite, Black Falcon
  11. Bradv, Newyorkbrad (both on Arbcom a/o May 2020)
  12. Buaidh and Buidhe
  13. C.Fred and CFredkin
  14. CapnZapp, CaptainEek, CAPTAIN MEDUSA, CAPTAIN RAJU, Colonel Wilhelm Klink, Colonel Warden, GeneralNotability (This is the Army, Mr. Jones)
  15. Casliber, Casprings
  16. Celestina007, Celestinesucess
  17. CentreLeftRight, Lefcentreright, RightCowLeftCoast, TheImaCow
  18. Coffee, TheCoffee, CoffeeCrumbs, Coffeeandcrumbs (no, we are not making those last two up), Espresso Addict, CaffeinAddict
  19. creffett, ferret
  20. Coretheapple, Closeapple, Coolabahapple
  21. Cryptic, Cryptic Canadian
  22. cyberpower678, Cyberfan195
  23. Davey2010, Davey2116
  24. David A and Davide King
  25. Deepfriedokra, Devokewater
  26. Dondervogel 2, Thunderbird2
  27. Doug Weller and Dweller[3]
  28. Zero, Zero0000, Patient Zero; DrChrissy; Dr.K. and DrKay;[4] Drcrazy102; DocWatson42; Drmies and Mr Miles
    A dock
    File:Turning the Mind Inside Out Saturday Evening Post 24 May 1941 a detail 1.jpg
    A paradox
  29. EdJohnston, EdJF and EdChem
  30. Ealdgyth and Cwmhiraeth
  31. Edgar181, Eddie891, Ed6767 and Editorofthewiki (commonly known as "Eddy")
  32. EEng, AlexEng, PackMecEng, EngFram
  33. ElKevbo, El C, El cid, el campeador, ElSidCampeador, The C of E, El Cid (Sid Caesar, Billy the Cid, &c.)
  34. Erik, Eric and Eric Corbett <== DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE!
  35. FloNight, Floquenbeam (who conjectured It's possible this is how I inexplicably got elected to ArbCom)[5]
  36. Flyer22 Frozen, Flyer22 Reborn, Flyer22 (all the same editor) and SportingFlyer
  37. General Ization, GeneralizationsAreBad, Generalrelative, GeneralNotability, TheGeneralUser
  38. Gen. Quon, Qono
  39. Geni, Jeni
  40. Gigs and Giggy
  41. GorillaWarfare and NuclearWarfare
  42. Graham, Graham11, Graham87, Graeme Bartlett, GraemeLeggett
  43. Grayfell, Graywalls (cf. Primergrey)
  44. Guy Macon, Guy M, and JzG (signature Guy); JzG, JPxG and JFG ("Oh my god! Are you OK?" "No need to call me God. Guy will do.")
  45. Hell in a Bucket, Leaky Cauldron (aka Leaky caldron), Theleekycauldron
  46. I dream of horses, IdreamofJeanie
  47. InedibleHulk, Ineffablebookkeeper
  48. Insertcleverphrasehere and AddWittyNameHere
  49. Iridescent, Iridescence
  50. Isaacl, Vanisaac
  51. JBW and JWB and JayBeeEll (signature JBL)[6]
  52. Jerm, Jorm
  53. John, Johnbod, John from Idegon, Johnuniq, John Vandenberg, John M Wolfson, John of Reading
  54. Jo-Jo Eumerus, JoJo Anthrax
  55. Jpgordon, JPxG, JzG
  56. Kashmiri, LéKashmiriSocialiste
  57. King of Hearts, Kingofaces43
  58. L235, L293D, L3X1
  59. Levivich, Mendaliv, Leitmotiv, Lepricavark (too many L's and V's)
  60. Lightburst, Lightbreather, Lightmouse, Light show
  61. LuK3, Luk3, Luk
  62. Math: Factotem and Primefac (Primefactotem would be too powerful); Primefac, PrimeHunter, and Primergrey; Pi and Pi.1415926535
  63. Mandruss, Mandarax, Masem, Maile
  64. Martinevans123, Robevans123
  65. Maxim, Maxim.il89[7]
  66. MB, M-B
  67. Modernist, Mattisse
  68. MrLinkinPark333, Ritchie333, Seppi333, HAL333
  69. MrX, MrX Horror, Mr Ernie, Mr rnddude
  70. Nick, Nick-D, NickCT, Nick Moyes, Nick Thorne
  71. North8000, Northamerica1000
  72. Oshwah, Oshawott 12
  73. Parrot of Doom, TheRedPenOfDoom
  74. Pharos, Pharaoh of the Wizards
  75. Piotrus and Pietrus[8]
  76. RandomCanadian and RandomGnome
  77. Ratso Rizzo, StuRat
  78. Ravenpuff, RationalPuff
  79. Redrose64, Red Rose 13, Rosiestep
  80. Rich Farmbrough and his brother DavidFarmbrough
  81. Rich Smith, RoySmith
  82. RickinBaltimore, Ricky81682
  83. Roger Davies, Rogerd
  84. Sagaciousphil, Sphilbrick, Phil Bridger, PhilKnight
  85. SarekOfVulcan, Spock of Vulcan, Lieutenant commander Spock
  86. Skyring, GoldenRing, GoldRingChip
  87. Slugger O'Toole, Brews ohare
  88. Snowded, Snow Rise, GiantSnowman, Snowolf, SnowFire
  89. SNUGGUMS, Snooganssnoogans
  90. TAnthony, T. Anthony
  91. The Anome, Anomie (not making these two up either; they both have/have had multiple eponymous bots as well)
  92. Toddst1, Todd.st, Toddy1
  93. TonyBallioni, Tony1, Tony May, TonyTheTiger, Tony Webster
  94. Thryduulf, Thrydwulf[9]
  95. Tjsmith, TJMSmith
  96. Vchimpanzee, valereee, Vallee01 and Vaselineeeeeeee (for those who take the middle out of a sandwich and only eat the two slices of bread)
  97. Winged Blades of Godric, WereSpielChequers, Winged Blades of Gothic, The Blade of the Northern Lights
  98. Whispyhistory, WhisperToMe
  99. WMSR, WWGB
  100. Wnt and WaltCip
  101. Ymblanter and Yngvadottir (There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium ...)
  102. Muboshgu‎, Bagumba
  103. Count Iblis, Deacon Vorbis
  104. 78.26, 7&6=thirteen

Editor who may be very confused

  1. Roxy the dog[10]

Editors who are happy to be confused...

... as long as their names are not included in the list above [4]

  1. Objective3000, Object404

See also

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 fluctuation the title settled on Wikipedia:Editors who may be confused.

References

  1. ^ "User:Abdallem reported by User:Alexis Jazz".
  2. ^ "User:BDD".
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ "Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents". en.wikipedia.org. 23 May 2020.
  5. ^ [2]
  6. ^ "User talk:EdJohnston". en.wikipedia.org. 21 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Administrator's Noticeboard/Incidents". en.wikipedia.org. 27 October 2020.
  8. ^ Special:Diff/965584837
  9. ^ [3]
  10. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=967287519#Name_change_required
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