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very likely -- I've had the experience personally
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#{{u|Belle}}, {{u|Bellezzasolo}}, {{u|Bielle}}
#{{u|Belle}}, {{u|Bellezzasolo}}, {{u|Bielle}}
#{{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}}

Revision as of 22:57, 22 May 2021

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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. Bilorv, BilCat
  10. (Bishonen, Bishzilla, Bishapod) and Bsherr
  11. Blackmane, Black Kite, Black Falcon
  12. Bradv, Newyorkbrad (both on Arbcom a/o May 2020)
  13. Buaidh and Buidhe
  14. C.Fred and CFredkin
  15. CapnZapp, CaptainEek, CAPTAIN MEDUSA, CAPTAIN RAJU, Colonel Wilhelm Klink, Colonel Warden, GeneralNotability (This is the Army, Mr. Jones)
  16. Casliber, Casprings
  17. Celestina007, Celestinesucess
  18. CentreLeftRight, Lefcentreright, RightCowLeftCoast, TheImaCow
  19. Coffee, TheCoffee, CoffeeCrumbs, Coffeeandcrumbs (no, we are not making those last two up), Espresso Addict, CaffeinAddict
  20. creffett, ferret
  21. Coretheapple, Closeapple, Coolabahapple
  22. Cryptic, Cryptic Canadian
  23. cyberpower678, Cyberfan195
  24. Davey2010, Davey2116
  25. David A and Davide King
  26. Deepfriedokra, Devokewater
  27. Dondervogel 2, Thunderbird2
  28. Doug Weller and Dweller[3]
  29. 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
  30. EdJohnston, EdJF and EdChem
  31. Ealdgyth and Cwmhiraeth
  32. Edgar181, Eddie891, Ed6767 and Editorofthewiki (commonly known as "Eddy")
  33. EEng, AlexEng, PackMecEng, EngFram
  34. ElKevbo, El C, El cid, el campeador, ElSidCampeador, The C of E, El Cid (Sid Caesar, Billy the Cid, &c.)
  35. Erik, Eric and Eric Corbett <== DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE!
  36. FloNight, Floquenbeam (who conjectured It's possible this is how I inexplicably got elected to ArbCom)[5]
  37. Flyer22 Frozen, Flyer22 Reborn, Flyer22 (all the same editor) and SportingFlyer
  38. General Ization, GeneralizationsAreBad, Generalrelative, GeneralNotability, TheGeneralUser
  39. Gen. Quon, Qono
  40. Geni, Jeni
  41. Gigs and Giggy
  42. GorillaWarfare and NuclearWarfare
  43. Graham, Graham11, Graham87, Graeme Bartlett, GraemeLeggett
  44. Grayfell, Graywalls (cf. Primergrey)
  45. 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.")
  46. Hell in a Bucket, Leaky Cauldron (aka Leaky caldron), Theleekycauldron
  47. I dream of horses, IdreamofJeanie
  48. InedibleHulk, Ineffablebookkeeper
  49. Insertcleverphrasehere and AddWittyNameHere
  50. Iridescent, Iridescence
  51. Isaacl, Vanisaac
  52. JBW and JWB and JayBeeEll (signature JBL)[6]
  53. Jerm, Jorm
  54. John, Johnbod, John from Idegon, Johnuniq, John Vandenberg, John M Wolfson, John of Reading
  55. Jo-Jo Eumerus, JoJo Anthrax
  56. Jpgordon, JPxG, JzG
  57. Kashmiri, LéKashmiriSocialiste
  58. King of Hearts, Kingofaces43
  59. L235, L293D, L3X1
  60. Levivich, Mendaliv, Leitmotiv, Lepricavark (too many L's and V's)
  61. Lightburst, Lightbreather, Lightmouse, Light show
  62. LuK3, Luk3, Luk
  63. Math: Factotem and Primefac (Primefactotem would be too powerful); Primefac, PrimeHunter, and Primergrey; Pi and Pi.1415926535
  64. Mandruss, Mandarax, Masem, Maile
  65. Martinevans123, Robevans123
  66. Maxim, Maxim.il89[7]
  67. MB, M-B
  68. Modernist, Mattisse
  69. MrLinkinPark333, Ritchie333, Seppi333, HAL333
  70. MrX, MrX Horror, Mr Ernie, Mr rnddude
  71. Nick, Nick-D, NickCT, Nick Moyes, Nick Thorne
  72. North8000, Northamerica1000
  73. Oshwah, Oshawott 12
  74. Parrot of Doom, TheRedPenOfDoom
  75. Pharos, Pharaoh of the Wizards
  76. Piotrus and Pietrus[8]
  77. RandomCanadian and RandomGnome
  78. Ratso Rizzo, StuRat
  79. Ravenpuff, RationalPuff
  80. Redrose64, Red Rose 13, Rosiestep
  81. Rich Farmbrough and his brother DavidFarmbrough
  82. Rich Smith, RoySmith
  83. RickinBaltimore, Ricky81682
  84. Roger Davies, Rogerd
  85. Sagaciousphil, Sphilbrick, Phil Bridger, PhilKnight
  86. SarekOfVulcan, Spock of Vulcan, Lieutenant commander Spock
  87. Skyring, GoldenRing, GoldRingChip
  88. Slugger O'Toole, Brews ohare
  89. Snowded, Snow Rise, GiantSnowman, Snowolf, SnowFire
  90. SNUGGUMS, Snooganssnoogans
  91. TAnthony, T. Anthony
  92. The Anome, Anomie (not making these two up either; they both have/have had multiple eponymous bots as well)
  93. Toddst1, Todd.st, Toddy1
  94. TonyBallioni, Tony1, Tony May, TonyTheTiger, Tony Webster
  95. Thryduulf, Thrydwulf[9]
  96. Tjsmith, TJMSmith
  97. Vchimpanzee, valereee, Vallee01 and Vaselineeeeeeee (for those who take the middle out of a sandwich and only eat the two slices of bread)
  98. Winged Blades of Godric, WereSpielChequers, Winged Blades of Gothic, The Blade of the Northern Lights
  99. Whispyhistory, WhisperToMe
  100. WMSR, WWGB
  101. Wnt and WaltCip
  102. Ymblanter and Yngvadottir (There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium ...)
  103. Muboshgu‎, Bagumba
  104. Count Iblis, Deacon Vorbis
  105. 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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