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Revision as of 17:59, 29 October 2021

I'm Brian!

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. Barek, Berek[2]
  6. BDD, DGG, BD2412[3]
  7. 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...
  8. Belle, Bellezzasolo, Bielle
  9. Berean Hunter, Bearian, and Bearcat (Bearcat confirms that this has actually happened for realz); thence Hashar/Cat, Sarr Cat, Sherwood Cat, SchroCat
  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. Buster7 and BusterD
  15. Butwhatdoiknow and WhatamIdoing[4]
  16. C.Fred and CFredkin
  17. Calton and Colin
  18. CapnZapp, CaptainEek, CAPTAIN MEDUSA, CAPTAIN RAJU, Colonel Wilhelm Klink, Colonel Warden, GeneralNotability (This is the Army, Mr. Jones)
  19. Casliber, Casprings
  20. Casspedia, Cassiopeia, Cassianto
  21. Cavalryman and Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry
  22. Celestina007, Celestinesucess, Celestianpower
  23. CentreLeftRight, Lefcentreright, RightCowLeftCoast, TheImaCow
  24. Chess, Choess, EnPassant, Pawnkingthree (Queen's gambit declined)
  25. Coffee, TheCoffee, CoffeeCrumbs, Coffeeandcrumbs (no, we are not making those last two up), Espresso Addict, CaffeinAddict
  26. Colin, Colin M
  27. Coretheapple, Closeapple, Coolabahapple
  28. Courcelles and Carcharoth (both (former) Arbs, both speak with the same somber "professional" voice in discussions); Casliber; Carcharoth and Corachow
  29. Cryptic, Cryptic Canadian
  30. cyberpower678, Cyberfan195
  31. Daniel, Daniel Case
  32. Dank, Dank · Jay
  33. Davey2010, Davey2116
  34. David A and Davide King
  35. Deepfriedokra, Devokewater
  36. Dondervogel 2, Thunderbird2
  37. Doug Weller and Dweller[5]
  38. Dreamy Jazz and Alexis Jazz
  39. DuncanHill and Duncan.Hull
  40. Zero, Zero0000, Patient Zero; DrChrissy; Dr.K. and DrKay;[6] Drcrazy102; DocWatson42; Drmies and Mr Miles
    A dock
    A paradox
  41. EdJohnston, EdJF and EdChem
  42. Ealdgyth and Cwmhiraeth
  43. Edgar181, Eddie891, Ed6767 and Editorofthewiki (commonly known as "Eddy")
  44. EEng, AlexEng, PackMecEng, EngFram
  45. ElKevbo, El C, El cid, el campeador, ElSidCampeador, The C of E, El Cid (Sid Caesar, Billy the Cid, &c.)
  46. Epicgenius, EpicPupper
  47. Erik, Eric and Eric Corbett ← DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE!
  48. FloNight, Floquenbeam (who conjectured It's possible this is how I inexplicably got elected to ArbCom)[7]
  49. Flyer22 Frozen, Flyer22 Reborn, Flyer22 (all the same editor) and SportingFlyer
  50. General Ization, GeneralizationsAreBad, Generalrelative, GeneralNotability, TheGeneralUser
  51. Gen. Quon, Qono
  52. Geni, Jeni
  53. Gigs and Giggy
  54. GorillaWarfare and NuclearWarfare
  55. Graham, Graham11, Graham87, Graeme Bartlett, GraemeLeggett
  56. Grayfell, Graywalls (cf. Primergrey)
  57. 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.")
  58. Hell in a Bucket, Leaky Cauldron (aka Leaky caldron), Theleekycauldron
  59. I dream of horses, IdreamofJeanie
  60. InedibleHulk, Ineffablebookkeeper
  61. Insertcleverphrasehere and AddWittyNameHere
  62. Iridescent, Iridescence, Interstellarity
  63. Isaacl, Vanisaac
  64. JBW and JWB and JayBeeEll (signature JBL)[8] and Johnpacklambert[9] and JoelleJay
  65. Jerm, Jorm
  66. John, Johnbod, John from Idegon, Johnuniq, John Vandenberg, John M Wolfson, John of Reading
  67. Jo-Jo Eumerus, JoJo Anthrax
  68. Jpgordon, JPxG, JzG
  69. Kashmiri, LéKashmiriSocialiste
  70. King of Hearts, Kingofaces43
  71. L235, L293D, L3X1
  72. Leaky caldron and theleekycauldron
  73. Avilich, Levivich, Mendaliv, Leitmotiv, Lepricavark (too many L's and V's)
  74. Lightburst, Lightbreather, Lightmouse, Light show
  75. LuK3, Luk3, Luk
  76. Math: Factotem and Primefac (Primefactotem would be too powerful); Primefac, PrimeHunter, and Primergrey; Pi and Pi.1415926535
  77. Mandruss, Mandarax, Masem, Maile
  78. Martinevans123, Robevans123
  79. Mastcell, MastCell
  80. Maxim, Maxim.il89[10]
  81. Meters, 4meter4
  82. MB, M-B
  83. Modernist, Mattisse
  84. MrLinkinPark333, Ritchie333, Seppi333, HAL333
  85. MrX, MrX Horror, Mr Ernie, Mr rnddude
  86. Mz7, JzG
  87. Nick, Nick-D, NickCT, Nick Moyes, Nick Thorne, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (signature: Nearly Headless Nick)
  88. North8000, Northamerica1000
  89. Oshwah, Oshawott 12
  90. Parrot of Doom, TheRedPenOfDoom
  91. Pharos, Pharaoh of the Wizards
  92. Piotrus and Pietrus[11]
  93. Premeditated, Premeditated Chaos
  94. Qwerfjkl, 1234qwer1234qwer4[12]
  95. RandomCanadian and RandomGnome
  96. Ratso Rizzo, StuRat
  97. Ravenpuff, RationalPuff
  98. Redrose64, Red Rose 13, Rosiestep
  99. Rich Farmbrough and his brother DavidFarmbrough
  100. Rich Smith, RoySmith
  101. RickinBaltimore, Ricky81682
  102. Robofish, Ruhrfisch, Sciencefish, Tryptofish
  103. Roger Davies, Rogerd
  104. ARoseWolf, Roxy the dog
  105. Sagaciousphil, Sphilbrick, Phil Bridger, PhilKnight
  106. Sahaib3005, Sahaib jan
  107. SarekOfVulcan, Spock of Vulcan, Lieutenant commander Spock
  108. Sdkb, SD0001
  109. Skyring, GoldenRing, GoldRingChip
  110. Slugger O'Toole, Brews ohare
  111. Snowded, Snow Rise, GiantSnowman, Snowolf, SnowFire[13]
  112. SNUGGUMS, Snooganssnoogans, Huggums537
  113. Störm, Storm598
  114. TAnthony, T. Anthony
  115. The Anome, Anomie (not making these two up either; they both have/have had multiple eponymous bots as well)
  116. Toddst1, Todd.st, Toddy1
  117. TonyBallioni, Tony1, Tony May, TonyTheTiger, Tony Webster
  118. Thryduulf, Thrydwulf[14]
  119. Tjsmith, TJMSmith
  120. Vchimpanzee, valereee, Vallee01 and Vaselineeeeeeee (for those who take the middle out of a sandwich and only eat the two slices of bread)
  121. Winged Blades of Godric, WereSpielChequers, Winged Blades of Gothic, The Blade of the Northern Lights
  122. Whispyhistory, WhisperToMe
  123. WMSR, WWGB
  124. Wnt and WaltCip
  125. Xeno, Xaosflux (both bureaucrats)[15]
  126. Ymblanter and Yngvadottir (There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium ...)
  127. Muboshgu, Bagumba
  128. Count Iblis, Deacon Vorbis
  129. 78.26, 7&6=thirteen, 3family6
  130. Blubabluba9990, Blablubbs

Editor who finds this confusing

  1. Blaze The Wolf

Editor who may be very confused

  1. Roxy the dog[16]

Editors who are happy to be confused...

... as long as their names are not included in the list above [17]

  1. Objective3000, Object404
  2. Ched (ignorance is bliss)

Editors who have been confused

  1. SmokeyJoe

Editors who don't want to be listed on this page

Editors who don't want to be listed under "Editors who don't want to be listed on this page"

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

References

  1. ^ "User:Abdallem reported by User:Alexis Jazz".
  2. ^ Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive611#This_could_be_confusing_...
  3. ^ "User:BDD". en.wikipedia.org.
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ "User:Dweller/weekend: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia". En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  6. ^ "Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents". en.wikipedia.org. 23 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Wikipedia talk:Editors who may be confused: Difference between revisions". Wikipedia. 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  8. ^ "User talk:EdJohnston". en.wikipedia.org. 21 May 2020.
  9. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=1032794508&oldid=1032793834
  10. ^ "Administrator's Noticeboard/Incidents". en.wikipedia.org. 27 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ernesto van Peborgh (2nd nomination): Difference between revisions". Wikipedia. 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  12. ^ scriptManager_2
  13. ^ "User talk:WaltCip - Difference between revisions". En.Wikipedia.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  14. ^ "User:Thryduulf: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia". En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  15. ^ "Wikipedia Talk:Administrators: Difference between revisions". En.Wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  16. ^ "Wikipedia talk:Editors who may be confused - Wikipedia". En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  17. ^ "Might and Power and Wikipedia:Editors who may be confused: Difference between pages". Wikipedia. 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
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