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Another pair of easily confused editors.
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#{{u|C.Fred}} and {{U|CFredkin}}
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#{{u|David A}} and {{U|Davide King}}
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#{{U|SportingFlyer}}, {{U|Flyer22 Frozen}}, {{U|Flyer22 Reborn}}, {{U|Flyer22}}


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 04:04, 8 July 2020

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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. AndyTheGrump and Andy Dingley and Andrewa and Andrew Davidson and Anne drew Andrew and Drew
  2. Barkeep, Barkeep49
  3. 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...
  4. Belle, Bellezzasolo, Bielle
  5. Berean Hunter, Bearian, and Bearcat (Bearcat confirms that this has actually happened for realz)
  6. Blackmane, Black Kite, Black Falcon
  7. Bradv, Newyorkbrad (both on Arbcom a/o May 2020)
  8. CapnZapp, CaptainEek, CAPTAIN MEDUSA, CAPTAIN RAJU, Colonel Wilhelm Klink, Colonel Warden, GeneralNotability (This is the Army, Mr. Jones)
  9. Casliber, Casprings
  10. CentreLeftRight, Lefcentreright, RightCowLeftCoast
  11. Coffee, CoffeeCrumbs, Coffeeandcrumbs (no, we are not making those last two up), Espresso Addict
  12. creffett, ferret
  13. Cryptic, Cryptic Canadian
  14. Dondervogel 2, Thunderbird2
  15. Doug Weller and Dweller[1]
  16. Dr.K. and DrKay,[2] Drcrazy102, Drmies, Patient Zero
  17. EdJohnston, EdJF and EdChem
  18. Ealdgyth and someone equally impossible to spell
  19. EEng, AlexEng, PackMecEng
  20. ElKevbo, El C, El cid, el campeador, ElSidCampeador, El Cid (Sid Caesar, Billy the Cid, &c.)
  21. Erik, Eric and Eric Corbett <== DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE!
  22. FloNight, Floquenbeam (who conjectured It's possible this is how I inexplicably got elected to ArbCom)[3]
  23. General Ization, GeneralizationsAreBad, Generalrelative, GeneralNotability
  24. Gigs and Giggy
  25. GorillaWarfare and NuclearWarfare
  26. Grayfell, Graywalls (cf. Primergrey))
  27. Guy Macon and JzG (signature Guy); JzG and JFG ("Oh my god! Are you OK?" "No need to call me God. Guy will do.")
  28. Hell in a Bucket, Leaky Cauldron (aka Leaky caldron)
  29. I dream of horses, IdreamofJeanie
  30. Insertcleverphrasehere and AddWittyNameHere
  31. Iridescent, Iridescence
  32. JBW and JWB and Joel B. Lewis (signature JBL)[4]
  33. John, Johnbod, John from Idegon, Johnuniq, John Vandenberg, John M Wolfson, John of Reading
  34. Jo-Jo Eumerus, JoJo Anthrax
  35. King of Hearts, Kingofaces43
  36. Kudpung and Wugapodes
  37. L235, L293D, L3X1
  38. Levivich, Mendaliv, Leitmotiv, Lepricavark (too many L's and V's)
  39. Lightburst, Lightbreather, Lightmouse
  40. LuK3, Luk3
  41. Math: Factotem and Primefac (Primefactotem would be too powerful); Primefac, PrimeHunter, and Primergrey; Pi and Pi.1415926535
  42. Mandruss, Mandarax, Masem, Maile
  43. Martinevans123, Robevans123
  44. Modernist, Mattisse
  45. MrLinkinPark333, Ritchie333, Seppi333, HAL333
  46. Nick, Nick-D, NickCT, Nick Moyes, Nick Thorne
  47. North8000, Northamerica1000
  48. Oshwah, Oshawott 12
  49. Parrot of Doom, TheRedPenOfDoom
  50. Phil Bridger, PhilKnight
  51. Piotrus and Pietrus[5]
  52. Ratso Rizzo, StuRat
  53. Rich Farmbrough and his brother DavidFarmbrough
  54. Rich Smith, RoySmith
  55. RickinBaltimore, Ricky81682
  56. Roger Davies, Rogerd
  57. Sagaciousphil, Sphilbrick
  58. Skyring, GoldenRing, GoldRingChip
  59. Slugger O'Toole, Brews ohare
  60. Snowded, Snow Rise, GiantSnowman, Snowolf
  61. SNUGGUMS, Snooganssnoogans
  62. The Anome, Anomie (not making these two up either; they both have/have had multiple eponymous bots as well)
  63. Toddst1, Todd.st, Toddy1
  64. TonyBallioni, Tony1, TonyTheTiger
  65. Thryduulf, Thrydwulf[6]
  66. Vchimpanzee, valereee and Vaselineeeeeeee (for those who take the middle out of a sandwich and only eat the two slices of bread)
  67. Winged Blades of Godric, WereSpielChequers, Winged Blades of Gothic, The Blade of the Northern Lights
  68. WMSR, WWGB
  69. Wnt and WaltCip
  70. Ymblanter and Yngvadottir
  71. C.Fred and CFredkin
  72. David A and Davide King
  73. SportingFlyer, Flyer22 Frozen, Flyer22 Reborn, Flyer22

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. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents". en.wikipedia.org. 23 May 2020.
  3. ^ [2]
  4. ^ "User talk:EdJohnston". en.wikipedia.org. 21 May 2020.
  5. ^ Special:Diff/965584837
  6. ^ [3]
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