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 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 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) may consider using a distinct custom signature to help better establish their identity.


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 * 2)  and
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Editors who are happy to be confused...
... as long as their names are not included in the list above
 * 1)  (ignorance is bliss)
 * 2)  (positive outlook & happy to be confused)
 * 1)  (positive outlook & happy to be confused)

Editors who have been confused

 * 1) SmokeyJoe
 * 2) usernamekiran
 * 3) casualdejekyll

Editors who don't find this confusing and probably, most certainly, never will

 * 1)  – My name's not that confusing...
 * 1)  – My name's not that confusing...

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.