A domain I don’t have is routing to my site!

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  prince · Member · May 12, 2008 at 6:07 am

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  I have registered matthewRwatson.wordpress.com (domain A), and would like to add matthewwatson.wordpress.com (domain B) with the “domains” option. The problem is that B already forwards to A and I don’t know why! When I try to add B in the dashboard, I get this message:

  That hostname cannot be added to this blog.

  The reason I need to add the domain is that I would like to move everything from prince.wordpress.com (domain C, which I also own) to B. When I try to register B, it tells me the blog already exists.

  Does anyone know why B would route to my site if I don’t and can’t own it? Thanks.

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  raincoaster · Member · May 12, 2008 at 6:24 am

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  Perhaps someone else already owns it?

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  prince · Member · May 12, 2008 at 6:31 am

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  Thanks. But then why would it direct to my site?

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  raincoaster · Member · May 12, 2008 at 6:50 am

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  A good point.

  The thing is, blog B has effectively been wiped off the map by the domain mapping (which seems to already be in effect; staff can hopefully clarify for you on Monday).

  The way it’s working now (and will with domain mapping B to A), you can’t add the contents of C to it without adding those contents to A as well. Is this what you want?

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  prince · Member · May 12, 2008 at 8:30 pm

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  Thanks. I don’t mind putting all my contents on A, as long as I can be sure that B will always redirect to A. I’m just trying to figure out if I own B, so I can be sure of controlling it in the future.

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  raincoaster · Member · May 12, 2008 at 9:08 pm

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  Contact staff, and do it today before they close. If they’ve done this already for you at least they’ll be able to confirm it.