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Can't access blog admin area

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    slaffik · Member · Nov 24, 2011 at 9:32 am
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    Hi all,

    Will be short to save your time.

    I have a blog here: http://iknowsmth.wordpress.com/
    Currently when I try to log into it, I’m redirected to http://ru.buddypress.org/. Although I’m an admin of ru.buddypress.org – that’s not that blog I want to manage currently :)
    Could you please explain why am I redirected and how can I get the full access to iknowsmth again?

    Kind regards,
    Slava

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    thesacredpath · Member · Nov 24, 2011 at 9:36 am
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    Log out of wordpress, clear your browser cache and cookies, and then go to this link:

    http://iknowsmth.wordpress.com/wp-login.php

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    slaffik · Member · Nov 24, 2011 at 9:44 am
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    Already did it. No success. Used even other browser.
    And I’m sure that’s not browser specific problem. In my opinion the owner id of http://iknowsmth.wordpress.com/ was somehow lost or changed.

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    thesacredpath · Member · Nov 24, 2011 at 9:49 am
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    I’m afraid that you are going to have to contact staff directly then at http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/ and have them look into it for you. the buddypress site is not a wordpress.COM hosted site, so there should not be anyway for them to get mixed up, and wordpress.COM does not delete usernames or anything like that.

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    slaffik · Member · Nov 24, 2011 at 9:53 am
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    I did it first and have NOT got any answer (even that “we are looking into the issue”) for a week already. From November 17th.

    ru.BuddyPress site IS WP.com site as a self hosted domain. I see it even in a list of my blogs here on WP.com.

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    thesacredpath · Member · Nov 24, 2011 at 10:01 am
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    No, ru.buddypress is a wordpress.ORG installation apparently on the wordpress.ORG servers from what I can see.

    The wordpress.COM site is a commercial venture of Automattic and is separate.

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    slaffik · Member · Nov 24, 2011 at 10:09 am
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    I know the difference between COM and ORG.
    I was based on the fact that I can see ru.buddypress.org in a list of blogs when I click here in a top right corner on my avatar (AdminBar).

    Anyway, the problem still exists and it’s not really important where the ru.BP.org is located :)

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    thesacredpath · Member · Nov 24, 2011 at 10:14 am
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    Contact staff again. That is about all I can suggest. I’m just a volunteer in the forums and have no magical powers.

    This thread has been tagged for staff attention and perhaps one of them will drop by and respond here. We never know when they are going to wander through.

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    slaffik · Member · Nov 24, 2011 at 10:25 am
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    I did it (contacted) the stuff twice, actually, before writing here on the forum :) The second time was 3 days ago.

    Ok, thanks for all your responses and time.
    Will be waiting *sigh*.

    PS Already thinking of creating one more blog instead of that lost one…

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    thesacredpath · Member · Nov 24, 2011 at 10:35 am
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    You are welcome, and it is not lost, there is just something mixed up somehow.

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    staff-blorbo · Staff · Nov 25, 2011 at 5:36 am
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    The blog iknowsmth.wordpress.com actually belongs to an entirely different user account, which is why you’re being redirected to a blog you do own when you attempt to access it.

    Please make sure that you’re logging in under the correct account.

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    slaffik · Member · Nov 25, 2011 at 11:05 am
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    That entirely different user is me. I have 2 accounts here.
    One is abandoned and can be deleted. I logged in into it – and don’t see this blog as my own.
    Another (I’m correnty logged in) is valid and used.

    I would really appreciate if you answered on my support emails (2 of them, the same problem, got no answers from anyone) so I can provide you with more information. I want to get my access back to that site.
    Letter #2:
    Subject: Can’t access iknowsmth blog admin area.
    Date: November 21st.
    Letter #1:
    Subject: Can’t access the blog (redirected to another).
    Date: November 17th.

    iknowsmth blog has twitter account associated with my twitter.com/slaFFik (see the widget in the footer), in the header it has the link to my own website CosyDale.com (maintained for 3 years already). What else info should I provide to ensure that this user is me?

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    staff-blorbo · Staff · Nov 25, 2011 at 8:57 pm
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    Basically, iknowsmth.wordpress.com does not belong to slaffik.

    The only user on the blog has a username which starts with a c.

    I’ll reply via email with further details.

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    slaffik · Member · Nov 26, 2011 at 12:12 am
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    Thanks to James from Support. The problem now is resolved.

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