I try to make a site in my name, and found that it's reserved

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  ashrobinbanks · Member · Jul 31, 2015 at 7:14 am

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  Hi there,
  I tried to make a site in my name (annavaldiserri.wordpress.com), and an error message came up stating that the site is reserved.
  There are only 2 people called Anna Valdiserri in the world (it’s an odd surname and we’re all related). The site does not exist if you search for it. I wonder if at some point in creating my urls I’ve accidentally reserved it, or if one of my editors has tried to be proactive and effectively hobbled me.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Jul 31, 2015 at 8:28 am

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  Hi,
  The username annavaldiserri was registered on May 22, 2015, the same date that the username godsbastard was registered.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Jul 31, 2015 at 8:30 am

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  The website address https://annavaldiserri.wordpress.com is reserved for the username annavaldiserri.

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  ashrobinbanks · Member · Jul 31, 2015 at 10:00 am

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  Thank you for that! It must have been something I did, then. How do I get wordpress to let me use it, then?

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Jul 31, 2015 at 10:06 am

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  Did you create another account, with the username annavaldiserri? If so, then you may log into that account, create the website incorporating the username, and then transfer the site to the other account.

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  helper-brucea · Member · Jul 31, 2015 at 10:47 am

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  Hi there!

  It looks like you were able to get to the blog and move it under the account you’re currently using?

  Let us know if you need more help with this.

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  ashrobinbanks · Member · Jul 31, 2015 at 12:20 pm

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  Hi,

  No, I don’t have another account under annavaldiserri that I’m aware of. I have another account, but that doesn’t show annavaldiserri under or in it either.

  I have not been able to get to the blog and move it under the account I’m using. I’ve made an alternative account (avaldiserri) but really I’d like to be able to use my full name. So yeah, I’m still completely stuck.

  Thank you again,
  Anna

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  k9ofwainfleet · Member · Jul 31, 2015 at 12:24 pm

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  Ok,
  so I tried to log in as annavaldiserri (rather than using my email, as I normally do) and I *do* have that account. It is linked to a secondary account (k9ofwainfleet) but I can’t find it anywhere when I log into that account using my email.
  Is it possible to take it out of the k9ofwainfleet account and connect it to the godsbastard account?
  Aaaaargh,
  Anna

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  ashrobinbanks · Member · Jul 31, 2015 at 12:37 pm

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  By Jove, I cracked it!
  Thank you all so much!

  Anna x