invalid / existing username conflict

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  haifarugby1 · Member · Oct 1, 2011 at 10:15 am

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  Hi,
  When trying to change my username from “haifarugby1” to “haifarugby” i’m getting the following error message:
  “Sorry, that username already exists.”
  I think i might have opened that account a while back, but forgot the password.
  When trying to use the “forgot password” and entering “haifarugby” as username i’m getting:
  “ERROR: Invalid username or e-mail.”
  what do i do?
  thanks!

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

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 1, 2011 at 7:11 pm

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  It’s actually not a username, but a blog name: http://haifarugby.wordpress.com/

  User names and blog names cannot be cross-duplicated, so the name haifarugby is unavailable as a user name, because it is taken as a blog name.

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  haifarugby1 · Member · Oct 1, 2011 at 7:29 pm

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  Thank you for the reply,
  That’s actually my blog, I changed the default name not to have the “1” at the end. Is there any way to be able to log in as “haifarugby”?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 1, 2011 at 7:31 pm

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  Unfortunately, no. Now that the user name has been taken by a blog, it can’t be used as a user name.

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  lindatrip2011 · Member · Oct 1, 2011 at 8:05 pm

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  I am trying to log in to my blogs on another computer using the username and password that I thought were correct. I am being told that my username is not recognized. How can I find out what usernamemis recognized? I can get onto my dashboard etc on my iPad but not on another PC.

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  airodyssey · Member · Oct 1, 2011 at 8:07 pm

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  @lindatrip2011: Your question is off-topic (it’s about passwords, yes, but not the same question as the previous user).

  For the sake of organization, please start a separate topic and we’ll take it from there:
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/?new=1