unable to activate user account

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  rebekajo · Member · Jan 2, 2013 at 10:36 pm

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  made up a new user for my blog, but unfortunately made a typo when I wrote in its email address. Now I can’t activate it, or get a new password for the new user.

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

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  kardotim · Member · Jan 4, 2013 at 5:49 am

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  What’s the username you are referring to?

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  rebekajo · Member · Jan 4, 2013 at 12:35 pm

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  purringly

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  kardotim · Member · Jan 4, 2013 at 12:50 pm

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  That user is already active. If you don’t have access to your account or forgot the password, you can request a new password over here.

  Please follow the instructions carefully. You’ll receive two separate emails during the reset process, so make sure you read them both. If you don’t receive the emails right away, check your spam folders as well. The confirmation emails can get caught in them sometimes :)

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  rebekajo · Member · Jan 5, 2013 at 1:27 pm

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  That doesn’t work as the email still goes to the email address I’d stated in error.

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  kardotim · Member · Jan 6, 2013 at 11:54 am

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  What’s the correct e-mail address?

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  rebekajo · Member · Jan 6, 2013 at 12:19 pm

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  purringly [at] gmail dot com

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  kardotim · Member · Jan 6, 2013 at 12:50 pm

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  I see, the user ‘purringly’ has indeed a different registered e-mail address. We can’t change the e-mail address because we’re not able to verify the account ownership.

  Please make sure you have tried testing different passwords using the reset password form. Often people can remember the password after a few tries.

  https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword

  Sorry for the inconvenience.

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  rebekajo · Member · Jan 6, 2013 at 12:53 pm

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  I’m 100% sure of the password. I knew … right after I’d created the user … that I’d mis-typed the email addy.

  Is this user-name lost forever now, just because of my stupid mistake?!

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  kardotim · Member · Jan 6, 2013 at 1:23 pm

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  If you are not able to login it’s not possible to use that registered username again.

  You can register a new account at http://wordpress.com/signup. You can change the name displayed on your posts and comments by changing the “display name” on your Personal Settings admin panel:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/change-your-username/#change-display-name-nickname

  This video shows how to change your display name:

  Change Your Username

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  rebekajo · Member · Jan 6, 2013 at 1:28 pm

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  Thank you. I know how to change display name.

  I know I made a mistake with that email, but I don’t think the «punishment» [=losing the user-name forever] has any proportion to that mistake!