Tech talk:OpenID User Creation with taken Username

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[edit] OpenID/Username Woes

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I have previously logged in to WikiTravel using my OpenID "rageear.myopenid.com" which associated me with the username "RageEar". This weekend I set up my own web site to act as a delegate for my OpenID. The way I understood it, I should be able to use my website (www.rageear.com) to login to WikiTravel and get the same username as if I used "rageear.myopenid.com". However, when I tried to use "www.rageear.com" as my login, it told me that "RageEar" was already taken and told me to choose a new username. Additionally, when I went back to login with "rageear.myopenid.com", I was told to choose a new username again!

Any idea how I got into this mess or how to consolidate my usernames back down to a single user? RageEar 16:30, 25 February 2008 (EST)