Inconsistent usernames and URLs on wordpress.org

[henrywright]

I have two accounts at wordpress.org.

1. Registered on September 13, 2011

Username: henry.wright
URL: ​http://wordpress.org/support/profile/henrywright

2. Registered on September 26, 2012

Username: henrywright
URL: ​http://wordpress.org/support/profile/henrywright-1

This results in one user having the username of 'henrywright' and another user having the URL of 'henrywright'.

My question - With reference to the second account (registered on September 26, 2012), at the point of registration should I have been told me that the username 'henrywright' was already taken?

[ocean90]

Maybe it has been fixed, but when I try to register a new account with my username I get a "Name already exists" error.

[henry.wright]

Hi ocean90 - may I ask why you've modified the ticket?

The sentence should read exactly as I wrote it originally.

Please can you revert the modification you made?

[ocean90]

Sorry, have mixed up URL and name.

[henry.wright]

Thanks!

With reference to the test you did:

Maybe it has been fixed, but when I try to register a new account with my username I get a "Name already exists" error.

The way to reproduce:

1. Register a username containing a dot e.g user.name
2. Then register the same username without the dot e.g username

[chriscct7]

Migrated to meta trac in ​https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1308#ticket