Blog Address deleted but I can't take it

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  jessmarie318 · Member · Apr 10, 2015 at 7:40 pm

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  There is a blog address that my friends and I would like to use for a new blog, but when trying to use it for the address, WordPress says that it is taken. If I go to the address, WordPress tells me that the authors have deleted the site. What does this mean? Can I do anything?

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  timethief · Member · Apr 10, 2015 at 7:44 pm

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  Hi there,
  It means the blog URL has been deleted and deleted blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made. http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  You can register another .wordpress.com blog here http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  Then if you wish to you can register a domain via a domain mapping upgrade because it does not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com address is when you are domain mapping.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/