Can I have an abandoned URL?

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  slabhardrock · Member · Jun 15, 2012 at 3:43 pm

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  I’d like to have a WordPress URL but it’s already taken – apparently it was created back in 2009, with no posts or other activity, and remains abandoned. I’d love to move my blog to that URL; is some way we could do this? It seems a shame that someone can squat on a WordPress domain and squander it.
  Blog url: http://echosofthunder.wordpress.com/

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

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  timethief · Member · Jun 15, 2012 at 3:50 pm

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  Unused blogs belong to those who register them and there is no rule that they must be used. If the comments are orpen of there is a contact form you can contact the blog owner and request they transfer the blog to your username account. Otherwise, you can’t use it. http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-user-or-account

  Be aware that you can purchase your own domain name via a domain mapping upgrade and then it will not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com sub-domain URL is. See > http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/

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  slabhardrock · Member · Jun 15, 2012 at 4:37 pm

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  Thanks for that timely and complete answer. As there’s no contact info it looks like I’m probably out of luck.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 15, 2012 at 4:40 pm

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  You’re welcome. That’s often the case but perhaps you can register a blog with a similar name. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

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  slabhardrock · Member · Jun 15, 2012 at 4:48 pm

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  Thanks, that’s what I ended up doing.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 15, 2012 at 4:55 pm

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  You’re welcome.