Can you recover a site name from a site that is inactive?

kmeadow1 · Member · Mar 3, 2013 at 10:07 pm
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Hello:

I am interested in starting a new blog. However, I want this blog to have the following URL: thecurrents.wordpress.com. It is taken now, but it is inactive (since 2006). Is there any way the site name can be recovered so I can use it? Please help. Thank you!

The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
raincoaster · Member · Mar 3, 2013 at 10:19 pm
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If the blogger left contact details on teh blog, contact them and ask for it. If not, try leaving a comment. That’s all you can do: staff will not intervene.
dribblingpensioner · Member · Mar 3, 2013 at 10:58 pm
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@ raincoaster, i lost a blog about two years ago, do you think i would be able to get the name back without content.
raincoaster · Member · Mar 3, 2013 at 11:00 pm
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Depends: did you delete it or just forget the login? If you deleted it, it’s gone.
dribblingpensioner · Member · Mar 3, 2013 at 11:02 pm
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No, wordpress took it of me for coping :)
dribblingpensioner · Member · Mar 3, 2013 at 11:02 pm
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copying :)
dribblingpensioner · Member · Mar 3, 2013 at 11:03 pm
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But the blog name would still be logged with wordpress, would it not.
raincoaster · Member · Mar 3, 2013 at 11:15 pm
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Do you mean it was suspended? What’s the link?
1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Mar 3, 2013 at 11:16 pm
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Apparently, yes, wordpress.com still has a record of it. Was that blog suspended for violation of ToS?
What is the link starting with http://?
1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Mar 3, 2013 at 11:17 pm
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~raincoaster…
good afternoon…
raincoaster · Member · Mar 3, 2013 at 11:26 pm
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Good afternoon. I’m passing you the baton and going for a nap.
dribblingpensioner · Member · Mar 4, 2013 at 7:03 pm
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Thanks Tess this is me two years ago on the forum and the url is there.

https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/trying-to-add-meta-tag?replies=14
auxclass · Member · Mar 4, 2013 at 7:25 pm
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harrythehandyman.wordpress.com is no longer available.

This blog has been archived or suspended for a violation of our Terms of Service.
For more information and to contact us please read this support document.

Yes the TOS people did not like something you did – but you could have challenged it – sometimes sites come back from the suspended

I was wondering what happened to Harry

Yes that site name is gone
dribblingpensioner · Member · Mar 4, 2013 at 8:11 pm
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Harry is still here i have two blogs now :) but i know where i went wrong with that blog :)

I’ll just start again and alter the name a little.
thistimethisspace · Member · Mar 4, 2013 at 8:16 pm
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I’m getting a server error message at http://harrythehandyman.wordpress.com

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helper-heroponriki · Member · Mar 4, 2013 at 9:43 pm
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Hi dribblingpensioner.

You will need to contact the Terms of Service support team by filling out the form at the bottom of this page:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/suspended-blogs/

Be sure to include “harrythehandyman.wordpress.com” in the website field and they will be able to answer your question regarding why your site was removed.

Let us know if we can help with anything else.
dribblingpensioner · Member · Mar 4, 2013 at 9:48 pm
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Thanks TT

@ csonnek, i will fill the form in and thank you its worth a try, i know why it was suspended but its just the name i want back less the content.
timethief · Member · Mar 5, 2013 at 10:18 pm
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@dribblingpensioner
You’re welcome.

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