Can't delete blog and can't disconnect self hosted site

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  peninapierre · Member · Oct 17, 2014 at 5:38 pm

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  HELLO COMMUNITY,

  I need a little help here. Thanks in advance.

  I need the following sites gone from my wordpress.com dashboard.

  Problem #1

  Site link: http://www.cooldezine.com

  I used to own this domain, but now it looks like someone is running a phishing scam on that domain. I do not want to see that name in my dashboard.

  I follow instruction on this page http://en.support.wordpress.com/disconnect-jetpack-sites/ to disconnect the site. But after I refresh the page the site is still there. I repeat the process about five times. Nothing works. Help?

  Problem #2

  Blog url: beautifullifepoetry.wordpress.com
  I try to delete the wordpress.com blog follow instruction on this page http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/ but the delete button is not provided. What should I do not?

  Yours kindly,
  Pierre

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

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  timethief · Member · Oct 17, 2014 at 10:14 pm

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  cooldezine.com is hosted by Softlayer, not by WordPress.COM
  Name Servers:
  ns2.brainydns.com
  ns1.brainydns.com
  whois

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  timethief · Member · Oct 17, 2014 at 10:15 pm

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  To delete a WordPress.COM blog you must be logged in under the exact same username account that registered the blog. To prevent accidental or inadvertent deletion of blogs, there are multiple warnings given that blog deletion is permanent and irreversible. Lastly, a verification link is sent in an email and must be clicked to delete a blog. If clicking that link does not work then copy and paste it into your upper browser window and click.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/
  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/

  Alternatively, to change blog visibility to private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3 . See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Oct 17, 2014 at 10:28 pm

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  @peninapierre

  Issue #1 should be resolved. I’ve removed http://www.cooldezine.com from your account.

  Issue #2 – You’re currently listed as the owner of the blog beautifullifepoetry.wordpress.com, but your user role is set to “Contributor” as of three years ago. Contributors cannot delete a blog. However, since you’re also the owner of the site, you can request to have the site deleted. So, I’m happy to delete this site for you. Just reply back to confirm!

  Please note, as Timethief mentioned, when a blog is deleted, the URL cannot be reused. The content is also completely erased and not able to be recovered.

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  peninapierre · Member · Oct 17, 2014 at 11:25 pm

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  Great! You can go ahead and get rid of it. Thank you very much.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Oct 20, 2014 at 7:02 pm

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  Done! Let me know if you need anything else.