Getting my old blog URL back

  • Unknown's avatar
    lifeadrama · Member ·

    I remembered last time wordpress.com does not have the “Change Blog Address” option on the ‘Global Dashboard’ screen. When the option becomes available, I was trying to change my blog URL from bicarakalbu.wordpress.com to amirahsaryati.wordpress.com . I didn’t really intend to change the blog URL actually, it was really an ‘experimenting a new feature’ on wordpress after which I realized that I can’t change ‘amirahsaryati.wordpress.com’ back to ‘bicarakalbu.wordpress.com’ . It says “the address has already existed”.

    I don’t understand about the warning “If you check this box you will not be able to use bicarakalbu.wordpress.com again. ” I thought that ‘again’ means on the other blog; I mean to register a new blog with the name.. not the original blog itself..

    I was so surprised that I really can’t retrieve my old blog URL (bicarakalbu) back!! I have tried to create a new blog and transfer, but still I can’t use the old blog URL.

    It is so very disappointing after having about 20,000 + readers on my blog since 2008, I don’t have any idea of how to tell everyone who has been reading my blog about the change of my blog address. Surely there were silent readers whom I do not know and it’s impossible to inform them about the URL change.

    I know that the only way is to change to .ORG, but still how do I inform them about the change if I can’t get back my old blog URL?

    I saw some answers on the support forum that I cannot retrieve it back because the idea was for safety reason – if any person uses my URL and it is for bad purpose, people/my friends/readers might think it is me writing those bad things as it is my blog URL; even if I have deleted my site.

    Please please please I want to get my old blog URL back.. I’d do anything to get it back.. I swear it WAS mine and i need it back….

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

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    thesacredpath · Member ·

    If you check that box, then the old blog is deleted and is no longer available to you or anyone. See #6 in this support document on changing a blog address.

    Once a URL is deleted, there is no getting it back. WordPress.com does not recycle blog URLs.

    You can wait till after noon on the 15th when staff again opens the contact form, but I would not expect them to give it back. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/

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    lifeadrama · Member ·

    thank you thesacredpath for the info. I appreciate it very much..

    I know that according to the policy I cannot get them back.. but I’m praying intensely and plead that I can get them back.. I need it very badly and I hope the staff would really understand what had actually happened, and it was an accident..

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    thesacredpath · Member ·

    You are welcome. It is worth a shot contacting them.

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    raincoaster · Member ·

    Now that you point it out, the language IS needlessly ambiguous.

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    dik4gen1 · Member ·

    Hello
    I want to move my user name was not able to transport the new name dik4gen.wordpress.com enderyildirim.wordpress.com blog name when you receive the system says it’s registered. I do not speak English language very well, but I want to redirect the new user step dik4gen.wordpress.com Waiting for assistance in this regard

    best regards
    Ender YILDIRIM

    (email visible only to moderators and staff)

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    airodyssey · Member ·

    @dik4gen1: dik4gen.wordpress.com has been deleted, so it’s the same answer as what has already been said here. Sorry.

    In the future, if you feel more comfortable asking questions in Turkish, go to http://tr.forums.wordpress.com

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