How to request a wordpress domain?

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  berdelyi · Member · Mar 25, 2013 at 3:57 pm

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  The domain opensecurity.wordpress.com appears to be idle for about 6 years. I’ve tried to reach the owner of this blog.

  Is it possble to request this domain name for my blog?

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

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  tandava108 · Member · Mar 25, 2013 at 4:02 pm

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  The user has an email address on the about page. I suggest you email them and ask them to transfer it to you. If you don’t get a reply try leaving a comment – it could be an old email address.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 25, 2013 at 4:16 pm

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  There is no expiration date on blogs unused or otherwise. If you can make contact on your own with the owner of an unused blog then there is a means of a consenting blog owner to transfer the blog to another username account. http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-user-or-account

  In the case that there is no contact information Staff will not breach the privacy policy and provide you with an email address.

  if you are not successful, you can register another blog with a similar name. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  Or you can register a domain via a domain mapping upgrade and it will not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com address is.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/

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  berdelyi · Member · Mar 25, 2013 at 4:27 pm

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  Thank you. I’m still waiting to hear back from the blog owner.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 25, 2013 at 9:54 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes.