I changed the address name of librobolaextra to oldlibrobolaextra didn't work

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  librobolaextra · Member · Jul 11, 2012 at 1:24 am

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  After changing the address name of librobolaextra to oldlibrobolaextra I was expecting to have the librobolaextra name available. My goal is to rename my ellibrobolaextra blog address into librobolaextra.

  I made both in order to assess them but it turned out that ellibrobolaextra is the good one so I want to change his name into librobolaextra getting rid of the old one.

  Thank you
  Blog url: http://ellibrobolaextra.wordpress.com/

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  timethief · Member · Jul 11, 2012 at 1:28 am

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  7. The final option presented on this screen allows you to discard your current address. This option will permanently disable the address and you will not be able to reuse it. Only select this option if you are sure you will not use the address again. If you want to redirect traffic to the new blog, you can keep the address and purchase the Site Redirect upgrade. http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/

  When we delete a blog there are 3 warnings given that deleting it is forever, the URL cannot be recycled and reused. In addition there is a verification link sent to in an email to complete the deletion process.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/delete-blog/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  We can register another blog with a similar name. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  Or we can purchase a domain name via a domain mapping upgrade as in that case 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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  timethief · Member · Jul 11, 2012 at 1:29 am

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  oops! I forgot to close a blockquote tag up there.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 11, 2012 at 6:52 am

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  The blog is still there. You won’t be able to change a blog’s name into an existing one, but you you can transfer your content to it following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-between-wordpress-com-blogs