I made a mistake with my wordpress.com name

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  speakingtothesky · Member · Jul 10, 2014 at 2:08 am

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  Wen setting up my account. I screwed up on the name.wordpress.com name. Right now it’s louisgaudry422. I went in and tried to change it to louis.gaudry but it didn’t work. Help please.

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

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 10, 2014 at 2:26 am

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  No periods allowed in a URL (numbers and letters only)

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  speakingtothesky · Member · Jul 10, 2014 at 2:29 am

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  ok so it’s not to late to try something different.

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 10, 2014 at 2:32 am

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  Just register a new blog (same account) and use the old one for test or learning

  Dashboard >> My Blogs >> Register new

  Set old to “Private”

  Dashboard >> Settings >> Reading >> Set to only visible people I choose

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  speakingtothesky · Member · Jul 10, 2014 at 2:42 am

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  i did that and it accepted the new name welcometodreams and now it says taken.

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 10, 2014 at 2:55 am

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  welcometodreams.wordpress.com is no longer available.

  The authors have deleted this site.

  Somebody deleted the name – once a name has been deleted it is gone forever – deleted names are never recycled at WordPress.COM –

  Sorry but you will need to pick a different name

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  speakingtothesky · Member · Jul 10, 2014 at 2:56 am

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  ok.