Is it possible to use a taken sitename of a blog that hasn't been used in years?
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If there is an existing blog out there with a site name I wish to use and it hasn’t been in use for almost a decade, is there a way to contact the person whose blog it is and ask if they are still using their blog or if they’ve forgotten about it and don’t want it and will delete it so the site name can be used by someone else?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Theoretically, but it’s entirely up to you. How good are you at playing detective? Staff will not intervene.
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There is no expiration date on blogs unused, reserved or otherwise. If you can make contact on your own with the owner of an unused blog via a contact form or commenting, then providing the are agreeable 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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