Name exists but blog is deleted

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  palestinepics · Member · May 31, 2013 at 7:52 pm

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  Hi,

  I want to create a blog, but when I fill in the name it says ‘Blog already exists.’ But when I enter the blogname.wordpress.com it says ‘The authors have deleted this site.’

  So how come I still can not use that name?

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  timethief · Member · May 31, 2013 at 7:56 pm

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  There is no recycling of deleted blog URLs.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  However, 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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  palestinepics · Member · Jun 3, 2013 at 1:33 pm

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  Can’t I regain access to the deleted URL I referred to? Since it was my own domain..