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  kimbosaidso · Member · Jan 6, 2015 at 10:09 pm

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  Hi there,
  Is it possilbe to take over an unused wordpress address (kimbo.wordpress.com hasn’t been used since 2006 and has not been developed) as I would like to use it for my blog.
  (email visible only to moderators and staff)

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

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  timethief · Member · Jan 6, 2015 at 10:16 pm

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  Hi there,
  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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  kimbosaidso · Member · Jan 6, 2015 at 10:54 pm

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  Thanks for that Timethief, I appreciate your answer! I’m turning myself in knots trying to find a name. I like kimbosaidso but my husband is not keen (is that a wife thing?) but I want to share interesting links so it’s not like they are MY thoughts – just what I find interesting and useful.
  Love your name! Says so much with few letters!
  All the best,
  Kimbo