Removing atricle that has my full Name in it

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  grimacco · Member · Aug 14, 2009 at 2:30 am

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  Hi,

  I have noticed an article on this site discussing personal information about me that quotes an article from another Australian Site. This article has my full name in it and I would like it removed from the wordpress site. The original articled quoted no longer exists.

  Can anyone point me in the direction of who I could contact to achieve this?
  My name is coming up in Google searches and is particularly embarrasing.

  Thanks
  G

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  tellyworth · Staff · Aug 14, 2009 at 2:34 am

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  You could contact the owner of the site and ask them to remove it.

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  grimacco · Member · Aug 14, 2009 at 6:28 am

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  The site is wordpress.com
  the article I want removed is here http://goodbyecreditcard.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/credit-card-debt-rescue/
  would love wordpress.com to remove this as soon as possible but do not know how to contact the owner of this site.

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  husdal · Member · Aug 14, 2009 at 8:30 am

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  It is the site owner who has published your name. Thus, it is the site owner that you must contact to have your name removed.

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  husdal · Member · Aug 14, 2009 at 8:37 am

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  On a 2nd note, considering the nature of the site in question, you may want to consider reporting it as a spam site (see ‘Blog Info > Report as Spam’ in the top navigation bar). If the site is indeed deemed as spam by Support, it will be suspended, which will ‘remove’ the site and your name, although it may still appear in Google’s cache for a while.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Aug 14, 2009 at 1:19 pm

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  Good call Husdal, I see the site is suspended.

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  grimacco · Member · Aug 15, 2009 at 12:56 am

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  Thanks Guys
  You have been very helpful