Revive or release 'old' blog name

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  jandebaat · Member · Jan 12, 2015 at 9:10 am

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  “debaat.wordpress.com is no longer available.”

  I started this blog a while ago. So after reading some posts, it might have been deleted because nobody was visiting it in a while.
  Now I would like to start using it again.

  Can you release or revive it?
  I have the same name “DeBAAT” registered as member on the .org and gravatar pages.

  Thanks!

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  lubmir2k · Member · Jan 12, 2015 at 9:22 am

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  Hi,

  unfortunately, it is not possible to “release” nor “revive” blog names. You have to think of another name, or, if the name is very important to you, get a Custom Domain Upgrade (paid upgrade).

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 12, 2015 at 9:56 am

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  No, staff did not delete teh blog. Blogs can only be deleted by their actual owners, the admins of that blog. If you deleted it, it’s gone forever.

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  jandebaat · Member · Jan 12, 2015 at 10:00 am

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  Too bad.

  It’s no problem that the blog itself is gone.
  I would just like to re-use the name to start a new blog.

  What is the policy to ‘release’ deleted blog names?
  Are they ever released or are they blocked forever?

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 12, 2015 at 10:06 am

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  There is no policy to release deleted blog names. They are never released.