Site name reserved by defunct site

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  caitlingmccormack · Member · Feb 28, 2014 at 11:54 am

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  Hi, I am trying to create a new blog URL but I get the message ‘Sorry, that site is reserved!’
  When I search for the URL, it is a really old and empty wordpress blog from 2007. This has not been used at all and just has generic WordPress content: http://caitlingrace.wordpress.com/
  Is there any way of requesting to have this username freed up? Or of contacting the URL owner to ask if they can free it up?

  Thanks

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  justjennifer · Member · Feb 28, 2014 at 12:49 pm

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  The only way to get that address is by contacting the current owner via a contact form or open comment box on their site. See: http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  If they agree to transfer the site to your account, they can follow these instructions to do so: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-wordpress-com-user-or-account