Slow Death

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  miguknamja4 · Member · Dec 31, 2009 at 6:00 am

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  At what point would WordPress.com kill a blog if it’s not updated?

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  raincoaster · Member · Dec 31, 2009 at 6:16 am

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  Never.

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  miguknamja4 · Member · Dec 31, 2009 at 6:47 am

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  Is that an opinion? Can you point me to a policy statement somewhere?

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  dreamsburnred · Member · Dec 31, 2009 at 6:58 am

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  There is no policy.

  If your blog is no longer useful, you can ask for it to be deleted, other wise it will sit there forever.

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  justjennifer · Member · Dec 31, 2009 at 7:01 am

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  Since the forums are mostly staffed by user/volunteers, best to write Support directly when they return if you need a policy statement. Meanwhile http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/ read all the way through to the bottom.

  (@dreamsburnred-just fyi, a person can delete their own blog if they choose to do so; you don’t have to ask anyone to have it deleted.)

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  dreamsburnred · Member · Dec 31, 2009 at 7:04 am

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  @just that is what I meant. Sorry for the confusion.

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  raincoaster · Member · Dec 31, 2009 at 8:39 am

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  If you want, you can search the forum for staff responses to “free blog” and related terms. We always get people asking to use blognames that have already been registered, and staff have said they will NOT hand them over. The blogger may or may not, as they choose, or they may delete it.

  Deleted blogs, whether deleted by staff or by the owners, never come back.

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  miguknamja4 · Member · Jan 4, 2010 at 9:26 am

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  Thanks!