Taking over a subdomain

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  davidspencerdotca · Member · Sep 16, 2012 at 11:24 pm

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  How do I take over the subdomain of a blog that is no longer being used or updated?
  I have not been able to make contact with the owner of the blog http://beyondourclassroom.wordpress.com
  I run a group that would like to take over the name and blog.
  What steps should I follow?

  Thank you.
  David Spencer
  Blog url: http://davidspencerdotca.wordpress.com/

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

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  davidspencerdotca · Member · Sep 16, 2012 at 11:53 pm

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  I also read this document
  Recycling Blog Names

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  timethief · Member · Sep 16, 2012 at 11:55 pm

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  There is no expiration date on blogs unused or otherwise. If you can make contact on your own with the owner of an unused blog then 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.

  You can register another blog with a similar name. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  Or you can register a domain vis 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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  davidspencerdotca · Member · Sep 17, 2012 at 1:14 am

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  Since I am not able to contact the blog owner, I’ll create a new blog with a different name.

  Thanks for your clear concise answers.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 17, 2012 at 2:11 am

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  You’re welcome.