User Name/Domain Name

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  godlifeblog · Member · Aug 31, 2012 at 5:10 pm

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  I would like to use a certain user name. There is no active user with it but when I tried to search for it, WordPress told me the account was in violation of the terms and conditions and was thus inaccessible. Is there any possibility of me reinventing that user name for my own account?
  Blog url: http://godlifeblog.wordpress.com/

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

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  timethief · Member · Aug 31, 2012 at 5:14 pm

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  What you are asking cannot be done. Usernames can be turned into blog addresses, but blog addresses cannot be turned into usernames. For most usernames and blog addresses are the same. When we register a WordPress.com username account the matching blog is automatically reserved for our future use. That reserved blog cannot be obtained by anyone other than the person who has registered the matching username.

  Please read these entries:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/delete-blog/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/