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  zayyarwt · Member · Dec 16, 2012 at 12:32 am

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  Hey there,
  I’m really wanting the username ‘collectiveculture’ I already know that it is taken but the user hasn’t updated the blog in 2 years, because of this when does the name become free again or is there any way of getting the username from the user for myself ?

  Thanks.

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

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  raincoaster · Member · Dec 16, 2012 at 12:50 am

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  If there is a way to contact that person on his/her blog, try that. Even leaving a comment sometimes works.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 16, 2012 at 12:51 am

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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.

  If you are not successful, you can register another blog with a similar name. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  Or you can register a domain via 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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  zayyarwt · Member · Dec 16, 2012 at 1:14 am

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  Hey thanks a lot, I sent an e-mail to the owner and hopefully I can get a response soon.