Why is my link dead? How to pick up someone's old blog name?

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    diewildente · Member ·

    Two questions. When clicking a link from a comment I made, I saw that my link was dead, “the authors of this blog have deleted it” or something like that. I havent deleted it. Second of all. I want to take the blog name wildducks, it is no longer available, but I still cant use it. How can I please get to use that? Thanks very much.

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

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    thistimethisspace · Member ·

    wildducks.wordpress.com is no longer available.
    The authors have deleted this site.

    Sorry but there is no way to recover the URL you deleted because there is no recycling of deleted blog URLs here at WordPress.com. Confirm by reading http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/ and
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/
    Prior warning of this is given to prevent accidental deletions by insuring everyone who deletes a blog has been warned that what they are doing is irreversible.

    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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    thistimethisspace · Member ·

    You can link your ursername to your other blog. Thi is snot tretrocative. Comments previously left will still be linked to the deleted blog.
    Here’s how to link your username to your blog in your blog Dashboard -> Users -> Personal Settings -> then scroll down to Account Details. Then scroll down to where it says ‘Primary Blog‘ select the URL for your primary wordpress.com blog and then save changes.

    Now every time you sign into the forum we can all click on your username and your blog will be linked to it. And every time you leave a comment on a blog your username can be likewise clicked and your blog can be instantly located.

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    thistimethisspace · Member ·

    YIKES! Sorry about the typos above and not proofreading before clicking. I meant to type:
    You can link your username to your other blog. This is not retroactive.

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    diewildente · Member ·

    hey, thanks for helping me. Actually, I want to take someone else`s old blog name who has deleted it and is no longer using it. How can I do that? Thanks

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