Why not let people reuse their own deleted blog addresses?
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Once I was on a blog here at electronzero.wordpress.com. I can’t ever use it again? Not a great idea, people!
Every blog domain I have tried besides that one was IN USE. So because of either cybersquatting OR never freeing up old domains, YOU’RE RUNNING OUT and NO ONE GETS WHAT THEY WANT.
I think maybe a policy review is in order.
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The reason that deleted blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made is clearly stated here http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/
You can register another .wordpress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/
Then if you wish to you can register a domain via a domain mapping upgrade because it does not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com address is when you are domain mapping.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
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To prevent accidental or inadvertent deletion of blogs, there are multiple warnings given that blog deletion is permanent and irreversible. Lastly, a verification link is sent in an email and must be clicked to delete a blog. If clicking that link does not work then copy and paste it into your upper browser window and click. Once clicked the blog URL is forever gone, gone, gone.
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