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thistimethisspace on "How can I get ownership of an old "ghost" blog? Or get it deleted?"

thistimethisspace — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:02:55 +0000

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/

cjhendrickson31 on "How can I get ownership of an old "ghost" blog? Or get it deleted?"

cjhendrickson31 — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:00:05 +0000

The blog I need help with is NOT youcantbuybutterflies. I am unable to find a way to edit my original post...?????

The blog I need help with is skyvalleycoalition.

cjhendrickson31 on "How can I get ownership of an old "ghost" blog? Or get it deleted?"

cjhendrickson31 — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:51:22 +0000

I am volunteering with an organization called the Sky Valley Community Coalition. There is a wordpress blog that exists for our organization, but it is old, not updated, and has just been sitting there unused. (http://skyvalleycoalition.wordpress.com/) We would like to either start updating it, or have it deleted so that we can start a new one. The problem is that we don't know who created it or any of the passwords or username info. We know nothing about it. It's possible it may have been started by Dave Wood of the VOA, but he has passed away. Is there anything I can do to get this blog either going again or removed?

butterscotchey on "Unused blog hogging URL?"

butterscotchey — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:24:08 +0000

Ok thank you :)

auxclass on "Unused blog hogging URL?"

auxclass — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:23:27 +0000

You left a comment on the blog and that is all you can do

However you ask the owner to DELETE the blog so you can have it - THAT IS NOT THE THING TO DO - DON'T NOT EVER - once a blog name is deleted it is gone forever even from the original owner - so you might want to leave a follow up comment and ask them if they would consider transferring it to you

timethief on "Unused blog hogging URL?"

timethief — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:22:31 +0000

Then that's too bad an so sad. You can register another blog with a similar name. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

butterscotchey on "Unused blog hogging URL?"

butterscotchey — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:16:59 +0000

I can't afford to buy domain mapping, and there is no contact information :c

timethief on "Unused blog hogging URL?"

timethief — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:14:43 +0000

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

butterscotchey on "Unused blog hogging URL?"

butterscotchey — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:13:32 +0000

Hiya.
I have a blog, currently at http://www.hotmilkandhoney.wordpress.com.
However, I want to change this. I have the perfect name and I know how, there's just one problem - the domain is taken. Normally I wouldn't mind, but the blog at the domain I want has not been edited in 7 years and has no posts or anything. Is it possible to get wordpress to delete the blog, so I may have the domain? The URL in question is at http://www.butterscotch.wordpress.com
Many thanks,
Anna

timethief on "Preferred WordPress Account taken but not in use."

timethief — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:17:58 +0000

Looking at the blog, it seems it ahsn't been used at all since 2006. Is there a way I can request deleting this account so I could make use of it?

http://escapology.wordpress.com/ is an unused blog.

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

notawoodpecker on "Preferred WordPress Account taken but not in use."

notawoodpecker — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:12:53 +0000

Blogs that have been deleted by the owner will remain deleted. We cannot, under any circumstances, allow someone to take over a blog name that was previously owned and deleted by its original/previous owner. Please do not submit support requests asking us to do this.

http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

mackdiddy on "Preferred WordPress Account taken but not in use."

mackdiddy — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:00:43 +0000

Hello friends,

I will soon take off for a six month sabbatical in Asia. I want to setup a blog and am pretty advanced already. I would like to use the wordpress account "escapology" which is unfortunately taken.

Looking at the blog, it seems it ahsn't been used at all since 2006. Is there a way I can request deleting this account so I could make use of it? I would really love to name my blog escapology. Having the name in the URL would be just perfect.

Thanks a lot for your advice,

Philipp

raincoaster on "taking over old unused, deleted blog addresses"

raincoaster — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:41:22 +0000

I, personally, enjoy hearing that ning suffered.

willgolden on "taking over old unused, deleted blog addresses"

willgolden — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:39:44 +0000

It was either grou.ps or ning that suffered this some years ago!

raincoaster on "taking over old unused, deleted blog addresses"

raincoaster — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:38:52 +0000

None whatsoever. You are welcome to try, but I'd suggest blocking out a whole afternoon for it.

willgolden on "taking over old unused, deleted blog addresses"

willgolden — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:34:04 +0000

So, Raincoaster, ....a malicious poster with existing sampling software could effectively close down WordPress by exhausting all blog address permutations!

What contingency does WordPress have to prevent this?

auxclass on "taking over old unused, deleted blog addresses"

auxclass — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:32:17 +0000

returntoeden.wordpress.com is no longer available.

The authors have deleted this blog.

As @raincoaster stated above - gone is gone

willgolden on "taking over old unused, deleted blog addresses"

willgolden — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:30:35 +0000

The proof went missing......
http://returntoeden.wordpress.com/#!/fresh/
returntoeden dot wordpress dot com slash hash exclamation slash fresh slash

hope it's still there this time

raincoaster on "taking over old unused, deleted blog addresses"

raincoaster — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:27:45 +0000

Deleted blog URLs are never re-used. Never.

willgolden on "taking over old unused, deleted blog addresses"

willgolden — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:26:54 +0000

My blog is subject-specific and the only titles that really make sense are - EdenRevisited.wordpress.com, - BackToEden.wordpress.com or - ReturnToEden.wordpress.com. All other less relevant, unsatisfactory titles are already under use anyway.

The former two, "Eden Revisited" and "Back to Eden" are still being used; .....fair enough!

The last-named blog, "Return to Eden", however, is no longer used.
Here is the proof. "The authors have deleted this blog"

So how do we get it released so that it can be re-used?

If it cannot.... we are on very dodgy ground here. If someone took a dislike to WordPress, ......he could very easily use existing sampling software to flood WordPress with every permutation of blog-address in the English language and make it impossible to open another blog.

Surely WordPress must have a contingency to avoid this. Therefore it must be possible to release old unused blog-names, effectively by deletion.

So, given this, how do I take over the old blog-address ReturnToEden.wordpress.com?

timethief on "Reaching unused account"

timethief — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:45:37 +0000

WordPress.com Staff will not violate the privacy policy. The only means of contacting the owner of the blog is by commenting if comments are open or by using the contact information if it's provided on the blog. Read more here > Blogging Tips: Unused Blogs

You can register another WordPress.com subdomain URL and purchase a domain name and domain mapping. If you do purchase your own domain and domain mapping then it won’t matter what the root blog WordPress.com subdomain URL is.

gpeby on "Reaching unused account"

gpeby — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:30:52 +0000

I've created a blog, but was hoping for a different ID. Unfortunately, the ID I wanted was taken. I don't have a problem with that per se. My issue is that the ID was created in 2006, but has no entries and hasn't been touched since it was opened. Is there any way to get in touch with the account owner and ask if they'd be willing to give up the name? I can't seem to find a way to contact him/her. How would I go about it?

Cheers!

universalgeni on "should unused wordpress blogs expire?!!"

universalgeni — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:30:30 +0000

No. You don't delete a library. It's knowledge. And we need that. We are not book burners. Period!

justjennifer on "should unused wordpress blogs expire?!!"

justjennifer — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:23:01 +0000

Just FWIW- http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/dead-blogs?replies=3#post-380135

raincoaster on "should unused wordpress blogs expire?!!"

raincoaster — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:03:08 +0000

I got two cars for free. I'd be pretty pissed off if a stranger thought they should have them.

If we're talking moral imperatives, how many do you think are required of WP.com and how many required of the owners of those blog names? Besides, anyone so short of imagination as to come up with only ONE name that's good probably won't write a kickass blog anyway. If nothing else you can always register Whatever.Wordpress.Com and get the domain upgrade to make it SuperDuperBlogname.com.

If you want something that somebody else has, you can ask them nicely to give it to you, and if that is unsuccessful you can even ask them if they want money for it. But you can't muscle them, claiming some sort of moral high ground.

devblog on "should unused wordpress blogs expire?!!"

devblog — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:17:29 +0000

but what if you did get it for free? what if your rich uncle gave it to you for your birthday?

then the analogy does apply.

whiterook6 on "should unused wordpress blogs expire?!!"

whiterook6 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:08:19 +0000

that car analogy isnt valid because you didn't get the car for free.

thesacredpath on "should unused wordpress blogs expire?!!"

thesacredpath — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:42:05 +0000

Should someone come take a car that you own away just because you did not drive it in 2 years or 3?

husdal on "should unused wordpress blogs expire?!!"

husdal — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:29:30 +0000

Let's say that 4 years ago you linked to a blog from your blog, because it had content relevant to your blog. Let's say that this blog stops posting for 3 years and then I come along and get that expired name and set up a blog with some totally different content that you would never ever want to link to, e.g. mature content of sexually explicit nature. Are you going to check all your posts from 3 years back to make sure that nothing has happened to the blogs you linked to? Of course not. That's just one reason why blogs should never expire.

justjennifer on "should unused wordpress blogs expire?!!"

justjennifer — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:25:21 +0000

To be honest, the best way to comment on this policy is to send your feedback directly to staff on the support page. At the moment Support is closed but will reopen after September 10th.