How can I bring back a deleted group name?

Question

Early summer I created a group name BoysBeBoys, but deleted the name a couple weeks later.

Now I want to use the name as a group for an social group.

Answer 1

change it slightly with - or _ and start over..

Answer 2

If you deleted the whole group, the name would be available by now.  (I searched Y! groups for that name and found a similar but not exact group name  boysbeboys-red .)

Go ahead and start the new group and give it the name you want to use - BoysBeBoys .  If you get an error message that says that name is already taken, then add underscores or a hyphen between each word in the name and use that as the new group's name.

Answer 3

Here is how you can create a new Group:

1. Go to Yahoo!s homepage, from the left hand side list choose "groups"

2. When the pages comes, there is box which says "Easy as 1-2-3. Start your group today." Click on it.

3. Then you enter to your Yahoo mail address.

4. You have 3 steps to create your yahoo group, which are: Categorize, Describe and Select Profile

And here is additional info from Yahoo!:

How do I start a new group?

It’s easy to start a group. Just click Start a Group on any Yahoo! Groups page. We'll walk you through a simple set-up process and presto, you’ll have a group!

It’ll get listed in the Yahoo! Groups directory within a few days, in the category that you select during the set-up process. Occasionally, our team of category editors comes across groups they feel have been miscategorized, and if this happens with your group, we’ll let you know.

But if you cannot still change the name, it may mean that there is a group with that name, probably a new one, and it is not listed in the Yahoo! directory yet. And you may need to change the name of your group slightly to create your new group.

Answer 4

it takes quite a long while for Yahoo to recycle the use of deleted group names and ID's. alter the title in some manner

Boys_Be_Boys maybe or BoysBeBoys1

good luck