I've been using this nick for quite some years now, not always active, hidden for some periods. I had another nick some years ago and decided to re-active it and it was no problem at all, even though I deleted it. This is how it looks like, when it works:
You cancelled your membership sometime in the past
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You cancelled your membership
sometime in the past
Would you like to reactivate it now?