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I've removed my fork but now I cannot fork same repo again. I just see Github's 404-page when trying to "re-fork". How I can fork now?

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You will find a similar behavior with old versions of GitHub for Enterprise, as illustrated in the issue 50.

The recommendation, for forks on GitHub, is to wait a few hours after deleting the previous fork, and try again (clicking on that fork button).

Note that you shouldn't have to delete a fork if you intent to make new pull requests: simply isolate them in their own branch after having updated your fork (pushing to origin the latest from upstream).

See also (to avoid deleting a fork):

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  • I can confirm the delay. I deleted my fork of `rails/rails` and tried to re-fork it right away, getting a 404. After about 30 minutes, I was able to fork it again. – Dylan Markow Jun 07 '13 at 20:33