diff --git a/app/models/approve_article.rb b/app/models/approve_article.rb
index 31e134f..44444ac 100644
--- a/app/models/approve_article.rb
+++ b/app/models/approve_article.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ class ApproveArticle < Task
   validates_presence_of :requestor_id, :target_id
 
   def description
-    _('%{author} wants to publish "%{article}" on %{community}') % { :author => requestor.name, :article => article.title, :community => target.name }
+    _('%{author} wants to publish "%{article}" on %{community}') % { :author => requestor.name, :article => article_title, :community => target.name }
+  end
+
+  def article_title
+    article ? article.title : _('(The original text was removed)')
   end
   
   def data
diff --git a/test/unit/approve_article_test.rb b/test/unit/approve_article_test.rb
index ddbe486..754764c 100644
--- a/test/unit/approve_article_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/approve_article_test.rb
@@ -50,4 +50,17 @@ class ApproveArticleTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
     assert_nil a.article_parent
   end
+
+  should 'alert when reference article is removed' do
+    profile = create_user('test_user').person
+    article = profile.articles.create!(:name => 'test article')
+
+    a = ApproveArticle.create!(:name => 'test name', :article => article, :target => profile, :requestor => profile)
+
+    article.destroy
+    a.reload
+
+    assert_match /text was removed/, a.description
+  end
+
 end
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