diff --git a/app/models/approve_article.rb b/app/models/approve_article.rb
index 44444ac..4475cb2 100644
--- a/app/models/approve_article.rb
+++ b/app/models/approve_article.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class ApproveArticle < Task
   end
 
   def article_parent= value
-    article_parent_id = value.id
+    self.article_parent_id = value.id
   end
 
   def highlighted= value
diff --git a/app/models/published_article.rb b/app/models/published_article.rb
index 421c7e2..e3c3fe8 100644
--- a/app/models/published_article.rb
+++ b/app/models/published_article.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class PublishedArticle < Article
 
   before_validation_on_create :update_name
   def update_name
-    self.name ||= self.reference_article.name
+    self.name = self.reference_article.name if self.name.blank?
   end
 
   def author
diff --git a/test/functional/tasks_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/tasks_controller_test.rb
index 37737d9..7b82093 100644
--- a/test/functional/tasks_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/tasks_controller_test.rb
@@ -203,4 +203,24 @@ class TasksControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_not_nil PublishedArticle.find(:first)
   end
 
+  should 'handle blank names for published articles' do
+    c = Community.create!(:name => 'test comm')
+    @controller.stubs(:profile).returns(c)
+    c.affiliate(profile, Profile::Roles.all_roles(c.environment))
+    person = create_user('test_user').person
+    p_blog = Blog.create!(:profile => person)
+    c_blog1 = Blog.create!(:profile => c)
+    c_blog2 = Blog.new(:profile => c); c_blog2.name = 'blog2'; c_blog2.save!
+
+    article = person.articles.create!(:name => 'test article', :parent => p_blog)
+    a = ApproveArticle.create!(:article => article, :target => c, :requestor => person)
+    assert_includes c.tasks, a
+
+    assert_difference PublishedArticle, :count do
+        post :close, {"commit"=>"Ok!", "id"=> a.id.to_s, "task"=>{"name"=>"", "closing_statment"=>"", "highlighted"=>"0", "article_parent_id"=>c_blog2.id.to_s}, "decision"=>"finish"}
+    end
+    assert p_article = PublishedArticle.find_by_reference_article_id(article.id)
+    assert_includes c_blog2.children(true), p_article
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/approve_article_test.rb b/test/unit/approve_article_test.rb
index 754764c..4e53d49 100644
--- a/test/unit/approve_article_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/approve_article_test.rb
@@ -63,4 +63,22 @@ class ApproveArticleTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_match /text was removed/, a.description
   end
 
+  should 'preserve article_parent' do
+    profile = create_user('test_user').person
+    article = profile.articles.create!(:name => 'test article')
+    a = ApproveArticle.new(:article_parent => article)
+
+    assert_equal article, a.article_parent
+  end
+
+  should 'handle blank names' do
+    profile = create_user('test_user').person
+    article = profile.articles.create!(:name => 'test article')
+    community = Community.create!(:name => 'test comm')
+    a = ApproveArticle.create!(:name => '', :article => article, :target => community, :requestor => profile)
+
+    assert_difference PublishedArticle, :count do
+      a.finish
+    end
+  end
 end
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