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Thursday, November 6th, 2025

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Date of death rejected with "cannot verify" even though I have cited an obituary - yet again!

Yet another date of death has been rejected as "unable to verify your contribution" even though I have given the URL of a newspaper obituary and have quoted the supporting text. Can an admin please submit this data for me. I'd be interested to know if there is something I could do differently which would prevent these rejections of data. My submission 251103-200729-029000 says: Date of DeathAddition 10 October 2025 (cancer) Your Comment “ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/03/adrian-sutton-obituary "The composer Adrian Sutton, who has died of cancer aged 58" and "Adrian Geoffrey Sutton, composer, born 15 August 1967; died 10 October 2025" ” What more information can I give than that? I have verified that the URL still works and is not behind a paywall. Is anyone else having this sort of problem when they submit biographical data with supporting evidence. It's very frustrating to have to go back and chase failed submissions like this.

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29 days ago

Hi martin_695862- Thank you for posting the submission reference number! Further reviewing, this was a processing error which has been reported to the respective team. This has now been re-submitted on your behalf and approved. The changes will be live shortly. Cheers!

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29 days ago

Yes, I've had this problem, rejected even after submitting authorities, even with web addresses. It's incredibly annoying and can waste a great deal of time over something that is not contested.