diff --git a/public/src/app.js b/public/src/app.js
index 9068042fa4..bcdb98540d 100644
--- a/public/src/app.js
+++ b/public/src/app.js
@@ -245,12 +245,24 @@ var socket,
 	};
 
 	app.edit_post = function(pid) {
-		var	content = document.getElementById('post_content');
-		socket.emit('api:posts.edit', { pid: pid, content: content.value });
+		var	content = $('#post_content');
+
+		if (content.val().length < 5) {
+			app.alert({
+				title: 'Topic Post Failure',
+				message: 'You need to write more dude.',
+				type: 'error',
+				timeout: 2000
+			});	
+
+			return;
+		}
+
+		socket.emit('api:posts.edit', { pid: pid, content: content.val() });
 
 		jQuery(post_window).slideUp(250);
 		$(document.body).removeClass('composing');
-		content.value = '';
+		content.val('');
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/public/templates/topic.tpl b/public/templates/topic.tpl
index 4ac89dcfdc..091fac6c54 100644
--- a/public/templates/topic.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/topic.tpl
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 				<a href="/users/{posts.username}">
 					<img src="{posts.gravatar}?s=80" align="left" />
 				</a>
-				<i class="icon-star"></i><span class="user_rep_{posts.uid} user_reputation_text">{posts.user_rep}</span>
+				<i class="icon-star"></i><span class="user_rep_{posts.uid} formatted-number">{posts.user_rep}</span>
 			</div>
 			<div class="span11">
 				<div class="post-block">
@@ -124,12 +124,16 @@
 				pinned: '{pinned}'
 			};
 
-		jQuery('document').ready(function() {
-
-			$('.user_reputation_text').each(function(index, element) {
+		function addCommasToNumbers() {
+			$('.formatted-number').each(function(index, element) {
 	        	$(element).html(app.addCommas($(element).html()));
         	});
+		}
+
+		jQuery('document').ready(function() {
 
+			addCommasToNumbers();
+			
 			var	room = 'topic_' + '{topic_id}',
 				adminTools = document.getElementById('thread-tools');