made loading of front page a little faster, commented out buggy code in models/__init__.py

9 files changed, 388 insertions, 99 deletions

diff --git a/askbot/bin/show_profile_stats.py b/askbot/bin/show_profile_stats.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae31d49a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/askbot/bin/show_profile_stats.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!python
+"""script for digesting profiling output
+to profile functions, wrap them into decorator @profile('file_name.prof')
+
+source: http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/ProfilingDjango
+"""
+
+import hotshot.stats
+import sys
+
+stats = hotshot.stats.load(sys.argv[1])
+#stats.strip_dirs()
+stats.sort_stats('time', 'calls')
+stats.print_stats(20)
diff --git a/askbot/doc/source/index.rst b/askbot/doc/source/index.rst
index 35b147fc..78ae333c 100644
--- a/askbot/doc/source/index.rst
+++ b/askbot/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Code of Askbot grew out of CNPROG_ project originally written by
 `Mike Chen <http://cn.linkedin.com/in/mikegangchen>`_ and Sailing Cai.
 
 If you have any questions installing or tweaking askbot - please do not hesitate to ask
-at the forum_ or email to admin@askbot.org.
+at the forum_ or by email at admin@askbot.org.
 
 Prerequisites
 ======================
diff --git a/askbot/migrations/0016_auto__del_validationhash.py b/askbot/migrations/0016_auto__del_validationhash.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0039688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/askbot/migrations/0016_auto__del_validationhash.py
@@ -0,0 +1,308 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+import datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+    
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        
+        # Deleting model 'ValidationHash'
+        db.delete_table('askbot_validationhash')
+    
+    
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        
+        # Adding model 'ValidationHash'
+        db.create_table('askbot_validationhash', (
+            ('hash_code', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=255, unique=True)),
+            ('seed', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=12)),
+            ('user', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey')(to=orm['auth.User'])),
+            ('type', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=12)),
+            ('id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.AutoField')(primary_key=True)),
+            ('expiration', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField')(default=datetime.datetime(2010, 6, 13, 23, 48, 5, 784060))),
+        ))
+        db.send_create_signal('askbot', ['ValidationHash'])
+    
+    
+    models = {
+        'askbot.activity': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Activity', 'db_table': "u'activity'"},
+            'active_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'activity_type': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_auditted': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'object_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {}),
+            'receiving_users': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'received_activity'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.anonymousanswer': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'AnonymousAnswer'},
+            'added_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'ip_addr': ('django.db.models.fields.IPAddressField', [], {'max_length': '15'}),
+            'question': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'anonymous_answers'", 'to': "orm['askbot.Question']"}),
+            'session_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '40'}),
+            'summary': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '180'}),
+            'text': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'wiki': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'askbot.anonymousquestion': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'AnonymousQuestion'},
+            'added_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'ip_addr': ('django.db.models.fields.IPAddressField', [], {'max_length': '15'}),
+            'session_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '40'}),
+            'summary': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '180'}),
+            'tagnames': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '125'}),
+            'text': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '300'}),
+            'wiki': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'askbot.answer': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Answer', 'db_table': "u'answer'"},
+            'accepted': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'accepted_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'added_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'answers'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'comment_count': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'deleted': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'deleted_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'deleted_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'deleted_answers'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'html': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'last_edited_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'last_edited_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'last_edited_answers'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'locked': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'locked_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'locked_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'locked_answers'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'offensive_flag_count': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'question': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'answers'", 'to': "orm['askbot.Question']"}),
+            'score': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'text': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'vote_down_count': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'vote_up_count': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'wiki': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'wikified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'askbot.answerrevision': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'AnswerRevision', 'db_table': "u'answer_revision'"},
+            'answer': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'revisions'", 'to': "orm['askbot.Answer']"}),
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'answerrevisions'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'revised_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {}),
+            'revision': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {}),
+            'summary': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '300', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'text': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {})
+        },
+        'askbot.award': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Award', 'db_table': "u'award'"},
+            'awarded_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'badge': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'award_badge'", 'to': "orm['askbot.Badge']"}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'notified': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'object_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'award_user'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.badge': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('name', 'type'),)", 'object_name': 'Badge', 'db_table': "u'badge'"},
+            'awarded_count': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'awarded_to': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'badges'", 'through': "'Award'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '300'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'multiple': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'}),
+            'slug': ('django.db.models.fields.SlugField', [], {'db_index': 'True', 'max_length': '50', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'type': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {})
+        },
+        'askbot.comment': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Comment', 'db_table': "u'comment'"},
+            'added_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'comment': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '2048'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'html': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '2048'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'object_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'comments'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.emailfeedsetting': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'EmailFeedSetting'},
+            'added_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'feed_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '16'}),
+            'frequency': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'n'", 'max_length': '8'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'reported_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'subscriber': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'notification_subscriptions'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.favoritequestion': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'FavoriteQuestion', 'db_table': "u'favorite_question'"},
+            'added_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'question': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['askbot.Question']"}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'user_favorite_questions'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.flaggeditem': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('content_type', 'object_id', 'user'),)", 'object_name': 'FlaggedItem', 'db_table': "u'flagged_item'"},
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'flagged_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'object_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'flaggeditems'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.markedtag': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'MarkedTag'},
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'reason': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '16'}),
+            'tag': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'user_selections'", 'to': "orm['askbot.Tag']"}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'tag_selections'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.question': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Question', 'db_table': "u'question'"},
+            'added_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'answer_accepted': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'answer_count': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'questions'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'close_reason': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'closed': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'closed_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'closed_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'closed_questions'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'comment_count': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'deleted': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'deleted_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'deleted_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'deleted_questions'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'favorited_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'favorite_questions'", 'through': "'FavoriteQuestion'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'favourite_count': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'followed_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'followed_questions'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'html': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'last_activity_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_activity_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'last_active_in_questions'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'last_edited_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'last_edited_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'last_edited_questions'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'locked': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'locked_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'locked_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'locked_questions'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'offensive_flag_count': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'score': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'summary': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '180'}),
+            'tagnames': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '125'}),
+            'tags': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'questions'", 'to': "orm['askbot.Tag']"}),
+            'text': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '300'}),
+            'view_count': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'vote_down_count': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'vote_up_count': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'wiki': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'wikified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'askbot.questionrevision': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'QuestionRevision', 'db_table': "u'question_revision'"},
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'questionrevisions'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'question': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'revisions'", 'to': "orm['askbot.Question']"}),
+            'revised_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {}),
+            'revision': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {}),
+            'summary': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '300', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'tagnames': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '125'}),
+            'text': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '300'})
+        },
+        'askbot.questionview': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'QuestionView'},
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'question': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'viewed'", 'to': "orm['askbot.Question']"}),
+            'when': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {}),
+            'who': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'question_views'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.repute': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Repute', 'db_table': "u'repute'"},
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'negative': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'positive': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'question': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['askbot.Question']"}),
+            'reputation': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '1'}),
+            'reputation_type': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {}),
+            'reputed_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.tag': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Tag', 'db_table': "u'tag'"},
+            'created_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'created_tags'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'deleted': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'deleted_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'deleted_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'deleted_tags'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '255'}),
+            'used_count': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'})
+        },
+        'askbot.vote': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('content_type', 'object_id', 'user'),)", 'object_name': 'Vote', 'db_table': "u'vote'"},
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'object_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'votes'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'vote': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {}),
+            'voted_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'})
+        },
+        'auth.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
+            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'auth.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('content_type', 'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        'auth.user': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
+            'about': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'bronze': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'date_of_birth': ('django.db.models.fields.DateField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'email_isvalid': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'email_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '32', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'gold': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'gravatar': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '32'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Group']", 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'hide_ignored_questions': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'is_approved': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'last_seen': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'location': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'questions_per_page': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '10'}),
+            'real_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'reputation': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '1'}),
+            'response_count': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'silver': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'tag_filter_setting': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'ignored'", 'max_length': '16'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'}),
+            'website': ('django.db.models.fields.URLField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        }
+    }
+    
+    complete_apps = ['askbot']
diff --git a/askbot/models/__init__.py b/askbot/models/__init__.py
index 3f3a8b07..bbda9773 100644
--- a/askbot/models/__init__.py
+++ b/askbot/models/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from askbot.models.question import FavoriteQuestion
 from askbot.models.answer import Answer, AnonymousAnswer, AnswerRevision
 from askbot.models.tag import Tag, MarkedTag
 from askbot.models.meta import Vote, Comment, FlaggedItem
-from askbot.models.user import Activity, ValidationHash, EmailFeedSetting
+from askbot.models.user import Activity, EmailFeedSetting
 from askbot.models import signals
 #from user import AuthKeyUserAssociation
 from askbot.models.repute import Badge, Award, Repute
@@ -383,18 +383,19 @@ def record_post_update_activity(
         user.save()
 
     #todo: weird thing is that only comments need the receiving_users
+    #todo: debug these calls and then uncomment in the repo
     #argument to this call
-    notification_subscribers = post.get_instant_notification_subscribers(
-                                    potential_subscribers = receiving_users,
-                                    mentioned_users = newly_mentioned_users,
-                                    exclude_list = [updated_by, ]
-                                )
+    #notification_subscribers = post.get_instant_notification_subscribers(
+    #                                potential_subscribers = receiving_users,
+    #                                mentioned_users = newly_mentioned_users,
+    #                                exclude_list = [updated_by, ]
+    #                            )
 
-    send_instant_notifications_about_activity_in_post(
-                            update_activity = update_activity,
-                            post = post,
-                            receiving_users = notification_subscribers,
-                        )
+    #send_instant_notifications_about_activity_in_post(
+    #                        update_activity = update_activity,
+    #                        post = post,
+    #                        receiving_users = notification_subscribers,
+    #                    )
 
 
 def record_award_event(instance, created, **kwargs):
@@ -661,7 +662,6 @@ Repute = Repute
 
 Activity = Activity
 EmailFeedSetting = EmailFeedSetting
-ValidationHash = ValidationHash
 #AuthKeyUserAssociation = AuthKeyUserAssociation
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -689,7 +689,6 @@ __all__ = [
 
         'Activity',
         'EmailFeedSetting',
-        'ValidationHash',
         #'AuthKeyUserAssociation',
 
         'User',
diff --git a/askbot/models/question.py b/askbot/models/question.py
index 31a82e0f..f75b87b6 100644
--- a/askbot/models/question.py
+++ b/askbot/models/question.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class QuestionManager(models.Manager):
             meta_data['interesting_tag_names'] = pt.filter(reason='good').values_list('tag__name', flat=True)
             meta_data['ignored_tag_names'] = pt.filter(reason='bad').values_list('tag__name', flat=True)
 
-        qs = qs.select_related(depth=1)
+        #qs = qs.select_related(depth=1)
         #todo: fix orderby here
         orderby = QUESTION_ORDER_BY_MAP[sort_method]
         if orderby:
@@ -187,9 +187,8 @@ class QuestionManager(models.Manager):
     def get_question_and_answer_contributors(self, question_list):
         answer_list = []
         question_list = list(question_list)#important for MySQL, b/c it does not support
-        #the query in return statement below
-        for q in question_list:
-            answer_list.extend(list(q.answers.all()))
+        from askbot.models.answer import Answer
+        answer_list = Answer.objects.filter(question__in = question_list)
         contributors = User.objects.filter(
                                     models.Q(questions__in=question_list) \
                                     | models.Q(answers__in=answer_list)
diff --git a/askbot/models/user.py b/askbot/models/user.py
index d06c4ed2..5fe18858 100644
--- a/askbot/models/user.py
+++ b/askbot/models/user.py
@@ -253,83 +253,6 @@ class EmailFeedSetting(models.Model):
     class Meta:
         app_label = 'askbot'
 
-from askbot.utils.time import one_day_from_now
-
-class ValidationHashManager(models.Manager):
-    def _generate_md5_hash(self, user, type, hash_data, seed):
-        return md5(
-                    "%s%s%s%s"  % (
-                                    seed, 
-                                    "".join(map(str, hash_data)), 
-                                    user.id, 
-                                    type
-                                )
-                ).hexdigest()
-
-    def create_new(self, user, type, hash_data=[], expiration=None):
-        seed = ''.join(Random().sample(string.letters+string.digits, 12))
-        hash = self._generate_md5_hash(user, type, hash_data, seed)
-
-        obj = ValidationHash(hash_code=hash, seed=seed, user=user, type=type)
-
-        if expiration is not None:
-            obj.expiration = expiration
-
-        try:
-            obj.save()
-        except:
-            return None
-            
-        return obj
-
-    def validate(self, hash, user, type, hash_data=[]):
-        try:
-            obj = self.get(hash_code=hash)
-        except:
-            return False
-
-        if obj.type != type:
-            return False
-
-        if obj.user != user:
-            return False
-
-        valid = (obj.hash_code == self._generate_md5_hash(
-                                            obj.user, 
-                                            type, 
-                                            hash_data, 
-                                            obj.seed
-                                        )
-                )
-
-        if valid:
-            if obj.expiration < datetime.datetime.now():
-                obj.delete()
-                return False
-            else:
-                obj.delete()
-                return True
-
-        return False
-
-class ValidationHash(models.Model):
-    #todo: was 256 chars - is that important?
-    #on mysql 255 is max for unique=True
-    hash_code = models.CharField(max_length=255,unique=True)
-    seed = models.CharField(max_length=12)
-    expiration = models.DateTimeField(default=one_day_from_now)
-    type = models.CharField(max_length=12)
-    user = models.ForeignKey(User)
-
-    objects = ValidationHashManager()
-
-    class Meta:
-        unique_together = ('user', 'type')
-        app_label = 'askbot'
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return self.hash_code
-
 #class AuthKeyUserAssociation(models.Model):
 #    key = models.CharField(max_length=255,null=False,unique=True)
 #    provider = models.CharField(max_length=64)#string 'yahoo', 'google', etc.
diff --git a/askbot/utils/decorators.py b/askbot/utils/decorators.py
index 440e8312..0ecf24e8 100644
--- a/askbot/utils/decorators.py
+++ b/askbot/utils/decorators.py
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+import hotshot
+import time
+import os
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseForbidden, Http404
 from django.utils import simplejson
 
+
 def ajax_login_required(view_func):
     def wrap(request,*args,**kwargs):
         if request.user.is_authenticated():
@@ -10,6 +15,7 @@ def ajax_login_required(view_func):
             return HttpResponseForbidden(json,mimetype='application/json')
     return wrap
 
+
 def ajax_method(view_func):
     def wrap(request,*args,**kwargs):
         if not request.is_ajax():
@@ -22,3 +28,46 @@ def ajax_method(view_func):
             json = simplejson.dumps(retval)
             return HttpResponse(json,mimetype='application/json')
     return wrap
+
+try:
+    PROFILE_LOG_BASE = settings.PROFILE_LOG_BASE
+except:
+    PROFILE_LOG_BASE = "/tmp"
+
+
+def profile(log_file):
+    """Profile some callable.
+
+    This decorator uses the hotshot profiler to profile some callable (like
+    a view function or method) and dumps the profile data somewhere sensible
+    for later processing and examination.
+
+    It takes one argument, the profile log name. If it's a relative path, it
+    places it under the PROFILE_LOG_BASE. It also inserts a time stamp into the 
+    file name, such that 'my_view.prof' become 'my_view-20100211T170321.prof', 
+    where the time stamp is in UTC. This makes it easy to run and compare 
+    multiple trials.     
+
+    http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/ProfilingDjango
+    """
+
+    if not os.path.isabs(log_file):
+        log_file = os.path.join(PROFILE_LOG_BASE, log_file)
+
+    def _outer(f):
+        def _inner(*args, **kwargs):
+            # Add a timestamp to the profile output when the callable
+            # is actually called.
+            (base, ext) = os.path.splitext(log_file)
+            base = base + "-" + time.strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%S", time.gmtime())
+            final_log_file = base + ext
+
+            prof = hotshot.Profile(final_log_file)
+            try:
+                ret = prof.runcall(f, *args, **kwargs)
+            finally:
+                prof.close()
+            return ret
+
+        return _inner
+    return _outer
diff --git a/askbot/utils/time.py b/askbot/utils/time.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 39e01d0f..00000000
--- a/askbot/utils/time.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-import datetime
-
-def one_day_from_now():
-    return datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
diff --git a/askbot/views/readers.py b/askbot/views/readers.py
index f719fd4f..07390289 100644
--- a/askbot/views/readers.py
+++ b/askbot/views/readers.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from askbot import const
 from askbot import auth
 from askbot.utils.forms import get_next_url
 from askbot.utils.functions import not_a_robot_request
+from askbot.utils.decorators import profile
 from askbot.search.state_manager import SearchState
 
 # used in index page