diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/validator/wiki.py b/r2/r2/controllers/validator/wiki.py
index a9c3cd17f..7018bb824 100644
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/validator/wiki.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/validator/wiki.py
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ class VWikiPage(Validator):
         
         page = normalize_page(page)
         
-        c.wiki_page = page
         if (not c.is_wiki_mod) and self.modonly:
             return self.set_error('MOD_REQUIRED', code=403)
         
diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
index 58801fea7..b7f5baacf 100755
--- a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
@@ -137,12 +137,13 @@ class Reddit(Templated):
     def __init__(self, space_compress = True, nav_menus = None, loginbox = True,
                  infotext = '', content = None, short_description='', title = '', robots = None, 
                  show_sidebar = True, footer = True, srbar = True, page_classes = None,
-                 show_wiki_actions = False, **context):
+                 show_wiki_actions = False, extra_js_config = {}, **context):
         Templated.__init__(self, **context)
         self.title          = title
         self.short_description = short_description
         self.robots         = robots
         self.infotext       = infotext
+        self.extra_js_config = extra_js_config
         self.show_wiki_actions = show_wiki_actions
         self.loginbox       = True
         self.show_sidebar   = show_sidebar
diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/pages/wiki.py b/r2/r2/lib/pages/wiki.py
index 856302cbb..998f7ab52 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/pages/wiki.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/pages/wiki.py
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ class WikiBase(Reddit):
         elif c.wikidisabled:
             context['infotext'] = _("this wiki is currently disabled, only mods may interact with this wiki")
         context['content'] = WikiBasePage(content, action, pageactions, page=page, **context)
-        Reddit.__init__(self, show_wiki_actions=True, **context)
+        Reddit.__init__(self, extra_js_config={'wiki_page': page}, 
+                        show_wiki_actions=True, **context)
 
 class WikiPageView(WikiBase):
     def __init__(self, content, page, diff=None, **context):
diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/template_helpers.py b/r2/r2/lib/template_helpers.py
index 658969f80..3ac083f07 100755
--- a/r2/r2/lib/template_helpers.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/template_helpers.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def s3_https_if_secure(url):
          replace = "https://%s/" % s3_direct_url
     return url.replace("http://", replace)
 
-def js_config():
+def js_config(extra_config={}):
     config = {
         # is the user logged in?
         "logged": c.user_is_loggedin and c.user.name,
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ def js_config():
         "static_root": static(''),
     }
 
-    if c.wiki_page:
-        config["wiki_page"] = c.wiki_page
+    config.update(extra_config)
 
     return config
 
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/base.compact b/r2/r2/templates/base.compact
index 64c16524a..606faaf1f 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/base.compact
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/base.compact
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     ${self.robots()}
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="${static('compact.css')}" type="text/css" media="screen" />
     ${unsafe(js.use('jquery', 'mobile'))}
-    ${js_setup()}
+    ${js_setup(thing.extra_js_config)}
     ${googleanalytics('mobile')}
   </head>
   ${self.bodyHTML()}
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/base.html b/r2/r2/templates/base.html
index 2a611c901..7c73a92d3 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/base.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/base.html
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     ${self.pagemeta()}
     ${self.stylesheet()}
     ${self.javascript()}
-    ${js_setup()}
+    ${js_setup(getattr(thing, "extra_js_config", None))}
 
     ##things here may depend on globals, or included js, so we run them last
     <script type="text/javascript">
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/utils.html b/r2/r2/templates/utils.html
index 3439ceaaf..bdc110bf1 100755
--- a/r2/r2/templates/utils.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/utils.html
@@ -407,9 +407,9 @@ ${unsafe(txt)}
 </%def>
 
 
-<%def name="js_setup()">
+<%def name="js_setup(extra_config={})">
   <script type="text/javascript" id="config">
-    r.setup(${unsafe(json.dumps(js_config()))})
+    r.setup(${unsafe(json.dumps(js_config(extra_config)))})
   </script>
 </%def>