diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
index 136a82a94..adcbe6161 100755
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
@@ -1570,7 +1570,12 @@ class ApiController(RedditController, OAuth2ResourceController):
               form.has_errors('public_description', errors.TOO_LONG) or
               form.has_errors('description', errors.TOO_LONG)):
             pass
-
+        elif sr and (form.has_errors(('prev_public_description_id', 
+                                      'prev_description_id'), errors.TOO_LONG)):
+            pass
+        elif (form.has_errors(('wiki_edit_karma', 'wiki_edit_age'), 
+                              errors.BAD_NUMBER)):
+            pass
         #creating a new reddit
         elif not sr:
             #sending kw is ok because it was sanitized above
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/createsubreddit.html b/r2/r2/templates/createsubreddit.html
index 5f8c31661..d33c61914 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/createsubreddit.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/createsubreddit.html
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@
   %if thing.site:
         <input type="hidden" name="prev_public_description_id" value="${thing.site.prev_public_description_id}"/>
         <input type="hidden" name="prev_description_id" value="${thing.site.prev_description_id}"/>
+        ${error_field("TOO_LONG", "prev_public_description_id")}
+        ${error_field("TOO_LONG", "prev_description_id")}
   %endif
 
   <%utils:line_field title="${_('language')}">
@@ -174,6 +176,7 @@
         %else:
             <input id="wiki_edit_karma" type="text" name="wiki_edit_karma" value="100" />
         %endif
+        ${error_field("BAD_NUMBER", "wiki_edit_karma")}
     </div>
     <div class="delete-field">
     <label for="wiki_edit_age">${_('Account age (days) required to edit and create wiki pages:')}</label>
@@ -183,6 +186,7 @@
         %else:
             <input id="wiki_edit_age" type="text" name="wiki_edit_age" value="0" />
         %endif
+        ${error_field("BAD_NUMBER", "wiki_edit_age")}
     </div>
     </div>
   </%utils:line_field>