From fac59f346f0f5320b7753157ae1297462d48e58d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin Howard <devin@callysto.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 10:24:57 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix topic init function

---
 app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Backbone.js | 4 ++--
 app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Import.js   | 5 ++---
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Backbone.js b/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Backbone.js
index d05ffe3a..a37229d2 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Backbone.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Backbone.js
@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@ Metamaps.Backbone.init = function () {
       if (this.isNew()) {
         this.set({
           'user_id': Metamaps.Active.Mapper.id,
-          'desc': '',
-          'link': '',
+          'desc': this.get('desc') || '',
+          'link': this.get('link') || '',
           'permission': Metamaps.Active.Map ? Metamaps.Active.Map.get('permission') : 'commons'
         })
       }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Import.js b/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Import.js
index 7ebadb37..2ed7e00a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Import.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Import.js
@@ -270,10 +270,9 @@ Metamaps.Import = {
       metacode_id: metacode.id,
       permission: topic_permission,
       defer_to_map_id: defer_to_map_id,
-      desc: desc || ""
+      desc: desc || "",
+      link: link || ""
     })
-    topic.set('desc', desc || '') // TODO why is this necessary?
-    topic.set('link', link) // TODO why is this necessary?
     Metamaps.Topics.add(topic)
 
     if (import_id !== null && import_id !== undefined) {