diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index fd7abeb6..2bd72b50 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The filters added to this controller will be run for all controllers in the application.
 # Likewise will all the methods added be available for all controllers.
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
-#  require 'dnsbl_check'
+
   protect_forms_from_spam
   before_filter :connect_to_model, :check_authorization, :setup_url_generator, :set_content_type_header, :set_robots_metatag
   after_filter :remember_location, :teardown_url_generator
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     Wiki.new
   end
 
+  def xhtml_enabled?
+    in_a_web? and [:markdownMML, :markdownPNG, :markdown].include?(@web.markup)
+  end
+
   protected
 
   def check_authorization
@@ -166,8 +170,6 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     end
   end
 
-  public
-
   def set_content_type_header
     response.charset = 'utf-8'
     if %w(atom_with_content atom_with_headlines).include?(action_name)
@@ -190,12 +192,6 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     end
   end
 
-  def xhtml_enabled?
-    in_a_web? and (@web.markup == :markdownMML or @web.markup == :markdownPNG or @web.markup == :markdown)
-  end
-
-  protected
-
   def set_robots_metatag
     if controller_name == 'wiki' and %w(show published s5).include? action_name and !(params[:mode] == 'diff')
       @robots_metatag_value = 'index,follow'
diff --git a/app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb b/app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb
index 31360927..270fbebd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb
@@ -389,19 +389,6 @@ class WikiController < ApplicationController
     end       
   end
 
-  def truncate(text, length = 30, truncate_string = '...')
-    return text if text.length <= length
-    len = length - truncate_string.length
-    t = ''
-    text.split.collect do |word|
-      if t.length + word.length <= len
-        t << word + ' '
-      else 
-        return t.chop + truncate_string
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   protected
 
   def do_caching?
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 154d54fd..893faa70 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -111,4 +111,17 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     PageRenderer.new(page.revisions.last).display_content
   end
 
+  def truncate(text, length = 30, truncate_string = '...')
+    return text if text.length <= length
+    len = length - truncate_string.length
+    t = ''
+    text.split.collect do |word|
+      if t.length + word.length <= len
+        t << word + ' '
+      else 
+        return t.chop + truncate_string
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/app/views/wiki/list.rhtml b/app/views/wiki/list.rhtml
index 12dc2571..fb42a0bd 100644
--- a/app/views/wiki/list.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/wiki/list.rhtml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 <ul>
   <%- @pages_in_category.each do |page| -%>
     <li>
-      <%= link_to_existing_page page, truncate(page.plain_name, :length => 35) %>
+      <%= link_to_existing_page page, truncate(page.plain_name, 35) %>
     </li>
   <%- end -%>
 </ul>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   <ul style="margin-bottom: 10px">
   <%- @page_names_that_are_wanted.each do |wanted_page_name| -%>
     <li>
-      <%= link_to_page(wanted_page_name, @web, truncate(WikiWords.separate(wanted_page_name), :length => 35)) %>
+      <%= link_to_page(wanted_page_name, @web, truncate(WikiWords.separate(wanted_page_name), 35)) %>
       wanted by
       <%= @web.select.pages_that_reference(wanted_page_name).collect { |referring_page|            
             link_to_existing_page referring_page
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   <ul style="margin-bottom: 35px">
     <%- @pages_that_are_orphaned.each do |orphan_page| -%>
       <li>
-        <%= link_to_existing_page orphan_page, truncate(orphan_page.plain_name, :length => 35) %>
+        <%= link_to_existing_page orphan_page, truncate(orphan_page.plain_name, 35) %>
       </li>
     <%- end -%>
   </ul>
diff --git a/test/functional/wiki_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/wiki_controller_test.rb
index b16ce0fc..7b54a359 100644
--- a/test/functional/wiki_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/wiki_controller_test.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class WikiControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
   
   def setup
     @controller = WikiController.new
+    @controller.extend ApplicationHelper
     @request    = ActionController::TestRequest.new
     @response   = ActionController::TestResponse.new
     class << @request.session