diff --git a/app/models/post.rb b/app/models/post.rb
index 72f5b8298..1cc40926a 100644
--- a/app/models/post.rb
+++ b/app/models/post.rb
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
       count = Cache.get(count_cache_key(tags))
       
       if count.nil?
-        count = select_value("SELECT post_count FROM tags WHERE name = ?", tags.to_s)
+        count = select_value_sql("SELECT post_count FROM tags WHERE name = ?", tags.to_s)
       end
       
       count
diff --git a/app/views/post_appeals/_new.html.erb b/app/views/post_appeals/_new.html.erb
index ad2bd8dcc..f8ae1090d 100644
--- a/app/views/post_appeals/_new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/post_appeals/_new.html.erb
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
     <p>All users are limited to one appeal a day. For more details, please read the <%= link_to "wiki", wiki_pages_path(:title => "help:deletion_appeals") %>.</p>
 
-    <%= simple_form_for(@post_appeal, :remote => true, :format => :js) do |f| %>
+    <%= form_tag(post_appeals_path(:format => :js), :remote => true) do %>
       <%= hidden_field_tag "post_appeal[post_id]", @post_appeal.post_id %>
-      <%= f.text_field :reason, :size => "40x5" %>
+      <%= text_area :post_appeal, :reason, :size => "40x5" %>
     <% end %>
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/app/views/post_flags/_new.html.erb b/app/views/post_flags/_new.html.erb
index 726bcb351..b555512ee 100644
--- a/app/views/post_flags/_new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/post_flags/_new.html.erb
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
     </ul>
 
     <p>Enter a reason:</p>
-
-    <%= simple_form_for(@post_flag, :remote => true, :format => :js) do |f| %>
-      <%= f.input :post_id, :as => :hidden %>
-      <%= f.text_field :reason %>
+    
+    <%= form_tag(post_flags_path(:format => :js), :remote => true) do %>
+      <%= hidden_field :post_flag, :post_id %>
+      <%= text_area :post_flag, :reason, :size => "40x5" %>
     <% end %>
   </div>
 </div>