diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_cad.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_cad.php
index fcc907819..43836724f 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_cad.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_cad.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class Af_Comics_Cad extends Af_ComicFilter {
 		$owner_uid = $article["owner_uid"];
 
 		if (strpos($article["link"], "cad-comic.com/cad/") !== FALSE) {
-			if (strpos($article["title"], "News:") === FALSE && strpos($article["plugin_data"], "af_comics,$owner_uid:") === FALSE) {
+			if (strpos($article["title"], "News:") === FALSE) {
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 				@$doc->loadHTML(fetch_file_contents($article["link"]));
@@ -22,12 +22,9 @@ class Af_Comics_Cad extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 					if ($basenode) {
 						$article["content"] = $doc->saveXML($basenode);
-						$article["plugin_data"] = "af_comics,$owner_uid:" . $article["plugin_data"];
 					}
 				}
 
-			} else if (isset($article["stored"]["content"])) {
-				$article["content"] = $article["stored"]["content"];
 			}
 
 			return true;
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_comicpress.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_comicpress.php
index 5c4daa337..ec4b7ac57 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_comicpress.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_comicpress.php
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ class Af_Comics_ComicPress extends Af_ComicFilter {
 				strpos($article["guid"], "happyjar.com") !== FALSE ||
 				strpos($article["guid"], "csectioncomics.com") !== FALSE) {
 
-			 if (strpos($article["plugin_data"], "af_comics,$owner_uid:") === FALSE) {
-
 				// lol at people who block clients by user agent
 				// oh noes my ad revenue Q_Q
 
@@ -36,12 +34,8 @@ class Af_Comics_ComicPress extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 					if ($basenode) {
 						$article["content"] = $doc->saveXML($basenode);
-						$article["plugin_data"] = "af_comics,$owner_uid:" . $article["plugin_data"];
 					}
 				}
-			} else if (isset($article["stored"]["content"])) {
-				$article["content"] = $article["stored"]["content"];
-			}
 
 			 return true;
 		}
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_darklegacy.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_darklegacy.php
index d87a3da22..c03919b1d 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_darklegacy.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_darklegacy.php
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ class Af_Comics_DarkLegacy extends Af_ComicFilter {
 		$owner_uid = $article["owner_uid"];
 
 		if (strpos($article["guid"], "darklegacycomics.com") !== FALSE) {
-			 if (strpos($article["plugin_data"], "af_comics,$owner_uid:") === FALSE) {
-
-				 print "DLC!" . $article["link"] . "\n";
 
 				$res = fetch_file_contents($article["link"], false, false, false,
 					 false, false, 0,
@@ -34,12 +31,8 @@ class Af_Comics_DarkLegacy extends Af_ComicFilter {
 					if ($basenode) {
 
 						$article["content"] = $doc->saveXML($basenode);
-						$article["plugin_data"] = "af_comics,$owner_uid:" . $article["plugin_data"];
 					}
 				}
-			} else if (isset($article["stored"]["content"])) {
-				$article["content"] = $article["stored"]["content"];
-			}
 
 			 return true;
 		}
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_dilbert.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_dilbert.php
index 4c2233a3a..f0e31cf88 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_dilbert.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_dilbert.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ class Af_Comics_Dilbert extends Af_ComicFilter {
 		$owner_uid = $article["owner_uid"];
 
 		if (strpos($article["guid"], "dilbert.com") !== FALSE) {
-			if (strpos($article["plugin_data"], "af_comics,$owner_uid:") === FALSE) {
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 				@$doc->loadHTML(fetch_file_contents($article["link"]));
 
@@ -36,12 +35,8 @@ class Af_Comics_Dilbert extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 					if ($basenode) {
 						$article["content"] = $doc->saveXML($basenode);
-						$article["plugin_data"] = "af_comics,$owner_uid:" . $article["plugin_data"];
 					}
 				}
-			} else if (isset($article["stored"]["content"])) {
-				$article["content"] = $article["stored"]["content"];
-			}
 
 			return true;
 		}
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_explosm.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_explosm.php
index 7e0621852..cba7ad0ad 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_explosm.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_explosm.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ class Af_Comics_Explosm extends Af_ComicFilter {
 		$owner_uid = $article["owner_uid"];
 
 		if (strpos($article["link"], "explosm.net/comics") !== FALSE) {
-			if (strpos($article["plugin_data"], "af_comics,$owner_uid:") === FALSE) {
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 				@$doc->loadHTML(fetch_file_contents($article["link"]));
@@ -33,12 +32,8 @@ class Af_Comics_Explosm extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 					if ($basenode) {
 						$article["content"] = $doc->saveXML($basenode);
-						$article["plugin_data"] = "af_comics,$owner_uid:" . $article["plugin_data"];
 					}
 				}
-			} else if (isset($article["stored"]["content"])) {
-				$article["content"] = $article["stored"]["content"];
-			}
 
 			return true;
 		}
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_gocomics.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_gocomics.php
index d950dbe6b..9b3c787de 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_gocomics.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_gocomics.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ class Af_Comics_GoComics extends Af_ComicFilter {
 		$owner_uid = $article["owner_uid"];
 
 		if (strpos($article["guid"], "gocomics.com") !== FALSE) {
-			if (strpos($article["plugin_data"], "af_comics,$owner_uid:") === FALSE) {
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 				@$doc->loadHTML(fetch_file_contents($article["link"]));
 
@@ -42,12 +41,8 @@ class Af_Comics_GoComics extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 					if ($basenode) {
 						$article["content"] = $doc->saveXML($basenode);
-						$article["plugin_data"] = "af_comics,$owner_uid:" . $article["plugin_data"];
 					}
 				}
-			} else if (isset($article["stored"]["content"])) {
-				$article["content"] = $article["stored"]["content"];
-			}
 
 			return true;
 		}
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pa.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pa.php
index b44de9cff..a13857cc1 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pa.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pa.php
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ class Af_Comics_Pa extends Af_ComicFilter {
 	}
 
 	function process(&$article) {
-		$owner_uid = $article["owner_uid"];
-
 		if (strpos($article["link"], "penny-arcade.com") !== FALSE && strpos($article["title"], "Comic:") !== FALSE) {
-			if (strpos($article["plugin_data"], "af_comics,$owner_uid:") === FALSE) {
 
 				if ($debug_enabled) {
 					_debug("af_pennyarcade: Processing comic");
@@ -26,18 +23,13 @@ class Af_Comics_Pa extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 					if ($basenode) {
 						$article["content"] = $doc->saveXML($basenode);
-						$article["plugin_data"] = "af_comics,$owner_uid:" . $article["plugin_data"];
 					}
 				}
-			} else if (isset($article["stored"]["content"])) {
-				$article["content"] = $article["stored"]["content"];
-			}
 
 			return true;
 		}
 
 		if (strpos($article["link"], "penny-arcade.com") !== FALSE && strpos($article["title"], "News Post:") !== FALSE) {
-			if (strpos($article["plugin_data"], "af_comics,$owner_uid:") === FALSE) {
 				if ($debug_enabled) {
 					_debug("af_pennyarcade: Processing news post");
 				}
@@ -73,12 +65,8 @@ class Af_Comics_Pa extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 					if ($basenode){
 						$article["content"] = $doc->saveXML($basenode);
-						$article["plugin_data"] = "af_comics,$owner_uid:" . $article["plugin_data"];
 					}
 				}
-			} else if (isset($article["stored"]["content"])) {
-				$article["content"] = $article["stored"]["content"];
-			}
 
 			return true;
 		}
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_twp.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_twp.php
index 156b2b687..ec43c1379 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_twp.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_twp.php
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ class Af_Comics_Twp extends Af_ComicFilter {
 	}
 
 	function process(&$article) {
-		$owner_uid = $article["owner_uid"];
 
 		if (strpos($article["link"], "threewordphrase.com") !== FALSE) {
-			if (strpos($article["plugin_data"], "af_comics,$owner_uid:") === FALSE) {
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 				@$doc->loadHTML(fetch_file_contents($article["link"]));
@@ -23,12 +21,8 @@ class Af_Comics_Twp extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 					if ($basenode) {
 						$article["content"] = $doc->saveXML($basenode);
-						$article["plugin_data"] = "af_comics,$owner_uid:" . $article["plugin_data"];
 					}
 				}
-			} else if (isset($article["stored"]["content"])) {
-				$article["content"] = $article["stored"]["content"];
-			}
 
 			return true;
 		}
diff --git a/plugins/af_fsckportal/init.php b/plugins/af_fsckportal/init.php
index 4a5490274..4718eca91 100644
--- a/plugins/af_fsckportal/init.php
+++ b/plugins/af_fsckportal/init.php
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ class Af_Fsckportal extends Plugin {
 	}
 
 	function hook_article_filter($article) {
-		$owner_uid = $article["owner_uid"];
-
-		if (strpos($article["plugin_data"], "fsckportal,$owner_uid:") === FALSE) {
 
 			$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
@@ -41,11 +38,7 @@ class Af_Fsckportal extends Plugin {
 				}
 
 				$article["content"] = $doc->saveXML();
-				$article["plugin_data"] = "fsckportal,$owner_uid:" . $article["plugin_data"];
 
-			}
-		} else if (isset($article["stored"]["content"])) {
-			$article["content"] = $article["stored"]["content"];
 		}
 
 		return $article;
diff --git a/plugins/af_habr/init.php b/plugins/af_habr/init.php
index d357956a7..e6dc54c24 100644
--- a/plugins/af_habr/init.php
+++ b/plugins/af_habr/init.php
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ class Af_Habr extends Plugin {
 		$owner_uid = $article["owner_uid"];
 
 		if (strpos($article["link"], "habrahabr.ru") !== FALSE) {
-			if (strpos($article["plugin_data"], "af_habr,$owner_uid:") === FALSE) {
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 				@$doc->loadHTML(fetch_file_contents($article["link"]));
@@ -31,12 +30,8 @@ class Af_Habr extends Plugin {
 
 					if ($basenode) {
 						$article["content"] = $doc->saveXML($basenode);
-						$article["plugin_data"] = "af_habr,$owner_uid:" . $article["plugin_data"];
 					}
 				}
-			} else if (isset($article["stored"]["content"])) {
-				$article["content"] = $article["stored"]["content"];
-			}
 		}
 
 		return $article;
diff --git a/plugins/af_natgeo/init.php b/plugins/af_natgeo/init.php
index 72354c1c8..52a89e92d 100644
--- a/plugins/af_natgeo/init.php
+++ b/plugins/af_natgeo/init.php
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ class Af_NatGeo extends Plugin {
 		$owner_uid = $article["owner_uid"];
 
 		if (strpos($article["link"], "nationalgeographic.com") !== FALSE) {
-			if (strpos($article["plugin_data"], "natgeo,$owner_uid:") === FALSE) {
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 				@$doc->loadHTML(fetch_file_contents($article["link"]));
@@ -39,12 +38,8 @@ class Af_NatGeo extends Plugin {
 
 					if ($basenode) {
 						$article["content"] = $doc->saveXML($basenode);
-						$article["plugin_data"] = "natgeo,$owner_uid:" . $article["plugin_data"];
 					}
 				}
-			} else if (isset($article["stored"]["content"])) {
-				$article["content"] = $article["stored"]["content"];
-			}
 		}
 
 		return $article;
diff --git a/plugins/af_redditimgur/init.php b/plugins/af_redditimgur/init.php
index e81d908e2..e513cc6f4 100644
--- a/plugins/af_redditimgur/init.php
+++ b/plugins/af_redditimgur/init.php
@@ -15,12 +15,8 @@ class Af_RedditImgur extends Plugin {
 	}
 
 	function hook_article_filter($article) {
-		$owner_uid = $article["owner_uid"];
-
-		$force = false;
 
 		if (strpos($article["link"], "reddit.com/r/") !== FALSE) {
-			if (strpos($article["plugin_data"], "redditimgur,$owner_uid:") === FALSE || $force) {
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 				@$doc->loadHTML($article["content"]);
 
@@ -123,12 +119,8 @@ class Af_RedditImgur extends Plugin {
 
 					if ($node && $found) {
 						$article["content"] = $doc->saveXML($node);
-						if (!$force) $article["plugin_data"] = "redditimgur,$owner_uid:" . $article["plugin_data"];
 					}
 				}
-			} else if (isset($article["stored"]["content"])) {
-				$article["content"] = $article["stored"]["content"];
-			}
 		}
 
 		return $article;
diff --git a/plugins/af_sciam/init.php b/plugins/af_sciam/init.php
index 658265e50..9c14515e0 100644
--- a/plugins/af_sciam/init.php
+++ b/plugins/af_sciam/init.php
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ class Af_SciAm extends Plugin {
 		$owner_uid = $article["owner_uid"];
 
 		if (strpos($article["link"], "scientificamerican.com") !== FALSE || strpos($article["link"], "rss.sciam.com") !== FALSE) {
-			if (strpos($article["plugin_data"], "sciam,$owner_uid:") === FALSE) {
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 				@$doc->loadHTML(fetch_file_contents($article["link"]));
@@ -33,12 +32,8 @@ class Af_SciAm extends Plugin {
 
 					if ($basenode) {
 						$article["content"] = $doc->saveXML($basenode);
-						$article["plugin_data"] = "sciam,$owner_uid:" . $article["plugin_data"];
 					}
 				}
-			} else if (isset($article["stored"]["content"])) {
-				$article["content"] = $article["stored"]["content"];
-			}
 		}
 
 		return $article;
diff --git a/plugins/af_unburn/init.php b/plugins/af_unburn/init.php
index 5873ccdf7..5c9bc1387 100644
--- a/plugins/af_unburn/init.php
+++ b/plugins/af_unburn/init.php
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ class Af_Unburn extends Plugin {
 		  		strpos($article["link"], "/~r/") !== FALSE ||
 				strpos($article["link"], "feedsportal.com") !== FALSE)) {
 
-			if (strpos($article["plugin_data"], "unburn,$owner_uid:") === FALSE) {
-
 				if (ini_get("safe_mode") || ini_get("open_basedir")) {
 					$ch = curl_init(geturl($article["link"]));
 				} else {
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ class Af_Unburn extends Plugin {
 					curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, _CURL_HTTP_PROXY);
 				}
 
-				$contents = @curl_exec($ch);
+				@curl_exec($ch);
 
 				$real_url = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL);
 
@@ -73,9 +71,6 @@ class Af_Unburn extends Plugin {
 					$article["plugin_data"] = "unburn,$owner_uid:" . $article["plugin_data"];
 					$article["link"] = $real_url;
 				}
-			} else if (isset($article["stored"]["link"])) {
-				$article["link"] = $article["stored"]["link"];
-			}
 		}
 
 		return $article;