diff --git a/app/controllers/choices_controller.rb b/app/controllers/choices_controller.rb
index 8a9b9eb..ad98b79 100644
--- a/app/controllers/choices_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/choices_controller.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class ChoicesController < InheritedResources::Base
       end
     end
     index! do |format|
-      format.xml { render :xml => @choices.to_xml(:only => [ :data, :score, :id, :active, :created_at, :wins, :losses], :methods => :user_created)}
+      format.xml { render :xml => @choices.to_xml(:only => [ :data, :score, :id, :active, :created_at, :wins, :losses], :methods => [:user_created, :creator_identifier])}
     end
 
   end
diff --git a/app/models/choice.rb b/app/models/choice.rb
index d34a50f..46852f1 100644
--- a/app/models/choice.rb
+++ b/app/models/choice.rb
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ class Choice < ActiveRecord::Base
     self.creator_id != self.question.creator_id
   end
 
+  def creator_identifier
+     self.creator.identifier
+  end
+
   def compute_bt_score(btprobs = nil)
       if btprobs.nil?
 	      btprobs = self.question.bradley_terry_probs
diff --git a/app/models/vote.rb b/app/models/vote.rb
index 67e563e..08809ef 100644
--- a/app/models/vote.rb
+++ b/app/models/vote.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
   named_scope :active, :include => :choice, :conditions => { 'choices.active' => true }
   named_scope :active_loser, :include => :loser_choice, :conditions => { 'choices.active' => true }
 
-  default_scope :conditions => "#{table_name}.valid_record = 1"
+  default_scope :conditions => {"#{table_name}.valid_record"  => true }
 
   serialize :tracking
 
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