diff --git a/webapp/web/edit/editDatapropStmtRequestDispatch.jsp b/webapp/web/edit/editDatapropStmtRequestDispatch.jsp
index 4d5f090a4..666fd1a3b 100644
--- a/webapp/web/edit/editDatapropStmtRequestDispatch.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/edit/editDatapropStmtRequestDispatch.jsp
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
     DataProperty dataproperty = wdf.getDataPropertyDao().getDataPropertyByURI( predicateUri );
     if( dataproperty == null) {
         // No dataproperty will be returned for a vitro ns prop, but we shouldn't throw an error.
+        // RY This is not necessarily true...
         if (!isVitroNsProp) {
             log.error("Could not find data property '"+predicateUri+"' in model");
             throw new Error("editDatapropStmtRequest.jsp: Could not find DataProperty in model: " + predicateUri);
diff --git a/webapp/web/edit/forms/datapropStmtDelete.jsp b/webapp/web/edit/forms/datapropStmtDelete.jsp
index 5831d267f..05540c90f 100644
--- a/webapp/web/edit/forms/datapropStmtDelete.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/edit/forms/datapropStmtDelete.jsp
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <%-- $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ --%>
 
 <%@ page import="com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Model" %>
+<%@ page import="com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource" %>
+<%@ page import="com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Literal" %>
+<%@ page import="com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Property" %>
 
 <%@ page import="edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.beans.LoginFormBean" %>
 <%@ page import="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.DataProperty" %>
@@ -89,11 +92,11 @@
         			OntModel writeModel = (new StandardModelSelector()).getModel(request, application);        			
         			writeModel.enterCriticalSection(Lock.WRITE);
         			try{
-        				writeModel.getBaseModel().notifyEvent(new EditEvent(editorUri,true));
+        			    writeModel.getBaseModel().notifyEvent(new EditEvent(editorUri,true));
         				writeModel.remove(
         						writeModel.getResource(subjectUri), 
         						writeModel.getProperty(predicateUri),
-        						writeModel.createLiteral(dps.getData()));
+        						writeModel.createTypedLiteral(dps.getData(), dps.getDatatypeURI()));
         			}finally{
         				writeModel.leaveCriticalSection();
         			}        			        			
diff --git a/webapp/web/edit/forms/defaultVitroNsPropForm.jsp b/webapp/web/edit/forms/defaultVitroNsPropForm.jsp
index 7acc02a57..166e8c066 100644
--- a/webapp/web/edit/forms/defaultVitroNsPropForm.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/edit/forms/defaultVitroNsPropForm.jsp
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
     
     Individual subject = (Individual)vreq.getAttribute("subject");
     if( subject == null ) {
-        throw new Error("In vitroNsEditLabelForm.jsp, could not find subject " + subjectUri);
+        throw new Error("In defaultVitroNsPropForm.jsp, could not find subject " + subjectUri);
     }
     
     Model model =  (Model)application.getAttribute("jenaOntModel");
     
-    // RY ***** Get the rangeDatatypeUri - need to get it from the 
+    // RY ***** Get the rangeDatatypeUri - need to get the existing value datatype. Or just hardcode? 
     //String rangeDatatypeUri = vreq.getWebappDaoFactory().getDataPropertyDao().getRequiredDatatypeURI(subject, prop);
     //String rangeDatatypeUri = prop.getRangeDatatypeURI();
     String rangeDatatypeUri = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string";
@@ -57,10 +57,7 @@
     if (!rangeDatatypeUriJson.isEmpty()) {
         validatorList.add("datatype:" + rangeDatatypeUriJson);
     }
-    String validators = StringUtils.quotedList(validatorList, ",");
-    System.out.println("VALIDATORS: " + validators);
     vreq.setAttribute("validators", StringUtils.quotedList(validatorList, ","));
-    
 
 %>
 
@@ -132,7 +129,6 @@
 
 
 <%
-System.out.println(request.getAttribute("editjson"));
     if( log.isDebugEnabled()) log.debug(request.getAttribute("editjson"));
     
     EditConfiguration editConfig = EditConfiguration.getConfigFromSession(session,request);