diff --git a/include/conversation.php b/include/conversation.php
index 9ffcbe1579..0d3123831e 100644
--- a/include/conversation.php
+++ b/include/conversation.php
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update) {
 	$noshare_tpl = get_markup_template('like_noshare.tpl');
 	$tpl         = get_markup_template('wall_item.tpl');
 	$wallwall    = get_markup_template('wallwall_item.tpl');
+	$droptpl     = get_markup_template('wall_item_drop.tpl');
+	$fakedrop    = get_markup_template('wall_fake_drop.tpl');
 
 	$alike = array();
 	$dlike = array();
@@ -126,7 +128,6 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update) {
 			// - just loop through the items and format them minimally for display
 
 			$tpl = get_markup_template('search_item.tpl');
-			$droptpl = get_markup_template('wall_fake_drop.tpl');
 
 			foreach($items as $item) {
 
@@ -171,14 +172,7 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update) {
 				}
 
 				$drop = '';
-				$dropping = false;
 
-				if((intval($item['contact-id']) && $item['contact-id'] == remote_user()) || ($item['uid'] == local_user()))
-					$dropping = true;
-
-	            $drop = replace_macros((($dropping)? $droptpl : $fakedrop), array('$id' => $item['id'], '$delete' => t('Delete')));
-
-				// 
 				localize_item($item);
 
 				$drop = replace_macros($droptpl,array('$id' => $item['id']));
@@ -390,7 +384,16 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update) {
 					? '<a class="editpost" href="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/editpost/' . $item['id'] 
 						. '" title="' . t('Edit') . '"><img src="images/pencil.gif" /></a>'
 					: '');
-			$drop = replace_macros(get_markup_template('wall_item_drop.tpl'), array('$id' => $item['id'], '$delete' => t('Delete')));
+
+
+			$drop = '';
+			$dropping = false;
+
+			if((intval($item['contact-id']) && $item['contact-id'] == remote_user()) || ($item['uid'] == local_user()))
+				$dropping = true;
+
+            $drop = replace_macros((($dropping)? $droptpl : $fakedrop), array('$id' => $item['id'], '$delete' => t('Delete')));
+
 
 			$photo = $item['photo'];
 			$thumb = $item['thumb'];
@@ -477,6 +480,7 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update) {
 				'$comment' => $comment
 			));
 
+
 			$arr = array('item' => $item, 'output' => $tmp_item);
 			call_hooks('display_item', $arr);
 
@@ -491,6 +495,9 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update) {
 	if($blowhard_count >= 3)
 		$o .= '</div>';
 
+	if($dropping)
+		$o .= '<div id="item-delete-selected" class="fakelink" onclick="deleteCheckedItems();"><div id="item-delete-selected-icon" class="icon drophide" title="' . t('Delete Selected Items') . '" onmouseover="imgbright(this);" onmouseout="imgdull(this);" ></div><div id="item-delete-selected-desc" >' .  t('Delete Selected Items') . '</div></div><div id="item-delete-selected-end"></div>';
+
 	return $o;
 } 
 
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index dc177c468c..a003b84bb2 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -1772,3 +1772,129 @@ function item_expire($uid,$days) {
 
 }
 
+
+function drop_items($items) {
+	$uid = 0;
+
+	if(count($items)) {
+		foreach($items as $item) {
+			$owner = drop_item($item,false);
+			if($owner && ! $uid)
+				$uid = $owner;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// multiple threads may have been deleted, send an expire notification
+
+	if($uid)
+		proc_run('php',"include/notifier.php","expire","$uid");
+}
+
+
+function drop_item($id,$interactive = true) {
+
+	$a = get_app();
+
+	// locate item to be deleted
+
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `item` WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
+		intval($id)
+	);
+
+	if(! count($r)) {
+		if(! $interactive)
+			return 0;
+		notice( t('Item not found.') . EOL);
+		goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/' . $_SESSION['return_url']);
+	}
+
+	$item = $r[0];
+
+	$owner = $item['uid'];
+
+	// check if logged in user is either the author or owner of this item
+
+	if((local_user() == $item['uid']) || (remote_user() == $item['contact-id'])) {
+
+		// delete the item
+
+		$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `deleted` = 1, `body` = '', `edited` = '%s', `changed` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
+			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+			intval($item['id'])
+		);
+
+		// If item is a link to a photo resource, nuke all the associated photos 
+		// (visitors will not have photo resources)
+		// This only applies to photos uploaded from the photos page. Photos inserted into a post do not
+		// generate a resource-id and therefore aren't intimately linked to the item. 
+
+		if(strlen($item['resource-id'])) {
+			q("DELETE FROM `photo` WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ",
+				dbesc($item['resource-id']),
+				intval($item['uid'])
+			);
+			// ignore the result
+		}
+
+		// If item is a link to an event, nuke the event record.
+
+		if(intval($item['event-id'])) {
+			q("DELETE FROM `event` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+				intval($item['event-id']),
+				intval($item['uid'])
+			);
+			// ignore the result
+		}
+
+
+		// If it's the parent of a comment thread, kill all the kids
+
+		if($item['uri'] == $item['parent-uri']) {
+			$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `deleted` = 1, `edited` = '%s', `changed` = '%s', `body` = '' 
+				WHERE `parent-uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ",
+				dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+				dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+				dbesc($item['parent-uri']),
+				intval($item['uid'])
+			);
+			// ignore the result
+		}
+		else {
+			// ensure that last-child is set in case the comment that had it just got wiped.
+			q("UPDATE `item` SET `last-child` = 0, `changed` = '%s' WHERE `parent-uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ",
+				dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+				dbesc($item['parent-uri']),
+				intval($item['uid'])
+			);
+			// who is the last child now? 
+			$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` WHERE `parent-uri` = '%s' AND `type` != 'activity' AND `deleted` = 0 AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `edited` DESC LIMIT 1",
+				dbesc($item['parent-uri']),
+				intval($item['uid'])
+			);
+			if(count($r)) {
+				q("UPDATE `item` SET `last-child` = 1 WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
+					intval($r[0]['id'])
+				);
+			}	
+		}
+		$drop_id = intval($item['id']);
+			
+		// send the notification upstream/downstream as the case may be
+
+		if(! $interactive)
+			return $owner;
+
+		proc_run('php',"include/notifier.php","drop","$drop_id");
+		goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/' . $_SESSION['return_url']);
+		//NOTREACHED
+	}
+	else {
+		if(! $interactive)
+			return 0;
+		notice( t('Permission denied.') . EOL);
+		goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/' . $_SESSION['return_url']);
+		//NOTREACHED
+	}
+	
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/main.js b/include/main.js
index 34045f57f2..18cb553286 100644
--- a/include/main.js
+++ b/include/main.js
@@ -47,26 +47,6 @@
 					$('#pause').html('');
 				}
 			}
-//			// F8 - show/hide language selector
-//			if(event.keyCode == '119') {
-//				if(langSelect) {
-//					langSelect = false;
-//					$('#language-selector').hide();
-//				}
-//				else {
-//					langSelect = true;
-//					$('#language-selector').show();
-//				}
-//			}		
-//
-// this is shift-home on FF, but $ on IE, disabling until I figure out why the diff.
-// update: incompatible usage of onKeyDown vs onKeyPress
-//			if(event.keyCode == '36' && event.shiftKey == true) {
-//				if(homebase !== undefined) {
-//					event.preventDefault();
-//					document.location = homebase;
-//				}
-//			}
 		});					
 	});
 
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index 776c0dcc2d..3edbae696e 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 
 	$uid = local_user();
 
+	if(x($_POST,'dropitems')) {
+		require_once('include/items.php');
+		$arr_drop = explode(',',$_POST['dropitems']);
+		drop_items($arr_drop);
+		killme();
+	}
+
 	call_hooks('post_local_start', $_POST);
 
 	$parent = ((x($_POST,'parent')) ? intval($_POST['parent']) : 0);
@@ -735,102 +742,8 @@ function item_content(&$a) {
 
 	require_once('include/security.php');
 
-	$uid = local_user();
-
 	if(($a->argc == 3) && ($a->argv[1] === 'drop') && intval($a->argv[2])) {
-
-		// locate item to be deleted
-
-		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `item` WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
-			intval($a->argv[2])
-		);
-
-		if(! count($r)) {
-			notice( t('Item not found.') . EOL);
-			goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/' . $_SESSION['return_url']);
-		}
-		$item = $r[0];
-
-		// check if logged in user is either the author or owner of this item
-
-		if(($_SESSION['visitor_id'] == $item['contact-id']) || ($_SESSION['uid'] == $item['uid'])) {
-
-			// delete the item
-
-			$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `deleted` = 1, `body` = '', `edited` = '%s', `changed` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc(datetime_convert()),
-				dbesc(datetime_convert()),
-				intval($item['id'])
-			);
-
-			// If item is a link to a photo resource, nuke all the associated photos 
-			// (visitors will not have photo resources)
-			// This only applies to photos uploaded from the photos page. Photos inserted into a post do not
-			// generate a resource-id and therefore aren't intimately linked to the item. 
-
-			if(strlen($item['resource-id'])) {
-				q("DELETE FROM `photo` WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ",
-					dbesc($item['resource-id']),
-					intval($item['uid'])
-				);
-				// ignore the result
-			}
-
-			// If item is a link to an event, nuke the event record.
-
-			if(intval($item['event-id'])) {
-				q("DELETE FROM `event` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-					intval($item['event-id']),
-					intval($item['uid'])
-				);
-				// ignore the result
-			}
-
-
-			// If it's the parent of a comment thread, kill all the kids
-
-			if($item['uri'] == $item['parent-uri']) {
-				$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `deleted` = 1, `edited` = '%s', `changed` = '%s', `body` = '' 
-					WHERE `parent-uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ",
-					dbesc(datetime_convert()),
-					dbesc(datetime_convert()),
-					dbesc($item['parent-uri']),
-					intval($item['uid'])
-				);
-				// ignore the result
-			}
-			else {
-				// ensure that last-child is set in case the comment that had it just got wiped.
-				q("UPDATE `item` SET `last-child` = 0, `changed` = '%s' WHERE `parent-uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ",
-					dbesc(datetime_convert()),
-					dbesc($item['parent-uri']),
-					intval($item['uid'])
-				);
-				// who is the last child now? 
-				$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` WHERE `parent-uri` = '%s' AND `type` != 'activity' AND `deleted` = 0 AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `edited` DESC LIMIT 1",
-					dbesc($item['parent-uri']),
-					intval($item['uid'])
-				);
-				if(count($r)) {
-					q("UPDATE `item` SET `last-child` = 1 WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
-						intval($r[0]['id'])
-					);
-				}	
-			}
-			$drop_id = intval($item['id']);
-			
-			// send the notification upstream/downstream as the case may be
-
-			proc_run('php',"include/notifier.php","drop","$drop_id");
-// We seem to lose the return url occasionally. Have not been able to reliably duplicate
-//			logger('drop_return_url: ' . $_SESSION['return_url']);
-			goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/' . $_SESSION['return_url']);
-			//NOTREACHED
-		}
-		else {
-			notice( t('Permission denied.') . EOL);
-			goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/' . $_SESSION['return_url']);
-			//NOTREACHED
-		}
+		require_once('include/items.php');
+		drop_item($a->argv[2]);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index 7178003643..e52f67008f 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ function photos_content(&$a) {
 					$drop = '';
 
 					if(($item['contact-id'] == remote_user()) || ($item['uid'] == local_user()))
-						$drop = replace_macros(get_markup_template('wall_item_drop.tpl'), array('$id' => $item['id'], '$delete' => t('Delete')));
+						$drop = replace_macros(get_markup_template('photo_drop.tpl'), array('$id' => $item['id'], '$delete' => t('Delete')));
 
 
 					$comments .= replace_macros($template,array(
diff --git a/mod/profile.php b/mod/profile.php
index aeb21f077c..587ac6288e 100644
--- a/mod/profile.php
+++ b/mod/profile.php
@@ -261,11 +261,8 @@ function profile_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 	if($is_owner && ! $update)
 		$o .= get_birthdays();
 
-
-
 	$o .= conversation($a,$r,'profile',$update);
 
-
 	if(! $update) {
 		
 		$o .= paginate($a);
diff --git a/view/jot-header.tpl b/view/jot-header.tpl
index 77e5bc4bcd..382a526446 100644
--- a/view/jot-header.tpl
+++ b/view/jot-header.tpl
@@ -109,6 +109,22 @@ tinyMCE.init({
 
 	});
 
+	function deleteCheckedItems() {
+		var checkedstr = '';
+
+		$('.item-select').each( function() {
+			if($(this).is(':checked')) {
+				if(checkedstr.length != 0)
+					checkedstr = checkedstr + ',' + $(this).val();
+				else
+					checkedstr = $(this).val();
+			}	
+		});
+		$.post('item', { dropitems: checkedstr });
+		window.location.reload();
+
+	}
+
 	function jotGetLink() {
 		reply = prompt("$linkurl");
 		if(reply && reply.length) {
diff --git a/view/photo_drop.tpl b/view/photo_drop.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4ea62b451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/photo_drop.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<div class="wall-item-delete-wrapper" id="wall-item-delete-wrapper-$id" >
+	<a href="item/drop/$id" onclick="return confirmDelete();" class="icon drophide" title="$delete" onmouseover="imgbright(this);" onmouseout="imgdull(this);" ></a>
+</div>
+<div class="wall-item-delete-end"></div>
diff --git a/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css b/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
index 1556414632..3bf78346f1 100644
--- a/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
@@ -2489,8 +2489,32 @@ a.mail-list-link {
 	margin-top: 10px;
 }
 
+.item-select {
+	opacity: 0.3;
+	filter:alpha(opacity=30);
+	float: right;
+	margin-right: 10px;
 
+}
+.item-select:hover {
+	opacity: 1;
+	filter:alpha(opacity=100);
+}
 
+#item-delete-selected {
+	margin-top: 30px;
+}
+
+#item-delete-selected-end {
+	clear: both;
+}
+#item-delete-selected-icon, #item-delete-selected-desc {
+	float: left;
+	margin-right: 5px;
+}
+#item-delete-selected-desc:hover {
+	text-decoration: underline;
+}
 
 #lang-select-icon {
 	cursor: pointer;
diff --git a/view/theme/loozah/style.css b/view/theme/loozah/style.css
index d70968a847..c07ef045a4 100644
--- a/view/theme/loozah/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/loozah/style.css
@@ -2518,6 +2518,33 @@ a.mail-list-link {
 }
 
 
+.item-select {
+	opacity: 0.3;
+	filter:alpha(opacity=30);
+	float: right;
+	margin-right: 10px;
+
+}
+.item-select:hover {
+	opacity: 1;
+	filter:alpha(opacity=100);
+}
+
+#item-delete-selected {
+	margin-top: 30px;
+}
+
+#item-delete-selected-end {
+	clear: both;
+}
+#item-delete-selected-icon, #item-delete-selected-desc {
+	float: left;
+	margin-right: 5px;
+}
+#item-delete-selected-desc:hover {
+	text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
 #lang-select-icon {
 	cursor: pointer;
 	position: absolute;
diff --git a/view/wall_item_drop.tpl b/view/wall_item_drop.tpl
index b4ea62b451..b10c210935 100644
--- a/view/wall_item_drop.tpl
+++ b/view/wall_item_drop.tpl
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <div class="wall-item-delete-wrapper" id="wall-item-delete-wrapper-$id" >
+	
 	<a href="item/drop/$id" onclick="return confirmDelete();" class="icon drophide" title="$delete" onmouseover="imgbright(this);" onmouseout="imgdull(this);" ></a>
 </div>
+<input type="checkbox" class="item-select" name="itemselected[]" value="$id" />
 <div class="wall-item-delete-end"></div>