diff --git a/sefaria/model/schema.py b/sefaria/model/schema.py
index 5506594bb0..609c8abeba 100644
--- a/sefaria/model/schema.py
+++ b/sefaria/model/schema.py
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ def traverse_tree(self, callback, **kwargs):
         """
         callback(self, **kwargs)
         for child in self.children:
-            child.traverse_to_string(callback, **kwargs)
+            child.traverse_tree(callback, **kwargs)
 
     def traverse_to_string(self, callback, depth=0, **kwargs):
         st = callback(self, depth, **kwargs)
diff --git a/sefaria/model/topic.py b/sefaria/model/topic.py
index 2304a7a5b4..a916c78c16 100644
--- a/sefaria/model/topic.py
+++ b/sefaria/model/topic.py
@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ def set_slug(self, new_slug) -> None:
 
     def merge(self, other: Union['Topic', str]) -> None:
         """
+        Merge `other` into `self`. This means that all data from `other` will be merged into self.
+        Data from self takes precedence in the event of conflict.
+        Links to `other` will be changed to point to `self` and `other` will be deleted.
         :param other: Topic or old slug to migrate from
         :return: None
         """
diff --git a/static/js/AdminEditor.jsx b/static/js/AdminEditor.jsx
index 1d1ecea94a..a375880cb7 100644
--- a/static/js/AdminEditor.jsx
+++ b/static/js/AdminEditor.jsx
@@ -13,15 +13,17 @@ const options_for_form = {
         label: "English Description",
         field: "enDescription",
         placeholder: "Add a description.",
-        type: 'textarea'
+        type: 'textarea',
+        markdown: true,
     },
     "Hebrew Description": {
         label: "Hebrew Description",
         field: "heDescription",
         placeholder: "Add a description.",
-        type: 'textarea'
+        type: 'textarea',
+        markdown: true
     },
-    "Prompt": {label: "Prompt", field: "prompt", placeholder: "Add a prompt.", textarea: true},
+    "Prompt": {label: "Prompt", field: "prompt", placeholder: "Add a prompt.", type: 'textarea'},
     "English Short Description": {
         label: "English Short Description for Table of Contents", field: "enCategoryDescription",
         placeholder: "Add a short description.", type: 'input'
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ const AdminEditor = ({title, data, close, catMenu, pictureUploader, updateData,
     const preprocess = async () => {
         setValidatingLinks(true);
         for (const x of items) {
-            if (options_for_form[x]?.is_textarea) {
+            if (options_for_form[x]?.markdown) {
                 const field = options_for_form[x].field;
                 const valid_tags = await validateMarkdownLinks(data[field]);
                 if (!valid_tags) {