diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-functions.php b/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
index f5172e8b3e..f7ae3c03d2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ function cat_rows($parent = 0, $level = 0, $categories = 0) {
 					$default_link_cat_id = get_option('default_link_category');
 
 					if ( ($category->cat_ID != $default_cat_id) && ($category->cat_ID != $default_link_cat_id) )
-						$edit .= "<td><a href='" . wp_nonce_url("categories.php?action=delete&amp;cat_ID=$category->cat_ID", 'delete-category_' . $category->cat_ID ) . "' onclick=\"return deleteSomething( 'cat', $category->cat_ID, '" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete the category &quot;%s&quot;.\\nAll of its posts will go into the default category of &quot;%s&quot;\\nAll of its bookmarks will go into the default category of &quot;%s&quot;.\\n&quot;OK&quot; to delete, &quot;Cancel&quot; to stop."), addslashes($category->cat_name), js_escape(get_catname($default_cat_id)), js_escape(get_catname($default_link_cat_id))) . "' );\" class='delete'>".__('Delete')."</a>";
+						$edit .= "<td><a href='" . wp_nonce_url("categories.php?action=delete&amp;cat_ID=$category->cat_ID", 'delete-category_' . $category->cat_ID ) . "' onclick=\"return deleteSomething( 'cat', $category->cat_ID, '" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete the category &quot;%s&quot;.\\nAll of its posts will go into the default category of &quot;%s&quot;\\nAll of its bookmarks will go into the default category of &quot;%s&quot;.\\n&quot;OK&quot; to delete, &quot;Cancel&quot; to stop."), js_escape($category->cat_name), js_escape(get_catname($default_cat_id)), js_escape(get_catname($default_link_cat_id))) . "' );\" class='delete'>".__('Delete')."</a>";
 					else
 						$edit .= "<td style='text-align:center'>".__("Default");
 				}
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ function page_rows($parent = 0, $level = 0, $pages = 0, $hierarchy = true) {
     <td><?php echo mysql2date('Y-m-d g:i a', $post->post_modified); ?></td> 
 	<td><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="permalink" class="edit"><?php _e('View'); ?></a></td>
     <td><?php if ( current_user_can('edit_page', $id) ) { echo "<a href='page.php?action=edit&amp;post=$id' class='edit'>" . __('Edit') . "</a>"; } ?></td> 
-    <td><?php if ( current_user_can('edit_page', $id) ) { echo "<a href='" . wp_nonce_url("page.php?action=delete&amp;post=$id", 'delete-page_' . $id) .  "' class='delete' onclick=\"return deleteSomething( 'page', " . $id . ", '" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete the &quot;%s&quot; page.\\n&quot;OK&quot; to delete, &quot;Cancel&quot; to stop."), addslashes(wp_specialchars(get_the_title(),'double')) ) . "' );\">" . __('Delete') . "</a>"; } ?></td> 
+    <td><?php if ( current_user_can('edit_page', $id) ) { echo "<a href='" . wp_nonce_url("page.php?action=delete&amp;post=$id", 'delete-page_' . $id) .  "' class='delete' onclick=\"return deleteSomething( 'page', " . $id . ", '" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete the &quot;%s&quot; page.\\n&quot;OK&quot; to delete, &quot;Cancel&quot; to stop."), js_escape(get_the_title()) ) . "' );\">" . __('Delete') . "</a>"; } ?></td> 
   </tr> 
 
 <?php
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
index 7a19427dfb..3ec7a6d07c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ list_meta($metadata);
 </div>
 
 <?php if ('edit' == $action) : $delete_nonce = wp_create_nonce( 'delete-post_' . $post_ID ); ?>
-<input name="deletepost" class="button" type="submit" id="deletepost" tabindex="10" value="<?php _e('Delete this post') ?>" <?php echo "onclick=\"if ( confirm('" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this post \'%s\'\\n  \'Cancel\' to stop, \'OK\' to delete."), addslashes($post->post_title) ) . "') ) { document.forms.post._wpnonce.value = '$delete_nonce'; return true;}return false;\""; ?> />
+<input name="deletepost" class="button" type="submit" id="deletepost" tabindex="10" value="<?php _e('Delete this post') ?>" <?php echo "onclick=\"if ( confirm('" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this post \'%s\'\\n  \'Cancel\' to stop, \'OK\' to delete."), js_escape($post->post_title) ) . "') ) { document.forms.post._wpnonce.value = '$delete_nonce'; return true;}return false;\""; ?> />
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 </div>
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-page-form.php b/wp-admin/edit-page-form.php
index 530f979957..4cefe1fac4 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-page-form.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-page-form.php
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ list_meta($metadata);
 
 <?php if ('edit' == $action) :
 	if ( current_user_can('delete_page', $post->ID) ) ?>
-		<input name="deletepost" class="delete" type="submit" id="deletepost" tabindex="10" value="<?php _e('Delete this page') ?>" <?php echo "onclick=\"return confirm('" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this page \'%s\'\\n  \'Cancel\' to stop, \'OK\' to delete."), $wpdb->escape($post->post_title) ) . "')\""; ?> />
+		<input name="deletepost" class="delete" type="submit" id="deletepost" tabindex="10" value="<?php _e('Delete this page') ?>" <?php echo "onclick=\"return confirm('" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this page \'%s\'\\n  \'Cancel\' to stop, \'OK\' to delete."), js_escape($post->post_title) ) . "')\""; ?> />
 <?php endif; ?>
 </form>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/link-manager.php b/wp-admin/link-manager.php
index 6ded7f9d5b..1c9a16aa86 100644
--- a/wp-admin/link-manager.php
+++ b/wp-admin/link-manager.php
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ if ($links)
 <?php
 
 		echo '<td><a href="link.php?link_id='.$link->link_id.'&amp;action=edit" class="edit">'.__('Edit').'</a></td>';
-		echo '<td><a href="' . wp_nonce_url('link.php?link_id='.$link->link_id.'&amp;action=delete', 'delete-bookmark_' . $link->link_id ) . '"'." class='delete' onclick=\"return deleteSomething( 'link', $link->link_id , '".sprintf(__("You are about to delete the &quot;%s&quot; bookmark to %s.\\n&quot;Cancel&quot; to stop, &quot;OK&quot; to delete."), wp_specialchars($link->link_name, 1), wp_specialchars($link->link_url)).'\' );" class="delete">'.__('Delete').'</a></td>';
+		echo '<td><a href="' . wp_nonce_url('link.php?link_id='.$link->link_id.'&amp;action=delete', 'delete-bookmark_' . $link->link_id ) . '"'." class='delete' onclick=\"return deleteSomething( 'link', $link->link_id , '".sprintf(__("You are about to delete the &quot;%s&quot; bookmark to %s.\\n&quot;Cancel&quot; to stop, &quot;OK&quot; to delete."), js_escape($link->link_name), js_escape($link->link_url)).'\' );" class="delete">'.__('Delete').'</a></td>';
 		echo '<td align="center"><input type="checkbox" name="linkcheck[]" value="'.$link->link_id.'" /></td>';
 		echo "\n    </tr>\n";
 	}
diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 61cd1b2806..7d52ed9e6b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -1044,6 +1044,8 @@ function htmlentities2($myHTML) {
 // Escape single quotes, specialchar double quotes, and fix line endings.
 function js_escape($text) {
 	$text = wp_specialchars($text, 'double');
-	return preg_replace("/\r?\n/", "\\n", addslashes($text));	
+	$text = str_replace('&#039;', "'", $text);
+	return preg_replace("/\r?\n/", "\\n", addslashes($text));
 }
+
 ?>