diff --git a/remarkbox/templates/namespace-settings.j2 b/remarkbox/templates/namespace-settings.j2
index 38dab30..0e138b4 100644
--- a/remarkbox/templates/namespace-settings.j2
+++ b/remarkbox/templates/namespace-settings.j2
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 <br>
 <br>
 <label>Placeholder for an empty thread:</label>
-<input type="text" name="no-nodes-text" id="no-nodes-text" value="{% if request.namespace.no_nodes_text %}{{ request.namespace.no_nodes_text }}{% endif %}" class="common-text-input" placeholder="default: 'Leave the first comment and get the conversation going!'"></input>
+<input type="text" name="no-nodes-text" id="no-nodes-text" value="{% if request.namespace.no_nodes_text %}{{ request.namespace.no_nodes_text }}{% endif %}" class="common-text-input" placeholder="default: 'Leave first comment to start a conversation!'"></input>
 <br>
 <br>
 <label>Enable Moderation:</label>
diff --git a/remarkbox/templates/show-node.j2 b/remarkbox/templates/show-node.j2
index 2d90e3c..4943387 100644
--- a/remarkbox/templates/show-node.j2
+++ b/remarkbox/templates/show-node.j2
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 {% if request.namespace.no_nodes_text %}
 <strong class="no-nodes-text">{{ request.namespace.no_nodes_text }}</span></strong>
 {% else %}
-<strong class="no-nodes-text">Leave a comment to <span class="avoidwrap">get the conversation going!</span></strong>
+<strong class="no-nodes-text">Leave first comment to <span class="avoidwrap">start a conversation!</span></strong>
 {% endif %}
 </center>
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/remarkbox/templates/show-node2.j2 b/remarkbox/templates/show-node2.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index c0bb141..0000000
--- a/remarkbox/templates/show-node2.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,146 +0,0 @@
-{% extends request.base_template -%}
-
-{% import 'snippets/forms.j2' as forms with context %}
-
-{% block title %}{% if request.node.title is not none %}{{ request.node.title }} | {% endif %}{{ request.domain }}{% endblock -%}
-
-{% block call_to_action %}
-{% if request.node.is_root and request.user.authenticated %}
-  {% if request.user.get_watcher_by_node_id(request.node.id) %}
-  {{ snippets.unwatch_node(node_id = request.node.id) }}
-  {% else%}
-  {{ snippets.watch_node(node_id = request.node.id) }}
-  {% endif %}
-
-  {% if request.node.root.namespace.is_moderator(request.user) %}
-    {% if request.node.locked %}
-    {{ snippets.unlock_node(node_id = request.node.id) }}
-    {% else%}
-    {{ snippets.lock_node(node_id = request.node.id) }}
-    {% endif %}
-  {% endif %}
-{% endif %}
-
-{%- if request.user.authenticated and request.mode == "embed" %}
-  <span class="avoidwrap">
-  {{ snippets.user_avatar_link(request.user, 35, class="avatar-nav") }}
-  </span>
-{% else %}
-  <a href="{{ domain_app }}{% if request.mode == "embed" %}{{ request.link_prefix }}{% endif %}/join-or-log-in{% if request.mode == "basic" %}?return-to={{ request.path_url }}{% elif request.node and request.mode == "embed" %}?thread_uri={{ request.node.root.uri.data }}{% endif %}" style="display: none;">join-or-log-in</a>
-{%- endif %}
-
-
-{% endblock %}
-
-{% block content -%}
-
-
-{% if request.mode != "embed" and request.node.root.uri %}
-<span class="topic">Topic: <a href="{{ request.node.root.uri.data }}" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">{{ request.node.root.uri.data }}</a></span>
-{% endif %}
-
-
-{% if request.node.has_uri == false %}
-
-{% if request.node.title is not none %}
-<h2 class="title"><a href="{{ request.node.path }}">{{ request.node.title }}</a></h2>
-{% endif %}
-
-<a class="anchor" id="{{ request.node.id }}"></a>
-<div id="node-{{ request.node.id }}" class="node">
-  {{ snippets.node_avatar_link(request.node) }}
-  {{ snippets.author_and_date(request.node) }}
-  {{ snippets.status(request.node) }}
-
-  <div id="node-data-{{ request.node.id }}" class="node-data">
-  {% if not request.namespace.can_see_node(request.node, request.user) %}
-  <p>{{ snippets.status(request.node) }}</p>
-  {% else %}
-  {{ request.node.data_html | safe }}
-  {% endif %}
-  </div>
-
-  {% if not request.node.is_root %}
-
-    <a href="{{ request.link_prefix }}{{ request.node.root.path }}" class="action">root</a>
-
-  {% endif %}
-
-  <div class="node-actions">
-  {{ snippets.actions(request.node) }}
-  </div>
-
-</div>
-{% endif %}
-
-<div id="edit-box-{{ request.node.id }}" class="edit-box-div">
-   {{ forms.edit(request.node) }}
-</div>
-
-<div id="remark-box-{{ request.node.id }}" class="remark-box-div-main not-hidden-remark-box-div">
-   {{ forms.reply(request.node, request.root) }}
-</div>
-
-{#- prevent DetachedInstanceError from iterating over node not in database. #}
-{%- if request.node.id and request.node_graph[request.node.id] -%}
-
-{%- for node_id in request.node_flat_graph -%}
-
-  {% set node = request.node_id_map[node_id] %}  
-
-  {%- if request.namespace.can_see_node(node, request.user) or (request.namespace.hide_unless_approved and node.approved) %}
-
-    {%- if node.depth == 1 %}
-    {%- set avatar_size = request.avatar_size -%}
-    {%- else -%}
-    {%- set avatar_size = request.avatar_size * 0.75 -%}
-    {%- endif -%}
-
-    <a class="anchor" id="{{ node.id }}"></a>
-    <div id="node-{{ node.id }}" class="node node-depth-{{ node.depth }}">
-
-    {{ snippets.node_avatar_link(node, size=avatar_size) }}
-    {{ snippets.author_and_date(node) }}
-    {{ snippets.status(node) }}
-
-    <div id="node-data-{{ node.id }}" class="node-data">
-    {%- if not request.namespace.can_see_node(node, request.user) %}
-    <p>{{ snippets.status(node) }}</p>
-    {%- else %}
-    {{ node.data_html | safe }}
-    {%- endif %}
-    </div>
-
-    <div class="node-actions">
-    {{ snippets.permalinks(node, node) }}
-    {{ snippets.actions(node) }}
-    {{ snippets.button_collapse(node) }}
-    </div>
-
-    <div id="edit-box-{{ node.id }}" class="edit-box-div">
-       {{ forms.edit(node) }}
-    </div>
-
-    <div id="remark-box-{{ node.id }}" class="remark-box-div">
-       {{ forms.reply(node, request.root) }}
-    </div>
-    
-    {# close the class="node" div #}
-    </div>
-
-  {%- endif -%}
-{%- endfor -%}
-
-{%- else -%}
-<center>
-<br/>
-<br/>
-{% if request.namespace.no_nodes_text %}
-<strong class="no-nodes-text">{{ request.namespace.no_nodes_text }}</span></strong>
-{% else %}
-<strong class="no-nodes-text">Leave a comment to <span class="avoidwrap">get the conversation going!</span></strong>
-{% endif %}
-</center>
-{% endif %}
-
-{% endblock %}