diff --git a/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css b/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
index b43443067..7622e83c9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
@@ -532,11 +532,13 @@ input.readonly {
 	color: #448abd;
 }
 
-#tagchecklist span a {
+#tagchecklist span a,
+#bulk-titles div a {
 	background: url(../images/xit.gif) no-repeat;
 }
 
-#tagchecklist span a:hover {
+#tagchecklist span a:hover,
+#bulk-titles div a:hover {
 	background: url(../images/xit.gif) no-repeat -10px 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
index f024eb5c9..0e040b9db 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
@@ -516,11 +516,13 @@ input.readonly {
 	color: #448abd;
 }
 
-#tagchecklist span a {
+#tagchecklist span a,
+#bulk-titles div a {
 	background: url(../images/xit.gif) no-repeat;
 }
 
-#tagchecklist span a:hover {
+#tagchecklist span a:hover,
+#bulk-titles div a:hover {
 	background: url(../images/xit.gif) no-repeat -10px 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
index 214914c24..935840e6c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
@@ -36,10 +36,13 @@ if ( isset($_GET['action']) && ( -1 != $_GET['action'] || -1 != $_GET['action2']
 		case 'edit':
 			if ( isset($_GET['post']) ) {
 				check_admin_referer('bulk-pages');
-				$_GET['post_status'] = $_GET['_status'];
 
-				if ( -1 == $_GET['post_author'] )
-					unset($_GET['post_author']);
+				if ( -1 == $_GET['_status'] ) {
+					$_GET['post_status'] = null;
+					unset($_GET['_status'], $_GET['post_status']);
+				} else {
+					$_GET['post_status'] = $_GET['_status'];
+				}
 
 				$done = bulk_edit_posts($_GET);
 			}
@@ -50,10 +53,10 @@ if ( isset($_GET['action']) && ( -1 != $_GET['action'] || -1 != $_GET['action2']
 	elseif (strpos($sendback, 'attachments.php') !== false) $sendback = admin_url('attachments.php');
 	$sendback = preg_replace('|[^a-z0-9-~+_.?#=&;,/:]|i', '', $sendback);
 	if ( isset($done) ) {
-		$done['upd'] = count( $done['upd'] );
-		$done['skip'] = count( $done['skip'] );
+		$done['updated'] = count( $done['updated'] );
+		$done['skipped'] = count( $done['skipped'] );
+		$done['locked'] = count( $done['locked'] );
 		$sendback = add_query_arg( $done, $sendback );
-		unset($done);
 	}
 	wp_redirect($sendback);
 	exit();
@@ -111,16 +114,21 @@ require_once('admin-header.php'); ?>
 
 <div class="wrap">
 
-<?php if ( isset($_GET['upd']) || isset($_GET['skip']) ) { ?>
+<?php if ( isset($_GET['locked']) || isset($_GET['skipped']) || isset($_GET['updated']) ) { ?>
 <div id="message" class="updated fade"><p>
-<?php if ( (int) $_GET['upd'] ) {
-	printf( __ngettext( '%d page updated.', '%d pages updated.', $_GET['upd'] ), number_format_i18n( $_GET['upd'] ) );
-	unset($_GET['upd']);
+<?php if ( (int) $_GET['updated'] ) {
+	printf( __ngettext( '%d page updated.', '%d pages updated.', $_GET['updated'] ), number_format_i18n( $_GET['updated'] ) );
+	unset($_GET['updated']);
 }
 
-if ( (int) $_GET['skip'] ) {
-	printf( __ngettext( ' %d page not updated. Somebody is editing it.', ' %d pages not updated. Somebody is editing them.', $_GET['skip'] ), number_format_i18n( $_GET['skip'] ) );
-	unset($_GET['skip']);
+if ( (int) $_GET['skipped'] ) {
+	printf( __ngettext( ' %d page not updated, invalid parent page specified.', ' %d pages not updated, invalid parent page specified.', $_GET['skipped'] ), number_format_i18n( $_GET['skipped'] ) );
+	unset($_GET['skipped']);
+}
+
+if ( (int) $_GET['locked'] ) {
+	printf( __ngettext( ' %d page not updated, somebody is editing it.', ' %d pages not updated, somebody is editing them.', $_GET['locked'] ), number_format_i18n( $_GET['skipped'] ) );
+	unset($_GET['locked']);
 } ?>
 </p></div>
 <?php } ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit.php b/wp-admin/edit.php
index 51d615ff3..4a8f1b075 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit.php
@@ -36,10 +36,13 @@ if ( isset($_GET['action']) && ( -1 != $_GET['action'] || -1 != $_GET['action2']
 		case 'edit':
 			if ( isset($_GET['post']) ) {
 				check_admin_referer('bulk-posts');
-				$_GET['post_status'] = $_GET['_status'];
 
-				if ( -1 == $_GET['post_author'] )
-					unset($_GET['post_author']);
+				if ( -1 == $_GET['_status'] ) {
+					$_GET['post_status'] = null;
+					unset($_GET['_status'], $_GET['post_status']);
+				} else {
+					$_GET['post_status'] = $_GET['_status'];
+				}
 
 				$done = bulk_edit_posts($_GET);
 			}
@@ -51,10 +54,10 @@ if ( isset($_GET['action']) && ( -1 != $_GET['action'] || -1 != $_GET['action2']
 	elseif ( strpos($sendback, 'attachments.php') !== false ) $sendback = admin_url('attachments.php');
 	$sendback = preg_replace('|[^a-z0-9-~+_.?#=&;,/:]|i', '', $sendback);
 	if ( isset($done) ) {
-		$done['upd'] = count( $done['upd'] );
-		$done['skip'] = count( $done['skip'] );
+		$done['updated'] = count( $done['updated'] );
+		$done['skipped'] = count( $done['skipped'] );
+		$done['locked'] = count( $done['locked'] );
 		$sendback = add_query_arg( $done, $sendback );
-		unset($done);
 	}
 	wp_redirect($sendback);
 	exit();
@@ -100,26 +103,31 @@ else
 </div></form>
 </div></div>
 
+<div class="wrap">
+
 <?php
 if ( isset($_GET['posted']) && $_GET['posted'] ) : $_GET['posted'] = (int) $_GET['posted']; ?>
 <div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><strong><?php _e('Your post has been saved.'); ?></strong> <a href="<?php echo get_permalink( $_GET['posted'] ); ?>"><?php _e('View post'); ?></a> | <a href="<?php echo get_edit_post_link( $_GET['posted'] ); ?>"><?php _e('Edit post'); ?></a></p></div>
 <?php $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = remove_query_arg(array('posted'), $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
 endif; ?>
 
-<?php if ( isset($_GET['upd']) && (int) $_GET['upd'] ) { ?>
+<?php if ( isset($_GET['locked']) || isset($_GET['skipped']) || isset($_GET['updated']) ) { ?>
 <div id="message" class="updated fade"><p>
-<?php printf( __ngettext( '%d post updated.', '%d posts updated.', $_GET['upd'] ), number_format_i18n( $_GET['upd'] ) );
-unset($_GET['upd']);
+<?php if ( (int) $_GET['updated'] ) {
+	printf( __ngettext( '%d page updated.', '%d pages updated.', $_GET['updated'] ), number_format_i18n( $_GET['updated'] ) );
+	unset($_GET['updated']);
+}
 
-	if ( isset($_GET['skip']) && (int) $_GET['skip'] ) {
-		printf( __ngettext( ' %d post not updated. Somebody is editing it.', ' %d posts not updated. Somebody is editing them.', $_GET['skip'] ), number_format_i18n( $_GET['skip'] ) );
-		unset($_GET['skip']);
-	} ?>
+if ( (int) $_GET['skipped'] )
+	unset($_GET['skipped']);
+
+if ( (int) $_GET['locked'] ) {
+	printf( __ngettext( ' %d page not updated, somebody is editing it.', ' %d pages not updated, somebody is editing them.', $_GET['locked'] ), number_format_i18n( $_GET['skipped'] ) );
+	unset($_GET['locked']);
+} ?>
 </p></div>
 <?php } ?>
 
-<div class="wrap">
-
 <ul class="subsubsub">
 <?php
 if ( empty($locked_post_status) ) :
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/post.php b/wp-admin/includes/post.php
index fa1cd2b6d..c36c554f0 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/post.php
@@ -177,7 +177,9 @@ function edit_post( $post_data = null ) {
 	return $post_ID;
 }
 
+// updates all bulk edited posts/pages, adding (but not removing) tags and categories. Skips pages when they would be their own parent or child.
 function bulk_edit_posts( $post_data = null ) {
+	global $wpdb;
 
 	if ( empty($post_data) )
 		$post_data = &$_POST;
@@ -192,6 +194,12 @@ function bulk_edit_posts( $post_data = null ) {
 
 	$post_IDs = array_map( intval, (array) $post_data['post'] );
 
+	$reset = array( 'post_author', 'post_status', 'post_password', 'post_parent', 'page_template', 'comment_status', 'ping_status', 'keep_private', 'tags_input', 'post_category' );
+	foreach ( $reset as $field ) {
+		if ( isset($post_data[$field]) && ( '' == $post_data[$field] || -1 == $post_data[$field] ) )
+			unset($post_data[$field]);
+	}
+
 	if ( isset($post_data['post_category']) ) {
 		if ( is_array($post_data['post_category']) && ! empty($post_data['post_category']) )
 			$new_cats = array_map( absint, $post_data['post_category'] );
@@ -200,27 +208,38 @@ function bulk_edit_posts( $post_data = null ) {
 	}
 
 	if ( isset($post_data['tags_input']) ) {
-		if ( ! empty($post_data['tags_input']) ) {
-			$new_tags = preg_replace( '/\s*,\s*/', ',', rtrim($post_data['tags_input'], ' ,') );
-			$new_tags = explode(',', $new_tags);
-		} else {
-			unset($post_data['tags_input']);
+		$new_tags = preg_replace( '/\s*,\s*/', ',', rtrim( trim($post_data['tags_input']), ' ,' ) );
+		$new_tags = explode(',', $new_tags);
+	}
+
+	if ( isset($post_data['post_parent']) && ($parent = (int) $post_data['post_parent']) ) {
+		$pages = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT ID, post_parent FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_type = 'page'");
+		$children = array();
+
+		for ( $i = 0; $i < 50 && $parent > 0; $i++ ) {
+			$children[] = $parent;
+
+			foreach ( $pages as $page ) {
+				if ( $page->ID == $parent ) {
+					$parent = $page->post_parent;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	$reset = array( 'post_author', 'post_status', 'post_password', 'post_parent', 'page_template', 'comment_status', 'ping_status', 'keep_private' );
-	foreach ( $reset as $field ) {
-		if ( isset($post_data[$field]) && '' == $post_data[$field] )
-			unset($post_data[$field]);
-	}
-
-	$updated = $skipped = array();
+	$updated = $skipped = $locked = array();
 	foreach ( $post_IDs as $post_ID ) {
 
-		if ( wp_check_post_lock( $post_ID ) ) {
+		if ( isset($children) && in_array($post_ID, $children) ) {
 			$skipped[] = $post_ID;
 			continue;
 		}
+		
+		if ( wp_check_post_lock( $post_ID ) ) {
+			$locked[] = $post_ID;
+			continue;
+		}
 
 		if ( isset($new_cats) ) {
 			$cats = (array) wp_get_post_categories($post_ID);
@@ -236,7 +255,7 @@ function bulk_edit_posts( $post_data = null ) {
 		$updated[] = wp_update_post( $post_data );
 	}
 
-	return array( 'upd' => $updated, 'skip' => $skipped );
+	return array( 'updated' => $updated, 'skipped' => $skipped, 'locked' => $locked );
 }
 
 // Default post information to use when populating the "Write Post" form.
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/template.php b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index 3798b77ab..f04f1e580 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ function inline_edit_row( $type ) {
 					<div class="in">
 					<select name="post_parent">
 						<?php if ( $bulk ) { ?>
-						<option value=""><?php _e('- No Change -'); ?></option>
+						<option value="-1"><?php _e('- No Change -'); ?></option>
 						<?php } ?>
 						<option value="0"><?php _e('Main Page (no parent)'); ?></option>
 						<?php parent_dropdown(); ?>
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ function inline_edit_row( $type ) {
 					<div class="in">
 					<select name="page_template">
 						<?php if ( $bulk ) { ?>
-						<option value=""><?php _e('- No Change -'); ?></option>
+						<option value="-1"><?php _e('- No Change -'); ?></option>
 						<?php } ?>
 						<option value="default"><?php _e('Default Template'); ?></option>
 						<?php page_template_dropdown() ?>
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ function inline_edit_row( $type ) {
 					<div class="title"><?php _e('Author'); ?></div>
 					<div class="in">
 					<?php 
-					$users_opt = array('include' => $authors, 'name' => 'post_author', 'class'=> 'authors');
+					$users_opt = array('include' => $authors, 'name' => 'post_author', 'class'=> 'authors', 'multi' => 1);
 					if ( $bulk ) $users_opt['show_option_none'] = __('- No Change -');
 					wp_dropdown_users( $users_opt ); ?>
 					</div>
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ function inline_edit_row( $type ) {
 					<div class="in">
 					<select name="_status">
 						<?php if ( $bulk ) { ?>
-						<option value=""><?php _e('- No Change -'); ?></option>
+						<option value="-1"><?php _e('- No Change -'); ?></option>
 							<?php if ( $can_publish ) { ?>
 							<option value="private"><?php _e('Private') ?></option>
 							<?php } ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/inline-edit.js b/wp-admin/js/inline-edit.js
index 43157a4a8..e11fce0c7 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/inline-edit.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/inline-edit.js
@@ -98,11 +98,17 @@ inlineEdit = {
 			if ( $(this).attr('checked') ) {
 				var id = $(this).val();
 				c = c == '' ? ' class="alternate"' : '';
-				te += '<div'+c+'>'+$('#inline_'+id+' .post_title').text()+'</div>';
+				te += '<div'+c+' id="ttle'+id+'"><a id="_'+id+'" class="ntdelbutton">X</a>'+$('#inline_'+id+' .post_title').text()+'</div>';
 			}
 		});
 
 		$('#bulk-titles').html(te);
+		$('#bulk-titles a').click(function() {
+			var id = $(this).attr('id').substr(1), r = inlineEdit.type+'-'+id;
+
+			$('table.widefat input[value="'+id+'"]').attr('checked', '');
+			$('#ttle'+id).remove();
+		});
 
 		// enable autocomplete for tags
 		if ( this.type == 'post' )
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index 5b69e25e2..88cb4b0da 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -2310,6 +2310,19 @@ a.togbox {
 	padding: 1px 2px;
 }
 
+#bulk-titles div a {
+	cursor: pointer;
+	display: block;
+	float: left;
+	height: 10px;
+	margin: 3px 3px 0 -2px;
+	overflow: hidden;
+	position: relative;
+	text-indent: -9999px;
+	width: 10px;
+}
+
+
 /* Media library */
 #wpbody-content #media-items .describe {
 	border-collapse: collapse;
diff --git a/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index 0293e89a1..4028192d9 100644
--- a/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 
 		$scripts->add( 'theme-preview', '/wp-admin/js/theme-preview.js', array( 'thickbox', 'jquery' ), '20080625' );
 		
-		$scripts->add( 'inline-edit', '/wp-admin/js/inline-edit.js', array( 'jquery', 'jquery-form', 'suggest' ), '20080926' );
+		$scripts->add( 'inline-edit', '/wp-admin/js/inline-edit.js', array( 'jquery', 'jquery-form', 'suggest' ), '20080930' );
 		$scripts->localize( 'inline-edit', 'inlineEditL10n', array(
 			'edit' => __('Double-click to edit')
 		) );
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ function wp_default_styles( &$styles ) {
 
 	$rtl_styles = array( 'global', 'colors', 'dashboard', 'ie', 'install', 'login', 'media', 'theme-editor', 'upload', 'widgets', 'press-this', 'press-this-ie' );
 
-	$styles->add( 'wp-admin', '/wp-admin/wp-admin.css', array(), '20080926' );
+	$styles->add( 'wp-admin', '/wp-admin/wp-admin.css', array(), '20080930' );
 	$styles->add_data( 'wp-admin', 'rtl', '/wp-admin/rtl.css' );
 
 	$styles->add( 'ie', '/wp-admin/css/ie.css' );
diff --git a/wp-includes/user.php b/wp-includes/user.php
index 29d08ce28..e0e0f8b09 100644
--- a/wp-includes/user.php
+++ b/wp-includes/user.php
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ function setup_userdata($user_id = '') {
  * <li>order - Default is 'ASC'. Can also be 'DESC'.</li>
  * <li>include - User IDs to include.</li>
  * <li>exclude - User IDs to exclude.</li>
+ * <li>multi - Default is 'false'. Whether to skip the ID attribute on the 'select' element.</li> 
  * <li>show - Default is 'display_name'. User table column to display.</li>
  * <li>echo - Default is '1'. Whether to display or retrieve content.</li>
  * <li>selected - Which User ID is selected.</li>
@@ -444,7 +445,7 @@ function wp_dropdown_users( $args = '' ) {
 	$defaults = array(
 		'show_option_all' => '', 'show_option_none' => '',
 		'orderby' => 'display_name', 'order' => 'ASC',
-		'include' => '', 'exclude' => '',
+		'include' => '', 'exclude' => '', 'multi' => 0,
 		'show' => 'display_name', 'echo' => 1,
 		'selected' => 0, 'name' => 'user', 'class' => ''
 	);
@@ -479,7 +480,9 @@ function wp_dropdown_users( $args = '' ) {
 
 	$output = '';
 	if ( !empty($users) ) {
-		$output = "<select name='$name' id='$name' class='$class'>\n";
+		$id = $multi ? "" : "id='$name'";
+
+		$output = "<select name='$name' $id class='$class'>\n";
 
 		if ( $show_option_all )
 			$output .= "\t<option value='0'>$show_option_all</option>\n";