diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/CountBadge.js b/client/coral-admin/src/components/CountBadge.js
index c270817b9..24dff7c02 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/components/CountBadge.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/components/CountBadge.js
@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import styles from './CountBadge.css';
-
-import t from 'coral-framework/services/i18n';
+import { humanizeNumber } from 'coral-framework/helpers/numbers';
 
 const CountBadge = ({ count }) => {
   let number = count;
 
   // shorten large counts to abbreviations
-  if (number / 1e9 > 1) {
-    number = `${(number / 1e9).toFixed(1)}${t('modqueue.billion')}`;
-  } else if (number / 1e6 > 1) {
-    number = `${(number / 1e6).toFixed(1)}${t('modqueue.million')}`;
-  } else if (number / 1e3 > 1) {
-    number = `${(number / 1e3).toFixed(1)}${t('modqueue.thousand')}`;
-  }
+  number = humanizeNumber(number);
 
   return <span className={styles.count}>{number}</span>;
 };
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/UserDetail.js b/client/coral-admin/src/components/UserDetail.js
index f0b4cda20..92157f4fd 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/components/UserDetail.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/components/UserDetail.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import ActionsMenuItem from 'coral-admin/src/components/ActionsMenuItem';
 import UserInfoTooltip from './UserInfoTooltip';
 import KarmaTooltip from './KarmaTooltip';
 import t from 'coral-framework/services/i18n';
+import { humanizeNumber } from 'coral-framework/helpers/numbers';
 
 /**
  * getUserStatusArray
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ class UserDetail extends React.Component {
                       styles[getKarma(user.reliable.commenter)]
                     )}
                   >
-                    {user.reliable.commenterKarma}
+                    {humanizeNumber(user.reliable.commenterKarma)}
                   </span>
                 </div>
                 <KarmaTooltip thresholds={karmaThresholds.comment} />
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Configure/components/StreamSettings.js b/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Configure/components/StreamSettings.js
index 1f661fd72..969155d48 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Configure/components/StreamSettings.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Configure/components/StreamSettings.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { SelectField, Option } from 'react-mdl-selectfield';
 import t from 'coral-framework/services/i18n';
 import styles from './StreamSettings.css';
 import { Textfield } from 'react-mdl';
-import { Icon, TextArea } from 'coral-ui';
+import { Icon } from 'coral-ui';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import Slot from 'coral-framework/components/Slot';
 import MarkdownEditor from 'coral-framework/components/MarkdownEditor';
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ class StreamSettings extends React.Component {
     this.props.updatePending({ updater });
   };
 
-  updateClosedMessage = event => {
-    const updater = { closedMessage: { $set: event.target.value } };
+  updateClosedMessage = value => {
+    const updater = { closedMessage: { $set: value } };
     this.props.updatePending({ updater });
   };
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class StreamSettings extends React.Component {
         >
           <p>{t('configure.closed_comments_desc')}</p>
           <div>
-            <TextArea
+            <MarkdownEditor
               className={styles.descriptionBox}
               onChange={this.updateClosedMessage}
               value={settings.closedMessage}
diff --git a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/tabs/stream/components/Stream.js b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/tabs/stream/components/Stream.js
index a07f8ff8b..4ecb0a8bd 100644
--- a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/tabs/stream/components/Stream.js
+++ b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/tabs/stream/components/Stream.js
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import StreamError from './StreamError';
 import Comment from '../containers/Comment';
 import BannedAccount from '../../../components/BannedAccount';
 import ChangeUsername from '../containers/ChangeUsername';
-import Markdown from 'coral-framework/components/Markdown';
 import Slot from 'coral-framework/components/Slot';
 import InfoBox from './InfoBox';
 import { can } from 'coral-framework/services/perms';
 import ModerationLink from './ModerationLink';
+import Markdown from 'coral-framework/components/Markdown';
 import RestrictedMessageBox from 'coral-framework/components/RestrictedMessageBox';
 import t, { timeago } from 'coral-framework/services/i18n';
 import CommentBox from '../containers/CommentBox';
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ class Stream extends React.Component {
         ) : (
           <div>
             {asset.isClosed ? (
-              <p>{asset.settings.closedMessage}</p>
+              <Markdown content={asset.settings.closedMessage} />
             ) : (
               <Markdown content={asset.settings.disableCommentingMessage} />
             )}
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/helpers/numbers.js b/client/coral-framework/helpers/numbers.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd7f066da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/coral-framework/helpers/numbers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import t from 'coral-framework/services/i18n';
+
+const DECIMAL_AMOUNT = 1;
+
+export function humanizeNumber(number) {
+  const abs = Math.abs(number);
+
+  if (abs >= 1e9) {
+    number = `${(number / 1e9).toFixed(DECIMAL_AMOUNT)}${t(
+      'modqueue.billion'
+    )}`;
+  } else if (abs >= 1e6) {
+    number = `${(number / 1e6).toFixed(DECIMAL_AMOUNT)}${t(
+      'modqueue.million'
+    )}`;
+  } else if (abs >= 1e3) {
+    number = `${(number / 1e3).toFixed(DECIMAL_AMOUNT)}${t(
+      'modqueue.thousand'
+    )}`;
+  }
+  return number;
+}
diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 4ce755f93..b547636f4 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ const CONFIG = {
   // STATIC_URI is the base uri where static files are hosted.
   STATIC_URI: process.env.TALK_STATIC_URI || process.env.TALK_ROOT_URL,
 
+  // SCRAPER_PROXY_URL is the url to be used as a proxy by the scraper
+  SCRAPER_PROXY_URL: process.env.TALK_SCRAPER_PROXY_URL || null,
+
   // The keepalive timeout (in ms) that should be used to send keep alive
   // messages through the websocket to keep the socket alive.
   KEEP_ALIVE: process.env.TALK_KEEP_ALIVE || '30s',
diff --git a/docs/source/02-02-advanced-configuration.md b/docs/source/02-02-advanced-configuration.md
index 451865e47..3ac9b5c1b 100644
--- a/docs/source/02-02-advanced-configuration.md
+++ b/docs/source/02-02-advanced-configuration.md
@@ -568,3 +568,7 @@ A JSON string representing the configuration passed to the
 [fetch](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-fetch) call for the scraper. It
 can be used to set an authorization header, or change the user agent. (Default
 `{}`)
+
+## TALK_SCRAPER_PROXY_URL
+
+Sets a specific HTTP/S proxy to be used by the Asset Scraper using [https-proxy-agent](https://www.npmjs.com/package/https-proxy-agent). (Default `null`)
diff --git a/docs/source/integrating/configuring-comment-stream.md b/docs/source/integrating/configuring-comment-stream.md
index 613535a13..475598d9d 100644
--- a/docs/source/integrating/configuring-comment-stream.md
+++ b/docs/source/integrating/configuring-comment-stream.md
@@ -10,18 +10,13 @@ Using plugins and configuration variables, you can modify the way the Talk comme
 
 To enable our default rich text editor plugin, you'll need to:
 
-1. Enable `talk-plugin-rich-text` as a server-side plugin
-2. Enable `talk-plugin-rich-text-pell` as a client-side plugin
-3. If you have `talk-plugin-comment-content` enabled, you will need to disable this (this supports hyperlinks in the comment body)
+1. Enable `talk-plugin-rich-text` as a server-side and client-side plugin
+2. If you have `talk-plugin-comment-content` enabled, you will need to disable this (this supports hyperlinks in the comment body)
 
 Out of the box, our Talk Editor supports Bold, Italic, and Blockquote.
 
 If you want to support another editor, you can create a plugin and replace the client-side one with the editor of your choice.
 
-For more information on our implementation, see https://github.com/coralproject/talk/pull/1391
-
-For more information on Pell, check out https://jaredreich.com/pell
-
 ### Sorting/Filtering the Stream
 
 To enable sorting and filtering plugins, you will first need to enable the viewing options plugin:
diff --git a/docs/source/plugin/talk-plugin-rich-text-pell.md b/docs/source/plugin/talk-plugin-rich-text-pell.md
deleted file mode 120000
index e2162a51b..000000000
--- a/docs/source/plugin/talk-plugin-rich-text-pell.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../plugins/talk-plugin-rich-text-pell/README.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jobs/scraper/index.js b/jobs/scraper/index.js
index 89bf8c1d3..1ae80b818 100644
--- a/jobs/scraper/index.js
+++ b/jobs/scraper/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ const logger = createLogger('jobs:scraper');
 const fetch = require('node-fetch');
 const { merge } = require('lodash');
 const { version } = require('../../package.json');
-const { SCRAPER_HEADERS } = require('../../config');
+const { SCRAPER_HEADERS, SCRAPER_PROXY_URL } = require('../../config');
+const HttpsProxyAgent = require('https-proxy-agent');
 
 // Load the scraper with the rules.
 const metascraper = require('metascraper').load([
@@ -35,12 +36,16 @@ const headers = merge(
   customHeaders
 );
 
+// Add proxy configuration if exists.
+const agent = SCRAPER_PROXY_URL ? new HttpsProxyAgent(SCRAPER_PROXY_URL) : null;
+
 /**
  * Scrapes the given asset for metadata.
  */
 async function scrape({ url }) {
   const res = await fetch(url, {
     headers,
+    agent,
   });
   const html = await res.text();
 
@@ -49,7 +54,6 @@ async function scrape({ url }) {
     html,
     url,
   });
-
   return metadata;
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a313c1ec0..896b0793a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "talk",
-  "version": "4.4.2",
+  "version": "4.5.0",
   "description": "A better commenting experience from Mozilla, The New York Times, and the Washington Post. https://coralproject.net",
   "main": "app.js",
   "private": true,
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
     "history": "^3.0.0",
     "hjson": "^3.1.1",
     "hjson-loader": "^1.0.0",
+    "https-proxy-agent": "^2.2.0",
     "immutability-helper": "^2.2.0",
     "imports-loader": "^0.7.1",
     "inquirer": "^3.2.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0f6606433..ff5302ff0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -239,6 +239,12 @@ agent-base@2:
     extend "~3.0.0"
     semver "~5.0.1"
 
+agent-base@^4.1.0:
+  version "4.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/agent-base/-/agent-base-4.2.0.tgz#9838b5c3392b962bad031e6a4c5e1024abec45ce"
+  dependencies:
+    es6-promisify "^5.0.0"
+
 ajv-keywords@^2.0.0, ajv-keywords@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv-keywords/-/ajv-keywords-2.1.1.tgz#617997fc5f60576894c435f940d819e135b80762"
@@ -3420,10 +3426,20 @@ es6-map@^0.1.3:
     es6-symbol "~3.1.1"
     event-emitter "~0.3.5"
 
+es6-promise@^4.0.3:
+  version "4.2.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/es6-promise/-/es6-promise-4.2.4.tgz#dc4221c2b16518760bd8c39a52d8f356fc00ed29"
+
 es6-promise@^4.0.5:
   version "4.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/es6-promise/-/es6-promise-4.1.1.tgz#8811e90915d9a0dba36274f0b242dbda78f9c92a"
 
+es6-promisify@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/es6-promisify/-/es6-promisify-5.0.0.tgz#5109d62f3e56ea967c4b63505aef08291c8a5203"
+  dependencies:
+    es6-promise "^4.0.3"
+
 es6-set@~0.1.5:
   version "0.1.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/es6-set/-/es6-set-0.1.5.tgz#d2b3ec5d4d800ced818db538d28974db0a73ccb1"
@@ -5077,6 +5093,13 @@ https-proxy-agent@1, https-proxy-agent@^1.0.0:
     debug "2"
     extend "3"
 
+https-proxy-agent@^2.2.0:
+  version "2.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/https-proxy-agent/-/https-proxy-agent-2.2.1.tgz#51552970fa04d723e04c56d04178c3f92592bbc0"
+  dependencies:
+    agent-base "^4.1.0"
+    debug "^3.1.0"
+
 husky@^0.14.3:
   version "0.14.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/husky/-/husky-0.14.3.tgz#c69ed74e2d2779769a17ba8399b54ce0b63c12c3"