diff --git a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
index d2e4ed52ee..660e5abb19 100644
--- a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
+++ b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@
 		<li>[Fix] Allow single quotes in db password to be stored within config.php in installer</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Correctly quote db password for re-display in installer (Bug #16695 / thanks to m313 for reporting too - #s17235)</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Correctly handle empty imageset entries (Bug #16865)</li>
+		<li>[Fix] Correctly check empty subjects/messages (Bug #17915)</li>
+		<li>[Change] Do not check usernames against word censor list. Disallowed usernames is already checked and word censor belong to posts. (Bug #17745)</li>
+		<li>[Fix] Additionally include non-postable forums for moderators forums shown within the teams list. (Bug #17265)</li>
+		<li>[Change] Sped up viewforum considerably (also goes towards mcp_forum)</li>
+
 	</ul>
 	
 	<a name="v30rc8"></a><h3>1.i. Changes since 3.0.RC8</h3>
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_forum.php b/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_forum.php
index d97fbb7107..e1820aa7ce 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_forum.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_forum.php
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ function mcp_forum_view($id, $mode, $action, $forum_info)
 		$read_tracking_join = $read_tracking_select = '';
 	}
 
-	$sql = "SELECT t.*$read_tracking_select
-		FROM " . TOPICS_TABLE . " t $read_tracking_join
+	$sql = "SELECT t.topic_id
+		FROM " . TOPICS_TABLE . " t
 		WHERE t.forum_id IN($forum_id, 0)
 			" . (($auth->acl_get('m_approve', $forum_id)) ? '' : 'AND t.topic_approved = 1') . "
 			$limit_time_sql
@@ -155,10 +155,21 @@ function mcp_forum_view($id, $mode, $action, $forum_info)
 	$result = $db->sql_query_limit($sql, $topics_per_page, $start);
 
 	$topic_list = $topic_tracking_info = array();
+
+	while ($row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result))
+	{
+		$topic_list[] = $row['topic_id'];
+	}
+	$db->sql_freeresult($result);
+
+	$sql = "SELECT t.*$read_tracking_select
+		FROM " . TOPICS_TABLE . " t $read_tracking_join
+		WHERE " . $db->sql_in_set('t.topic_id', $topic_list);
+
+	$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
 	while ($row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result))
 	{
 		$topic_rows[$row['topic_id']] = $row;
-		$topic_list[] = $row['topic_id'];
 	}
 	$db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
@@ -181,10 +192,12 @@ function mcp_forum_view($id, $mode, $action, $forum_info)
 		}
 	}
 
-	foreach ($topic_rows as $topic_id => $row)
+	foreach ($topic_list as $topic_id)
 	{
 		$topic_title = '';
 
+		$row = &$topic_rows[$topic_id];
+
 		$replies = ($auth->acl_get('m_approve', $forum_id)) ? $row['topic_replies_real'] : $row['topic_replies'];
 
 		if ($row['topic_status'] == ITEM_MOVED)
diff --git a/phpBB/viewforum.php b/phpBB/viewforum.php
index c0ea87fede..0b2af13d76 100644
--- a/phpBB/viewforum.php
+++ b/phpBB/viewforum.php
@@ -408,39 +408,54 @@ else
 	$sql_where = (sizeof($get_forum_ids)) ? $db->sql_in_set('t.forum_id', $get_forum_ids) : 't.forum_id = ' . $forum_id;
 }
 
-// SQL array for obtaining topics/stickies
-$sql_array = array(
-	'SELECT'		=> $sql_array['SELECT'],
-	'FROM'			=> $sql_array['FROM'],
-	'LEFT_JOIN'		=> $sql_array['LEFT_JOIN'],
-
-	'WHERE'			=> $sql_where . '
-		AND t.topic_type IN (' . POST_NORMAL . ', ' . POST_STICKY . ")
+// Grab just the sorted topic ids
+$sql = 'SELECT t.topic_id
+	FROM ' . TOPICS_TABLE . " t
+	WHERE $sql_where
+		AND t.topic_type IN (" . POST_NORMAL . ', ' . POST_STICKY . ")
 		$sql_approved
-		$sql_limit_time",
-
-	'ORDER_BY'		=> 't.topic_type ' . ((!$store_reverse) ? 'DESC' : 'ASC') . ', ' . $sql_sort_order,
-);
-
-// If store_reverse, then first obtain topics, then stickies, else the other way around...
-// Funnily enough you typically save one query if going from the last page to the middle (store_reverse) because
-// the number of stickies are not known
-$sql = $db->sql_build_query('SELECT', $sql_array);
+		$sql_limit_time
+	ORDER BY t.topic_type " . ((!$store_reverse) ? 'DESC' : 'ASC') . ', ' . $sql_sort_order;
 $result = $db->sql_query_limit($sql, $sql_limit, $sql_start);
 
-$shadow_topic_list = array();
 while ($row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result))
 {
-	if ($row['topic_status'] == ITEM_MOVED)
-	{
-		$shadow_topic_list[$row['topic_moved_id']] = $row['topic_id'];
-	}
-
-	$rowset[$row['topic_id']] = $row;
-	$topic_list[] = $row['topic_id'];
+	$topic_list[] = (int) $row['topic_id'];
 }
 $db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
+// For storing shadow topics
+$shadow_topic_list = array();
+
+if (sizeof($topic_list))
+{
+	// SQL array for obtaining topics/stickies
+	$sql_array = array(
+		'SELECT'		=> $sql_array['SELECT'],
+		'FROM'			=> $sql_array['FROM'],
+		'LEFT_JOIN'		=> $sql_array['LEFT_JOIN'],
+
+		'WHERE'			=> $db->sql_in_set('t.topic_id', $topic_list),
+	);
+
+	// If store_reverse, then first obtain topics, then stickies, else the other way around...
+	// Funnily enough you typically save one query if going from the last page to the middle (store_reverse) because
+	// the number of stickies are not known
+	$sql = $db->sql_build_query('SELECT', $sql_array);
+	$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
+
+	while ($row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result))
+	{
+		if ($row['topic_status'] == ITEM_MOVED)
+		{
+			$shadow_topic_list[$row['topic_moved_id']] = $row['topic_id'];
+		}
+
+		$rowset[$row['topic_id']] = $row;
+	}
+	$db->sql_freeresult($result);
+}
+
 // If we have some shadow topics, update the rowset to reflect their topic information
 if (sizeof($shadow_topic_list))
 {