diff --git a/blogs/models.py b/blogs/models.py
index 590256099..e417d3132 100644
--- a/blogs/models.py
+++ b/blogs/models.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 class BlogEntry(models.Model):
     """
     Model to store Blog entries from Blogger
-    Specificially https://blog.python.org/
+    Specifically https://blog.python.org/
     Feed URL is defined in settings.PYTHON_BLOG_FEED_URL
     """
     title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
diff --git a/codesamples/views.py b/codesamples/views.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 60f00ef0e..000000000
--- a/codesamples/views.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# Create your views here.
diff --git a/community/models.py b/community/models.py
index 56c0221ad..455f19c3e 100644
--- a/community/models.py
+++ b/community/models.py
@@ -10,18 +10,7 @@
 from .managers import PostQuerySet
 
 
-DEFAULT_MARKUP_TYPE = 'html'  # getattr(settings, 'DEFAULT_MARKUP_TYPE', 'restructuredtext')
-
-'''
-Text
-Photo
-Video
-Link
-
-Audio
-Quote
-Chat
-'''
+DEFAULT_MARKUP_TYPE = 'html'
 
 
 class Post(ContentManageable):
diff --git a/downloads/factories.py b/downloads/factories.py
index 929cd511f..9e2e801db 100644
--- a/downloads/factories.py
+++ b/downloads/factories.py
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ def _get_id(obj, key):
     """
     Get the ID of an object by extracting it from the resource_uri field.
     """
-    key = obj.pop(key, '')
-    if key:
+    resource_uri = obj.pop(key, '')
+    if resource_uri:
         # i.e. /foo/1/ -> /foo/1 -> ('/foo', '/', '1') -> '1'
-        return key.rstrip('/').rpartition('/')[-1]
+        return resource_uri.rstrip('/').rpartition('/')[-1]
 
 
 def initial_data():
diff --git a/membership/models.py b/membership/models.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b2021999..000000000
--- a/membership/models.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# Create your models here.
diff --git a/work_groups/views.py b/work_groups/views.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 60f00ef0e..000000000
--- a/work_groups/views.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# Create your views here.