diff --git a/modules/core/validation/models.js b/modules/core/validation/models.js
index c01a75301..b9819e060 100644
--- a/modules/core/validation/models.js
+++ b/modules/core/validation/models.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export function validationIssue(attrs) {
         if (issue.severity === 'warning') {
             // allow ignoring any issue that's not an error
             fixes.push(new validationIssueFix({
-                title: t('issues.fix.ignore_issue.title'),
+                title: t.html('issues.fix.ignore_issue.title'),
                 icon: 'iD-icon-close',
                 onClick: function() {
                     context.validator().ignoreIssue(this.issue.id);
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export function validationIssue(attrs) {
         }
 
         fixes.forEach(function(fix) {
+            // the id doesn't matter as long as it's unique to this issue/fix
             fix.id = fix.title;
             // add a reference to the issue for use in actions
             fix.issue = issue;
diff --git a/modules/validations/almost_junction.js b/modules/validations/almost_junction.js
index ed5067e99..beaa2beb0 100644
--- a/modules/validations/almost_junction.js
+++ b/modules/validations/almost_junction.js
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ export function validationAlmostJunction(context) {
     function makeFixes(context) {
       let fixes = [new validationIssueFix({
         icon: 'iD-icon-abutment',
-        title: t('issues.fix.connect_features.title'),
-        onClick(context) {
+        title: t.html('issues.fix.connect_features.title'),
+        onClick: function(context) {
           const annotation = t('issues.fix.connect_almost_junction.annotation');
           const [, endNodeId, crossWayId] = this.issue.entityIds;
           const midNode = context.entity(this.issue.data.midId);
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ export function validationAlmostJunction(context) {
         // node has no descriptive tags, suggest noexit fix
         fixes.push(new validationIssueFix({
           icon: 'maki-barrier',
-          title: t('issues.fix.tag_as_disconnected.title'),
-          onClick(context) {
+          title: t.html('issues.fix.tag_as_disconnected.title'),
+          onClick: function(context) {
             const nodeID = this.issue.entityIds[1];
             const tags = Object.assign({}, context.entity(nodeID).tags);
             tags.noexit = 'yes';
diff --git a/modules/validations/close_nodes.js b/modules/validations/close_nodes.js
index 11caa490c..5dc0dd3ad 100644
--- a/modules/validations/close_nodes.js
+++ b/modules/validations/close_nodes.js
@@ -179,11 +179,11 @@ export function validationCloseNodes(context) {
                             return [
                                 new validationIssueFix({
                                     icon: 'iD-operation-disconnect',
-                                    title: t('issues.fix.move_points_apart.title')
+                                    title: t.html('issues.fix.move_points_apart.title')
                                 }),
                                 new validationIssueFix({
                                     icon: 'iD-icon-layers',
-                                    title: t('issues.fix.use_different_layers_or_levels.title')
+                                    title: t.html('issues.fix.use_different_layers_or_levels.title')
                                 })
                             ];
                         }
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ export function validationCloseNodes(context) {
                     return [
                         new validationIssueFix({
                             icon: 'iD-icon-plus',
-                            title: t('issues.fix.merge_points.title'),
+                            title: t.html('issues.fix.merge_points.title'),
                             onClick: function(context) {
                                 var entityIds = this.issue.entityIds;
                                 var action = actionMergeNodes([entityIds[1], entityIds[2]]);
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ export function validationCloseNodes(context) {
                         }),
                         new validationIssueFix({
                             icon: 'iD-operation-disconnect',
-                            title: t('issues.fix.move_points_apart.title')
+                            title: t.html('issues.fix.move_points_apart.title')
                         })
                     ];
                 }
diff --git a/modules/validations/crossing_ways.js b/modules/validations/crossing_ways.js
index dcae5c603..7f3f339cb 100644
--- a/modules/validations/crossing_ways.js
+++ b/modules/validations/crossing_ways.js
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ export function validationCrossingWays(context) {
                 if (isCrossingIndoors) {
                     fixes.push(new validationIssueFix({
                         icon: 'iD-icon-layers',
-                        title: t('issues.fix.use_different_levels.title')
+                        title: t.html('issues.fix.use_different_levels.title')
                     }));
                 } else if (isCrossingTunnels ||
                     isCrossingBridges ||
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ export function validationCrossingWays(context) {
                 // repositioning the features is always an option
                 fixes.push(new validationIssueFix({
                     icon: 'iD-operation-move',
-                    title: t('issues.fix.reposition_features.title')
+                    title: t.html('issues.fix.reposition_features.title')
                 }));
 
                 return fixes;
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ export function validationCrossingWays(context) {
     function makeAddBridgeOrTunnelFix(fixTitleID, iconName, bridgeOrTunnel){
         return new validationIssueFix({
             icon: iconName,
-            title: t('issues.fix.' + fixTitleID + '.title'),
+            title: t.html('issues.fix.' + fixTitleID + '.title'),
             onClick: function(context) {
                 var mode = context.mode();
                 if (!mode || mode.id !== 'select') return;
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ export function validationCrossingWays(context) {
 
         return new validationIssueFix({
             icon: 'iD-icon-crossing',
-            title: t('issues.fix.' + fixTitleID + '.title'),
+            title: t.html('issues.fix.' + fixTitleID + '.title'),
             onClick: function(context) {
                 var loc = this.issue.loc;
                 var connectionTags = this.issue.data.connectionTags;
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ export function validationCrossingWays(context) {
     function makeChangeLayerFix(higherOrLower) {
         return new validationIssueFix({
             icon: 'iD-icon-' + (higherOrLower === 'higher' ? 'up' : 'down'),
-            title: t('issues.fix.tag_this_as_' + higherOrLower + '.title'),
+            title: t.html('issues.fix.tag_this_as_' + higherOrLower + '.title'),
             onClick: function(context) {
 
                 var mode = context.mode();
diff --git a/modules/validations/disconnected_way.js b/modules/validations/disconnected_way.js
index 56c6ea4ff..5ea9628f3 100644
--- a/modules/validations/disconnected_way.js
+++ b/modules/validations/disconnected_way.js
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ export function validationDisconnectedWay() {
                 }
                 if (!fixes.length) {
                     fixes.push(new validationIssueFix({
-                        title: t('issues.fix.connect_feature.title')
+                        title: t.html('issues.fix.connect_feature.title')
                     }));
                 }
 
                 fixes.push(new validationIssueFix({
                     icon: 'iD-operation-delete',
-                    title: t('issues.fix.delete_feature.title'),
+                    title: t.html('issues.fix.delete_feature.title'),
                     entityIds: [singleEntity.id],
                     onClick: function(context) {
                         var id = this.issue.entityIds[0];
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export function validationDisconnectedWay() {
                 }));
             } else {
                 fixes.push(new validationIssueFix({
-                    title: t('issues.fix.connect_features.title')
+                    title: t.html('issues.fix.connect_features.title')
                 }));
             }
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export function validationDisconnectedWay() {
 
             return new validationIssueFix({
                 icon: 'iD-operation-continue' + (useLeftContinue ? '-left' : ''),
-                title: t('issues.fix.continue_from_' + whichEnd + '.title'),
+                title: t.html('issues.fix.continue_from_' + whichEnd + '.title'),
                 entityIds: [vertexID],
                 onClick: function(context) {
                     var wayId = this.issue.entityIds[0];
diff --git a/modules/validations/help_request.js b/modules/validations/help_request.js
index 070b45e80..e9842d37b 100644
--- a/modules/validations/help_request.js
+++ b/modules/validations/help_request.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export function validationHelpRequest(context) {
             dynamicFixes: function() {
                 return [
                     new validationIssueFix({
-                        title: t('issues.fix.address_the_concern.title')
+                        title: t.html('issues.fix.address_the_concern.title')
                     })
                 ];
             },
diff --git a/modules/validations/impossible_oneway.js b/modules/validations/impossible_oneway.js
index d4293bf99..7e51a2b55 100644
--- a/modules/validations/impossible_oneway.js
+++ b/modules/validations/impossible_oneway.js
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export function validationImpossibleOneway() {
                     if (attachedOneways.length) {
                         fixes.push(new validationIssueFix({
                             icon: 'iD-operation-reverse',
-                            title: t('issues.fix.reverse_feature.title'),
+                            title: t.html('issues.fix.reverse_feature.title'),
                             entityIds: [way.id],
                             onClick: function(context) {
                                 var id = this.issue.entityIds[0];
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ export function validationImpossibleOneway() {
                             (!isFirst && textDirection === 'rtl');
                         fixes.push(new validationIssueFix({
                             icon: 'iD-operation-continue' + (useLeftContinue ? '-left' : ''),
-                            title: t('issues.fix.continue_from_' + (isFirst ? 'start' : 'end') + '.title'),
+                            title: t.html('issues.fix.continue_from_' + (isFirst ? 'start' : 'end') + '.title'),
                             onClick: function(context) {
                                 var entityID = this.issue.entityIds[0];
                                 var vertexID = this.issue.entityIds[1];
diff --git a/modules/validations/incompatible_source.js b/modules/validations/incompatible_source.js
index 3407f4385..916628492 100644
--- a/modules/validations/incompatible_source.js
+++ b/modules/validations/incompatible_source.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export function validationIncompatibleSource() {
                 dynamicFixes: function() {
                     return [
                         new validationIssueFix({
-                            title: t('issues.fix.remove_proprietary_data.title')
+                            title: t.html('issues.fix.remove_proprietary_data.title')
                         })
                     ];
                 }
diff --git a/modules/validations/mismatched_geometry.js b/modules/validations/mismatched_geometry.js
index 3cfd81808..0619135f2 100644
--- a/modules/validations/mismatched_geometry.js
+++ b/modules/validations/mismatched_geometry.js
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ export function validationMismatchedGeometry() {
                 var connectEndsOnClick = makeConnectEndpointsFixOnClick(entity, context.graph());
 
                 fixes.push(new validationIssueFix({
-                    title: t('issues.fix.connect_endpoints.title'),
+                    title: t.html('issues.fix.connect_endpoints.title'),
                     onClick: connectEndsOnClick
                 }));
 
                 fixes.push(new validationIssueFix({
                     icon: 'iD-operation-delete',
-                    title: t('issues.fix.remove_tag.title'),
+                    title: t.html('issues.fix.remove_tag.title'),
                     onClick: function(context) {
                         var entityId = this.issue.entityIds[0];
                         var entity = context.entity(entityId);
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export function validationMismatchedGeometry() {
                     return [
                         new validationIssueFix({
                             icon: 'iD-operation-extract',
-                            title: t('issues.fix.extract_point.title'),
+                            title: t.html('issues.fix.extract_point.title'),
                             onClick: extractOnClick
                         })
                     ];
diff --git a/modules/validations/missing_role.js b/modules/validations/missing_role.js
index 60a3a1af2..5e3f3d863 100644
--- a/modules/validations/missing_role.js
+++ b/modules/validations/missing_role.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function validationMissingRole() {
                     makeAddRoleFix('outer'),
                     new validationIssueFix({
                         icon: 'iD-operation-delete',
-                        title: t('issues.fix.remove_from_relation.title'),
+                        title: t.html('issues.fix.remove_from_relation.title'),
                         onClick: function(context) {
                             context.perform(
                                 actionDeleteMember(this.issue.entityIds[0], this.issue.data.member.index),
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export function validationMissingRole() {
 
     function makeAddRoleFix(role) {
         return new validationIssueFix({
-            title: t('issues.fix.set_as_' + role + '.title'),
+            title: t.html('issues.fix.set_as_' + role + '.title'),
             onClick: function(context) {
                 var oldMember = this.issue.data.member;
                 var member = { id: this.issue.entityIds[1], type: oldMember.type, role: role };
diff --git a/modules/validations/missing_tag.js b/modules/validations/missing_tag.js
index 42a094889..fa205a22a 100644
--- a/modules/validations/missing_tag.js
+++ b/modules/validations/missing_tag.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export function validationMissingTag(context) {
 
                 fixes.push(new validationIssueFix({
                     icon: 'iD-icon-search',
-                    title: t('issues.fix.' + selectFixType + '.title'),
+                    title: t.html('issues.fix.' + selectFixType + '.title'),
                     onClick: function(context) {
                         context.ui().sidebar.showPresetList();
                     }
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export function validationMissingTag(context) {
                 fixes.push(
                     new validationIssueFix({
                         icon: 'iD-operation-delete',
-                        title: t('issues.fix.delete_feature.title'),
+                        title: t.html('issues.fix.delete_feature.title'),
                         disabledReason: disabledReasonID ? t('operations.delete.' + disabledReasonID + '.single') : undefined,
                         onClick: deleteOnClick
                     })
diff --git a/modules/validations/outdated_tags.js b/modules/validations/outdated_tags.js
index 9c3af3948..dcf268407 100644
--- a/modules/validations/outdated_tags.js
+++ b/modules/validations/outdated_tags.js
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ export function validationOutdatedTags() {
         return [
           new validationIssueFix({
             autoArgs: autoArgs,
-            title: t('issues.fix.upgrade_tags.title'),
+            title: t.html('issues.fix.upgrade_tags.title'),
             onClick: (context) => {
               context.perform(doUpgrade, t('issues.fix.upgrade_tags.annotation'));
             }
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ export function validationOutdatedTags() {
         return [
           new validationIssueFix({
             autoArgs: [doUpgrade, t('issues.fix.move_tags.annotation')],
-            title: t('issues.fix.move_tags.title'),
+            title: t.html('issues.fix.move_tags.title'),
             onClick: (context) => {
               context.perform(doUpgrade, t('issues.fix.move_tags.annotation'));
             }
diff --git a/modules/validations/private_data.js b/modules/validations/private_data.js
index 5515deda1..c793e117a 100644
--- a/modules/validations/private_data.js
+++ b/modules/validations/private_data.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export function validationPrivateData() {
                 return [
                     new validationIssueFix({
                         icon: 'iD-operation-delete',
-                        title: t('issues.fix.' + fixID + '.title'),
+                        title: t.html('issues.fix.' + fixID + '.title'),
                         onClick: function(context) {
                             context.perform(doUpgrade, t('issues.fix.upgrade_tags.annotation'));
                         }
diff --git a/modules/validations/suspicious_name.js b/modules/validations/suspicious_name.js
index d5dda97fa..584f1f07b 100644
--- a/modules/validations/suspicious_name.js
+++ b/modules/validations/suspicious_name.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export function validationSuspiciousName() {
         return [
           new validationIssueFix({
             icon: 'iD-operation-delete',
-            title: t('issues.fix.remove_the_name.title'),
+            title: t.html('issues.fix.remove_the_name.title'),
             onClick: function(context) {
               let entityId = this.issue.entityIds[0];
               let entity = context.entity(entityId);
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export function validationSuspiciousName() {
         return [
           new validationIssueFix({
             icon: 'iD-operation-delete',
-            title: t('issues.fix.remove_the_name.title'),
+            title: t.html('issues.fix.remove_the_name.title'),
             onClick: function(context) {
               const entityId = this.issue.entityIds[0];
               const entity = context.entity(entityId);
diff --git a/modules/validations/unsquare_way.js b/modules/validations/unsquare_way.js
index 34803225f..478733155 100644
--- a/modules/validations/unsquare_way.js
+++ b/modules/validations/unsquare_way.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export function validationUnsquareWay(context) {
                 return [
                     new validationIssueFix({
                         icon: 'iD-operation-orthogonalize',
-                        title: t('issues.fix.square_feature.title'),
+                        title: t.html('issues.fix.square_feature.title'),
                         autoArgs: autoArgs,
                         onClick: function(context, completionHandler) {
                             var entityId = this.issue.entityIds[0];
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export function validationUnsquareWay(context) {
                     }),
                     /*
                     new validationIssueFix({
-                        title: t('issues.fix.tag_as_unsquare.title'),
+                        title: t.html('issues.fix.tag_as_unsquare.title'),
                         onClick: function(context) {
                             var entityId = this.issue.entityIds[0];
                             var entity = context.entity(entityId);