old_contents: from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
  from django.views.generic import TemplateView
  from django.views.generic.list import BaseListView
  from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
  
  from .models import Well
  
  
  class SimpleWellView(TemplateView):
      allow_empty = False
      well_title = None
  
      def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
          super(SimpleWellView, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
          if not self.well_title:
              raise ImproperlyConfigured(
                      _(u"Expects a `well_title` to be provided"))
  
      def get_well(self):
          try:
              return Well.objects.get_current(title=self.well_title)
          except Well.DoesNotExist:
              if self.allow_empty:
                  return None
              raise
  
      def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
          context = super(SimpleWellView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
          context["well"] = self.get_well()
          return context
  
  
  class QuerySetBackedWellView(BaseListView, SimpleWellView):
      def get_queryset(self):
          well = self.get_well()
          return (well.items if well is not None
                  else super(QuerySetBackedWellView, self).get_queryset())
  
      def get_well(self):
          well = super(QuerySetBackedWellView, self).get_well()
          if well:
              well.merge_with(super(QuerySetBackedWellView, self).get_queryset())
          return well
  
new_contents: from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
  from django.views.generic import TemplateView
  from django.views.generic.list import MultipleObjectMixin
  from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
  
  from .models import Well
  
  
  class SimpleWellView(TemplateView):
      allow_empty = False
      well_title = None
  
      def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
          super(SimpleWellView, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
          if not self.well_title:
              raise ImproperlyConfigured(
                      _(u"Expects a `well_title` to be provided"))
  
      def get_well(self):
          try:
              return Well.objects.get_current(title=self.well_title)
          except Well.DoesNotExist:
              if self.allow_empty:
                  return None
              raise
  
      def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
          context = super(SimpleWellView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
          context["well"] = self.get_well()
          return context
  
  
  class QuerySetBackedWellView(SimpleWellView, MultipleObjectMixin):
      def get_queryset(self):
          well = self.get_well()
          return (well.items if well is not None
                  else super(QuerySetBackedWellView, self).get_queryset())
  
      def get_well(self):
          well = super(QuerySetBackedWellView, self).get_well()
          if well:
              well.merge_with(super(QuerySetBackedWellView, self).get_queryset())
          return well
  
subject: Revert "fix django1.5 syntax changed for base list views (WIP)"