diff --git a/wp-admin/js/common.js b/wp-admin/js/common.js
index 860a9d9c2d..24dca37ffa 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/common.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/common.js
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ jQuery(document).ready( function($) {
 	});
 });
 
+var showNotice, adminMenu, columns;
 (function($){
-
 // stub for doing better warnings
 showNotice = {
 	warn : function(text) {
@@ -229,7 +229,9 @@ showNotice = {
 		alert(text);
 	}
 };
+})(jQuery);
 
+(function($){
 // sidebar admin menu
 adminMenu = {
 		
@@ -319,7 +321,9 @@ adminMenu = {
 };
 
 $(document).ready(function(){adminMenu.init();});
+})(jQuery);
 
+(function($){
 // show/hide/save table columns
 columns = {
 	init : function(page) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index f09c99d57d..21bc0e04fe 100644
--- a/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 	$scripts->base_url = $guessurl;
 	$scripts->default_version = get_bloginfo( 'version' );
 
-	$scripts->add( 'common', '/wp-admin/js/common.js', array('jquery', 'hoverIntent'), '20081111' );
+	$scripts->add( 'common', '/wp-admin/js/common.js', array('jquery', 'hoverIntent'), '20081118' );
 	$scripts->add( 'sack', '/wp-includes/js/tw-sack.js', false, '1.6.1' );
 
 	$scripts->add( 'quicktags', '/wp-includes/js/quicktags.js', false, '20081103' );