♻️ django 3.2 deprecation: url -> re_path ; ugettext_lazy -> gettext_lazy

27 files changed, 204 insertions, 202 deletions

diff --git a/ishtar_common/__init__.py b/ishtar_common/__init__.py
index fd8fb9357..d398224aa 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/__init__.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright (C) 2014-2025  Étienne Loks  <etienne.loks at iggdrasil dot net>
 
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 # overload of translation of registration module
 _("username")
diff --git a/ishtar_common/admin.py b/ishtar_common/admin.py
index dbce4670f..fd1b4e5c3 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/admin.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/admin.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
 from axes import models as axes_models
 from axes.admin import AccessAttemptAdmin, AccessLogAdmin
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.conf.urls import url
 from django.contrib import admin, messages
 from django.contrib.admin.views.main import ChangeList
 from django.contrib.auth.admin import GroupAdmin, UserAdmin
@@ -61,11 +60,11 @@ from django.db.models.fields.related import ForeignKey
 from django.forms import BaseInlineFormSet
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponse, Http404
 from django.shortcuts import render
-from django.urls import reverse
+from django.urls import re_path, reverse
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.utils.text import slugify
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_protect
 
 from django import forms
@@ -1120,7 +1119,7 @@ class ImportActionAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     def get_urls(self):
         urls = super(ImportActionAdmin, self).get_urls()
         my_urls = [
-            url(r"^import-from-csv/$", self.import_generic),
+            re_path(r"^import-from-csv/$", self.import_generic),
         ]
         return my_urls + urls
 
@@ -1278,7 +1277,7 @@ class ImportGEOJSONActionAdmin(object):
     def get_urls(self):
         urls = super(ImportGEOJSONActionAdmin, self).get_urls()
         my_urls = [
-            url(r"^import-from-geojson/$", self.import_geojson),
+            re_path(r"^import-from-geojson/$", self.import_geojson),
         ]
         return my_urls + urls
 
@@ -1504,7 +1503,7 @@ class ImportJSONActionAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     def get_urls(self):
         urls = super(ImportJSONActionAdmin, self).get_urls()
         my_urls = [
-            url(r"^import-from-json/$", self.import_json),
+            re_path(r"^import-from-json/$", self.import_json),
         ]
         return my_urls + urls
 
@@ -1773,7 +1772,7 @@ class CreateDepartmentActionAdmin(GeneralTypeAdmin):
     def get_urls(self):
         urls = super(CreateDepartmentActionAdmin, self).get_urls()
         my_urls = [
-            url(r"^create-department/$", self.create_area),
+            re_path(r"^create-department/$", self.create_area),
         ]
         return my_urls + urls
 
diff --git a/ishtar_common/apps.py b/ishtar_common/apps.py
index 2a726dd4c..0c37c6370 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/apps.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/apps.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from django.http import Http404
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.urls import NoReverseMatch, reverse
 from django.utils.text import capfirst
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class IshtarAdminSite(AdminSite):
diff --git a/ishtar_common/context_processors.py b/ishtar_common/context_processors.py
index ce379a4cd..5442b08fe 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/context_processors.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/context_processors.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, get_language
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _, get_language
 
 from ishtar_common.version import __version__
 from ishtar_common.models import get_current_profile
diff --git a/ishtar_common/data_importer.py b/ishtar_common/data_importer.py
index 9dbe0b3e9..253cd593e 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/data_importer.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/data_importer.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from django.core.files import File
 from django.db import IntegrityError, DatabaseError, transaction
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.template.defaultfilters import slugify
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from ishtar_common.utils import (
     get_all_field_names,
diff --git a/ishtar_common/forms.py b/ishtar_common/forms.py
index f16a3eeb9..ac0c638e1 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/forms.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/forms.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ from django.utils import formats, translation
 from django.utils.functional import lazy
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.text import slugify
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from bootstrap_datepicker.widgets import DatePicker, DATE_FORMAT
 from ishtar_common import models
diff --git a/ishtar_common/forms_common.py b/ishtar_common/forms_common.py
index 56942fbe0..a77b94618 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/forms_common.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/forms_common.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ from django.forms.models import BaseModelFormSet, BaseFormSet
 from django.shortcuts import reverse
 from django.utils.text import slugify
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, pgettext
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _, pgettext
 
 from . import models, models_rest
 from .models_imports import FORMATER_WIDGETS_DCT
diff --git a/ishtar_common/ishtar_menu.py b/ishtar_common/ishtar_menu.py
index 8eb9c5932..0235db8d1 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/ishtar_menu.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/ishtar_menu.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 # See the file COPYING for details.
 
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from ishtar_common.menu_base import SectionItem, MenuItem
 
diff --git a/ishtar_common/management/commands/migrate_to_geo_v4.py b/ishtar_common/management/commands/migrate_to_geo_v4.py
index 343fc85f3..d432e33b6 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/management/commands/migrate_to_geo_v4.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/management/commands/migrate_to_geo_v4.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 
-from ishtar_common.utils import ugettext_lazy as _, get_log_time, get_percent, get_eta
+from ishtar_common.utils import gettext_lazy as _, get_log_time, get_percent, get_eta
 
 from ishtar_common import models_common, models
 from archaeological_operations.models import Operation, ArchaeologicalSite
diff --git a/ishtar_common/models.py b/ishtar_common/models.py
index da827f99b..4ae11a777 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/models.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/models.py
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ from django.utils.functional import lazy
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from ishtar_common.data_importer import ImporterError, post_importer_action
 from ishtar_common.utils import (
-    ugettext_lazy as _,
-    ugettext,
+    gettext_lazy as _,
+    gettext,
     pgettext_lazy,
     format_date,
     get_generated_id,
@@ -5291,9 +5291,9 @@ class Document(
         verbose_name_plural = _("Documents")
         ordering = ("title",)
         permissions = (
-            ("view_own_document", ugettext("Can view own Document")),
-            ("change_own_document", ugettext("Can change own Document")),
-            ("delete_own_document", ugettext("Can delete own Document")),
+            ("view_own_document", gettext("Can view own Document")),
+            ("change_own_document", gettext("Can change own Document")),
+            ("delete_own_document", gettext("Can delete own Document")),
         )
         indexes = [
             GinIndex(fields=["data"]),
diff --git a/ishtar_common/models_common.py b/ishtar_common/models_common.py
index daf2d9885..ea7303089 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/models_common.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/models_common.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ from django.utils.safestring import SafeText, mark_safe
 from django.utils.translation import activate, deactivate
 from ishtar_common.utils import (
     BColors,
-    ugettext_lazy as _,
+    gettext_lazy as _,
     pgettext_lazy,
     get_image_path,
     get_columns_from_class,
diff --git a/ishtar_common/models_imports.py b/ishtar_common/models_imports.py
index a935c0e21..3ebbb8068 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/models_imports.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/models_imports.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ from django.db.models.base import ModelBase
 from django.db.models.signals import pre_delete
 from django.template.defaultfilters import slugify
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, pgettext_lazy
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _, pgettext_lazy
 
 UnoCalc = None
 ITALIC = None
diff --git a/ishtar_common/models_rest.py b/ishtar_common/models_rest.py
index 8f6f8d40c..9ed9abd3e 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/models_rest.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/models_rest.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from django.apps import apps
 from django.template import loader
 
 from ishtar_common.models_common import BaseSheetFilter
-from ishtar_common.utils import ugettext_lazy as _
+from ishtar_common.utils import gettext_lazy as _
 
 UnoCalc = None
 ITALIC = None
diff --git a/ishtar_common/tasks.py b/ishtar_common/tasks.py
index ba5a346e1..55c704ab1 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/tasks.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/tasks.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import sys
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.files import File
 from django.db.models import Q
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from ishtar_common.models_common import Town, Department
 from ishtar_common.utils import task
diff --git a/ishtar_common/templatetags/date_formating.py b/ishtar_common/templatetags/date_formating.py
index 8d81fc578..f0504318b 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/templatetags/date_formating.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/templatetags/date_formating.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from django.template import Library
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
 register = Library()
 
diff --git a/ishtar_common/templatetags/table_form.py b/ishtar_common/templatetags/table_form.py
index 01bb5679c..f1c3f688f 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/templatetags/table_form.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/templatetags/table_form.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 from django.template import Library
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 register = Library()
 
diff --git a/ishtar_common/templatetags/window_field.py b/ishtar_common/templatetags/window_field.py
index 576a7d3cc..721f39ef5 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/templatetags/window_field.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/templatetags/window_field.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import os
 
 from django import template
 from django.template import loader
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 
 from ishtar_common.models import HistoryModel, Town
diff --git a/ishtar_common/templatetags/window_tables.py b/ishtar_common/templatetags/window_tables.py
index 5685fbc93..bcd3a7b8c 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/templatetags/window_tables.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/templatetags/window_tables.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from django.template.defaultfilters import slugify
 from django.template.loader import get_template
 from django.urls import resolve
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from ishtar_common.forms import reverse_lazy
 from ishtar_common.widgets import DataTable
diff --git a/ishtar_common/tests.py b/ishtar_common/tests.py
index 18e1d9c38..bbe5db892 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/tests.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/tests.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ from django.template.defaultfilters import slugify
 from django.test import TestCase as BaseTestCase
 from django.test.client import Client
 from django.test.runner import DiscoverRunner
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.urls import reverse
 
 from ishtar_common import models, models_common, forms_common
diff --git a/ishtar_common/urls.py b/ishtar_common/urls.py
index b9eb88c2b..a66947183 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/urls.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/urls.py
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 # See the file COPYING for details.
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.conf.urls import include, url
+from django.conf.urls import include
 from django.conf.urls.static import static
-from django.urls import path
+from django.urls import path, re_path
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
 
 from .menus import Menu
@@ -32,37 +32,37 @@ from ishtar_common.utils import check_permissions, get_urls_for_model
 
 # forms
 urlpatterns = [
-    url(r"^status/$", views.status, name="status"),
-    url(r"^raise-error/$", views.raise_error, name="raise-error"),
-    url(r"^raise-task-error/$", views.raise_task_error, name="raise-task-error"),
-    url(r"^ty/(?P<url_id>[a-zA-Z0-9]+)$", views.tiny_redirect, name="tiny-redirect"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"^status/$", views.status, name="status"),
+    re_path(r"^raise-error/$", views.raise_error, name="raise-error"),
+    re_path(r"^raise-task-error/$", views.raise_task_error, name="raise-task-error"),
+    re_path(r"^ty/(?P<url_id>[a-zA-Z0-9]+)$", views.tiny_redirect, name="tiny-redirect"),
+    re_path(
         r"^robots\.txt$",
         TemplateView.as_view(template_name="robots.txt", content_type="text/plain"),
     ),
     # internationalization
-    url(r"^i18n/", include("django.conf.urls.i18n")),
-    url(r"^js/settings.js", views.settings_js, name="settings-js"),
+    re_path(r"^i18n/", include("django.conf.urls.i18n")),
+    re_path(r"^js/settings.js", views.settings_js, name="settings-js"),
     # General
-    url(r"shortcut_menu/", views.shortcut_menu, name="shortcut-menu"),
-    url(r"news-feed/", views.display_news_feed, name="news-feed"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"shortcut_menu/", views.shortcut_menu, name="shortcut-menu"),
+    re_path(r"news-feed/", views.display_news_feed, name="news-feed"),
+    re_path(
         r"display/(?P<item_type>\w+)/(?P<pk>\d+)/",
         views.DisplayItemView.as_view(),
         name="display-item",
     ),
-    url(r"qrcode/search/", views.QRCodeForSearchView.as_view(), name="search-qrcode"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"qrcode/search/", views.QRCodeForSearchView.as_view(), name="search-qrcode"),
+    re_path(
         r"qrcode/(?P<app>[-a-z]+)/(?P<model_name>[-a-z]+)/(?P<pk>\d+)/",
         views.QRCodeView.as_view(),
         name="qrcode-item",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^generate-labels/(?P<template_slug>[-a-z0-9]+)/",
         views.GenerateLabelView.as_view(),
         name="generate-labels",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^generate-document/(?P<template_slug>[-a-z0-9]+)/(" r"?P<item_pk>\d+)/",
         views.GenerateView.as_view(),
         name="generate-document",
@@ -72,54 +72,54 @@ urlpatterns = [
         views.ExportMediaView.as_view(),
         name="export-media"
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"person_search/(?P<step>.+)?$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.view_person", "ishtar_common.view_own_person"]
         )(views.person_search_wizard),
         name="person_search",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"person_creation/(?P<step>.+)?$",
         check_permissions(["ishtar_common.add_person"])(views.person_creation_wizard),
         name="person_creation",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"person_modification/(?P<step>.+)?$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_person", "ishtar_common.change_own_person"]
         )(views.person_modification_wizard),
         name="person_modification",
     ),
-    url(r"person_modify/(?P<pk>.+)/$", views.person_modify, name="person_modify"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"person_modify/(?P<pk>.+)/$", views.person_modify, name="person_modify"),
+    re_path(
         r"person_deletion/(?P<step>.+)?$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.delete_person", "ishtar_common.delete_own_person"]
         )(views.person_deletion_wizard),
         name="person_deletion",
     ),
-    url(r"person_delete/(?P<pk>.+)/$", views.person_delete, name="person_delete"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"person_delete/(?P<pk>.+)/$", views.person_delete, name="person_delete"),
+    re_path(
         r"^person-edit/$",
         check_permissions(["ishtar_common.add_person"])(views.PersonCreate.as_view()),
         name="person_create",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^person-edit/(?P<pk>\d+)$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_person", "ishtar_common.change_own_person"]
         )(views.PersonEdit.as_view()),
         name="person_edit",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^person-qa-bulk-update/(?P<pks>[0-9-]+)?/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_person", "ishtar_common.change_own_person"]
         )(views.QAPersonForm.as_view()),
         name="person-qa-bulk-update",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^person-qa-bulk-update/(?P<pks>[0-9-]+)?/confirm/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_person", "ishtar_common.change_own_person"]
@@ -127,52 +127,52 @@ urlpatterns = [
         name="person-qa-bulk-update-confirm",
         kwargs={"confirm": True},
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"organization_search/(?P<step>.+)?$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.view_organization", "ishtar_common.view_own_organization"]
         )(views.organization_search_wizard),
         name="organization_search",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"organization_creation/(?P<step>.+)?$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.add_organization"]
         )(views.organization_creation_wizard),
         name="organization_creation",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"organization_modification/(?P<step>.+)?$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_organization", "ishtar_common.change_own_organization"]
         )(views.organization_modification_wizard),
         name="organization_modification",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"organization_modify/(?P<pk>.+)/$",
         views.organization_modify,
         name="organization_modify",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"organization_deletion/(?P<step>.+)?$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.delete_organization", "ishtar_common.delete_own_organization"]
         )(views.organization_deletion_wizard),
         name="organization_deletion",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"organization_delete/(?P<pk>.+)/$",
         views.organization_delete,
         name="delete-organization",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"organization-edit/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.add_organization"]
         )(views.OrganizationCreate.as_view()),
         name="organization_create",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"organization-edit/(?P<pk>\d+)$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_organization",
@@ -180,28 +180,28 @@ urlpatterns = [
         )(views.OrganizationEdit.as_view()),
         name="organization_edit",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"organization-person-edit/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.add_organization"]
         )(views.OrganizationPersonCreate.as_view()),
         name="organization_person_create",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"organization-person-edit/(?P<pk>\d+)$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_organization", "ishtar_common.change_own_organization"]
         )(views.OrganizationPersonEdit.as_view()),
         name="organization_person_edit",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^organization-qa-bulk-update/(?P<pks>[0-9-]+)?/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_organization", "ishtar_common.change_own_organization"]
         )(views.QAOrganizationForm.as_view()),
         name="organization-qa-bulk-update",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^organization-qa-bulk-update/(?P<pks>[0-9-]+)?/confirm/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_organization", "ishtar_common.change_own_organization"]
@@ -209,55 +209,55 @@ urlpatterns = [
         name="organization-qa-bulk-update-confirm",
         kwargs={"confirm": True},
     ),
-    url(r"get-ishtaruser/(?P<type>.+)?$", views.get_ishtaruser, name="get-ishtaruser"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"get-ishtaruser/(?P<type>.+)?$", views.get_ishtaruser, name="get-ishtaruser"),
+    re_path(
         r"account_management/(?P<step>.+)?$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.add_ishtaruser"]
         )(views.account_management_wizard),
         name="account_management",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"account_manage/(?P<pk>\d+)$",
         views.account_manage,
         name="account-manage",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"account_deletion/(?P<step>.+)?$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.add_ishtaruser"]
         )(views.account_deletion_wizard),
         name="account_deletion",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^import-new/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.add_import", "ishtar_common.add_own_import"]
         )(views.NewImportView.as_view()),
         name="new_import",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^import-edit/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_import", "ishtar_common.change_own_import"]
         )(views.EditImportView.as_view()),
         name="edit_import",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^import-new-gis/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.add_import", "ishtar_common.add_own_import"]
         )(views.NewImportGISView.as_view()),
         name="new_import_gis",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^import-new-group/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.add_import", "ishtar_common.add_own_import"]
         )(views.NewImportGroupView.as_view()),
         name="new_import_group",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^import-list/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.view_import", "ishtar_common.view_own_import",
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
         )(views.ImportListView.as_view()),
         name="current_imports",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^import-list-table/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.view_import", "ishtar_common.view_own_import",
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
         )(views.ImportListTableView.as_view()),
         name="current_imports_table",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
        r"^import-get-status/$",
        check_permissions(
            ["ishtar_common.view_import", "ishtar_common.view_own_import",
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
        )(views.import_get_status),
        name="import_get_status",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^import-list-old/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.view_import", "ishtar_common.view_own_import",
@@ -289,78 +289,78 @@ urlpatterns = [
         )(views.ImportOldListView.as_view()),
         name="old_imports",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^import-delete/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.delete_import", "ishtar_common.delete_own_import"]
         )(views.ImportDeleteView.as_view()),
         name="import_delete",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^import-group-delete/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.delete_import", "ishtar_common.delete_own_import"]
         )(views.ImportGroupDeleteView.as_view()),
         name="import_group_delete",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^import-link-unmatched/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_import", "ishtar_common.change_own_import"]
         )(views.ImportMatchView.as_view()),
         name="import_link_unmatched",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^import-csv-view/(?P<target>source|result|match|error)/(?P<group>group\-)?(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.view_import", "ishtar_common.view_own_import"]
         )(views.ImportCSVView.as_view()),
         name="import_display_csv",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^import-step-by-step/all/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/(?P<line_number>[0-9]+)/$",
         views.ImportStepByStepView.as_view(),
         name="import_step_by_step_all",
         kwargs={"all_pages": True},
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^import-step-by-step/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/(?P<line_number>[0-9]+)/$",
         views.ImportStepByStepView.as_view(),
         name="import_step_by_step",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^import-pre-form/(?P<import_id>[0-9]+)/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_import", "ishtar_common.change_own_import"]
         )(views.ImportPreFormView.as_view()),
         name="import_pre_import_form",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^import-ignore-line/(?P<line_id>[0-9]+)/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_import", "ishtar_common.change_own_import"]
         )(views.line_error),
         name="import_ignore_line",
     ),
-    url(r"^profile(?:/(?P<pk>[0-9]+))?/$", views.ProfileEdit.as_view(), name="profile"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"^profile(?:/(?P<pk>[0-9]+))?/$", views.ProfileEdit.as_view(), name="profile"),
+    re_path(
         r"^save-search/(?P<app_label>[a-z-]+)/(?P<model>[a-z-]+)/$",
         views.SearchQueryEdit.as_view(),
         name="save-search-query",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^bookmarks/(?P<app_label>[a-z-]+)/(?P<model>[a-z-]+)/$",
         views.BookmarkList.as_view(),
         name="bookmark-list",
     ),
-    url(r"^bookmark/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$", views.get_bookmark, name="bookmark"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"^bookmark/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$", views.get_bookmark, name="bookmark"),
+    re_path(
         r"^bookmark/delete/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$",
         views.SearchQueryDelete.as_view(),
         name="bookmark-delete",
     ),
-    url(r"^alerts/$", views.AlertList.as_view(), name="alert-list"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"^alerts/$", views.AlertList.as_view(), name="alert-list"),
+    re_path(
         r"^success(?:/(?P<context>[a-z-]+)(?:/(?P<arg>[0-9a-z-|]+))?)?/$",
         views.SuccessView.as_view(),
         name="success",
@@ -382,77 +382,77 @@ actions = r"|".join(actions)
 # other views
 urlpatterns += [
     # General
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"update-current-item/$", views.update_current_item, name="update-current-item"
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"pin/(?P<item_type>[a-z-]+)/(?P<pk>\d+)/$",
         views.update_current_item,
         name="pin",
     ),
-    url(r"pin-search/(?P<item_type>[a-z-]+)/$", views.pin_search, name="pin-search"),
-    url(r"unpin/(?P<item_type>[a-z-]+)/$", views.unpin, name="unpin"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"pin-search/(?P<item_type>[a-z-]+)/$", views.pin_search, name="pin-search"),
+    re_path(r"unpin/(?P<item_type>[a-z-]+)/$", views.unpin, name="unpin"),
+    re_path(
         r"get-by-importer/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/(?P<type>[a-z-]+)?$",
         views.get_by_importer,
         name="get-by-importer",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"new-person/(?:(?P<parent_name>[^/]+)/)?(?:(?P<limits>[^/]+)/)?$",
         views.new_person,
         name="new-person",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"modify-person/(?:(?P<parent_name>[^/]+)/)?(?P<pk>[\d+]+)/$",
         views.modify_person,
         name="modify-person",
     ),
-    url(r"detail-person/(?P<pk>[\d+]+)/$", views.detail_person, name="detail-person"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"detail-person/(?P<pk>[\d+]+)/$", views.detail_person, name="detail-person"),
+    re_path(
         r"modify-organization/(?:(?P<parent_name>[^/]+)/)?(?P<pk>[\d+]+)/$",
         views.modify_organization,
         name="modify-organization",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"detail-organization/(?P<pk>[\d+]+)/$",
         views.detail_organization,
         name="detail-organization",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"new-person-noorga/" r"(?:(?P<parent_name>[^/]+)/)?(?:(?P<limits>[^/]+)/)?$",
         views.new_person_noorga,
         name="new-person-noorga",
     ),
-    url(r"autocomplete-area/$", views.autocomplete_area, name="autocomplete-area"),
-    url(r"autocomplete-user/$", views.autocomplete_user, name="autocomplete-user"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"autocomplete-area/$", views.autocomplete_area, name="autocomplete-area"),
+    re_path(r"autocomplete-user/$", views.autocomplete_user, name="autocomplete-user"),
+    re_path(
         r"autocomplete-ishtaruser/$",
         views.autocomplete_ishtaruser,
         name="autocomplete-ishtaruser",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"autocomplete-person(?:/([0-9_]+))?(?:/([0-9_]*))?/(user)?$",
         views.autocomplete_person,
         name="autocomplete-person",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"autocomplete-person-permissive(?:/([0-9_]+))?(?:/([0-9_]*))?" r"/(user)?$",
         views.autocomplete_person_permissive,
         name="autocomplete-person-permissive",
     ),
-    url(r"get-person/(?P<type>.+)?$", views.get_person, name="get-person"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"get-person/(?P<type>.+)?$", views.get_person, name="get-person"),
+    re_path(
         r"get-person-full/(?P<type>.+)?$",
         views.get_person,
         name="get-person-full",
         kwargs={"full": True},
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"get-person-for-account/(?P<type>.+)?$",
         views.get_person_for_account,
         name="get-person-for-account",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"show-person(?:/(?P<pk>.+))?/(?P<type>.+)?$",
         views.show_person,
         name="show-person",
@@ -467,17 +467,17 @@ urlpatterns += [
         check_permissions(["ishtaradmin"])(views.show_ishtaruser),
         name="show-ishtaruser",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"show-biographicalnote(?:/(?P<pk>.+))?/(?P<type>.+)?$",
         views.show_biographical_note,
         name="show-biographicalnote",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"new-biographicalnote/(?:(?P<parent_name>[^/]+)/)?(?:(?P<limits>[^/]+)/)?$",
         views.new_biographical_note,
         name="new-biographicalnote",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^biographicalnote-qa-edit/(?P<pks>[0-9-]+)?/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_biographicalnote",
@@ -485,129 +485,129 @@ urlpatterns += [
         )(views.QABiographicalNoteForm.as_view()),
         name="biographicalnote-qa-edit",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"department-by-state/(?P<state_id>.+)?$",
         views.department_by_state,
         name="department-by-state",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"show-area(?:/(?P<pk>.+))?/(?P<type>.+)?$",
         views.show_area,
         name="show-area",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"show-town(?:/(?P<pk>.+))?/(?P<type>.+)?$",
         views.show_town,
         name="show-town",
     ),
-    url(r"autocomplete-town/?$", views.autocomplete_town, name="autocomplete-town"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"autocomplete-town/?$", views.autocomplete_town, name="autocomplete-town"),
+    re_path(
         r"autocomplete-advanced-town/(?P<department_id>[0-9]+[ABab]?)?$",
         views.autocomplete_advanced_town,
         name="autocomplete-advanced-town",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"autocomplete-department/?$",
         views.autocomplete_department,
         name="autocomplete-department",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"new-author/(?:(?P<parent_name>[^/]+)/)?(?:(?P<limits>[^/]+)/)?$",
         views.new_author,
         name="new-author",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"autocomplete-author/$", views.autocomplete_author, name="autocomplete-author"
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"new-organization/(?:(?P<parent_name>[^/]+)/)?" r"(?:(?P<limits>[^/]+)/)?$",
         views.new_organization,
         name="new-organization",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"get-organization/(?P<type>.+)?$",
         views.get_organization,
         name="get-organization",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"get-organization-full/(?P<type>.+)?$",
         views.get_organization,
         name="get-organization-full",
         kwargs={"full": True},
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"show-organization(?:/(?P<pk>.+))?/(?P<type>.+)?$",
         views.show_organization,
         name="show-organization",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"show-import(?:/(?P<pk>\d+))?/(?P<type>odt|pdf)?$",
         views.show_import,
         name="show-import",
     ),
-    url(r"autocomplete-import/$", views.autocomplete_import, name="autocomplete-import"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"autocomplete-import/$", views.autocomplete_import, name="autocomplete-import"),
+    re_path(
         r"show-importgroup(?:/(?P<pk>\d+))?/(?P<type>odt|pdf)?$",
         views.show_import_group,
         name="show-importgroup",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"autocomplete-organization/([0-9_]+)?$",
         views.autocomplete_organization,
         name="autocomplete-organization",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"autocomplete-biographical-note/$",
         views.autocomplete_biographical_note,
         name="autocomplete-biographicalnote"
     ),
-    url(r"changelog/(?:(?P<page>\d+)/)?", views.ChangelogView.as_view(), name="changelog"),
-    url(r"person-merge/(?:(?P<page>\d+)/)?$", views.person_merge, name="person_merge"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"changelog/(?:(?P<page>\d+)/)?", views.ChangelogView.as_view(), name="changelog"),
+    re_path(r"person-merge/(?:(?P<page>\d+)/)?$", views.person_merge, name="person_merge"),
+    re_path(
         r"person-manual-merge/$",
         views.PersonManualMerge.as_view(),
         name="person_manual_merge",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"person-manual-merge-items/(?P<pks>[0-9_]+?)/$",
         views.PersonManualMergeItems.as_view(),
         name="person_manual_merge_items",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"organization-merge/(?:(?P<page>\d+)/)?$",
         views.organization_merge,
         name="organization_merge",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"orga-manual-merge/$",
         views.OrgaManualMerge.as_view(),
         name="orga_manual_merge",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"orga-manual-merge-items/(?P<pks>[0-9_]+?)/$",
         views.OrgaManualMergeItems.as_view(),
         name="orga_manual_merge_items",
     ),
-    url(r"reset/$", views.reset_wizards, name="reset_wizards"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"reset/$", views.reset_wizards, name="reset_wizards"),
+    re_path(
         r"activate-all-search/$", views.activate_all_search, name="activate-all-search"
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"activate-own-search/$", views.activate_own_search, name="activate-own-search"
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"activate-advanced-menu/$",
         views.activate_advanced_shortcut_menu,
         name="activate-advanced-menu",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"activate-simple-menu/$",
         views.activate_simple_shortcut_menu,
         name="activate-simple-menu",
     ),
-    url(r"hide-shortcut-menu/$", views.hide_shortcut_menu, name="hide-shortcut-menu"),
-    url(r"show-shortcut-menu/$", views.show_shortcut_menu, name="show-shortcut-menu"),
-    url(
+    re_path(r"hide-shortcut-menu/$", views.hide_shortcut_menu, name="hide-shortcut-menu"),
+    re_path(r"show-shortcut-menu/$", views.show_shortcut_menu, name="show-shortcut-menu"),
+    re_path(
         r"regenerate-external-id/$",
         views.regenerate_external_id,
         name="regenerate-external-id",
@@ -617,66 +617,66 @@ urlpatterns += [
         views.regenerate_permissions,
         name="regenerate-permissions",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"document/search/(?P<step>.+)?$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.view_document", "ishtar_common.view_own_document"]
         )(views.document_search_wizard),
         name="search-document",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"document/search/(?P<step>.+)?$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.view_document", "ishtar_common.view_own_document"]
         )(views.document_search_wizard),
         name="document_search",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"document/create/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.add_document"]
         )(views.DocumentCreateView.as_view()),
         name="create-document",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"document/edit/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_document", "ishtar_common.change_own_document"]
         )(views.DocumentSelectView.as_view()),
         name="edit-document",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"document/edit/(?P<pk>.+)/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_document", "ishtar_common.change_own_document"]
         )(views.DocumentEditView.as_view()),
         name="edit-document",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"document/delete/(?P<step>.+)?$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.delete_document", "ishtar_common.delete_own_document"]
         )(views.document_deletion_wizard),
         name="document_deletion",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"autocomplete-document/$",
         views.autocomplete_document,
         name="autocomplete-document",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"document/shortcut/delete/(?P<pk>.+)/$",
         views.document_delete,
         name="delete-document",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^document-qa-bulk-update/(?P<pks>[0-9-]+)?/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_document", "ishtar_common.change_own_document"]
         )(views.QADocumentForm.as_view()),
         name="document-qa-bulk-update",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^document-qa-bulk-update/(?P<pks>[0-9-]+)?/confirm/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_document", "ishtar_common.change_own_document"]
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ urlpatterns += [
         name="document-qa-bulk-update-confirm",
         kwargs={"confirm": True},
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^document-qa-duplicate/(?P<pks>[0-9-]+)?/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_document", "ishtar_common.change_own_document"]
@@ -698,38 +698,38 @@ urlpatterns += [
         )(views.QADocumentUnlink.as_view()),
         name="document-qa-unlink",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^document-qa-packaging/(?P<pks>[0-9-]+)?/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_document", "ishtar_common.change_own_document"]
         )(views.QADocumentPackagingFormView.as_view()),
         name="document-qa-packaging",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"autocomplete-documenttag/$",
         views.autocomplete_documenttag,
         name="autocomplete-documenttag",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"new-documenttag/(?:(?P<parent_name>[^/]+)/)?" r"(?:(?P<limits>[^/]+)/)?$",
         views.new_document_tag,
         name="new-documenttag",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"geo/create/(?P<app_source>[-\w]+)/(?P<model_source>[-\w]+)/(?P<source_pk>\d+)/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.add_geovectordata"]
         )(views.GeoPreCreateView.as_view()),
         name="create-pre-geo",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"geo/create/(?P<app_source>[-\w]+)/(?P<model_source>[-\w]+)/(?P<source_pk>\d+)/(?P<geom_type>[-\w]+)/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.add_geovectordata"]
         )(views.GeoCreateView.as_view()),
         name="create-geo",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"geo/edit/(?P<pk>\d+)/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.change_geovectordata",
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ urlpatterns += [
         )(views.GeoEditView.as_view()),
         name="edit-geo",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"geo/delete/(?P<pk>\d+)/$",
         check_permissions(
             ["ishtar_common.delete_geovectordata",
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ urlpatterns += [
         )(views.GeoDeleteView.as_view()),
         name="delete-geo",
     ),
-    url(
+    re_path(
         r"^qa-not-available(?:/(?P<context>[0-9a-z-]+))?/$",
         views.QANotAvailable.as_view(),
         name="qa-not-available",
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ urlpatterns += [
 urlpatterns += get_urls_for_model(models.Document, views, own=True)
 
 urlpatterns += [
-    url(r"(?P<action_slug>" + actions + r")/$", views.action, name="action"),
+    re_path(r"(?P<action_slug>" + actions + r")/$", views.action, name="action"),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/ishtar_common/urls_registration.py b/ishtar_common/urls_registration.py
index 556bf6f95..a3bc5efb1 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/urls_registration.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/urls_registration.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-from django.conf.urls import url
-from django.urls import path
+from django.urls import path, re_path
 from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView
 
 try:
@@ -12,7 +11,8 @@ from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views
 from ishtar_common import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    url(r'^accounts/activate/complete/$',
+    re_path(
+        r'^accounts/activate/complete/$',
         TemplateView.as_view(
             template_name='registration/activation_complete.html'
         ),
@@ -21,23 +21,27 @@ urlpatterns = [
     # [a-fA-F0-9]{40} because a bad activation key should still get to
     # the view; that way it can return a sensible "invalid key"
     # message instead of a confusing 404.
-    url(r'^accounts/activate/(?P<activation_key>\w+)/$',
+    re_path(
+        r'^accounts/activate/(?P<activation_key>\w+)/$',
         registration_views.ActivationView.as_view(),
         name='registration_activate'),
-    url(r'^accounts/register/$',
+    re_path(
+        r'^accounts/register/$',
         views.RegistrationView.as_view(),
         name='registration_register'),
-    url(r'^accounts/register/complete/$',
+    re_path(
+        r'^accounts/register/complete/$',
         TemplateView.as_view(
             template_name='registration/registration_complete.html'
         ),
         name='registration_complete'),
-    url(r'^accounts/register/closed/$',
+    re_path(
+        r'^accounts/register/closed/$',
         TemplateView.as_view(
             template_name='registration/registration_closed.html'
         ),
         name='registration_disallowed'),
-    # url("^accounts/", include('django.contrib.auth.urls')),
+    # re_path("^accounts/", include('django.contrib.auth.urls')),
     path('accounts/login/', views.LoginView.as_view(), name='login'),
     path('accounts/logout/', views.LogoutView.as_view(), name='logout'),
     path('accounts/password_change/', views.PasswordChangeView.as_view(),
@@ -45,4 +49,4 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('accounts/password_reset/', views.PasswordResetView.as_view(), name='password_reset'),
     path('accounts/reset/<uidb64>/<token>/', views.PasswordResetConfirmView.as_view(),
          name='password_reset_confirm'),
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
diff --git a/ishtar_common/utils.py b/ishtar_common/utils.py
index 65c0128ab..bd20e4919 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/utils.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/utils.py
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ import zipfile
 from django import forms
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.conf.urls import url
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission, User, Group
 from django.contrib.auth.hashers import Argon2PasswordHasher as BaseArgon2PasswordHasher
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ from django.db import models
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.db.models.functions import Length
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
-from django.urls import reverse, NoReverseMatch
+from django.urls import re_path, reverse, NoReverseMatch
 from django.utils.crypto import get_random_string
 from django.utils.datastructures import MultiValueDict as BaseMultiValueDict
 from django.utils.formats import date_format
@@ -84,20 +83,20 @@ from .jinja_filters import capfirst_filter, capitalize_filter, \
 
 if settings.USE_TRANSLATION_OVERLOAD:
     from overload_translation.utils import (
-        ugettext_lazy,
-        ugettext,
+        gettext_lazy,
+        gettext,
         pgettext_lazy,
         pgettext,
     )
 else:
     from django.utils.translation import (
-        ugettext_lazy,
-        ugettext,
+        gettext_lazy,
+        gettext,
         pgettext_lazy,
         pgettext,
     )
 
-_ = ugettext_lazy
+_ = gettext_lazy
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -1300,7 +1299,7 @@ def _external_id_changed(sender, **kwargs):
 
 
 def shortify(lbl, number=20):
-    SHORTIFY_STR = ugettext(" (...)")
+    SHORTIFY_STR = gettext(" (...)")
     if not lbl:
         lbl = ""
     if len(lbl) <= number:
@@ -2301,7 +2300,7 @@ def get_urls_for_model(
     app_label = model._meta.app_label
     model_name = model._meta.model_name
     urls = [
-        url(
+        re_path(
             r"show-{}(?:/(?P<pk>.+))?/(?P<type>.+)?$".format(model.SLUG),
             check_permissions(
                 [f"{app_label}.view_{model_name}",
@@ -2310,7 +2309,7 @@ def get_urls_for_model(
             ),
             name="show-" + model.SLUG,
         ),
-        url(
+        re_path(
             r"^display-{}/(?P<pk>.+)/$".format(model.SLUG),
             check_permissions(
                 [f"{app_label}.view_{model_name}",
@@ -2322,7 +2321,7 @@ def get_urls_for_model(
     ]
     if own:
         urls += [
-            url(
+            re_path(
                 r"get-{}/own/(?P<type>.+)?$".format(model.SLUG),
                 check_permissions(
                     [f"{app_label}.view_{model_name}",
@@ -2335,7 +2334,7 @@ def get_urls_for_model(
         ]
 
     urls += [
-        url(
+        re_path(
             r"get-{}/(?P<type>.+)?$".format(model.SLUG),
             check_permissions(
                 [f"{app_label}.view_{model_name}",
@@ -2348,7 +2347,7 @@ def get_urls_for_model(
 
     if autocomplete:
         urls += [
-            url(
+            re_path(
                 r"autocomplete-{}/$".format(model.SLUG),
                 check_permissions(
                     [f"{app_label}.view_{model_name}",
diff --git a/ishtar_common/utils_migrations.py b/ishtar_common/utils_migrations.py
index 21de2fefa..f11428e3c 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/utils_migrations.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/utils_migrations.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import uuid
 from django.core.files import File
 from django.core.management import call_command
 from django.db import connection
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy
 
-HOMEPAGE_TITLE = ugettext_lazy("Welcome in Ishtar, open source software for management and inventory of archaeological data")
+HOMEPAGE_TITLE = gettext_lazy("Welcome in Ishtar, open source software for management and inventory of archaeological data")
 
 
 def migrations_load_data(module_name, migration_filename):
diff --git a/ishtar_common/views.py b/ishtar_common/views.py
index a4242aa3b..50c16419c 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/views.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/views.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ from django.shortcuts import redirect, render, get_object_or_404
 from django.urls import reverse, NoReverseMatch
 from django.utils import translation
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext, ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext, gettext_lazy as _
 from django.views.generic import ListView, TemplateView, View
 from django.views.generic.edit import CreateView, DeleteView, FormView, UpdateView
 from extra_views import ModelFormSetView
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ def action(request, action_slug, obj_id=None, *args, **kwargs):
     Action management
     """
     if not check_permission(request, action_slug):
-        not_permitted_msg = ugettext("Operation not permitted.")
+        not_permitted_msg = gettext("Operation not permitted.")
         if obj_id:
             model_name = action.split('_')[0].split("-")[0].split("/")[0]
             if model_name not in ACTION_MODEL_DICT:
diff --git a/ishtar_common/views_item.py b/ishtar_common/views_item.py
index 6c7b85130..95ef1d8ad 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/views_item.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/views_item.py
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ from django.utils.translation import (
     deactivate,
     get_language,
     pgettext_lazy,
-    ugettext,
-    ugettext_lazy as _,
+    gettext,
+    gettext_lazy as _,
 )
 from guardian.models import UserObjectPermission
 from tidylib import tidy_document as tidy
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def new_qa_item(
     callback=None
 ):
     def func(request, parent_name=None, limits=""):
-        not_permitted_msg = ugettext("Operation not permitted.")
+        not_permitted_msg = gettext("Operation not permitted.")
         meta = model._meta
         permission = f"{meta.app_label}.add_{meta.model_name}"
         if not check_permission(request, permission):
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ def new_qa_item(
 
 def get_short_html_detail(model):
     def func(request, pk):
-        not_permitted_msg = ugettext("Operation not permitted.")
+        not_permitted_msg = gettext("Operation not permitted.")
         try:
             item = model.objects.get(pk=pk)
         except model.DoesNotExist:
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ def modify_qa_item(model, frm, callback=None):
     def func(request, parent_name="", pk=None):
         template = "ishtar/forms/qa_new_item.html"
         model_name = model._meta.object_name
-        not_permitted_msg = ugettext("Operation not permitted.")
+        not_permitted_msg = gettext("Operation not permitted.")
         try:
             item = model.objects.get(pk=pk)
         except model.DoesNotExist:
diff --git a/ishtar_common/widgets.py b/ishtar_common/widgets.py
index 97ed7deec..1c0b23c13 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/widgets.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/widgets.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from django.utils.functional import lazy
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from json import JSONEncoder
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, get_language
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _, get_language
 
 from ishtar_common import models
 from ishtar_common.utils import get_columns_from_class, reverse_coordinates
diff --git a/ishtar_common/wizards.py b/ishtar_common/wizards.py
index 1d5e95647..8d58b4146 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/wizards.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/wizards.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, Http404
 from django.forms import ValidationError
 from django.shortcuts import redirect, render, reverse
 from django.template import loader
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 
 from ishtar_common import models, models_rest