diff --git a/app/models/issue.rb b/app/models/issue.rb
index 3ed47ef1bea..f1cb2e220b9 100644
--- a/app/models/issue.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates :title,
             :presence => true,
             :length   => { :within => 0..255 }
-            
+
   validates :description,
             :length   => { :within => 0..2000 }
 
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
   def new?
     today? && created_at == updated_at
   end
+
+  # Return the number of +1 comments (upvotes)
+  def upvotes
+    notes.select(&:upvote?).size
+  end
+
+  def is_being_reassigned?
+    assignee_id_changed?
+  end
 end
 # == Schema Information
 #
diff --git a/spec/models/issue_spec.rb b/spec/models/issue_spec.rb
index 791e9cdeb9f..68c05f2edf4 100644
--- a/spec/models/issue_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/issue_spec.rb
@@ -20,10 +20,21 @@ describe Issue do
     it { Issue.should respond_to :opened }
   end
 
-  it { Factory.create(:issue,
-                      :author => Factory(:user),
-                      :assignee => Factory(:user),
-                      :project => Factory.create(:project)).should be_valid }
+  subject { Factory.create(:issue,
+                           :author => Factory(:user),
+                           :assignee => Factory(:user),
+                           :project => Factory.create(:project)) }
+  it { should be_valid }
+
+  describe '#is_being_reassigned?' do
+    it 'returns true if the issue assignee has changed' do
+      subject.assignee = Factory(:user)
+      subject.is_being_reassigned?.should be_true
+    end
+    it 'returns false if the issue assignee has not changed' do
+      subject.is_being_reassigned?.should be_false
+    end
+  end
 
   describe "plus 1" do
     let(:project) { Factory(:project) }