From 19a420f758ab24e0a170283ca23b1110d3ca6770 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Mottram <bob@freedombone.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 14:20:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid lookups if not needed

---
 webinterface.py | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/webinterface.py b/webinterface.py
index 0baba49a3..4819d8523 100644
--- a/webinterface.py
+++ b/webinterface.py
@@ -5419,11 +5419,12 @@ def htmlNewswire(newswire: str, nickname: str, moderator: bool,
             moderatedItem = False
             if moderator:
                 moderatedItem = item[5]
-                totalVotes = votesOnNewswireItem(item[2])
-                # show a number of ticks or crosses for how many
-                # votes for or against
-                totalVotesStr = \
-                    votesIndicator(totalVotes, positiveVoting)
+                if moderatedItem:
+                    totalVotes = votesOnNewswireItem(item[2])
+                    # show a number of ticks or crosses for how many
+                    # votes for or against
+                    totalVotesStr = \
+                        votesIndicator(totalVotes, positiveVoting)
 
             if moderator and moderatedItem:
                 htmlStr += '<p class="newswireItemModerated">' + \