id summary reporter owner description type status component version severity resolution keywords cc stage has_patch needs_docs needs_tests needs_better_patch easy ui_ux 7287 Newforms' initial values as models, for ModelChoiceField etc Simon Litchfield nobody ModelChoiceField cleans form data into model instances, but forms don't accept model instances as initial values. This seems a bit inconsistent to me. Patch attached. Uncategorized closed Documentation dev Normal fixed Accepted 0 1 0 0 0 0