--- a/src/main/java/de/mpiwg/gazetteer/utils/DataProvider.java	Fri Nov 20 11:53:29 2015 +0100
+++ b/src/main/java/de/mpiwg/gazetteer/utils/DataProvider.java	Fri Nov 20 15:18:28 2015 +0100
@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@
 	
 	public List<LGBranch> getBranches(Long userId){
 		List<LGBranch> list = new ArrayList<LGBranch>();
+		for(LGBranch branch : getBranchMap().values()){	
+			list.add(branch);
+		}
+		return list;
+	}
+	
+	/*
+	 * old version: only showing the branches that the current user has contributor role. 
+	 * But we modify it to get all branches in the section, and leave the role checking to jsp at front-end.
+	 * 
+	public List<LGBranch> getBranches(Long userId){
+		List<LGBranch> list = new ArrayList<LGBranch>();
 		for(LGBranch branch : getBranchMap().values()){
 			if(branch.hasContributor(userId)){
 				list.add(branch);
@@ -51,6 +63,7 @@
 		}
 		return list;
 	}
+	*/
 	
 	public LGBranch getBranch(Long branchId){
 		return getBranchMap().getValuesByOwnKey(branchId);