diff --git a/script/import_scripts/bespoke_1.rb b/script/import_scripts/bespoke_1.rb
index bb120f98fe6..dd4290fbcbc 100644
--- a/script/import_scripts/bespoke_1.rb
+++ b/script/import_scripts/bespoke_1.rb
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ class ImportScripts::Bespoke < ImportScripts::Base
   end
 
   def normalize_raw!(raw)
+    return "<missing>" if raw.blank?
+
     # purple and #1223f3
     raw.gsub!(/\[color=[#a-z0-9]+\]/i, "")
     raw.gsub!(%r{\[/color\]}i, "")
diff --git a/script/import_scripts/jive.rb b/script/import_scripts/jive.rb
index 7e59a0f5a01..3d5d2a5d82e 100644
--- a/script/import_scripts/jive.rb
+++ b/script/import_scripts/jive.rb
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ class ImportScripts::Jive < ImportScripts::Base
   end
 
   def normalize_raw!(raw)
+    return "<missing>" if raw.blank?
+
     raw = raw.dup
     raw = raw[5..-6]
 
diff --git a/script/import_scripts/yammer.rb b/script/import_scripts/yammer.rb
index 907ca4a6be8..f367a73cbfd 100644
--- a/script/import_scripts/yammer.rb
+++ b/script/import_scripts/yammer.rb
@@ -468,6 +468,8 @@ class ImportScripts::Yammer < ImportScripts::Base
   end
 
   def normalize_raw(raw)
+    return "<missing>" if raw.blank?
+
     raw = raw.gsub('\n', "")
     raw.gsub!(/\[\[user:(\d+)\]\]/) do
       u = Regexp.last_match(1)
diff --git a/script/import_scripts/zendesk.rb b/script/import_scripts/zendesk.rb
index a8b5ef59ac5..4eb010aef62 100644
--- a/script/import_scripts/zendesk.rb
+++ b/script/import_scripts/zendesk.rb
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ class ImportScripts::Zendesk < ImportScripts::Base
   end
 
   def normalize_raw(raw)
+    return "<missing>" if raw.blank?
+
     raw = raw.gsub('\n', "")
     raw = ReverseMarkdown.convert(raw)
     raw
diff --git a/script/import_scripts/zendesk_api.rb b/script/import_scripts/zendesk_api.rb
index d76ff1652dc..ae9d948413d 100644
--- a/script/import_scripts/zendesk_api.rb
+++ b/script/import_scripts/zendesk_api.rb
@@ -345,6 +345,8 @@ class ImportScripts::ZendeskApi < ImportScripts::Base
   end
 
   def normalize_raw(raw, user_id)
+    return "<missing>" if raw.blank?
+
     raw = raw.gsub('\n', "")
     raw = ReverseMarkdown.convert(raw)