diff --git a/collections/comments.js b/collections/comments.js
index b5745749e..fccafaed3 100644
--- a/collections/comments.js
+++ b/collections/comments.js
@@ -1,5 +1,52 @@
 Comments = new Meteor.Collection('comments');
 
+// Comments = new Meteor.Collection("comments", {
+//   schema: new SimpleSchema({
+//     body: {
+//       type: String,
+//     },
+//     baseScore: {
+//       type: Number
+//     },
+//     score: {
+//       type: Number
+//     }
+//     baseScore: {
+//       type: Number
+//     },
+//     upvotes: {
+//       type: Number
+//     },
+//     upvoters: {
+//       type: []
+//     },
+//     downvotes: {
+//       type: Number
+//     },
+//     downvoters: {
+//       type: []
+//     }
+//     score: {
+//       type: Number
+//     },
+//     author: {
+//       type: String
+//     },
+//     inactive: {
+//       type: Boolean
+//     },
+//     createdAt: {
+//       type: Date
+//     },
+//     postId: {
+//       type: "???"
+//     },
+//     userId: {
+//       type: "???"
+//     }
+//   })
+// });
+
 Comments.deny({
   update: function(userId, post, fieldNames) {
     if(isAdminById(userId))
diff --git a/collections/notifications.js b/collections/notifications.js
index 15524b948..7d1739cee 100644
--- a/collections/notifications.js
+++ b/collections/notifications.js
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 Notifications = new Meteor.Collection('notifications');
 
+// Notifications = new Meteor.Collection("notifications", {
+//   schema: new SimpleSchema({
+//     properties: {
+//       type: Object
+//     },
+//     event: {
+//       type: String
+//     },
+//     read: {
+//       type: Boolean
+//     },
+//     createdAt: {
+//       type: Date
+//     },
+//     userId: {
+//       type: "???"
+//     }
+//   })
+// });
+
 Notifications.allow({
     insert: function(userId, doc){
       // new notifications can only be created via a Meteor method
diff --git a/collections/posts.js b/collections/posts.js
index aa2815142..67d32956f 100644
--- a/collections/posts.js
+++ b/collections/posts.js
@@ -1,5 +1,66 @@
 Posts = new Meteor.Collection('posts');
 
+// Posts = new Meteor.Collection("posts", {
+//   schema: new SimpleSchema({
+//     headline: {
+//       type: String,
+//       label: "Title",
+//     },
+//     url: {
+//       type: String,
+//       label: "URL"
+//     },
+//     body: {
+//       type: String,
+//     },
+//     author: {
+//       type: String
+//     },
+//     comments: {
+//       type: Number
+//     },
+//     baseScore: {
+//       type: Number
+//     },
+//     upvotes: {
+//       type: Number
+//     },
+//     upvoters: {
+//       type: []
+//     },
+//     downvotes: {
+//       type: Number
+//     },
+//     downvoters: {
+//       type: []
+//     }
+//     score: {
+//       type: Number
+//     },
+//     status: {
+//       type: Number
+//     },
+//     createdAt: {
+//       type: Date
+//     },
+//     submitted: {
+//       type: Date
+//     },
+//     sticky: {
+//       type: Boolean
+//     },
+//     inactive: {
+//       type: Boolean
+//     },
+//     categories: {
+//       type: []
+//     },
+//     userId: {
+//       type: "???"
+//     }
+//   })
+// });
+
 STATUS_PENDING=1;
 STATUS_APPROVED=2;
 STATUS_REJECTED=3;
diff --git a/collections/users.js b/collections/users.js
index 586550e00..f8662c105 100644
--- a/collections/users.js
+++ b/collections/users.js
@@ -1,3 +1,40 @@
+var Schema = {};
+
+Schema.User = new SimpleSchema({
+    _id: {
+        type: String,
+        regEx: SimpleSchema.RegEx.Id
+    },
+    username: {
+        type: String,
+        regEx: /^[a-z0-9A-Z_]{3,15}$/
+    },
+    emails: {
+        type: [Object]
+    },
+    "emails.$.address": {
+        type: String,
+        regEx: SimpleSchema.RegEx.Email
+    },
+    "emails.$.verified": {
+        type: Boolean
+    },
+    createdAt: {
+        type: Date
+    },
+    profile: {
+        type: Schema.UserProfile,
+        optional: true
+    },
+    services: {
+        type: Object,
+        optional: true,
+        blackbox: true
+    }
+});
+
+// Meteor.users.attachSchema(Schema.User);
+
 Meteor.users.allow({
   update: function(userId, doc){
   	return isAdminById(userId) || userId == doc._id;