diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -93,11 +93,13 @@
     'AlmanacNetworkEditor' => 'applications/almanac/editor/AlmanacNetworkEditor.php',
     'AlmanacNetworkListController' => 'applications/almanac/controller/AlmanacNetworkListController.php',
     'AlmanacNetworkNameNgrams' => 'applications/almanac/storage/AlmanacNetworkNameNgrams.php',
+    'AlmanacNetworkNameTransaction' => 'applications/almanac/xaction/AlmanacNetworkNameTransaction.php',
     'AlmanacNetworkPHIDType' => 'applications/almanac/phid/AlmanacNetworkPHIDType.php',
     'AlmanacNetworkQuery' => 'applications/almanac/query/AlmanacNetworkQuery.php',
     'AlmanacNetworkSearchEngine' => 'applications/almanac/query/AlmanacNetworkSearchEngine.php',
     'AlmanacNetworkTransaction' => 'applications/almanac/storage/AlmanacNetworkTransaction.php',
     'AlmanacNetworkTransactionQuery' => 'applications/almanac/query/AlmanacNetworkTransactionQuery.php',
+    'AlmanacNetworkTransactionType' => 'applications/almanac/xaction/AlmanacNetworkTransactionType.php',
     'AlmanacNetworkViewController' => 'applications/almanac/controller/AlmanacNetworkViewController.php',
     'AlmanacPropertiesDestructionEngineExtension' => 'applications/almanac/engineextension/AlmanacPropertiesDestructionEngineExtension.php',
     'AlmanacPropertiesSearchEngineAttachment' => 'applications/almanac/engineextension/AlmanacPropertiesSearchEngineAttachment.php',
@@ -5292,11 +5294,13 @@
     'AlmanacNetworkEditor' => 'PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor',
     'AlmanacNetworkListController' => 'AlmanacNetworkController',
     'AlmanacNetworkNameNgrams' => 'PhabricatorSearchNgrams',
+    'AlmanacNetworkNameTransaction' => 'AlmanacNetworkTransactionType',
     'AlmanacNetworkPHIDType' => 'PhabricatorPHIDType',
     'AlmanacNetworkQuery' => 'AlmanacQuery',
     'AlmanacNetworkSearchEngine' => 'PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine',
-    'AlmanacNetworkTransaction' => 'PhabricatorApplicationTransaction',
+    'AlmanacNetworkTransaction' => 'PhabricatorModularTransaction',
     'AlmanacNetworkTransactionQuery' => 'PhabricatorApplicationTransactionQuery',
+    'AlmanacNetworkTransactionType' => 'AlmanacTransactionType',
     'AlmanacNetworkViewController' => 'AlmanacNetworkController',
     'AlmanacPropertiesDestructionEngineExtension' => 'PhabricatorDestructionEngineExtension',
     'AlmanacPropertiesSearchEngineAttachment' => 'AlmanacSearchEngineAttachment',
diff --git a/src/applications/almanac/editor/AlmanacNetworkEditEngine.php b/src/applications/almanac/editor/AlmanacNetworkEditEngine.php
--- a/src/applications/almanac/editor/AlmanacNetworkEditEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/almanac/editor/AlmanacNetworkEditEngine.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         ->setKey('name')
         ->setLabel(pht('Name'))
         ->setDescription(pht('Name of the network.'))
-        ->setTransactionType(AlmanacNetworkTransaction::TYPE_NAME)
+        ->setTransactionType(AlmanacNetworkNameTransaction::TRANSACTIONTYPE)
         ->setIsRequired(true)
         ->setValue($object->getName()),
     );
diff --git a/src/applications/almanac/editor/AlmanacNetworkEditor.php b/src/applications/almanac/editor/AlmanacNetworkEditor.php
--- a/src/applications/almanac/editor/AlmanacNetworkEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/almanac/editor/AlmanacNetworkEditor.php
@@ -15,93 +15,21 @@
     return true;
   }
 
+  public function getCreateObjectTitle($author, $object) {
+    return pht('%s created this network.', $author);
+  }
+
+  public function getCreateObjectTitleForFeed($author, $object) {
+    return pht('%s created %s.', $author, $object);
+  }
+
   public function getTransactionTypes() {
     $types = parent::getTransactionTypes();
 
-    $types[] = AlmanacNetworkTransaction::TYPE_NAME;
     $types[] = PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_VIEW_POLICY;
     $types[] = PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_EDIT_POLICY;
 
     return $types;
   }
 
-  protected function getCustomTransactionOldValue(
-    PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
-    PhabricatorApplicationTransaction $xaction) {
-    switch ($xaction->getTransactionType()) {
-      case AlmanacNetworkTransaction::TYPE_NAME:
-        return $object->getName();
-    }
-
-    return parent::getCustomTransactionOldValue($object, $xaction);
-  }
-
-  protected function getCustomTransactionNewValue(
-    PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
-    PhabricatorApplicationTransaction $xaction) {
-
-    switch ($xaction->getTransactionType()) {
-      case AlmanacNetworkTransaction::TYPE_NAME:
-        return $xaction->getNewValue();
-    }
-
-    return parent::getCustomTransactionNewValue($object, $xaction);
-  }
-
-  protected function applyCustomInternalTransaction(
-    PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
-    PhabricatorApplicationTransaction $xaction) {
-
-    switch ($xaction->getTransactionType()) {
-      case AlmanacNetworkTransaction::TYPE_NAME:
-        $object->setName($xaction->getNewValue());
-        return;
-    }
-
-    return parent::applyCustomInternalTransaction($object, $xaction);
-  }
-
-  protected function applyCustomExternalTransaction(
-    PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
-    PhabricatorApplicationTransaction $xaction) {
-
-    switch ($xaction->getTransactionType()) {
-      case AlmanacNetworkTransaction::TYPE_NAME:
-        return;
-    }
-
-    return parent::applyCustomExternalTransaction($object, $xaction);
-  }
-
-  protected function validateTransaction(
-    PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
-    $type,
-    array $xactions) {
-
-    $errors = parent::validateTransaction($object, $type, $xactions);
-
-    switch ($type) {
-      case AlmanacNetworkTransaction::TYPE_NAME:
-        $missing = $this->validateIsEmptyTextField(
-          $object->getName(),
-          $xactions);
-
-        if ($missing) {
-          $error = new PhabricatorApplicationTransactionValidationError(
-            $type,
-            pht('Required'),
-            pht('Network name is required.'),
-            nonempty(last($xactions), null));
-
-          $error->setIsMissingFieldError(true);
-          $errors[] = $error;
-        }
-        break;
-    }
-
-    return $errors;
-  }
-
-
-
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/almanac/storage/AlmanacNetworkTransaction.php b/src/applications/almanac/storage/AlmanacNetworkTransaction.php
--- a/src/applications/almanac/storage/AlmanacNetworkTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/almanac/storage/AlmanacNetworkTransaction.php
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 final class AlmanacNetworkTransaction
-  extends PhabricatorApplicationTransaction {
-
-  const TYPE_NAME = 'almanac:network:name';
+  extends PhabricatorModularTransaction {
 
   public function getApplicationName() {
     return 'almanac';
@@ -17,26 +15,8 @@
     return null;
   }
 
-  public function getTitle() {
-    $author_phid = $this->getAuthorPHID();
-
-    $old = $this->getOldValue();
-    $new = $this->getNewValue();
-
-    switch ($this->getTransactionType()) {
-      case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE:
-        return pht(
-          '%s created this network.',
-          $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid));
-      case self::TYPE_NAME:
-        return pht(
-          '%s renamed this network from "%s" to "%s".',
-          $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid),
-          $old,
-          $new);
-    }
-
-    return parent::getTitle();
+  public function getBaseTransactionClass() {
+    return 'AlmanacNetworkTransactionType';
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/almanac/xaction/AlmanacNetworkNameTransaction.php b/src/applications/almanac/xaction/AlmanacNetworkNameTransaction.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/almanac/xaction/AlmanacNetworkNameTransaction.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+
+final class AlmanacNetworkNameTransaction
+  extends AlmanacNetworkTransactionType {
+
+  const TRANSACTIONTYPE = 'almanac:network:name';
+
+  public function generateOldValue($object) {
+    return $object->getName();
+  }
+
+  public function applyInternalEffects($object, $value) {
+    $object->setName($value);
+  }
+
+  public function getTitle() {
+    return pht(
+      '%s renamed this network from %s to %s.',
+      $this->renderAuthor(),
+      $this->renderOldValue(),
+      $this->renderNewValue());
+  }
+
+  public function getTitleForFeed() {
+    return pht(
+      '%s renamed %s from %s to %s.',
+      $this->renderAuthor(),
+      $this->renderObject(),
+      $this->renderOldValue(),
+      $this->renderNewValue());
+  }
+
+  public function validateTransactions($object, array $xactions) {
+    $errors = array();
+
+    if ($this->isEmptyTextTransaction($object->getName(), $xactions)) {
+      $errors[] = $this->newRequiredError(
+        pht('Network name is required.'));
+    }
+
+    return $errors;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/almanac/xaction/AlmanacNetworkTransactionType.php b/src/applications/almanac/xaction/AlmanacNetworkTransactionType.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/almanac/xaction/AlmanacNetworkTransactionType.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+
+abstract class AlmanacNetworkTransactionType
+  extends AlmanacTransactionType {}