def create_action(quality): def action(modeladmin, request, queryset): queryset.update(quality=quality) name = "mark_%s" % (quality,) return (name, (action, name, "Mark selected as %s quality" % (quality,))) class PackageAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): list_display = ('name', 'quality') def get_actions(self, request): return dict(create_action(q) for q in models.Quality.objects.all())