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HTML

<script src="https://raw.github.com/vitch/jquery-methods/master/date.js"></script>
<li><a id="edit_general" href="#editModal" data-uid="HULK Me">Edit General</a></li>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#edit_general').click(editModal);

});

function editModal(event) {
    alert($(this).data('uid'));
    var modal = $('#editModal');
    modal.modal({
        show: true
    });
}