diff --git a/earwigbot/wiki/__init__.py b/earwigbot/wiki/__init__.py
index e568707..61679aa 100644
--- a/earwigbot/wiki/__init__.py
+++ b/earwigbot/wiki/__init__.py
@@ -43,26 +43,6 @@ of your :py:class:`~earwigbot.wiki.site.Site` (and thus,
 :py:class:`~earwigbot.wiki.user.User`) needs.
 """
 
-from urllib import quote_plus
-
-# Some helper functions:
-
-def unicodeify(value, encoding="utf8"):
-    """Return input as unicode if it's not unicode to begin with."""
-    if isinstance(value, unicode):
-        return value
-    return unicode(value, encoding)
-
-def urlencode_utf8(params):
-    """Implement urllib.urlencode() with support for unicode input."""
-    enc = lambda s: s.encode("utf8") if isinstance(s, unicode) else str(s)
-    args = []
-    for key, val in params.iteritems():
-        key = quote_plus(enc(key))
-        val = quote_plus(enc(val))
-        args.append(key + "=" + val)
-    return "&".join(args)
-
 from earwigbot.wiki.category import *
 from earwigbot.wiki.constants import *
 from earwigbot.wiki.page import *
diff --git a/earwigbot/wiki/page.py b/earwigbot/wiki/page.py
index 983ef2e..d3b839d 100644
--- a/earwigbot/wiki/page.py
+++ b/earwigbot/wiki/page.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ except ImportError:
     mwparserfromhell = None
 
 from earwigbot import exceptions
-from earwigbot.wiki import unicodeify
 from earwigbot.wiki.copyright import CopyrightMixIn
 
 __all__ = ["Page"]
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ class Page(CopyrightMixIn):
         contains "[") it will always be invalid, and cannot be edited.
         """
         if self._exists == self.PAGE_INVALID:
-            e = u"Page '{0}' is invalid.".format(unicodeify(self._title))
+            e = u"Page '{0}' is invalid.".format(self._title)
             raise exceptions.InvalidPageError(e)
 
     def _assert_existence(self):
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ class Page(CopyrightMixIn):
         """
         self._assert_validity()
         if self._exists == self.PAGE_MISSING:
-            e = u"Page '{0}' does not exist.".format(unicodeify(self._title))
+            e = u"Page '{0}' does not exist.".format(self._title)
             raise exceptions.PageNotFoundError(e)
 
     def _load(self):
diff --git a/earwigbot/wiki/site.py b/earwigbot/wiki/site.py
index 3e96d05..005c0d5 100644
--- a/earwigbot/wiki/site.py
+++ b/earwigbot/wiki/site.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from re import escape as re_escape, match as re_match
 from StringIO import StringIO
 from threading import Lock
 from time import sleep, time
+from urllib import quote_plus
 from urllib2 import build_opener, HTTPCookieProcessor, URLError
 from urlparse import urlparse
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ except ImportError:
     oursql = None
 
 from earwigbot import exceptions
-from earwigbot.wiki import constants, unicodeify, urlencode_utf8
+from earwigbot.wiki import constants
 from earwigbot.wiki.category import Category
 from earwigbot.wiki.page import Page
 from earwigbot.wiki.user import User
@@ -184,6 +185,22 @@ class Site(object):
         res = "<Site {0} ({1}:{2}) at {3}>"
         return res.format(self.name, self.project, self.lang, self.domain)
 
+    def _unicodeify(self, value, encoding="utf8"):
+        """Return input as unicode if it's not unicode to begin with."""
+        if isinstance(value, unicode):
+            return value
+        return unicode(value, encoding)
+
+    def _urlencode_utf8(self, params):
+        """Implement urllib.urlencode() with support for unicode input."""
+        enc = lambda s: s.encode("utf8") if isinstance(s, unicode) else str(s)
+        args = []
+        for key, val in params.iteritems():
+            key = quote_plus(enc(key))
+            val = quote_plus(enc(val))
+            args.append(key + "=" + val)
+        return "&".join(args)
+
     def _api_query(self, params, tries=0, wait=5):
         """Do an API query with *params* as a dict of parameters.
 
@@ -234,7 +251,7 @@ class Site(object):
         if self._maxlag:  # If requested, don't overload the servers
             params["maxlag"] = self._maxlag
 
-        data = urlencode_utf8(params)
+        data = self._urlencode_utf8(params)
         return url, data
 
     def _handle_api_query_result(self, result, params, tries, wait):
@@ -690,7 +707,7 @@ class Site(object):
         redirect-following: :py:class:`~earwigbot.wiki.page.Page`'s methods
         provide that.
         """
-        title = unicodeify(title)
+        title = self._unicodeify(title)
         prefixes = self.namespace_id_to_name(constants.NS_CATEGORY, all=True)
         prefix = title.split(":", 1)[0]
         if prefix != title:  # Avoid a page that is simply "Category"
@@ -705,7 +722,7 @@ class Site(object):
         really just shorthand for :py:meth:`get_page("Category:" + catname)
         <get_page>`.
         """
-        catname = unicodeify(catname)
+        catname = self._unicodeify(catname)
         name = name if isinstance(name, unicode) else name.decode("utf8")
         prefix = self.namespace_id_to_name(constants.NS_CATEGORY)
         pagename = u':'.join((prefix, catname))
@@ -718,7 +735,7 @@ class Site(object):
         :py:class:`~earwigbot.wiki.user.User` object representing the currently
         logged-in (or anonymous!) user is returned.
         """
-        username = unicodeify(username)
+        username = self._unicodeify(username)
         if not username:
             username = self._get_username()
         return User(self, username)
diff --git a/earwigbot/wiki/user.py b/earwigbot/wiki/user.py
index c7939d2..9762824 100644
--- a/earwigbot/wiki/user.py
+++ b/earwigbot/wiki/user.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from time import gmtime, strptime
 
 from earwigbot.exceptions import UserNotFoundError
-from earwigbot.wiki import constants, unicodeify
+from earwigbot.wiki import constants
 from earwigbot.wiki.page import Page
 
 __all__ = ["User"]
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class User(object):
         if not hasattr(self, attr):
             self._load_attributes()
         if not self._exists:
-            e = u"User '{0}' does not exist.".format(unicodeify(self._name))
+            e = u"User '{0}' does not exist.".format(self._name)
             raise UserNotFoundError(e)
         return getattr(self, attr)