diff --git a/lib/Act/Data.pm b/lib/Act/Data.pm
index 3e2cf686e..4a77a5e08 100644
--- a/lib/Act/Data.pm
+++ b/lib/Act/Data.pm
@@ -475,6 +475,23 @@ sub fetch_orders ($order_id) {
 }
 
 
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# From Act::Talk
+# Another two subroutines which don't pass a conference because they
+# refer to talks, which are associated with a conference.
+sub delete_talk_attendance ($talk_id) {
+    sql('DELETE FROM user_talks WHERE talk_id=?', $talk_id);
+}
+
+sub talk_stars ($talk_id) {
+    my $sth = sql('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM user_talks'
+                . ' WHERE talk_id=?', $talk_id);
+    my ($count) = $sth->fetchrow_array();
+    $sth->finish;
+    return $count || 0;
+}
+
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Fetch the database handler
 sub dbh {
@@ -743,6 +760,15 @@ which is mapped to C<'t'> or C<'f'>.
 Returns an array reference holding hash references for each of the
 orders.
 
+=head3 Act::Data::delete_talk_attendance ($talk_id)
+
+Removes information about a talk's attendance (before deleting the
+talk itself).
+
+=head3 $count = Act::Data::talk_stars($talk_id)
+
+Returns the number of stars for a talk given by its ID.
+
 =head1 CAVEATS
 
 The Act test suite doesn't exercise all of these functions.  This is bad.
diff --git a/lib/Act/Talk.pm b/lib/Act/Talk.pm
index 325e5c5b2..bcb71a521 100644
--- a/lib/Act/Talk.pm
+++ b/lib/Act/Talk.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package Act::Talk;
 use Act::Config;
+use Act::Data;
 use Act::Object;
 use base qw( Act::Object );
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ our %sql_opts    = ( 'order by' => 'talk_id' );
 sub delete {
     my ($self, %args) = @_;
 
-    sql('DELETE FROM user_talks WHERE talk_id=?', $self->talk_id);
+    Act::Data::delete_talk_attendance($self->talk_id);
 
     $self->SUPER::delete(%args);
     $Request{dbh}->commit;
@@ -40,10 +41,7 @@ sub delete {
 
 sub stars {
     my ($self, %args) = @_;
-    my $sth = sql('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM user_talks WHERE talk_id=?', $self->talk_id);
-    my ($count) = $sth->fetchrow_array();
-    $sth->finish;
-    return $count || 0;
+    return Act::Data::talk_stars($self->talk_id);
 }
 
 =head1 NAME