some more refactors

src/groups.js

@@ -243,26 +243,23 @@ Groups.getGroupNameByGroupSlug = function (slug, callback) {
 };
 
 Groups.isPrivate = function (groupName, callback) {
-	async.waterfall([
-		function (next) {
-			db.getObjectField('group:' + groupName, 'private', next);
-		},
-		function (isPrivate, next) {
-			next(null, parseInt(isPrivate, 10) !== 0);
-		},
-	], callback);
+	isFieldOn(groupName, 'private', callback);
 };
 
 Groups.isHidden = function (groupName, callback) {
+	isFieldOn(groupName, 'hidden', callback);
+};
+
+function isFieldOn(groupName, field, callback) {
 	async.waterfall([
 		function (next) {
-			db.getObjectField('group:' + groupName, 'hidden', next);
+			db.getObjectField('group:' + groupName, field, next);
 		},
-		function (isHidden, next) {
-			next(null, parseInt(isHidden, 10) === 1);
+		function (value, next) {
+			next(null, parseInt(value, 10) === 1);
 		},
 	], callback);
-};
+}
 
 Groups.exists = function (name, callback) {
 	if (Array.isArray(name)) {

src/user/profile.js

@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 		var fields = ['username', 'email', 'fullname', 'website', 'location',
 			'groupTitle', 'birthday', 'signature', 'aboutme'];
 
+		if (data.aboutme !== undefined && data.aboutme.length > meta.config.maximumAboutMeLength) {
+			return callback(new Error('[[error:about-me-too-long, ' + meta.config.maximumAboutMeLength + ']]'));
+		}
+
+		if (data.signature !== undefined && data.signature.length > meta.config.maximumSignatureLength) {
+			return callback(new Error('[[error:signature-too-long, ' + meta.config.maximumSignatureLength + ']]'));
+		}
+
 		async.waterfall([
 			function (next) {
 				plugins.fireHook('filter:user.updateProfile', { uid: uid, data: data, fields: fields }, next);
@@ -24,8 +32,6 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 				data = data.data;
 
 				async.series([
-					async.apply(isAboutMeValid, data),
-					async.apply(isSignatureValid, data),
 					async.apply(isEmailAvailable, data, uid),
 					async.apply(isUsernameAvailable, data, uid),
 					async.apply(isGroupTitleValid, data),
@@ -61,22 +67,6 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 		], callback);
 	};
 
-	function isAboutMeValid(data, callback) {
-		if (data.aboutme !== undefined && data.aboutme.length > meta.config.maximumAboutMeLength) {
-			callback(new Error('[[error:about-me-too-long, ' + meta.config.maximumAboutMeLength + ']]'));
-		} else {
-			callback();
-		}
-	}
-
-	function isSignatureValid(data, callback) {
-		if (data.signature !== undefined && data.signature.length > meta.config.maximumSignatureLength) {
-			callback(new Error('[[error:signature-too-long, ' + meta.config.maximumSignatureLength + ']]'));
-		} else {
-			callback();
-		}
-	}
-
 	function isEmailAvailable(data, uid, callback) {
 		if (!data.email) {
 			return callback();

src/webserver.js

@@ -61,21 +61,20 @@ module.exports.listen = function (callback) {
 
 	logger.init(app);
 
-	initializeNodeBB(function (err) {
-		if (err) {
-			return callback(err);
-		}
-
-		winston.info('NodeBB Ready');
+	async.waterfall([
+		initializeNodeBB,
+		function (next) {
+			winston.info('NodeBB Ready');
 
-		require('./socket.io').server.emit('event:nodebb.ready', {
-			'cache-buster': meta.config['cache-buster'],
-		});
+			require('./socket.io').server.emit('event:nodebb.ready', {
+				'cache-buster': meta.config['cache-buster'],
+			});
 
-		plugins.fireHook('action:nodebb.ready');
+			plugins.fireHook('action:nodebb.ready');
 
-		listen(callback);
-	});
+			listen(next);
+		},
+	], callback);
 };
 
 function initializeNodeBB(callback) {
@@ -107,7 +106,9 @@ function initializeNodeBB(callback) {
 				meta.blacklist.load,
 			], next);
 		},
-	], callback);
+	], function (err) {
+		callback(err);
+	});
 }
 
 function setupExpressApp(app) {