diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Collaborators/CollaboratorsHandler.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Collaborators/CollaboratorsHandler.coffee
index af3a85dd07..f7db3953eb 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Collaborators/CollaboratorsHandler.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Collaborators/CollaboratorsHandler.coffee
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ module.exports = CollaboratorsHandler =
 					return callback null, true, member.privilegeLevel
 			return callback null, false, null
 
-	getProjectsUserIsCollaboratorOf: (user_id, fields, callback = (error, readAndWriteProjects, readOnlyProjects) ->) ->
+	getProjectsUserIsMemberOf: (user_id, fields, callback = (error, readAndWriteProjects, readOnlyProjects) ->) ->
 		Project.find {collaberator_refs:user_id}, fields, (err, readAndWriteProjects)=>
 			return callback(err) if err?
 			Project.find {readOnly_refs:user_id}, fields, (err, readOnlyProjects)=>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ module.exports = CollaboratorsHandler =
 			callback(err)
 
 	removeUserFromAllProjets: (user_id, callback = (error) ->) ->
-		CollaboratorsHandler.getProjectsUserIsCollaboratorOf user_id, { _id: 1 }, (error, readAndWriteProjects = [], readOnlyProjects = []) ->
+		CollaboratorsHandler.getProjectsUserIsMemberOf user_id, { _id: 1 }, (error, readAndWriteProjects = [], readOnlyProjects = []) ->
 			return callback(error) if error?
 			allProjects = readAndWriteProjects.concat(readOnlyProjects)
 			jobs = []
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectDeleter.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectDeleter.coffee
index f398ea75b5..34a129fe2b 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectDeleter.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectDeleter.coffee
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ module.exports = ProjectDeleter =
 
 	archiveProject: (project_id, callback = (error) ->)->
 		logger.log project_id:project_id, "archived project from user request"
+		# TODO: the *_refs properties are probably not needed here
 		ProjectGetter.getProject project_id, {owner_ref:true, collaberator_refs:true, readOnly_refs:true}, (err, project)=>
 			if err? or !project?
 				logger.err err:err, project_id:project_id, "error getting project to archived it"
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectGetter.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectGetter.coffee
index ac2ce53ac2..afa1d0be02 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectGetter.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectGetter.coffee
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ module.exports = ProjectGetter =
 		CollaboratorsHandler = require "../Collaborators/CollaboratorsHandler"
 		Project.find {owner_ref: user_id}, fields, (error, projects) ->
 			return callback(error) if error?
-			CollaboratorsHandler.getProjectsUserIsCollaboratorOf user_id, fields, (error, readAndWriteProjects, readOnlyProjects) ->
+			CollaboratorsHandler.getProjectsUserIsMemberOf user_id, fields, (error, readAndWriteProjects, readOnlyProjects) ->
 				return callback(error) if error?
 				callback null, projects, readAndWriteProjects, readOnlyProjects
 
diff --git a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Collaborators/CollaboratorsHandlerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Collaborators/CollaboratorsHandlerTests.coffee
index 16df525d78..529558554f 100644
--- a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Collaborators/CollaboratorsHandlerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Collaborators/CollaboratorsHandlerTests.coffee
@@ -186,13 +186,13 @@ describe "CollaboratorsHandler", ->
 					.calledWith(null, false, null)
 					.should.equal true
 
-	describe "getProjectsUserIsCollaboratorOf", ->
+	describe "getProjectsUserIsMemberOf", ->
 		beforeEach ->
 			@fields = "mock fields"
 			@Project.find = sinon.stub()
 			@Project.find.withArgs({collaberator_refs:@user_id}, @fields).yields(null, ["mock-read-write-project-1", "mock-read-write-project-2"])
 			@Project.find.withArgs({readOnly_refs:@user_id}, @fields).yields(null, ["mock-read-only-project-1", "mock-read-only-project-2"])
-			@CollaboratorHandler.getProjectsUserIsCollaboratorOf @user_id, @fields, @callback
+			@CollaboratorHandler.getProjectsUserIsMemberOf @user_id, @fields, @callback
 
 		it "should call the callback with the projects", ->
 			@callback
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ describe "CollaboratorsHandler", ->
 
 	describe "removeUserFromAllProjects", ->
 		beforeEach (done) ->
-			@CollaboratorHandler.getProjectsUserIsCollaboratorOf = sinon.stub()
-			@CollaboratorHandler.getProjectsUserIsCollaboratorOf.withArgs(@user_id, { _id: 1 }).yields(
+			@CollaboratorHandler.getProjectsUserIsMemberOf = sinon.stub()
+			@CollaboratorHandler.getProjectsUserIsMemberOf.withArgs(@user_id, { _id: 1 }).yields(
 				null,
 				[ { _id: "read-and-write-0" }, { _id: "read-and-write-1" }, null ],
 				[ { _id: "read-only-0" }, { _id: "read-only-1" }, null ]
diff --git a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectGetterTests.coffee b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectGetterTests.coffee
index 601cb78908..ef8e7ef1ed 100644
--- a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectGetterTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectGetterTests.coffee
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ describe "ProjectGetter", ->
 			@fields = {"mock": "fields"}
 			@Project.find = sinon.stub()
 			@Project.find.withArgs({owner_ref: @user_id}, @fields).yields(null, ["mock-owned-projects"])
-			@CollaboratorsHandler.getProjectsUserIsCollaboratorOf = sinon.stub()
-			@CollaboratorsHandler.getProjectsUserIsCollaboratorOf.withArgs(@user_id, @fields).yields(null, ["mock-rw-projects"], ["mock-ro-projects"])
+			@CollaboratorsHandler.getProjectsUserIsMemberOf = sinon.stub()
+			@CollaboratorsHandler.getProjectsUserIsMemberOf.withArgs(@user_id, @fields).yields(null, ["mock-rw-projects"], ["mock-ro-projects"])
 			@ProjectGetter.findAllUsersProjects @user_id, @fields, @callback
 		
 		it "should call the callback with all the projects", ->