I suspect that the answer is #3.   Maybe you could look for differences in
registered email addresses for that user in different DBs.

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Oliver Keyes <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hmn. The user table should be updated; I can only think of two situations
> here:
>
> 1. There was a lag between collecting the information and the
> information being used, and the change happened then;
> 2. There was a lag in the databases, and the change happened then;
> 3. The user didn't change their email address on whatever project we
> queried (is it a global change? Can any developers chip in here?)
>
> I've left some thoughts on that page regarding the privacy policy - I
> understand the users' concerns but I don't think they're founded on a
> valid interpretation. Hopefully it helps. Thank you, Leila, for your
> ongoing work here :)
>
> On 27 June 2015 at 17:30, Leila Zia <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > For the article recommendation test, we queried user table to get
> editors'
> > email addresses. We then excluded the emails that were not verified.
> We've
> > received a comment here that suggests the user has changed his/her email
> > addresse and we have somehow retained the old email address. I'd like to
> get
> > to the bottom of this problem. Can someone help with this, in the Talk
> page
> > or here? Are we looking at the wrong table? And in general, how can old
> > information be in the user table?
> >
> > Sorry for sending an email over the weekend. A response on Monday would
> be
> > great. :-)
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Leila
> >
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