Thanks a lot everyone. :-) On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Gergo Tisza <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Leila Zia <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Increasing_article_coverage#Usage_of_user_database> >> 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? >> > > Now that SUL finalization > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/SUL_finalisation> has completed, you > should use the global user table for email addresses > (centralauth.globaluser.gu_email). When the user changes their email, it is > not updated on all 800-something projects where they might have an account, > only locally and centrally. User data on other wikis will be updated > whenever the user next visits them. > > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics > >
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