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On June 8, 2017 at 07:20:23, Jeremy Stanley (fungi at yuggoth.org) wrote:
> > On 2017-06-07 16:36:45 -0700(http://airmail.calendar/2017-06-07%2016:36:45%20PDT)
> (-0700), Ken'ichi Ohmichi wrote:
> [...]
> > one of config files is 30KL due to much user information and that
> > makes the maintenance hard now. I am trying to separate user
> part
> > from the existing file but I cannot find the way to make a
> > consensus for such thing.
>
> There is a foundation member directory API now which provides
> affiliation details and history, so if it were my project (it's
> not
> though) I'd switch to querying that and delete all the static
> affiliation mapping out of that config instead. Not only would
> it
> significantly reduce the reviewer load for Stackalytics, but
> it
> would also provide a greater incentive for contributors to keep
> their affiliation data updated in the foundation member directory.

+1. This would really help me when generating the stats for our yearly
reports/keynote/etc stats instead of having to query multiple sources
and figure out which one is more current.

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Mike Perez