/**
  * validate_email
  * Determines if the $value passed in is a valid email address.
  * @param string $value The piece of data that is supposed to be an email
  * address.
  * @return boolean True if $value is a valid email address, otherwise false.
  */
 protected static function validate_email($value)
 {
     return WmfFramework::validateEmail($value) && !DataValidator::cc_number_exists_in_str($value);
 }