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Introduce UserRecord and UserFactory
UserRecord is a value-object interface implemented by the old User class and a new UserRecordValue (or DatabaseUserRecord?) class. UserRecord extends UserIdentity and in addition defines the following methods:
hasLocalAccount
getRealName
isLocked (?!)
isHidden (?!)
getTouched/getDBTouched
getEmail
getEmailAuthenticationTimestamp
getRegistration
There should be a mutable version of UserRecord, or a builder, for use with updateUser().
Factory methods:
loadFromSession -> createUserFromSession() : UserRecord
loadDefaults -> createUserFromDefaults ( $name ) : UserRecord
newSystemUser 
Move loadFromSession and friends to factory. Helps with removing dependency on WebRequest/Session from User