{
  "id": 9737,
  "title": "Unable to submit my response",
  "url": "/competitions/acquire-valued-shoppers-challenge/discussion/9737",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2014-07-13T15:37:50.940Z",
  "votes": null,
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  "content": "<p>Dear Admin,</p>\n<p>I am not able to submit my response to the &quot;Acquire Valued Shoppers Challenge&quot;.</p>\n<p>When i try to submit the my response, the site is saying &quot;This competition is closed to new entrants&quot;. But I am an old entrant and have downloaded the files a fortnight ago.</p>\n<p>I would highly appreciate if you can please solve this issue for me.</p>\n<p>Best regards,</p>\n<p>Shivanshu P</p>",
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    {
      "id": "50436",
      "postDate": "07/13/2014 15:37:50",
      "content": "<p>Dear Admin,</p>\n<p>I am not able to submit my response to the &quot;Acquire Valued Shoppers Challenge&quot;.</p>\n<p>When i try to submit the my response, the site is saying &quot;This competition is closed to new entrants&quot;. But I am an old entrant and have downloaded the files a fortnight ago.</p>\n<p>I would highly appreciate if you can please solve this issue for me.</p>\n<p>Best regards,</p>\n<p>Shivanshu P</p>",
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    {
      "id": "50437",
      "postDate": "07/13/2014 15:41:20",
      "content": "<p>There is a submission deadline under the competition timeline, usually it's a week before the competition closes. You need to have submitted/responded at least once before that.</p>\n<p>If you wait 32 hours, you can try out your submission on the leaderboard.</p>",
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    },
    {
      "id": "50443",
      "postDate": "07/13/2014 16:57:53",
      "content": "<p>So would i be able to assess my ranking post the 32 hours (end of contest)?</p>\n<p>I am more eager to test my model's accuracy than winning the contest.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "",
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    },
    {
      "id": "50445",
      "postDate": "07/13/2014 18:05:34",
      "content": "<p>[quote=Shiv P;50443]</p>\n<p>So would i be able to assess my ranking post the 32 hours (end of contest)?</p>\n<p>I am more eager to test my model's accuracy than winning the contest.</p>\n<p>[/quote]</p>\n<p>Yes, Kaggle usually allows this, I don't think this time it will be any different.</p>\n<p>If your model has a high accuracy on the private leaderboard (revealed after the contest has ended), be sure to mention your approach on the forums, I and other Kagglers will still be interested.</p>",
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    {
      "id": "50446",
      "postDate": "07/13/2014 19:07:04",
      "content": "<p>Sure Triskelion, i would definitely do that.</p>\n<p>Many thanks for the information.</p>",
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    },
    {
      "id": "50471",
      "postDate": "07/14/2014 13:35:02",
      "content": "<p>I have the same problem! What can i do? My roc under the curve is very competitive! Thanks</p>",
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    },
    {
      "id": "50484",
      "postDate": "07/14/2014 17:06:52",
      "content": "<p>Dear Admin,&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Today, before the closing date for competition, I tried to send my submission but without success. The site says:&quot;This competition is closed to new entrants&quot;. The problem is that I am an old entrant and have downloaded the files long ago (it can be checked easily). I have obtained a score of 0.68 in area under the curve and&nbsp;I would like to compete because the deadline has not arrived. What can i do???</p>\n<p>Please I need an answer as soon as possible</p>\n\n<p>Thanks</p>",
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      "id": 50437,
      "author_name": "triskelion",
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      "post_date": "07/13/2014 15:41:20",
      "content": "<p>There is a submission deadline under the competition timeline, usually it's a week before the competition closes. You need to have submitted/responded at least once before that.</p>\n<p>If you wait 32 hours, you can try out your submission on the leaderboard.</p>",
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    {
      "id": 50443,
      "author_name": "shivanshup",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "07/13/2014 16:57:53",
      "content": "<p>So would i be able to assess my ranking post the 32 hours (end of contest)?</p>\n<p>I am more eager to test my model's accuracy than winning the contest.</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    },
    {
      "id": 50445,
      "author_name": "triskelion",
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      "post_date": "07/13/2014 18:05:34",
      "content": "<p>[quote=Shiv P;50443]</p>\n<p>So would i be able to assess my ranking post the 32 hours (end of contest)?</p>\n<p>I am more eager to test my model's accuracy than winning the contest.</p>\n<p>[/quote]</p>\n<p>Yes, Kaggle usually allows this, I don't think this time it will be any different.</p>\n<p>If your model has a high accuracy on the private leaderboard (revealed after the contest has ended), be sure to mention your approach on the forums, I and other Kagglers will still be interested.</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    {
      "id": 50446,
      "author_name": "shivanshup",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "07/13/2014 19:07:04",
      "content": "<p>Sure Triskelion, i would definitely do that.</p>\n<p>Many thanks for the information.</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    },
    {
      "id": 50471,
      "author_name": "mike64",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "07/14/2014 13:35:02",
      "content": "<p>I have the same problem! What can i do? My roc under the curve is very competitive! Thanks</p>",
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      "id": 50484,
      "author_name": "mike64",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "07/14/2014 17:06:52",
      "content": "<p>Dear Admin,&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Today, before the closing date for competition, I tried to send my submission but without success. The site says:&quot;This competition is closed to new entrants&quot;. The problem is that I am an old entrant and have downloaded the files long ago (it can be checked easily). I have obtained a score of 0.68 in area under the curve and&nbsp;I would like to compete because the deadline has not arrived. What can i do???</p>\n<p>Please I need an answer as soon as possible</p>\n\n<p>Thanks</p>",
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