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  "id": 679830,
  "title": "Question about the actual Team Merger Deadline: 3/10 or 3/16?",
  "url": "/competitions/deep-past-initiative-machine-translation/discussion/679830",
  "author_name": "Ruize Zhao",
  "post_date": "2026-03-04T01:01:24.889000",
  "votes": 12,
  "comment_count": 4,
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  "content": "<p>Dear Hosts and Kaggle Staff,</p>\n<p>Thank you for organizing this exciting competition. I have a quick question regarding the competition timeline.</p>\n<p>I found two different dates for the team merger deadline on the competition pages:</p>\n<p>The timeline graphic on the Overview tab indicates March 10, 2026.</p>\n<p>The detailed list on the Timeline tab states March 16, 2026.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F31949081%2F7b8f38f68f2727e27830ce66809c9964%2F1.png?generation=1772585912717082&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\">\n<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F31949081%2Fa66971fc8fa518b2d54444e8e082f5b6%2F2.png?generation=1772585922456423&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>To help us plan our team formations properly, could you please clarify which of these is the final, accurate deadline? </p>\n<p>Thanks in advance for your help!</p>",
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    {
      "id": 3416895,
      "postDate": "2026-03-04T01:01:24.890Z",
      "content": "<p>Dear Hosts and Kaggle Staff,</p>\n<p>Thank you for organizing this exciting competition. I have a quick question regarding the competition timeline.</p>\n<p>I found two different dates for the team merger deadline on the competition pages:</p>\n<p>The timeline graphic on the Overview tab indicates March 10, 2026.</p>\n<p>The detailed list on the Timeline tab states March 16, 2026.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F31949081%2F7b8f38f68f2727e27830ce66809c9964%2F1.png?generation=1772585912717082&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\">\n<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F31949081%2Fa66971fc8fa518b2d54444e8e082f5b6%2F2.png?generation=1772585922456423&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>To help us plan our team formations properly, could you please clarify which of these is the final, accurate deadline? </p>\n<p>Thanks in advance for your help!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Dear Hosts and Kaggle Staff,\n\nThank you for organizing this exciting competition. I have a quick question regarding the competition timeline.\n\nI found two different dates for the team merger deadline on the competition pages:\n\nThe timeline graphic on the Overview tab indicates March 10, 2026.\n\nThe detailed list on the Timeline tab states March 16, 2026.\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F31949081%2F7b8f38f68f2727e27830ce66809c9964%2F1.png?generation=1772585912717082&alt=media)\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F31949081%2Fa66971fc8fa518b2d54444e8e082f5b6%2F2.png?generation=1772585922456423&alt=media)\n\nTo help us plan our team formations properly, could you please clarify which of these is the final, accurate deadline? \n\nThanks in advance for your help!",
      "votes": 12
    },
    {
      "id": 3417418,
      "postDate": "2026-03-05T10:37:56.990Z",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for the info <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/ruizezhao\" target=\"_blank\">@ruizezhao</a> uize</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for the info @ruizezhao uize",
      "votes": -2,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3417709,
          "postDate": "2026-03-06T01:16:05.837Z",
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    {
      "id": 3416960,
      "postDate": "2026-03-04T07:37:15.153Z",
      "content": "<p>Usually, team merger deadline is a week before competition end.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Usually, team merger deadline is a week before competition end.",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3417374,
          "postDate": "2026-03-05T08:50:33.430Z",
          "content": "<p>Thanks for the insight! That makes sense since it aligns perfectly with the March 16 date on the Timeline page. Though it would still be great if they fixed the typo on the Overview page so no one gets confused <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/ryanholbrook\" target=\"_blank\">@ryanholbrook</a> .</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for the insight! That makes sense since it aligns perfectly with the March 16 date on the Timeline page. Though it would still be great if they fixed the typo on the Overview page so no one gets confused @ryanholbrook .",
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      "id": 3417418,
      "author_name": "Navneet",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2026-03-05T10:37:56.990000",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for the info <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/ruizezhao\" target=\"_blank\">@ruizezhao</a> uize</p>",
      "votes": -2,
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          "post_date": "2026-03-06T01:16:05.837000",
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    {
      "id": 3416960,
      "author_name": "Paritosh Kumar Tripathi",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2026-03-04T07:37:15.153000",
      "content": "<p>Usually, team merger deadline is a week before competition end.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
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          "id": 3417374,
          "author_name": "Ruize Zhao",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2026-03-05T08:50:33.430000",
          "content": "<p>Thanks for the insight! That makes sense since it aligns perfectly with the March 16 date on the Timeline page. Though it would still be great if they fixed the typo on the Overview page so no one gets confused <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/ryanholbrook\" target=\"_blank\">@ryanholbrook</a> .</p>",
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    "3416895": "Dear Hosts and Kaggle Staff,\n\nThank you for organizing this exciting competition. I have a quick question regarding the competition timeline.\n\nI found two different dates for the team merger deadline on the competition pages:\n\nThe timeline graphic on the Overview tab indicates March 10, 2026.\n\nThe detailed list on the Timeline tab states March 16, 2026.\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F31949081%2F7b8f38f68f2727e27830ce66809c9964%2F1.png?generation=1772585912717082&alt=media)\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F31949081%2Fa66971fc8fa518b2d54444e8e082f5b6%2F2.png?generation=1772585922456423&alt=media)\n\nTo help us plan our team formations properly, could you please clarify which of these is the final, accurate deadline? \n\nThanks in advance for your help!",
    "3417418": "Thank you for the info @ruizezhao uize",
    "3416960": "Usually, team merger deadline is a week before competition end."
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