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  "id": 572972,
  "title": "About using external data ",
  "url": "/competitions/el-hackathon-2025/discussion/572972",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2025-04-12T16:23:22.331450600Z",
  "votes": 2,
  "comment_count": 1,
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  "content": "<p>Dear <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/elucidata2025\" target=\"_blank\">@elucidata2025</a>,</p>\n<p>I noticed that your  <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/elucidata2025/kaggle-starter-notebook#Submission-Requirements\" target=\"_blank\">kaggle starter notebook</a> mentions \"No external data - only the provided train set and public model/libraries\".<br>\nHowever,  <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/el-hackathon-2025/rules#6.-external-data-and-tools\" target=\"_blank\">Rules</a> state that external data may be used as long as it is publicly available.</p>\n<p>Could you please clarify this discrepancy and confirm which guideline we should follow?</p>",
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    {
      "id": "3177365",
      "postDate": "04/12/2025 16:23:22",
      "content": "<p>Dear <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/elucidata2025\" target=\"_blank\">@elucidata2025</a>,</p>\n<p>I noticed that your  <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/elucidata2025/kaggle-starter-notebook#Submission-Requirements\" target=\"_blank\">kaggle starter notebook</a> mentions \"No external data - only the provided train set and public model/libraries\".<br>\nHowever,  <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/el-hackathon-2025/rules#6.-external-data-and-tools\" target=\"_blank\">Rules</a> state that external data may be used as long as it is publicly available.</p>\n<p>Could you please clarify this discrepancy and confirm which guideline we should follow?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Dear @elucidata2025,\n\nI noticed that your  [kaggle starter notebook](https://www.kaggle.com/code/elucidata2025/kaggle-starter-notebook#Submission-Requirements) mentions \"No external data - only the provided train set and public model/libraries\".\nHowever,  [Rules](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/el-hackathon-2025/rules#6.-external-data-and-tools) state that external data may be used as long as it is publicly available.\n\nCould you please clarify this discrepancy and confirm which guideline we should follow?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3179796",
      "postDate": "04/15/2025 17:53:51",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/elucidata2025\" target=\"_blank\">@elucidata2025</a> <br>\nCould you please clarify about using publicly available external data?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi @elucidata2025 \nCould you please clarify about using publicly available external data?",
      "votes": null
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3179796,
      "author_name": "mahdiseddigh",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/15/2025 17:53:51",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/elucidata2025\" target=\"_blank\">@elucidata2025</a> <br>\nCould you please clarify about using publicly available external data?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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    "3177365": "Dear @elucidata2025,\n\nI noticed that your  [kaggle starter notebook](https://www.kaggle.com/code/elucidata2025/kaggle-starter-notebook#Submission-Requirements) mentions \"No external data - only the provided train set and public model/libraries\".\nHowever,  [Rules](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/el-hackathon-2025/rules#6.-external-data-and-tools) state that external data may be used as long as it is publicly available.\n\nCould you please clarify this discrepancy and confirm which guideline we should follow?",
    "3179796": "Hi @elucidata2025 \nCould you please clarify about using publicly available external data?"
  },
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