Welcome to Elo Merchant Category Recommendation!
\n\nIn this competition, we are predicting a loyalty score for credit cards based on historical data and merchant information. Please check out the Data tab for details about the files available for download.
\n\nWe'll start a separate thread in a few days for domain-specific questions. In the meantime, please feel free to ask your questions in this thread.
\n\nBest of luck to you all!
", "messages": [ { "id": 428275, "postDate": "2018-11-27T02:20:05.907Z", "content": "Welcome to Elo Merchant Category Recommendation!
\n\nIn this competition, we are predicting a loyalty score for credit cards based on historical data and merchant information. Please check out the Data tab for details about the files available for download.
\n\nWe'll start a separate thread in a few days for domain-specific questions. In the meantime, please feel free to ask your questions in this thread.
\n\nBest of luck to you all!
", "rawMarkdown": "Welcome to Elo Merchant Category Recommendation!\n\nIn this competition, we are predicting a loyalty score for credit cards based on historical data and merchant information. Please check out the Data tab for details about the files available for download.\n\nWe'll start a separate thread in a few days for domain-specific questions. In the meantime, please feel free to ask your questions in this thread.\n\nBest of luck to you all!", "votes": 28 }, { "id": 428375, "postDate": "2018-11-27T06:59:42.340Z", "content": "It is fair to state that \"All data is simulated and fictitious, and is not real customer data\", appreciate that!\nThe question is how real and simulated data are related? \nThere should be a connection between the two, otherwise there is no point in competition for Elo.\nSuppose there will be many questions in the forum like these, so it would be great if Data page had description of how simulated data is prepared and how they are connected to real one
", "rawMarkdown": "It is fair to state that \"All data is simulated and fictitious, and is not real customer data\", appreciate that!\nThe question is how real and simulated data are related? \nThere should be a connection between the two, otherwise there is no point in competition for Elo.\nSuppose there will be many questions in the forum like these, so it would be great if Data page had description of how simulated data is prepared and how they are connected to real one", "votes": 16, "replies": [ { "id": 428573, "postDate": "2018-11-27T14:02:37.110Z", "rawMarkdown": "", "isDeleted": true }, { "id": 429760, "postDate": "2018-11-29T09:59:07.240Z", "content": "I completely agree. Also to have a short example to showcase the relationship between a card id, merchant ids and transactions will be helpful to explore the data in detail. it will give a kick to start.
", "rawMarkdown": "I completely agree. Also to have a short example to showcase the relationship between a card id, merchant ids and transactions will be helpful to explore the data in detail. it will give a kick to start." } ] }, { "id": 428706, "postDate": "2018-11-27T18:32:46.703Z", "content": "Looks really interesting, but I'll be honest: after the GA one, I will wait a bit before joining to make sure history does not repeat itself...
", "rawMarkdown": "Looks really interesting, but I'll be honest: after the GA one, I will wait a bit before joining to make sure history does not repeat itself...", "votes": 9, "replies": [ { "id": 435483, "postDate": "2018-12-08T04:54:24.367Z", "content": "what happend？
", "rawMarkdown": "what happend？", "votes": 2 }, { "id": 456047, "postDate": "2019-01-15T03:03:53.417Z", "content": "probably talking about the data leak in the google analytics competition. https://www.kaggle.com/c/ga-customer-revenue-prediction/discussion/68348
", "rawMarkdown": "probably talking about the data leak in the google analytics competition. https://www.kaggle.com/c/ga-customer-revenue-prediction/discussion/68348" } ] }, { "id": 727845, "postDate": "2020-01-24T05:35:38.283Z", "content": ".
", "rawMarkdown": ".", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 428353, "postDate": "2018-11-27T06:06:32.143Z", "content": "Excited about the competition. Looks like an interesting problem.
", "rawMarkdown": "Excited about the competition. Looks like an interesting problem.", "votes": 3 }, { "id": 443732, "postDate": "2018-12-22T09:21:26.323Z", "content": "Hi Valeria,
\n\nIn merchants.csv every merchant_id has 1 combination of [\"merchant_id\",\"merchant_category_id\",\"subsector_id\",\"city_id\",\"state_id\"]
\n\nBut in historical/newmerchantstransactions, rows with this merchantid have different combiantions of [\"merchant_id\",\"merchantcategory_id\",\"subsector_id\",\"city_id\",\"state_id\"]
\n\nDoes it make sense? How a merchan_tid can have different identifiers in other datasets than merchant.csv? Note: Attached photo with example (table 1 from merchant.csv, table 2 from historical/newmerchants_transactions)
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi Valeria,\n\nIn merchants.csv every merchant_id has 1 combination of [\"merchant_id\",\"merchant_category_id\",\"subsector_id\",\"city_id\",\"state_id\"]\n\nBut in historical/newmerchantstransactions, rows with this merchantid have different combiantions of [\"merchant_id\",\"merchantcategory_id\",\"subsector_id\",\"city_id\",\"state_id\"]\n\nDoes it make sense? How a merchan_tid can have different identifiers in other datasets than merchant.csv? Note: Attached photo with example (table 1 from merchant.csv, table 2 from historical/newmerchants_transactions)", "votes": 4 }, { "id": 433890, "postDate": "2018-12-05T16:04:56.430Z", "content": "Excited about the competition. As per timeline ,we have to disclose External data source by February 19,2019\nCan you please let me know ,what is External data source?
", "rawMarkdown": "Excited about the competition. As per timeline ,we have to disclose External data source by February 19,2019\nCan you please let me know ,what is External data source?", "votes": 1, "replies": [ { "id": 466133, "postDate": "2019-02-04T18:27:58.080Z", "content": "Any dataset, datasource, available freely public, which you believe can leverage to mine features and analysis when combined with the ELO datasets.
", "rawMarkdown": "Any dataset, datasource, available freely public, which you believe can leverage to mine features and analysis when combined with the ELO datasets." } ] }, { "id": 430067, "postDate": "2018-11-29T19:13:23.667Z", "content": "Hi Phill, can you please answer these questions?\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/73001\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/72996\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/72999
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi Phill, can you please answer these questions?\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/73001\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/72996\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/72999", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 429409, "postDate": "2018-11-28T20:13:20.557Z", "content": "It looks interesting, quite a lot of data when we include the merchants information, but still not too much for normal computer.
", "rawMarkdown": "It looks interesting, quite a lot of data when we include the merchants information, but still not too much for normal computer.", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 429056, "postDate": "2018-11-28T09:30:09.673Z", "content": "Looks Intersting. It would my first kaggle competition.
", "rawMarkdown": "Looks Intersting. It would my first kaggle competition.", "votes": 1, "replies": [ { "id": 429686, "postDate": "2018-11-29T07:29:39.707Z", "content": "It will be my first too.
", "rawMarkdown": "It will be my first too." }, { "id": 429999, "postDate": "2018-11-29T16:30:50.783Z", "content": "Same - would any of you like to be a team?
", "rawMarkdown": "Same - would any of you like to be a team?" }, { "id": 430319, "postDate": "2018-11-30T07:36:24.120Z", "content": "my first too
", "rawMarkdown": "my first too" }, { "id": 431113, "postDate": "2018-12-01T16:19:01.990Z", "content": "First for me too
", "rawMarkdown": "First for me too\n" }, { "id": 431708, "postDate": "2018-12-02T19:24:08.160Z", "content": "Hi Einas, i d like to be a team
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi Einas, i d like to be a team " }, { "id": 432097, "postDate": "2018-12-03T12:04:05.233Z", "content": "This will be my first too.\nHello Einas, will like to join the team.
", "rawMarkdown": "This will be my first too.\nHello Einas, will like to join the team." }, { "id": 433055, "postDate": "2018-12-04T16:03:13.227Z", "content": "Sure - I'll add you guys! Hopefully that way we can communicate on a more private board lol
", "rawMarkdown": "Sure - I'll add you guys! Hopefully that way we can communicate on a more private board lol" }, { "id": 433336, "postDate": "2018-12-05T01:33:11.897Z", "content": "I'd like to be a part of a team as well!!
", "rawMarkdown": "I'd like to be a part of a team as well!!" }, { "id": 433912, "postDate": "2018-12-05T16:37:59.473Z", "content": "My First Kaggle Competition too!!!
", "rawMarkdown": "My First Kaggle Competition too!!!" }, { "id": 435447, "postDate": "2018-12-08T04:00:25.713Z", "content": "don't you think is difficult if is your first competition?
", "rawMarkdown": "don't you think is difficult if is your first competition? " } ] }, { "id": 430318, "postDate": "2018-11-30T07:34:02.313Z", "content": "this is my first kaggle competition.someone please guide how to start
", "rawMarkdown": "this is my first kaggle competition.someone please guide how to start\n ", "votes": 1, "replies": [ { "id": 433345, "postDate": "2018-12-05T01:46:05.607Z", "content": "The first thing you want to do is exploratory data analysis, or EDA. This way you familiarize yourself with the data and learn the underlying relationships that might be useful in prediction. If you go to the kernels, all the top kernels right now are primarily based on EDA.
", "rawMarkdown": "The first thing you want to do is exploratory data analysis, or EDA. This way you familiarize yourself with the data and learn the underlying relationships that might be useful in prediction. If you go to the kernels, all the top kernels right now are primarily based on EDA.", "votes": 4 }, { "id": 454123, "postDate": "2019-01-11T06:44:07.933Z", "content": "Hope you've gone through those competitions that don't award any points first. After submitting 2-3 of those, this will make some sense.
", "rawMarkdown": "Hope you've gone through those competitions that don't award any points first. After submitting 2-3 of those, this will make some sense." } ] }, { "id": 476933, "postDate": "2019-02-23T13:30:27.807Z", "content": ":)
", "rawMarkdown": ":)" }, { "id": 465531, "postDate": "2019-02-03T11:38:03.103Z", "content": "This challenge seems to be a potential topic for my thesis in a business analytics MBA course. Can I use the data besides competing for this objective too?
", "rawMarkdown": "This challenge seems to be a potential topic for my thesis in a business analytics MBA course. Can I use the data besides competing for this objective too?\n " }, { "id": 458927, "postDate": "2019-01-20T20:38:25.840Z", "content": "If someone is interersted in teaming up , please let me know.
", "rawMarkdown": "If someone is interersted in teaming up , please let me know." }, { "id": 441323, "postDate": "2018-12-18T14:48:24.797Z", "content": "i am a green hand, tks to help me
", "rawMarkdown": "i am a green hand, tks to help me" }, { "id": 441176, "postDate": "2018-12-18T11:24:48.750Z", "content": "Hi, when I try to submit my result, it always say 'Error while uploading...'. It is quiet confusing.
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi, when I try to submit my result, it always say 'Error while uploading...'. It is quiet confusing. ", "replies": [ { "id": 441327, "postDate": "2018-12-18T14:50:10.697Z", "content": "Maybe u need VPN ,it is unfriendly to matherland
", "rawMarkdown": "Maybe u need VPN ,it is unfriendly to matherland" }, { "id": 441933, "postDate": "2018-12-19T09:11:38.210Z", "content": "Thanks~It is possible that the campus network I used can not access the server.
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks~It is possible that the campus network I used can not access the server." } ] }, { "id": 434710, "postDate": "2018-12-06T20:41:33.090Z", "content": "Excited!
", "rawMarkdown": "Excited!" }, { "id": 430157, "postDate": "2018-11-29T23:22:27.090Z", "content": "Same for me :). Good luck to all of us.
", "rawMarkdown": "Same for me :). Good luck to all of us." }, { "id": 429973, "postDate": "2018-11-29T16:02:47.170Z", "content": "Thanks for organizing this! Seems quite interesting and it is one of my first competitions :)
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for organizing this! Seems quite interesting and it is one of my first competitions :)" }, { "id": 429800, "postDate": "2018-11-29T11:02:19.443Z", "content": "looks great 👍
", "rawMarkdown": "looks great 👍" }, { "id": 429682, "postDate": "2018-11-29T07:21:41.593Z", "content": "I think it will be cool battle) First in my kaggle career)
", "rawMarkdown": "I think it will be cool battle) First in my kaggle career)", "replies": [ { "id": 429688, "postDate": "2018-11-29T07:29:53.957Z", "content": "That makes two of us
", "rawMarkdown": "That makes two of us", "votes": 1 } ] }, { "id": 429048, "postDate": "2018-11-28T09:15:44.073Z", "content": "Thanks for the competition, looking forward for an interesting one.
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for the competition, looking forward for an interesting one." }, { "id": 428775, "postDate": "2018-11-27T21:35:04.507Z", "content": "Looks very good
", "rawMarkdown": "Looks very good" }, { "id": 428398, "postDate": "2018-11-27T07:59:04.073Z", "rawMarkdown": "", "isDeleted": true } ], "comments": [ { "id": 428375, "author_name": "Alexander Firsov", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-27T06:59:42.340000", "content": "It is fair to state that \"All data is simulated and fictitious, and is not real customer data\", appreciate that!\nThe question is how real and simulated data are related? \nThere should be a connection between the two, otherwise there is no point in competition for Elo.\nSuppose there will be many questions in the forum like these, so it would be great if Data page had description of how simulated data is prepared and how they are connected to real one
", "votes": 16, "replies": [ { "id": 428573, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-27T14:02:37.110000", "content": "", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 429760, "author_name": "deepali agnihotri", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-29T09:59:07.240000", "content": "I completely agree. Also to have a short example to showcase the relationship between a card id, merchant ids and transactions will be helpful to explore the data in detail. it will give a kick to start.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 428706, "author_name": "Konrad Banachewicz", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-27T18:32:46.703000", "content": "Looks really interesting, but I'll be honest: after the GA one, I will wait a bit before joining to make sure history does not repeat itself...
", "votes": 9, "replies": [ { "id": 435483, "author_name": "Y_yj", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-12-08T04:54:24.367000", "content": "what happend？
", "votes": 2, "replies": [] }, { "id": 456047, "author_name": "morenoh149", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-01-15T03:03:53.417000", "content": "probably talking about the data leak in the google analytics competition. https://www.kaggle.com/c/ga-customer-revenue-prediction/discussion/68348
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 727845, "author_name": "Tien Tran", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-01-24T05:35:38.283000", "content": ".
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 428353, "author_name": "Rob Mulla", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-27T06:06:32.143000", "content": "Excited about the competition. Looks like an interesting problem.
", "votes": 3, "replies": [] }, { "id": 443732, "author_name": "Álvaro Orgaz Expósito", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-12-22T09:21:26.323000", "content": "Hi Valeria,
\n\nIn merchants.csv every merchant_id has 1 combination of [\"merchant_id\",\"merchant_category_id\",\"subsector_id\",\"city_id\",\"state_id\"]
\n\nBut in historical/newmerchantstransactions, rows with this merchantid have different combiantions of [\"merchant_id\",\"merchantcategory_id\",\"subsector_id\",\"city_id\",\"state_id\"]
\n\nDoes it make sense? How a merchan_tid can have different identifiers in other datasets than merchant.csv? Note: Attached photo with example (table 1 from merchant.csv, table 2 from historical/newmerchants_transactions)
", "votes": 4, "replies": [] }, { "id": 433890, "author_name": "RajibMandal", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-12-05T16:04:56.430000", "content": "Excited about the competition. As per timeline ,we have to disclose External data source by February 19,2019\nCan you please let me know ,what is External data source?
", "votes": 1, "replies": [ { "id": 466133, "author_name": "Khanna", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-02-04T18:27:58.080000", "content": "Any dataset, datasource, available freely public, which you believe can leverage to mine features and analysis when combined with the ELO datasets.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 430067, "author_name": "Dimosthenis Karaflos", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-29T19:13:23.667000", "content": "Hi Phill, can you please answer these questions?\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/73001\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/72996\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/72999
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 429409, "author_name": "Izabella", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-28T20:13:20.557000", "content": "It looks interesting, quite a lot of data when we include the merchants information, but still not too much for normal computer.
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 429056, "author_name": "Bharathi", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-28T09:30:09.673000", "content": "Looks Intersting. It would my first kaggle competition.
", "votes": 1, "replies": [ { "id": 429686, "author_name": "Ruth Waithera", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-29T07:29:39.707000", "content": "It will be my first too.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 429999, "author_name": "Einas Madi", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-29T16:30:50.783000", "content": "Same - would any of you like to be a team?
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 430319, "author_name": "samidha", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-30T07:36:24.120000", "content": "my first too
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 431113, "author_name": "swethanallamilli", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-12-01T16:19:01.990000", "content": "First for me too
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 431708, "author_name": "GREY WOLF", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-12-02T19:24:08.160000", "content": "Hi Einas, i d like to be a team
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 432097, "author_name": "Dzekem Christa", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-12-03T12:04:05.233000", "content": "This will be my first too.\nHello Einas, will like to join the team.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 433055, "author_name": "Einas Madi", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-12-04T16:03:13.227000", "content": "Sure - I'll add you guys! Hopefully that way we can communicate on a more private board lol
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 433336, "author_name": "Faraz Jamal", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-12-05T01:33:11.897000", "content": "I'd like to be a part of a team as well!!
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 433912, "author_name": "Franck Nfotabong", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-12-05T16:37:59.473000", "content": "My First Kaggle Competition too!!!
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 435447, "author_name": "Y_yj", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-12-08T04:00:25.713000", "content": "don't you think is difficult if is your first competition?
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 430318, "author_name": "samidha", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-30T07:34:02.313000", "content": "this is my first kaggle competition.someone please guide how to start
", "votes": 1, "replies": [ { "id": 433345, "author_name": "Dalton Hall", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-12-05T01:46:05.607000", "content": "The first thing you want to do is exploratory data analysis, or EDA. This way you familiarize yourself with the data and learn the underlying relationships that might be useful in prediction. If you go to the kernels, all the top kernels right now are primarily based on EDA.
", "votes": 4, "replies": [] }, { "id": 454123, "author_name": "eajamat", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-01-11T06:44:07.933000", "content": "Hope you've gone through those competitions that don't award any points first. After submitting 2-3 of those, this will make some sense.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 476933, "author_name": "Shinsei66", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-02-23T13:30:27.807000", "content": ":)
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 465531, "author_name": "Ersin Erkan", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-02-03T11:38:03.103000", "content": "This challenge seems to be a potential topic for my thesis in a business analytics MBA course. Can I use the data besides competing for this objective too?
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 458927, "author_name": "Yaswanth Bangaru", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-01-20T20:38:25.840000", "content": "If someone is interersted in teaming up , please let me know.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 441323, "author_name": "huayu", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-12-18T14:48:24.797000", "content": "i am a green hand, tks to help me
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 441176, "author_name": "emmm", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-12-18T11:24:48.750000", "content": "Hi, when I try to submit my result, it always say 'Error while uploading...'. It is quiet confusing.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 441327, "author_name": "huayu", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-12-18T14:50:10.697000", "content": "Maybe u need VPN ,it is unfriendly to matherland
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 441933, "author_name": "emmm", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-12-19T09:11:38.210000", "content": "Thanks~It is possible that the campus network I used can not access the server.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 434710, "author_name": "jhajhria", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-12-06T20:41:33.090000", "content": "Excited!
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 430157, "author_name": "KarelVanicek", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-29T23:22:27.090000", "content": "Same for me :). Good luck to all of us.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 429973, "author_name": "Duc Do", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-29T16:02:47.170000", "content": "Thanks for organizing this! Seems quite interesting and it is one of my first competitions :)
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 429800, "author_name": "Talha Çelik", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-29T11:02:19.443000", "content": "looks great 👍
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 429682, "author_name": "AvtandylRudenko", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-29T07:21:41.593000", "content": "I think it will be cool battle) First in my kaggle career)
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 429688, "author_name": "Ruth Waithera", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-29T07:29:53.957000", "content": "That makes two of us
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 429048, "author_name": "Vishy", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-28T09:15:44.073000", "content": "Thanks for the competition, looking forward for an interesting one.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 428775, "author_name": "GGarcia", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-27T21:35:04.507000", "content": "Looks very good
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 428398, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-11-27T07:59:04.073000", "content": "", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "428275": "Welcome to Elo Merchant Category Recommendation!\n\nIn this competition, we are predicting a loyalty score for credit cards based on historical data and merchant information. Please check out the Data tab for details about the files available for download.\n\nWe'll start a separate thread in a few days for domain-specific questions. In the meantime, please feel free to ask your questions in this thread.\n\nBest of luck to you all!", "428375": "It is fair to state that \"All data is simulated and fictitious, and is not real customer data\", appreciate that!\nThe question is how real and simulated data are related? \nThere should be a connection between the two, otherwise there is no point in competition for Elo.\nSuppose there will be many questions in the forum like these, so it would be great if Data page had description of how simulated data is prepared and how they are connected to real one", "428706": "Looks really interesting, but I'll be honest: after the GA one, I will wait a bit before joining to make sure history does not repeat itself...", "727845": ".", "428353": "Excited about the competition. Looks like an interesting problem.", "443732": "Hi Valeria,\n\nIn merchants.csv every merchant_id has 1 combination of [\"merchant_id\",\"merchant_category_id\",\"subsector_id\",\"city_id\",\"state_id\"]\n\nBut in historical/newmerchantstransactions, rows with this merchantid have different combiantions of [\"merchant_id\",\"merchantcategory_id\",\"subsector_id\",\"city_id\",\"state_id\"]\n\nDoes it make sense? How a merchan_tid can have different identifiers in other datasets than merchant.csv? Note: Attached photo with example (table 1 from merchant.csv, table 2 from historical/newmerchants_transactions)", "433890": "Excited about the competition. As per timeline ,we have to disclose External data source by February 19,2019\nCan you please let me know ,what is External data source?", "430067": "Hi Phill, can you please answer these questions?\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/73001\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/72996\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/72999", "429409": "It looks interesting, quite a lot of data when we include the merchants information, but still not too much for normal computer.", "429056": "Looks Intersting. It would my first kaggle competition.", "430318": "this is my first kaggle competition.someone please guide how to start\n ", "476933": ":)", "465531": "This challenge seems to be a potential topic for my thesis in a business analytics MBA course. Can I use the data besides competing for this objective too?\n ", "458927": "If someone is interersted in teaming up , please let me know.", "441323": "i am a green hand, tks to help me", "441176": "Hi, when I try to submit my result, it always say 'Error while uploading...'. It is quiet confusing. ", "434710": "Excited!", "430157": "Same for me :). Good luck to all of us.", "429973": "Thanks for organizing this! Seems quite interesting and it is one of my first competitions :)", "429800": "looks great 👍", "429682": "I think it will be cool battle) First in my kaggle career)", "429048": "Thanks for the competition, looking forward for an interesting one.", "428775": "Looks very good", "428398": "" } }