{
  "id": 74044,
  "title": "Is the use of external data allowed?",
  "url": "/competitions/NFL-Punt-Analytics-Competition/discussion/74044",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2018-12-07T20:31:01.181996300Z",
  "votes": 7,
  "comment_count": 6,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Also, please, don't forget to update the Rules with your answer. Thanks!</p>\n\n<p>EDIT: So the answer was already in the Rules =&gt; \"Participants in the Data Science Theme may use data other than the Competition Data to develop and test their models and submissions.\" Thank you, JohnM!</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "435304",
      "postDate": "12/07/2018 20:31:01",
      "content": "<p>Also, please, don't forget to update the Rules with your answer. Thanks!</p>\n\n<p>EDIT: So the answer was already in the Rules =&gt; \"Participants in the Data Science Theme may use data other than the Competition Data to develop and test their models and submissions.\" Thank you, JohnM!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Also, please, don't forget to update the Rules with your answer. Thanks!\n\nEDIT: So the answer was already in the Rules =&gt; \"Participants in the Data Science Theme may use data other than the Competition Data to develop and test their models and submissions.\" Thank you, JohnM!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "435327",
      "postDate": "12/07/2018 21:36:46",
      "content": "<p>Good question.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Good question.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "436230",
      "postDate": "12/10/2018 00:25:09",
      "content": "<p>Any word from the kaggle team on this?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Any word from the kaggle team on this?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "436697",
      "postDate": "12/10/2018 19:00:24",
      "content": "<p>No not yet. I wish those Kaggle people would hurry up though.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "No not yet. I wish those Kaggle people would hurry up though.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "436905",
      "postDate": "12/11/2018 04:59:52",
      "content": "<p>From the rules:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>For the avoidance of doubt, Participants in the Data Science Theme may use data other than the Competition Data to develop and test their models and submissions.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Makes sense to me as the NFL should  want us to use any data that helps reduce concussions.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "From the rules:\n\n&gt; For the avoidance of doubt, Participants in the Data Science Theme may use data other than the Competition Data to develop and test their models and submissions.\n\nMakes sense to me as the NFL should  want us to use any data that helps reduce concussions.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "437380",
      "postDate": "12/11/2018 19:53:08",
      "content": "<p>Ah ha! No wonder ctrl+f wasn't working! I was searching for \"External data\" but should have been looking for \"Data other than...\" :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Ah ha! No wonder ctrl+f wasn't working! I was searching for \"External data\" but should have been looking for \"Data other than...\" :)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "439092",
      "postDate": "12/14/2018 18:21:02",
      "content": "<p>Thank you - that clears it then.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you - that clears it then.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 435327,
      "author_name": "mtodisco10",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/07/2018 21:36:46",
      "content": "<p>Good question.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 436230,
      "author_name": "robikscube",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/10/2018 00:25:09",
      "content": "<p>Any word from the kaggle team on this?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 436697,
          "author_name": "crawford",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "12/10/2018 19:00:24",
          "content": "<p>No not yet. I wish those Kaggle people would hurry up though.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 436905,
      "author_name": "jpmiller",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/11/2018 04:59:52",
      "content": "<p>From the rules:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>For the avoidance of doubt, Participants in the Data Science Theme may use data other than the Competition Data to develop and test their models and submissions.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Makes sense to me as the NFL should  want us to use any data that helps reduce concussions.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 437380,
          "author_name": "crawford",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "12/11/2018 19:53:08",
          "content": "<p>Ah ha! No wonder ctrl+f wasn't working! I was searching for \"External data\" but should have been looking for \"Data other than...\" :)</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 439092,
          "author_name": "sp007c",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "12/14/2018 18:21:02",
          "content": "<p>Thank you - that clears it then.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
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    "435304": "Also, please, don't forget to update the Rules with your answer. Thanks!\n\nEDIT: So the answer was already in the Rules =&gt; \"Participants in the Data Science Theme may use data other than the Competition Data to develop and test their models and submissions.\" Thank you, JohnM!",
    "435327": "Good question.",
    "436230": "Any word from the kaggle team on this?",
    "436697": "No not yet. I wish those Kaggle people would hurry up though.",
    "436905": "From the rules:\n\n&gt; For the avoidance of doubt, Participants in the Data Science Theme may use data other than the Competition Data to develop and test their models and submissions.\n\nMakes sense to me as the NFL should  want us to use any data that helps reduce concussions.",
    "437380": "Ah ha! No wonder ctrl+f wasn't working! I was searching for \"External data\" but should have been looking for \"Data other than...\" :)",
    "439092": "Thank you - that clears it then."
  },
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}