{
  "id": 135405,
  "title": "COVID-19 Update: Timeline Extension",
  "url": "/competitions/march-madness-analytics-2020/discussion/135405",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2020-03-13T17:49:14.087624100Z",
  "votes": 8,
  "comment_count": 2,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hi all,</p>\n\n<p>In the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak and resulting cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Winter and Spring Championships for Men's and Women's sports, <strong>this Analytics competition will remain active</strong>, as the winning criteria is not dependent on data from upcoming games. We've been forced to cancel our other two prediction challenges, and as such we've chosen to extend the deadline of that competition to April 30.</p>\n\n<p>We will update the competition rules and timeline pages accordingly.</p>\n\n<p>Please also know that nothing else at Kaggle is currently scheduled to change - we still have a full slate of competitions and unique challenges headed your direction in the coming weeks and months.</p>\n\n<p>Please stay safe and healthy, keep calm and model on!</p>\n\n<p>Addison</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "771056",
      "postDate": "03/13/2020 17:49:14",
      "content": "<p>Hi all,</p>\n\n<p>In the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak and resulting cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Winter and Spring Championships for Men's and Women's sports, <strong>this Analytics competition will remain active</strong>, as the winning criteria is not dependent on data from upcoming games. We've been forced to cancel our other two prediction challenges, and as such we've chosen to extend the deadline of that competition to April 30.</p>\n\n<p>We will update the competition rules and timeline pages accordingly.</p>\n\n<p>Please also know that nothing else at Kaggle is currently scheduled to change - we still have a full slate of competitions and unique challenges headed your direction in the coming weeks and months.</p>\n\n<p>Please stay safe and healthy, keep calm and model on!</p>\n\n<p>Addison</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi all,\n\nIn the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak and resulting cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Winter and Spring Championships for Men's and Women's sports, **this Analytics competition will remain active**, as the winning criteria is not dependent on data from upcoming games. We've been forced to cancel our other two prediction challenges, and as such we've chosen to extend the deadline of that competition to April 30.\n\nWe will update the competition rules and timeline pages accordingly.\n\nPlease also know that nothing else at Kaggle is currently scheduled to change - we still have a full slate of competitions and unique challenges headed your direction in the coming weeks and months.\n\nPlease stay safe and healthy, keep calm and model on!\n\nAddison",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "771449",
      "postDate": "03/14/2020 07:32:57",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"/addisonhoward\">@addisonhoward</a> Thanks for update and extending <code>Analytics'</code> dead line.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "addisonhoward Thanks for update and extending `Analytics'` dead line.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "823539",
      "postDate": "04/27/2020 18:02:24",
      "content": "<p>Maybe one more month extension would be a great relief in this extraordinary time for many more participants.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Maybe one more month extension would be a great relief in this extraordinary time for many more participants.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 771449,
      "author_name": "anshumoudgil",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/14/2020 07:32:57",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"/addisonhoward\">@addisonhoward</a> Thanks for update and extending <code>Analytics'</code> dead line.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 823539,
      "author_name": "paramesha",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/27/2020 18:02:24",
      "content": "<p>Maybe one more month extension would be a great relief in this extraordinary time for many more participants.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "771056": "Hi all,\n\nIn the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak and resulting cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Winter and Spring Championships for Men's and Women's sports, **this Analytics competition will remain active**, as the winning criteria is not dependent on data from upcoming games. We've been forced to cancel our other two prediction challenges, and as such we've chosen to extend the deadline of that competition to April 30.\n\nWe will update the competition rules and timeline pages accordingly.\n\nPlease also know that nothing else at Kaggle is currently scheduled to change - we still have a full slate of competitions and unique challenges headed your direction in the coming weeks and months.\n\nPlease stay safe and healthy, keep calm and model on!\n\nAddison",
    "771449": "addisonhoward Thanks for update and extending `Analytics'` dead line.",
    "823539": "Maybe one more month extension would be a great relief in this extraordinary time for many more participants."
  },
  "source": "meta"
}