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  "id": 672198,
  "title": "Private leaderboard still available on 2025 version of competition",
  "url": "/competitions/plantclef-2026/discussion/672198",
  "author_name": "Devin Anzelmo",
  "post_date": "2026-02-06T18:17:56.210000",
  "votes": 2,
  "comment_count": 4,
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  "content": "<p>This seems like a direct reboot of previous competition which is still up. I made submission that I used here and got exact same score (so same split between private public) and access to the private leaderboard score. If you don't want people to access the private leaderboard maybe disable the previous competition. </p>",
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      "id": 3402764,
      "postDate": "2026-02-06T18:49:36.630Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/devinanzelmo\" target=\"_blank\">@devinanzelmo</a>,</p>\n<p>Thank you for pointing this out!</p>\n<p>We are in touch with Kaggle and will resolve (i.e., hide the old competition) ASAP. </p>\n<p>Best,\nLukas</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi @devinanzelmo,\n\nThank you for pointing this out!\n\nWe are in touch with Kaggle and will resolve (i.e., hide the old competition) ASAP. \n\nBest,\nLukas",
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          "postDate": "2026-02-11T07:47:08.323Z",
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          "postDate": "2026-02-11T07:48:18.170Z",
          "content": "<p>Hi, Dr. Lukas, The species IDs for this competition appear to be identical to those used in GeoLifeCLEF. Does this mean I can use the GeoCLEF dataset to enhance training?</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Hi, Dr. Lukas, The species IDs for this competition appear to be identical to those used in GeoLifeCLEF. Does this mean I can use the GeoCLEF dataset to enhance training?",
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 3404793,
              "postDate": "2026-02-11T08:51:00.120Z",
              "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/liuhaixu\" target=\"_blank\">@liuhaixu</a>,</p>\n<p>I'm not sure about that. \nBut in general, I'm not aware of such a restriction.</p>\n<p>Can you please confirm? <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/juliostat\" target=\"_blank\">@juliostat</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/hgoeau\" target=\"_blank\">@hgoeau</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/ilyassmoummad\" target=\"_blank\">@ilyassmoummad</a></p>\n<p>Best,\nLukas</p>",
              "rawMarkdown": "Hi @liuhaixu,\n\nI'm not sure about that. \nBut in general, I'm not aware of such a restriction.\n\nCan you please confirm? @juliostat @hgoeau @ilyassmoummad\n\nBest,\nLukas"
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    {
      "id": 3402752,
      "postDate": "2026-02-06T18:17:56.210Z",
      "content": "<p>This seems like a direct reboot of previous competition which is still up. I made submission that I used here and got exact same score (so same split between private public) and access to the private leaderboard score. If you don't want people to access the private leaderboard maybe disable the previous competition. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "This seems like a direct reboot of previous competition which is still up. I made submission that I used here and got exact same score (so same split between private public) and access to the private leaderboard score. If you don't want people to access the private leaderboard maybe disable the previous competition. ",
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    {
      "id": 3402764,
      "author_name": "picekl",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2026-02-06T18:49:36.630000",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/devinanzelmo\" target=\"_blank\">@devinanzelmo</a>,</p>\n<p>Thank you for pointing this out!</p>\n<p>We are in touch with Kaggle and will resolve (i.e., hide the old competition) ASAP. </p>\n<p>Best,\nLukas</p>",
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      "replies": [
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          "author_name": "",
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          "post_date": "2026-02-11T07:47:08.323000",
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          "votes": 0,
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          "id": 3404770,
          "author_name": "Miss Qiu",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2026-02-11T07:48:18.170000",
          "content": "<p>Hi, Dr. Lukas, The species IDs for this competition appear to be identical to those used in GeoLifeCLEF. Does this mean I can use the GeoCLEF dataset to enhance training?</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 3404793,
              "author_name": "picekl",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "2026-02-11T08:51:00.120000",
              "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/liuhaixu\" target=\"_blank\">@liuhaixu</a>,</p>\n<p>I'm not sure about that. \nBut in general, I'm not aware of such a restriction.</p>\n<p>Can you please confirm? <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/juliostat\" target=\"_blank\">@juliostat</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/hgoeau\" target=\"_blank\">@hgoeau</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/ilyassmoummad\" target=\"_blank\">@ilyassmoummad</a></p>\n<p>Best,\nLukas</p>",
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    "3402764": "Hi @devinanzelmo,\n\nThank you for pointing this out!\n\nWe are in touch with Kaggle and will resolve (i.e., hide the old competition) ASAP. \n\nBest,\nLukas",
    "3402752": "This seems like a direct reboot of previous competition which is still up. I made submission that I used here and got exact same score (so same split between private public) and access to the private leaderboard score. If you don't want people to access the private leaderboard maybe disable the previous competition. "
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