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I think the most consistent and helpful choice would be to avoid claiming any "population" for conduits at all. The Snark has multiple variants (including variants of the large catalyst, replacements of the eater 1s, welds with other conduits). A conduit is incomplete, and is meant to be connected ...

Is there a good reason why the infobox needs to tell any population value at all for the Snark ?


The main reason to report the number of cells of a conduit or reflector would be discoverability, since counting cells can narrow down a pattern search, although the ambiguity makes it maybe not ...

I believe the "Snark" page needs a few corrections. At some point, the "heart" of the Snark was 34 bits, but the Wiki page now defaults to 31 bits in the description as well as in the animation in the information card. However, this means that the pattern as a whole has 49 cells.

However, the ...

This question is not specific to the page about the Snark, the same issues apply to many other pages. Therefore it is better to ask questions of this kind somewhere else, e.g. on these forums.


The specific question I have is related to Snark in particular, but if there's a better place to ask ...

Hello. I've created an account on LifeWiki with username Patowen95 and would like to be able to make small contributions. (Example: Participating in the "Discussion" page of "Snark" to see if a 49 vs 52 "Number of cells" discrepancy can be resolved.)