This thread is concerned with the topic of submission of pointlessly densified guntrue submissions currently in Catagolue. These forms are exceptional unhelpful and invalid, as it becomes harder to see gun structures and actually know what is and isn't part of the gun. While it may help Catagolue identify the bounding box better, it does not help the users trying to view the guns in question.
Previous discussion linked below. If anyone finds a gun which has been pointlessly densified before submission to Catagolue, this is a good thread to post the invalid form to so it can be corrected.
WhiteHawk wrote: March 4th, 2025, 3:17 pm [...] guntrue_1999, guntrue_1979, guntrue_1951, guntrue_1931, guntrue_1907, and guntrue_1879.
confocaloid wrote: March 4th, 2025, 3:30 pm
Historical note so that future readers will be able to know what people in 2025 were talking about: here are the six mentioned glider guns as they currently appear on Catagolue. Looks like an exercise in pointless densification:
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WhiteHawk wrote: March 19th, 2025, 1:14 pm
Someone did the same thing with guntrue_9760, a gun I revealed yesterday.
EDIT: Same with Guntrue_285
WhiteHawk wrote: March 11th, 2025, 10:58 am
Found more today with guntrue_3457, guntrue_3449, guntrue_3433, guntrue_3271, guntrue_3607, guntrue_3719, guntrue_3943, guntrue_3947, guntrue_4111, guntrue_4951, guntrue_3391, guntrue_3343, guntrue_3511, guntrue_3623, guntrue_3847, guntrue_4127, guntrue_3407, guntrue_3463, guntrue_3631, guntrue_3911, guntrue_3967, guntrue_4079, guntrue_3359, guntrue_3527, guntrue_3583, guntrue_3863, guntrue_3919, guntrue_3319, guntrue_3767, guntrue_3823, guntrue_4271, guntrue_4327.
I got this list by checking all the primes mentioned in the three most recent posts on the "Small Four-Digit Prime Period Guns" thread.
confocaloid wrote: March 20th, 2025, 11:35 am Well, I don't really know what could drive someone to that level of determination regarding pointless densification of glider guns.
Maybe they are trying to point out a deficiency in the current Catagolue design, where there's no easy way to replace a high-population gun by a lower-population gun with the same computed bounding box? Related: viewtopic.php?p=205865#p205865