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Chris857
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MDA wrote: August 22nd, 2026, 6:08 pm What is "Template:LinkWeisstein" (which seems to be present in almost every old article revision)?
With the power of the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200507212 ... kWeisstein
NOTE: this template is currently disabled, as Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Life is badly out-of-date and outright incorrect in many places. To force a link to appear, use the force=1 parameter.

This is a template for including links to Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Life in the "External Links" section of an article. It can take two parameters: filename, which specifies the HTML file that will be linked to on the Treasure Trove of Life, and patternname, which specifies the name of the pattern as it will appear in the link text. If patternname is omitted, the name of the current article will be used by default.
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What is a LifeWiki “suppressor”? No users are currently in this group.
My website (a database of Life objects, WIP).
GlidINT has been released!

Code: Select all

x = 5, y = 17, rule = B3-ry4acenqt5eir6-ek/S2-a3-a4nq5aeknr6-akHistory
C$2C$.2C$2C11$.3D$3.D$2.3D!
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MDA wrote: August 24th, 2026, 4:32 pm What is a LifeWiki “suppressor”? No users are currently in this group.
Suppressing a redirect means when you move a page you can choose to delete the old title rather than having it redirect to the new one.

That being said, I had no idea the group existed.
User:HotdogPi/My discoveries

Periods discovered:

All evens ≤128 except 52,58,78,82,92,94,98,104,118,122

5-15,㉕-㉛,㉟㊺,51,63,65,73,75
1㊳㊵㊹㊼㊽,54,56,72,74,80,90,92
217,240,300,486,576

Guns: 20,21,32,54,55,57,114,117,124,126
SKOPs: 32,74,76,102,196
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Re: Miscellaneous LifeWiki Discussion

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What is “Eric Weisstein’s Treasure Trove of Life”? I found only a few mentions of it on the forums and there don’t seem to be any LifeWiki articles on it.
My website (a database of Life objects, WIP).
GlidINT has been released!

Code: Select all

x = 5, y = 17, rule = B3-ry4acenqt5eir6-ek/S2-a3-a4nq5aeknr6-akHistory
C$2C$.2C$2C11$.3D$3.D$2.3D!
[[ STOP 72 ]]
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In the left side column of links, the link for "Special pages" sometimes shows and sometimes doesn't. For example, it shows for 204P41 but does not show for 74P127. Why?
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I see it in both.

MacBook Pro, Safari, logged in as admin.
User:HotdogPi/My discoveries

Periods discovered:

All evens ≤128 except 52,58,78,82,92,94,98,104,118,122

5-15,㉕-㉛,㉟㊺,51,63,65,73,75
1㊳㊵㊹㊼㊽,54,56,72,74,80,90,92
217,240,300,486,576

Guns: 20,21,32,54,55,57,114,117,124,126
SKOPs: 32,74,76,102,196
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hotdogPi wrote: August 29th, 2026, 4:50 pm I see it in both.

MacBook Pro, Safari, logged in as admin.
I was not logged in. Maybe it works differently if you're logged out?
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I also don't see the "Special Pages" button on 74P127

I tried capturing with wayback machine.(https://web.archive.org/web/20260830170 ... iki/74P127)
css is all broken (at least for me right now, could be ddos problem on WM), but I think the button isn't there in the capture
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Re: Miscellaneous LifeWiki Discussion

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What would be the policy on adding OCA namespace pages for things other than just rules? For instance, a page on speed limits and their proofs in various rulespaces.
The torch of 5S has been passed on again, and is now managed by speedydelete. It can be found here. Also check out my program EPE, a tool for searching for patterns in various rulespaces.
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