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Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: June 29th, 2026, 7:44 am
by WhiteHawk
I6_I6 wrote: June 29th, 2026, 1:52 am
B468S02357 wrote: June 27th, 2026, 9:57 pm Also maybe we call the 34,7c/156 ships the "real dart" & "heckin chonker" because they are respectively dart-shaped and the former largest spaceship with a page on lifewiki
I've always thought that the much smaller version looked like a knife.
TBH, I think the (34,7)c/156 ships have been unnamed for long enough that Unnamed (34,7)c/156 ship and Much Smaller (34,7)c/156 spaceship have become their names, and in any case Luka Okanishi and/or FWKnightship would have to sign off on their names
B468S02357 wrote: June 29th, 2026, 2:52 pm Maybe dartknife & heckin chonker?
Again, it's up to the discoverers of an interesting pattern to name, forgo naming, or decide the unspecified name is what they want to go with. But since so many things in life/OCA exist it's often best to NOT name something beyond a boring, but descriptive, name.

Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: June 29th, 2026, 2:52 pm
by B468S02357
Maybe dartknife & heckin chonker?

Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: June 30th, 2026, 2:43 am
by MDA
I agree with WhiteHawk that
WhiteHawk wrote: June 29th, 2026, 7:44 am
[…]

[…] the (34,7)c/156 ships have been unnamed for long enough that Unnamed (34,7)c/156 ship and Much Smaller (34,7)c/156 spaceship have become their names […]

[…]
Regarding the naming of another object,
NNlk05 wrote: June 26th, 2026, 6:17 am
[…]

I normate [sic] “praying mantis” (or just mantis) [for the (28,3)c/84 spaceship]
Naming should go in https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3773
Given that the (28,3)c/84 spaceship’s article is already named “annelid”, in my opinion, the best name for the spaceship is “annelid”. However, just like the silk moth’s article, the naming suggestion “(praying) mantis” should be mentioned as an alternative proposal (by NNlk05), just like “sea spider” and “silk moth” are both names for the (15,11)c/107 spaceship found by Nora Brown.

Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: July 1st, 2026, 7:26 am
by dvgrn
MDA wrote: June 30th, 2026, 2:43 am Given that the (28,3)c/84 spaceship’s article is already named “annelid”, in my opinion, the best name for the spaceship is “annelid”. However, just like the silk moth’s article, the naming suggestion “(praying) mantis” should be mentioned as an alternative proposal (by NNlk05), just like “sea spider” and “silk moth” are both names for the (15,11)c/107 spaceship found by Nora Brown.
Yeah, the silk moth article makes a good template for terms that are really just naming proposals, that didn't make it to the status of an actual name -- a separate sentence at the end of the paragraph: "Another proposed name was sea spider." It seems to me that that's the kind of sentence that can be casually removed after a year or two, after nobody ever actually calls the spaceship "sea spider".

If we try to catalogue all the proposed names for every spaceship, then effectively multiple names get used up on each spaceship, to no particularly good purpose.

I do think "annelid" is a fine name for the current edition of the spaceship, referencing the segmented design. If the spaceship eventually gets a radical enough redesign, it might not be such a good name for future editions -- but we can worry about that when we get there!

All of which is to say, I've been highly tempted to remove all reference to "praying mantis" from the "annelid" article, since the first sentence currently implies that somebody has actually called the spaceship a "mantis" and expected to be understood -- which is definitely not the case. It was just a proposal by one person.

I've also been highly tempted to say something or other about "annelid" having been applied to the LifeWiki too soon, and by the wrong person. (B468S02357 uploaded Annelid.png, which is pretty much an inventor of a term documenting their own invention.)

The name is fine, but it's better not to get into the habit of "jumping the gun" like that. Not to go into details, but there have been overenthusiastic namers in the community before, and it was a great relief when they were finally persuaded to stop documenting their own terminology on the LifeWiki. The process can seem frustratingly slow, but if a term is good enough then eventually someone else will document it.

Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: August 21st, 2026, 8:38 am
by Gustone
l quad-loaf, i quad-loaf, j quad-loaf

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x = 32, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2bo10b2o9b2o$bobo8bo2bo7bo2bo$o2bo8bobobo6bobobo$b2ob2o7bobobo6bobobo$
3bo2bo7bo2bo7bo2bo$3bobobo7b2ob2o6b2ob2o$4bobobo8bo2bo7bo2bo$5bo2bo8bo
bobo6bobo$6b2ob2o7bobobo3b2obo$8bo2bo7bo2bo2bo2bo$8bobo9b2o3bobo$9bo
16bo!

Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: August 21st, 2026, 9:14 am
by MDA
Gustone wrote: August 21st, 2026, 8:38 am l quad-loaf, i quad-loaf, j quad-loaf

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x = 32, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2bo10b2o9b2o$bobo8bo2bo7bo2bo$o2bo8bobobo6bobobo$b2ob2o7bobobo6bobobo$
3bo2bo7bo2bo7bo2bo$3bobobo7b2ob2o6b2ob2o$4bobobo8bo2bo7bo2bo$5bo2bo8bo
bobo6bobo$6b2ob2o7bobobo3b2obo$8bo2bo7bo2bo2bo2bo$8bobo9b2o3bobo$9bo
16bo!
On the topic of quad-loaves, I think these

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x = 50, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
8bo22bo16bo$7bobo20bobo14bobo$6bo2bo19bo2bo13bo2bo$5bob2o19bob2o13bob
2o$4bobo20bobo14bobo$3bo2bo19bo2bo13bo2bo$2bob2ob2o16bob2o13bob2o$bobo
2bo2bo14bobo14bobo$o2bo2bobo14bo2bo13bo2bo$b2o4bo14bob2o15b2ob2o$21bob
o19bo2bo$20bo2bo19bobo$21b2o21bo!
should be named “T quad-loaf” (left), “I quad-loaf” (middle), and “L quad-loaf” (right) to match O quad-loaf and Z quad-loaf.

Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: August 31st, 2026, 6:22 am
by MicroBotx382
I think xs32_4a9e0e9a4z259707952 needs a name. Not to do anything, just a name so that it matters. I dont Know.
I think this evolutionary sequence:

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x = 4, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
3o$o2bo$obo$bo!
, whose evolution is similar to the teardrop, should be called the Loafoid, because it is a modified loaf, Plus it should not be named like a variant of teardrop. Instead, because it resembles a loaf, Loafoid is a reasonable name
And this Mirrored Dock Predecessor:

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x = 9, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
b3ob3o$o2bobo2bo$bobobobo$2bo3bo!
Should also be called the Bi-Loafoid
Also, this Figure Eight predecessor:

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x = 8, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
2bo$bobo$ob2o$b3o$4b3o$4b2obo$4bobo$5bo!
should be called the Loafoid Weld Loafoid
Similarly, this still life:

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x = 9, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
2bo3bo$bobobobo$o2bobo2bo$b3ob3o2$b3ob3o$o2bobo2bo$bobobobo$2bo3bo!
should be called the Quad-Loafoid
And the Tri-Loafoid,

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x = 9, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
2bo3bo$bobobobo$o2bobo2bo$b3ob3o2$b3o$o2bo$bobo$2bo!
results in a Loaf.
I also found this methuselah which lasts about 2360 generations using the loafoid, and i call it the Loafoid Tie Integral

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x = 9, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
2bo$bobo3b2o$o2bo2bobo$b3o2bo$4bobo$4b2o!
I also found this Methuselah, which lasts about 2600 generations, and that it also has the Pentadecathlon which survives. I call it Loafoid at Hook

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
2bo$bobo$o2bo$b3o$3bobo$4b2o!
And this is a collection of sparks made from Loafoids Siamesed Together:

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x = 31, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
2bobo9bobo9bobo$bobobo7bobobo7bobobo$o2bo2bo5bo2bo2bo5bo2bo2bo$b5o7b5o
7b5o$12bo2bo8bo2bo2bo$13bobo9bobobo$14bo11bobo!
And at last but not least, this is a collection of Loafoid combinations that are block predecessors. Two of them result in a Quasi-Still Life.

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x = 97, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
$89bo$46bo14bo12bo13bobo$7bo8bo16bo11bobo12bobo10bobo11bo2bo$6bobo6bob
o14bobo9bo2bo11bo2bo9bo2bo12b3o$5bo2bo5bo2bo13bo2bo10b3o12b3o10b3o15bo
bo$6b3o6b3ob2o11b3o13b2o13bo12b3o13b2o$7bo10bobo14b2o11bobo12bo$5bo12b
2o15bobo11b2o12bo$5b2o29bo!
All welcome a new family if this name gets accepted. The Loafoids.

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x = 682, y = 301, rule = B3/S23
23$197bo3bo2$197bo3bo20bo20bo3bo19bo3bo13bo3bo13bo$221bobo18bobobobo
17bobobobo11bobobobo11bobo$197bo3bo19bo2bo16bo2bobo2bo15bo2bobo2bo9bo
2bobo2bo9bob2o$221b3o18b3ob3o17b3ob3o11b3ob3o11b3o$199bo105b3o$266b3o
15b3ob3o14b2obo$265bo2bo14bo2bobo2bo13bobo$266bobo15bobobobo15bo$267bo
17bo3bo5$194bo2$194bo108bo$260bo14bo12bo13bobo$194bobobobo20bo8bo16bo
11bobo12bobo10bobo11bo2bo$220bobo6bobo14bobo9bo2bo11bo2bo9bo2bo12b3o$
194bo5bo18bo2bo5bo2bo13bo2bo10b3o12b3o10b3o15bobo$220b3o6b3ob2o11b3o
13b2o13bo12b3o13b2o$194bobobobo20bo10bobo14b2o11bobo12bo$219bo12b2o15b
obo11b2o12bo$219b2o29bo7$194bobobo2$194bo25bobo9bobo9bobo$219bobobo7bo
bobo7bobobo$194bobobo19bo2bo2bo5bo2bo2bo5bo2bo2bo$219b5o7b5o7b5o$198bo
31bo2bo8bo2bo2bo$231bobo9bobobo$194bobobo33bo11bobo212$123bobobobobo2$
123bo3bo3bo$194bo$123bo3bo3bo61bobo$192bo2bo$123bo7bo61b3o$195bobo$
123bo7bo64b2o3$634bo$633bobo3b2o$632bo2bo2bobo$633b3o2bo$636bobo$636b
2o!
(The patterns are assembled by fates. V for varying, B for blocks, S for sparks and M for Methuselahs)
:!: :!: :!: :D :D :D :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :)

Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: August 31st, 2026, 9:13 am
by WhiteHawk
MicroBotx382 wrote: August 31st, 2026, 6:22 am I think xs32_4a9e0e9a4z259707952 needs a name.
I would call it the big boat fleet because it contains 4 components, and they can be seen as big versions of the boat

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I don't think that name is consistent with current still-life naming conventions.

Firstly, since there are four of the objects, it should probably include the suffix Quad (like Quad Loaf)

Second, these objects don't really resemble boats at all, and more resemble loaves. Even so, note that Ship & Boat differ by 1 cell and have drastically different naming conventions.

Thirdly, this is not really an important object, and if it were to be named it would affect a large number of still-lifes which use it

Lastly, since this object is really a less common variant of Teardrop, it probably would need a different name.

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x = 17, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
b3o10b3o$o2bo9bo2bo$bobo9bo2bo$2bo11b2o!

Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: September 4th, 2026, 10:52 pm
by B468S02357
More macroship names.
The really big 4.85 sloped ship should be called "Really big box" because it's somewhat square.
The smaller one should be called "Dart but it's the macroship" because it looks like a dart but there's also a microship named dart and dart but its the macroship is a macroship while dart isn't.
The new lifeviewer sized demonoid should be called the fun sized demonoid.

Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: September 12th, 2026, 11:42 am
by NNlk05
I think we need a name for the "traffic light-phi" that 8than888 has been making a ton of hasslers out of.

Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: September 12th, 2026, 2:20 pm
by Timelord Missionary
NNlk05 wrote: September 12th, 2026, 11:42 am I think we need a name for the "traffic light-phi" that 8than888 has been making a ton of hasslers out of.
It's no one object. It's a traffic light sequence that gets hassled/catalyzed into a phi spark in a particular way, and back again. Though I do think it would be helpful to compile oscillators that have objects that are similarly hassled, such as the catalysis between a pi-heptomino sequence and the gourmet catalyst, or its one-generation-faster cousin.

Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: September 13th, 2026, 1:45 pm
by Termite
I think "Much smaller (34,7)c/156 spaceship" should be called "The Dragonfly" or "The Damselfly". It is the only insect that I can think of that resembles the spaceship. I also think "The Mantis" is a good name.
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Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: September 26th, 2026, 5:12 pm
by MDA
I think the new (34,7)c/156 spaceship should be named “even smaller (34,7)c/156 spaceship” as a reference to the much smaller (34,7)c/156 spaceship.

If anyone (especially Gustone) agrees with the name, let me know if I can add it to the wiki.

Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: September 26th, 2026, 5:55 pm
by otismo
Smaller is Better -

pls make them smaller than the Leaf Bug !

Or at least make an Eater for your new Critter

(so we can run the new Gun someone will make).

Sticking to bugs eliminates the bugaboo of confusion.

The above critter looks like a large Stentor

with a long tail (just had a stent put in so it's my

commemorative - probably best to have done while young -

and get rid of a lot of bad habits and weight etc.).

So I guess protozoans are o.k. Paramecium ?

(nah...)

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This Moment will be Gone

But I will bend the light pretending

That it will somehow linger on

But all I get is

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Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: September 26th, 2026, 5:56 pm
by Gustone
MDA wrote: September 26th, 2026, 5:12 pmGustone) agrees with the name
It's actually one of the names that i had in mind when making it

Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: September 26th, 2026, 6:22 pm
by MDA
Gustone wrote: September 26th, 2026, 5:56 pm
[…]

It's actually one of the names that i had in mind when making it
Does this mean I can start updating the wiki with it?

Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: September 27th, 2026, 12:40 am
by WhiteHawk
MDA wrote: September 26th, 2026, 6:22 pm Does this mean I can start updating the wiki with it?
I think actual moderator input might be helpful here, so I'd say hold off until then

Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: October 16th, 2026, 8:13 pm
by WhiteHawk
EvinZL wrote: October 16th, 2026, 7:40 pm reduction of my p152 traffic light thing:

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Doublepost, but a suggestion for this object to be called - "half-light" or trans half light, since cis half light would probably be better for situations where opposing TL blinkers survive

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x = 5, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
4bo$4bo$4bo2$3o!

Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

Posted: October 23rd, 2026, 12:40 pm
by TheWayOfTheCon
Reposting here:
Timelord Missionary wrote: October 23rd, 2026, 12:31 pm
TheWayOfTheCon wrote: October 23rd, 2026, 11:47 am This constellation is definitely known, but I want to know if it has any name, or relevance, or discoveries associated with it.

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2b3o6b3o2$o5bo2bo5bo$o5bo2bo5bo$o5bo2bo5bo2$2b3o6b3o!
If I were to give the end constellation a name, it would be parking lot because it's rectangular-ish, the beehives look like little cars or parking spaces, and it's the "end of the road" for the traffic lights. What do you guys think? We've given names to more rare constellations in the past.
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