FAQ

[Apersoma]

I've seen people want an FAQ page on the wiki, its also in the task list so I'm going to make it. Please respond with a question or an answer.

I have a question first though, what is the intended way to make a new page, I know how to make one by typing a non-extant page name in the url but I don't think that's how your supposed to do it.

[hotdogPi]

Typing the page name into the URL is typically how I do it.

[Apersoma]

This is the link to the page https://conwaylife.com/wiki/FAQ

[hotdogPi]

I moved it from the main namespace to the LifeWiki namespace, since it's not an article. The page was only moved, not deleted. LifeWiki:FAQ

[Apersoma]

Typing the page name into the URL is typically how I do it.

Ok, also do you think I should add this to the FAQ page? Idk if I should becuase I doubt it's frequently asked, I think it should definitely be put on the editing help page though.

[Apersoma]

I moved it from the main namespace to the LifeWiki namespace, since it's not an article. The page was only moved, not deleted. LifeWiki:FAQ

Thank you, I didn't realize that I had to name it like that. Also how do you make a redirect page?

[hotdogPi]

I moved it from the main namespace to the LifeWiki namespace, since it's not an article. The page was only moved, not deleted. LifeWiki:FAQ

Thank you, I didn't realize that I had to name it like that. Also how do you make a redirect page?

Create a page, and put this as the only text in the page:

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#REDIRECT [[Target page]]

[rutabaga]

How do you make an animated CGOL pattern as your profile picture? Or do you have to do it as a GIF

[dvgrn]

How do you make an animated CGOL pattern as your profile picture? Or do you have to do it as a GIF

I think the usual way is with Scorbie's giffer.py script, but I don't remember the caveats and limitations (if any). If someone can confirm I've got the right link, that would be a good question-and-answer to go in the FAQ. Scorbie's repo, mentioned on the giffer.py error reporting thread, has been removed, and codeholic's repo is definitely very old now.

New versions of Golly now come with giffer.lua, which doesn't need a separate install for the language the way Python does. Again there may be some caveats that would be good to know. There aren't any particular limitations mentioned in the Lua script comments.

[TYCF]

You could use this template on the wiki page:

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{{WIP}}

[confocaloid]

You could use this template on the wiki page:

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{{WIP}}

Personally, I don't think substituting {{WIP}} for {{stub}} will change anything, unless at least a few people-who-know-stuff are enthusiastic about going ahead and writing down the FAQ items.

[TYCF]

You could use this template on the wiki page:

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{{WIP}}

Personally, I don't think substituting {{WIP}} for {{stub}} will change anything, unless at least a few people-who-know-stuff are enthusiastic about going ahead and writing down the FAQ items.

I posted it because the wiki page said: This is a work in progress, if you have questions but no answers please go to this forum page: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5927 & ask your question.