Attribution, citations, and reference requirements
Attribution, citations, and reference requirements
How do I do attribution for GOL work?
For example, if I save someone's GIF output from Discord, how would I give them credit if I use their animation in a powerpoint presentation?
For example, if I save someone's GIF output from Discord, how would I give them credit if I use their animation in a powerpoint presentation?
Re: Attribution, citations, and reference requirements
A GIF made by Caterer requires no attribution - anyone can create it with the RLE. Now, if there's a pattern in that GIF, it's generally a good idea to credit the discoverer of it.
Code: Select all
x = 9, y = 19, rule = B3-qy4e5j6i/S2-cn3-k4i
3$3bo$2b3o2$3bo$4b2o4$3bo$2b2o!
Re: Attribution, citations, and reference requirements
I thought I knew what a "pattern" was, but when you use it that way, I'm not so sure.
Won't virtually every Caterer GIF in the forum have a pattern? Presumably people test mostly offline, then share their discovered patterns on the forums (or Discord) ???
- confocaloid
- Posts: 3063
- Joined: February 8th, 2022, 3:15 pm
Re: Attribution, citations, and reference requirements
People here rarely use gifs/pictures to share the patterns. The most common, and preferred, way to post a pattern is to post the RLE of the pattern, copied and pasted from Golly or another compatible simulator. This way, other people can directly copy and paste the pattern into a program and run it, or run it directly in the browser in LifeViewer.
For example, here is the RLE of R-pentomino (the link "show in viewer" can be used to view it):
No gifs needed.
For example, here is the RLE of R-pentomino (the link "show in viewer" can be used to view it):
Code: Select all
x = 3, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
b2o$2o$bo!
127:1 B3/S234c User:Confocal/R (isotropic CA, incomplete)
Unlikely events happen.
My silence does not imply agreement, nor indifference. If I disagreed with something in the past, then please do not construe my silence as something that could change that.
Unlikely events happen.
My silence does not imply agreement, nor indifference. If I disagreed with something in the past, then please do not construe my silence as something that could change that.
Re: Attribution, citations, and reference requirements
My use case is more about posting outside the community, ie, not on the wiki, forum, or Discord.confocaloid wrote: ↑January 21st, 2024, 6:14 amPeople here rarely use gifs/pictures to share the patterns. The most common, and preferred, way to post a pattern is to post the RLE of the pattern, copied and pasted from Golly or another compatible simulator.
The best example is probably an animation in a powerpoint presentation. How would you create a reference for that or in an academic publication?
The question of attribution is the same for a lot of "external" projects posted on the wiki, eg, Conway Story Mode, the documentary, an online store, &c
Last edited by MXMLLN on January 23rd, 2024, 5:48 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- HerscheltheHerschel
- Posts: 589
- Joined: September 4th, 2023, 5:23 am
Re: Attribution, citations, and reference requirements
Caterer is a discord bot. It doesn't exist on the forums.
superstrings, fuses, waves, wicks, and agars are cool
30P5H2V0 IS A BAD, UNMEMORIZABLE NAME
moved to new account hth
30P5H2V0 IS A BAD, UNMEMORIZABLE NAME
moved to new account hth
Re: Attribution, citations, and reference requirements
What exactly do you mean pattern finder?MXMLLN wrote: ↑January 22nd, 2024, 4:50 pm
My use case is more about posting outside the community, ie, not on the wiki, forum, or Discord.
The best example is probably an animation in a powerpoint presentation. How would you create the pattern finder for that? What about references in an academic publication?
The question of attribution is the same for a lot of "external" projects posted on the wiki, eg, Conway Story Mode, the documentary, an online store, &c
Re: Attribution, citations, and reference requirements
Apologies for the typo. I actually don't know what that sentence was supposed to say.azulavoir wrote: ↑January 23rd, 2024, 3:51 pmWhat exactly do you mean pattern finder?MXMLLN wrote: ↑January 22nd, 2024, 4:50 pm
My use case is more about posting outside the community, ie, not on the wiki, forum, or Discord.
The best example is probably an animation in a powerpoint presentation. How would you create the pattern finder for that?
Basically, how would you reference someone's work in a PowerPoint presentation or academic publication?