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1) Use * wiki list format.   
1) Use * wiki list format.   
2) Date items (in an HTML comment).
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3) Always start on a new line and end with a linebreak.
3) Date items (month and day at beginning of list item)
4) Do not leave a blank line between items.  
4) Do not leave a blank line between items.  
5) Keep this to about 4-5 items, and remove older items as necessary/appropriate when adding new ones.
5) Keep this to about 4-5 items, and move older items to the archive as necessary/appropriate when adding new ones.


Suggested format:
* '''{Mmm. dd}''': {Short summary of news item, including discoverer if applicable, with any other relevant details}
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* <!-- Jul 15/19 --> The [[Minstrel]]s, two [[tagalong]]s for [[Sir Robin]], are discovered.
* '''August 15''':  Update to a previous news item from 21 April 2019 (see archive): all 15-bit [[still life]]s can [http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&p=81277#p81277 now be constructed] with at most 12 [[glider]]s.
* <!-- Jun 14 --> The [https://b3s23life.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-meaning-of-life-is-42-but-cost-of.html construction] of a [[reverse caber-tosser]] shows that any [[glider synthesis|glider-constructible]] object can be constructed with at most 35 [[glider]]s.
* '''July 16''': [[Dave Greene]] [http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=&p=79686#p79686 constructs] a [[large prime oscillator]] with a period equal to the largest Mersenne prime currently known, 2<sup>82589933</sup>-1.
* <!-- Mar 06 --> [[Sir Robin]], the first [[elementary]] [[knightship]] in [[Conway's Game of Life|Life]], is discovered by [[Adam P. Goucher]] and [[Tomas Rokicki|Tom Rokicki]].
* '''June 19''': A [http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=78036&#p78036 huge long-term collaborative effort] is completed, showing that all glider-constructible [[still life]]s can (at least in theory) be constructed using less than two [[glider]]s per [[bit]].
* <!-- Feb 19 --> The [[2-engine Cordership]] wins the 2017 [[Pattern of the Year]] competition, with [[Tanner's p46]] taking second place.
* '''June 2''': Goldtiger997 completes a [http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=77029#p77029 glider-to-25P3H1V0.2 converter], based on [[Martin Grant]]'s [[25P3H1V0.2]] synthesis from 2017.
* '''May 29''': Thomas Cabaret makes available a [https://cp4space.wordpress.com/2019/06/11/self-replicator-caught-on-video/ Passe-Science video] featuring [[self-constructing]] CA patterns, including several minutes showing details of the [[0E0P metacell]].
* '''May 25''': Goldtiger997 completes a [http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=76686#p76686 glider-to-crab converter], with the help of a script implementing a universal glider synchronization [[toolkit]].
* '''May 24-30''':  christoph.r posts several [http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=76645#p76645 unusual breeder designs] based on c/10 technology, including [http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=76901#p76901 some variants] on a [[pufferfish]] [[breeder]].
* '''May 9''': GilGil makes available a [http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=76571#p76571 huge but elegant 60-line printer] traveling at c/10, based on fleets of [[fireship]]s.


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