User talk:H. H. P. M. P. Cole/Book on OCA

A suggestion

I think you should document more about the general stuff and less about specific rules.

Only document about a specific rule when it's well-known, like HighLife.

Certain "hot" rules like LeapLife may seem well-known, but nobody knows about them if you take half a step out of conwaylife.com .

You can, however, for example make a chapter about cross neighborhood rules and document Factorio in there, because Factorio is well-known when compared to other cross neighborhood rules.

Here's some examples of rules worthy to be documented specifically:

- Grounded Life, HighLife, Pedestrian Life, EightLife, HoneyLife, LowDeath;
- Morley, Day & Night;
- Seeds, Just Friends;
- JvN29, Nobili32, Hutton32, Codd, Devore, WireWorld, Bliptile (Bliptile is worthy for being easily rediscovered);
- Evoloop, Perrier;
- Brian's Brain, Star Wars;

Only a few of these rules are included in your list, yet tons of those "hot" and "not-so-hot" or even "just published" rules fill up the list.

This makes your book feel more like a fashion magazine than an actual academic book.

No offense intended for any part of this suggestion. iddi01 09:21, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

• That's funny, though. I was also thinking that. There are four people in my group (me, Haycat, HerscheltheHerschel, and Para), and Para also thought the same thing as me and you (focus more on general stuff and document a rule when it is well known). Now, you make our view a majority. Do you mind if I PM the whole group (including you) about this proposal and see what everyone thinks? H. H. P. M. P. Cole - the factorialship's owner (talk) 10:28, 27 March 2024 (UTC)