Talk:Langton's ant

Plate 6 shows a solitary 'virtual ant' (which we will call a vant) residing in a quiescent background. It is roughly 'V' shaped and will travel in the direction of the apex of the 'V'.

The rules governing the motion of a vant are simple. Vants reside in an environment that consists of uniformly spaced, fixed cells that are in one of two states (either blue or yellow in the following figures). A vant travels in a straight line in empty space. If it encounters a blue cell, it turns right and leaves the cell colored yellow. If it encounters a yellow cell, it turns left and leaves the cell colored blue. Thus, the vant leaves a 'trail', wherever it goes. More accurately, a vant operating in such an environment can identify whether a cell has been passed over an even (blue) or an odd (yellow) number of times, zero times being even.

(p. 134) CreativityTheEmotion (talk) 11:23, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

you should use the <ref> and <references /> tags then --dragoneater67 [talk|contribs] 14:20, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

also, is this public domain? if it isnt, it shouldnt be pasted here verbatim --dragoneater67 [talk|contribs] 14:21, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

The page was already using the <ref> and <references /> tags, and simply not properly referencing the source it claimed it was citing.

As for the public domain concern, are quotations short enough, for a clear non-artistic purpose (describing how Langton's ant was defined by its creator), not Fair Use? CreativityTheEmotion (talk) 14:28, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

ah sorry, didnt notice the ref, i dont think that we should rely on fair use, especially on a public domain wiki, might be better to just link to it or paraphrase it --dragoneater67 [talk|contribs] 14:31, 24 October 2026 (UTC)