Talk:Mnemonic peg system

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This topic is a little thick on the external references. Shouldn't it be trimmed down a little? -- Mikeblas 04:35, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 It needs a couple simple examples 2 extend the peg list 3 How about a Wikibook? 4 My recent edits

[edit] It needs a couple simple examples

While the article gives a long peglist based on the major system, that is not a list for beginners. Until someone has studied and practiced with the major system, that list will not make much sense. This article needs a simple "beginner's" example based on rhymes.JeffStickney 22:40, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] extend the peg list

The advice that was given for extending the list beyond 100 was inapropriate. The 100 pegwords were derived from the major system, and would be extremely difficult to memorize without first learning the major system. With the major system, there is no limit of 100. trying to keep a mental image of a tie separated from the image of a red tie, separate from a smelly red tie etc would be ridiculously unnecessary, when you can just think of words like "toast" for 101, "nest" for 201, and "dead-set" for 1101. I severely edited the section but did not delete it. It needs some better examples. I put a sidebar comment in the hole I left where the examples belong JeffStickney 23:33, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How about a Wikibook?

I think the assorted and overlapping memory techniques (peg system, major system, loci, etc) would make a good Wikibook. JeffStickney 13:53, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My recent edits

Although I do think this is a very useful topic, most of the information (including the stuff I had written) was clearly out of place here as per WP:not#HOWTO I found the wikibook that had this information, and linked to it before removing the material from this article. The topic is still notable enough to deserve an article, but let's let wikibooks handle the bulk of the how to.I did leave the rhyming example because the article needs ONE example to explain what a peg list is. We now need more information on the history of this system, and the way people such as Harry Lorayne have used it.JeffStickney 23:21, 28 July 2007 (UTC)