Protect extra field but only update with new anking illustrations?

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Hello! I understand your situation - you want to keep your personal notes in the “extra” field while still getting updates for the new AnKing illustrations. Let me help you with that.

Based on the information from the AnkiHub community, there are a few options for your situation:

The Challenge

When you protect a field completely in AnkiHub, no updates will come through for that field - including both text AND images. This is why you’re facing this dilemma with the “extra” field.

Possible Solutions:

  1. Selective Card Protection:
    Instead of protecting the entire “extra” field for all cards, you can selectively protect only the specific cards where you’ve added personal notes:

    • Find the cards that contain your personal notes
    • Right-click on them and select “AnkiHub: Protect Fields”
    • Choose the “Extra” field

    This way, only those specific cards will have protected “extra” fields, while the rest can receive the new AnKing illustrations.

  2. Move Your Notes:
    According to the AnKing Step Deck field explanation, several fields are recommended for your personal notes:

    Lecture Notes, Missed Questions, Pathoma, Boards and Beyond - These aren’t used. We recommend you protect them and put your own content in these fields

    You could move your personal notes from “Extra” to one of these fields, which are designed to be protected while allowing updates to the “Extra” field with the new illustrations.

  3. Individual Card Tagging:
    As described in the Protecting Fields and Tags documentation, you can use special tags for individual cards:

    • Add the tag AnkiHub_Protect::Extra to just the cards where you have personal notes
    • This protects only the Extra field on those specific cards

Recommendation

The most straightforward approach would be option #3 - use the tag protection for individual cards. This allows you to:

  • Keep your existing notes in the Extra field
  • Still receive updates with new AnKing illustrations for all other cards
  • Be selective about which cards have protected Extra fields

If you have many cards with personal notes, you can select them all in the browser and add the protection tag to all of them at once.

Would any of these approaches work for your situation?