Syncing Physeo media after already making many edits to the field

[Brian_BH]

Hello,

I would be happy to help.

@drago1214

I’m primarily using Physeo to study for STEP1 and I’ve added a large quantity of media into the field. With the latest AnKing Step Deck update, I want to get the Physeo media that is now included, but I am worried that unprotecting the Physeo field and syncing will cause all the media that I’ve put into there to be erased.

It is unfortunately the case that if you update a field the existing material in that field may be overwritten. That’s sort of an inherent feature of AnkiHub being able to write to any given field, in that it may necessarily edit and adjust what is currently present in that field.

You might be able to use something like the Batch Edit add-on or Advanced Copy add-on (https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1898445115) to move things from the Physeo field to the Lecture Notes field, for example, though I haven’t used the add-on myself and can’t guarantee 100% that this approach would work with any absolute certainty

Might be worth a shot, though, and to the best of my knowledge this may be your best/only orientation in preserving the edits you currently have while still being able to access field updates as well

@drago1214

Also on a related note, I’ve been writing out keys for the Physeo sketches (this is a big part of why I am worried about losing all the media that I’ve created). This is similar to how the Sketchy fields have the sketch picture + a separate screenshot listing out all the symbols and what they mean. Is there some way that I could help implement this into the official deck?

All users are always welcome to suggest changes and new material to any of the decks on AnkiHub.

This can be done readily by suggesting a change to a given field, and this tutorial can walk you through how to do that: How to suggest a change to AnkiHub

You can suggest changes to individual cards, or to groups of cards at once in bulk, suggest media, corrections, etc., etc. Once you have made those suggestions, the maintainer team for that particular deck will look them over and collectively come to determinations as to whether, and how best, to include them into the deck.

You can find a bit more information on submission guidelines for the AnKing Step deck here, if it’s helpful: 📚 AnKing Step Deck Submission Guidelines

If you have any other questions, or if there is anything else we can help with, please don’t hesitate to reach out anytime. Always happy to be of help however we can.