Delete (or Suspend) Your Flashcards to Improve
Added 2025-03-02 15:29:33 +0000 UTCIn the beginner's course and on the jlab website, I recommend to start deleting flashcards at some point. Some people asked why they should do this, so I added an elaborate answer here. I got the original idea from ajatt a long time ago, but the "why" was not covered in that article. I hope I could make this clearer. The original article from ajatt is this one. The operator has a kind of special writing style and a special way of putting things, just a word of warning ;). I'm happy to discuss!
Comments
It won't hurt to see them far in the future
stephen fuqua
2025-03-03 01:27:40 +0000 UTCI often delete cards and then change my mind. You can suspend or just start hitting easy for cards so that they blow out far into the future.
stephen fuqua
2025-03-03 01:27:21 +0000 UTCHey! I read the whole article and found this useful: - For a new word to really stick, I had to see it in 2-5 DIFFERENT sentences. You do not need to keep the first one I think that this remark is way more valuable than even the idea of deleting flashcards. Now, my humble opinion is that Flashcards should only be deleted if they lose their individual quality and relevance, building on the premise that you give that Language is is constantly flux and self-reviewing. If a Flashcard keeps reminding me of useful information (specially additional information such as Pitch accent, extra words that I might pick from a sentence, etc), I will happily keep it forever in my library. Although what I said doesn't conflict with the essence of the article, people might naively read and just go deleting without this consideration in mind - IMHO cards are not generally deleted but simply "Upgraded" to better cards / sentences etc. - This was a lengthy answer but I hope I have contributed somehow; and the subject of Sentence flashcards does interest me!, Best, @cesartalvez
cesartalvez
2025-03-02 20:49:12 +0000 UTCSuspending them is probably a better idea for the jlab decks. Otherwise, updates would just add the deleted cards back. I changed this in the article. I think I originally wrote "delete" because that’s what I did with my own cards- It just felt good to get them out of Anki for good. Thanks for the remark!
Joe
2025-03-02 16:31:33 +0000 UTCI understand the reasoning, but why not suspend them instead?
Michael Seraph
2025-03-02 15:49:46 +0000 UTC
