Help:Upgrading old-style person articles

Bringing old-style articles into the forms system

 * 1) Copy the pagename to your clipboard.
 * 2) Open a new window in Familypedia and click on the sidebar item "Create new article".
 * 3) Paste the name into the box replacing "", and click the "Create ..." button.
 * 4) You reach a "form" page with lots of buttons and little edit boxes. (There should be a warning saying the page exists but doesn't use the form: right! No worries; everything that was on the page is still there, and you will see it in a medium-sized edit box near the bottom. Best not to touch parts of that that you don't understand. Probably safe to delete sections that will be redundant, such as "Parents", but safer to leave it alone until next edit.)
 * 5) Fill in the first name, surname, and short name (copying from your original article where convenient). Those three are compulsory.
 * 6) Fill in the gender and anything else you like (copying as before). Where you are naming people (e.g. parents, partner(s), and child(ren)), please include dates just as on a standard page name (without brackets), and join people with plus signs (nothing else).
 * 7) Include your user name in the Contributors box; typing a few letters of it will probably give you an "autocomplete" for quick finish.
 * 8) Please add a brief edit summary near the bottom (e.g. "intro" or "upgrade") - otherwise the "Recent changes" item may take up three lines and annoy other users.
 * 9) Don't bother with "Preview"; it's no guide to page appearance. Just click "Save page" at the bottom.