Say I want pages in the _default category to have a piece of metadata.
I create a data form template with three inputs: the page title, the page body, and the metadata. Now, when I create new pages in _default, this metadata is available.
Let's say there's already a large number of pages in _default, large enough that manual "fixing" of each page to move the page body and page title into the dataform isn't possible. (Of course, as the metadata is new, it would still have to be filled in manually)
How feasible would it be to automate this? Is it possible without having to delete each page and recreate them with the data form? Can edit history, comments etc be preserved? Would a bot be able to make these edits without disastrous consequences for the pages involved?
Many thanks for any help.