Wikipedia:Automated taxobox system/convert

Please check that you use the right automated taxobox template; see Which taxobox should I be using?

Converting from a manual taxobox to an automated taxobox
Consider the following initial manual taxobox for a species:

After conversion (but no other possible improvements) it would look like this:

Most of the time, there are three steps needed:
 * 1) Change "taxobox" to "automatic taxobox", "speciesbox" or other appropriate automated taxobox template
 * 2) Select and delete everything from "regnum" to "binomial_" inclusive
 * 3) Add taxon followed by the scientific name of the taxon that is the subject of the page

Taxon is a genus or higher

 * Add "Automatic" before "taxobox".
 * Remove all the parameters which specify the taxonomic hierarchy. You only need a single parameter, taxon = (even this can be omitted if the title of the article is the same as the name of the taxon). The rest of the hierarchy will be displayed automatically based on the appropriate Template:Taxonomy/taxon pages.
 * Update the taxon authority parameter. If you're editing a page about a genus, then you replace:
 * genus_authority &rarr; authority


 * Other authorities can be shown using 'parent', 'grandparent', etc. If you're editing a page about a genus, then you can replace:
 * familia_authority &rarr; parent authority
 * ordo_authority &rarr; grandparent authority

Another example
Consider the following manual taxobox:

After conversion it would look like this: