Can I change an existing basic page to a new basic page template keeping the comments?

[Jasha Aitchison]

We have many pages already built in our wiki spaces that have comments we want to keep with the pages. Is their any way to update the page template (only for basic pages) while still keeping the comments?

[Shawn Masters]

I would copy the pages and test this before execution. We had to roll back our entire Confluence instance to the existing page due to a myriad of different issues. 

To answer your question, all comments should be retained when moving the pages to the new editor. 

[Dominic Lagger]

When you copy a page, the comments arent't copied. 

[Jasha Aitchison]

I noticed in the sidebar it seems they are creating a beta for what I am trying to do: 

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-Cloud-articles/Convert-your-old-pages-to-the-new-editor/ba-p/1292275