diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/02-name-correction.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/02-name-correction.yml
index 8790f202a4..b2273d9a69 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/02-name-correction.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/02-name-correction.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ body:
     validations:
       required: true
 
-  - type: textarea
+  - type: input
     id: author_orcid
     attributes:
       label: Author ORCID
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ body:
       placeholder: ex. https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0009-0003-8868-7504
     validations:
       required: true
-  - type: textarea
+  - type: input
     id: author_highest_degree_institution
     attributes:
       label: Institution of highest (anticipated) degree
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ body:
       placeholder: ex. Johns Hopkins University (https://www.jhu.edu/)
     validations:
       required: true
-  - type: textarea
+  - type: input
     id: author_name_script_variant
     attributes:
       label: Author Name (only if published in another script)
diff --git a/bin/update_author_page_issues.py b/bin/update_author_page_issues.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ff8cd1208b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/update_author_page_issues.py
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+"""Usage: update_author-page_issues.py
+
+Updates all issues containing "Author page:" in the title to follow the latest template
+
+Set your OS environment variable "GITHUB_TOKEN" to your personal token or hardcode it in the code. Make sure to not reveal it to others!
+
+"""
+
+import os
+import textwrap
+import requests
+
+# Configuration
+GITHUB_TOKEN = os.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")  # Can hardcode token here
+REPO_OWNER = 'acl-org'
+REPO_NAME = 'acl-anthology'
+
+# Base URL
+BASE_URL = f'https://api.github.com/repos/{REPO_OWNER}/{REPO_NAME}'
+
+HEADERS = {
+    'Authorization': f'token {GITHUB_TOKEN}',
+    'Accept': 'application/vnd.github.v3+json',
+}
+
+
+def get_issues_with_title(title):
+    issues_url = f'{BASE_URL}/issues'
+    params = {'state': 'open', 'per_page': 100}
+    issues = []
+
+    while issues_url:
+        response = requests.get(issues_url, headers=HEADERS, params=params)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        data = response.json()
+
+        for issue in data:
+            if title in issue.get('title', '') and 'pull_request' not in issue:
+                issues.append(issue)
+
+        issues_url = response.links.get('next', {}).get('url')
+
+    return issues
+
+
+def add_comment_to_issue(issue_number, comment):
+    url = f'{BASE_URL}/issues/{issue_number}/comments'
+    payload = {'body': comment}
+    response = requests.post(url, headers=HEADERS, json=payload)
+    response.raise_for_status()
+    print(f'Comment added to issue #{issue_number}')
+
+
+def edit_body_of_issue(issue_number, new_body):
+    url = f'https://api.github.com/repos/{REPO_OWNER}/{REPO_NAME}/issues/{issue_number}'
+    payload = {'body': new_body}
+    response = requests.patch(url, headers=HEADERS, json=payload)
+    response.raise_for_status()
+    print(f'Edited body of issue (ID: {issue_number}) updated.')
+
+
+def main(issue_ids):
+    print('🔎 Fetching issues...')
+    issues = get_issues_with_title("Author Metadata:") + get_issues_with_title(
+        "Author Page:"
+    )
+    print(f"Found {len(issues)} issues.")
+
+    for issue in issues:
+        number = issue["number"]
+        title = issue["title"]
+
+        if issue_ids and number not in issue_ids:
+            # print(f"Skipping issue #{number}: {issue['title']}")
+            continue
+
+        print(f'---\nProcessing issue #{number}: {title}')
+
+        issue_body = issue["body"]
+        if "### Author ORCID" not in issue_body:
+            issue_body_list = issue_body.split("### Type of Author Metadata Correction")
+            issue_body_list.insert(
+                1,
+                textwrap.dedent(
+                    """
+                    ### Author ORCID
+
+                    -Add ORCID here-
+
+                    ### Institution of highest (anticipated) degree
+
+                    -Add insitution here-
+                                
+                    ### Your papers (if required, see comment below)
+                    
+                    -Provide Anthology IDs or Anthology URLs here-
+
+                    ### Type of Author Metadata Correction
+                """
+                ),
+            )
+            issue_body = "".join(issue_body_list)
+            edit_body_of_issue(number, issue_body)
+
+            add_comment_to_issue(
+                number,
+                textwrap.dedent(
+                    """
+                    Hello: we are attempting to close out a large backlog of author page requests. As part of these efforts, we are collecting additional information ([ORCID](https://orcid.org/) and degree institution) which will help us assign papers to the correct author in the future. Please modify the updated description above with the requested information.
+
+                    If you are requesting to split an author page (i.e., your page has some papers that are not yours), please also provide a list of your papers, in the form of Anthology IDs or URLS (e.g., 2023.wmt-1.13 or https://aclanthology.org/2023.wmt-1.13/). We are unable to match papers to Google or Semantic Scholar profiles.
+                """
+                ),
+            )
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import argparse
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Update author page issues')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        'issue_ids', nargs='*', type=int, help='List of issue IDs to update'
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    main(args.issue_ids)