2008/9/21 private musings thepmaccount@gmail.com:
I guess the advantage of the template approach might be that the message can be collaboratively edited after being posted to individuals?.. but I doubt that really matters in this process....
There isn't really any advantage in the template system for the job you're doing! The purpose of a substituted template (i.e. one using {{subst:...}}) is that multiple people can use the same code. As you're doing it on your own, Ctrl-V is about the best way!
Thanks for doing this!