This feels like it might be a good idea for this repo since it is actually a template, but I don't want to make that happen without agreement from others, so let's have a discussion and if everyone is happy I'll set it up (which is really just selecting one checkbox, so it's quick to do once we decide).
A new(?) feature on GitHub allows owners to set their repo as a "Template Repository" - this allows people on GitHub to create a new repo using the same file structure as the template repo. There's more info about this here: https://docs.github.com/en/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/creating-a-repository-from-a-template
This feels like it might be a good idea for this repo since it is actually a template, but I don't want to make that happen without agreement from others, so let's have a discussion and if everyone is happy I'll set it up (which is really just selecting one checkbox, so it's quick to do once we decide).