Proposal of a generic "article" template

I recently created a generic "article" format that has a number of useful features for creating vendor neutral articles and is largely compatible with several other rticles formats, allowing one to start writing articles using this neutral format and quickly change to that of a specific journal once one makes a choice. I am using it to write working document for regional fisheries management organizations (which often eventually become peer-reviewed publications), but it is quite generic.

I am wondering if this sort of "vendor neutral" format could be integrated into rticles. I think it is valuable to include pertinent formats that are not linked to specific publishers, but want to make sure there is interest before trying to do so.

I am adding a link to the format below. If there is interest, I can easily adapt it to rticles and create a pull request for the format. Suggestions on what to call it would be appreciated ("generic_article"???).

Link to directory containing format files. Only rfmo_template.tex and rfmo_skeleton.Rmd are essential.

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Review rfmo_template.tex and rfmo_skeleton.Rmd first, then compare them with the existing rticles template structure. Done means the vendor-neutral article format is adapted into rticles with an agreed name and the essential files work as a usable template.