Things have been moving closer to the peg recently; I'm positive it will not take too long and all this effort to fix the peg will be superfluous.
In general there seems to be a faction that trusts the things as they are, and a faction that wants to meddle, which is totally ok with me, I just do not think it has any important upside, and it's tough to watch that many votes ending up there.
And yes, revamp that template, please; this has been a good option (almost a compromise) for some time already. It would also show more willingness to react to criticism.