If it is common, there will be more people requesting it. A good idea might be to start a new enhancement request at issues.apache.org.
I agree that the titleblock is a very good idea. Unfortunately for Murray, I also agree with Janne that it's a bit late to get this into the 2.6 branch. At this point, the only thing we should be doing is bug-fixes.
To my banjo-playing zen monk friend in Australia: patience, young grasshopper. Many things become possible in 2.8. :)
Andrew
