Creating new templates or even fixing existing ones would not fix any missing plugin messages for any existing projects where a referenced plugin is no longer available.
I thought one of those user-written Sonar Utilities that forum members have built and provided did some sort of inventory of what is used within a given project. I do not recall if it could do its thing on a project folder without the project being opened in Sonar or not - but it might well be worth looking at.
Can someone who remembers where those utilities are posted please weigh in on this?
Thanks! :)
Bob Bone