Digitalin wrote
...pop seems to think differently, ....
There's a mechanism called "page template" or "namespace template", depending on where you look.
You place a file called _template.txt or __template.txt into the directory holding the pages of the wiki or one of the subdirectories. The "base wiki" will use this template whenever you start a new page. The template may contain placeholders which then will be replaced when instantiating the page.
I use the term "base wiki" because this mechanism is in force by the wiki without adding any plugins. The name _template.txt (with one or two leading underscores, depending on its scope) is given by the "base wiki" but can be overridden in the configuration (I believe).
What the bureaucracy plugin does is quite similar, but it's not invoked in the same way and the bit of software which then calls the template might even be different.
The error message which says "Maybe it doesn't exist or you have no read permissions?" merely says that the software can not access the file. It may or may not be a permission issue. In your case, I'd say the software looks in another directory or expects another file name.
Which directory (namespace) holds the page with the bureaucracy form, and where is your template located?