On 4 August 2014 08:18, Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
the problem is all projects use a different format :)
Maybe it is worth the effort to investigate if we can come to a single format... at least on the input side.
I believe such is being discussed, as part of the wider conversation around using Wikidata as a repository for citations.
But that is months if not years away, and we could in the meantime have, if we can secure Google's cooperation as proposed, a quick solution for the majority of cases in a few days or weeks.
A hack-y work-around, if one is needed, would be for non-english sites to aheva template called {{cite journal}}, and have that always "subst:" into a ,coal template, as en.WP currently does with for example, various de.WP infobox templates .