Remove FreeCiteImporter #5581
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The web service is not offered anymore: https://library.brown.edu/libweb/freecite_notice.php
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FreeCite is no more. See https://library.brown.edu/libweb/freecite_notice.php
Thus, we can remove the fetcher. IMHO the best working alternative as of today is text2bib. However, I could not programmatically access it. I fail at the final step. I am tryting to reach out the web site owner.
We also removed the UI long time ago: #4826. Meanwhile, a simple converter was implemented at #4985 (follow up #5206). - General issue: #4826