# Topics with period at end of abbreviations don't keep the period

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-with-period-at-end-of-abbreviations-dont-keep-the-period/25463>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [20 Febrero, 2015 21:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-with-period-at-end-of-abbreviations-dont-keep-the-period/25463 "2015-02-20T21:35:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Post date:** [21 Febrero, 2015 00:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-with-period-at-end-of-abbreviations-dont-keep-the-period/25463/6 "2015-02-21T00:25:40Z")

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> [@elberet](#):
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> Remove unnecessary periods

The bug is that it’s not an “unnecessary” period or an “extra . at end” as the so-called feature describes. It’s a single, very necessary period.

I’ll turn off the setting, of course, but that doesn’t mean this isn’t a bug.

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