# 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:** [2월 20, 2015, 9:35오후 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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**Post date:** [2월 21, 2015, 12:45오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-with-period-at-end-of-abbreviations-dont-keep-the-period/25463/7 "2015-02-21T00:45:47Z")

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If it is a bug, it is _at least_ dependent on the locale.

In German, for instance, “the period does not occur after detached (from the remaining text clearly separated) lines” (translated from [Duden, Regel 153](http://www.duden.de/sprachwissen/rechtschreibregeln/punkt#K153)), and regarding English there’s even a topic at StackExchange about it that indicates that titles generally should not end with a full stop.

> <https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/32884/should-i-use-a-period-at-the-end-of-a-headline>

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