Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #51961, comment 9
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Ticket #51961, comment 9
initial v1 1 1 Ultimately, I don't think either way is wrong, yet neither of them will look correct to everybody. Preferences likely reflect how a period is inside quotation marks here in the U.S. and the full stop is often outside the quotes in other countries. 2 2 3 We could continue to follow the rules for parenthetical comments (text in round brackets). British and American style guides agree on adding the terminal punctuation inside with full sentences:3 We could continue to follow the rules given for parenthetical comments (text in round brackets), applying those rules to links. British and American style guides agree on adding the terminal punctuation inside with full sentences: 4 4 - [https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/media_wysiwyg/University%20of%20Oxford%20Style%20Guide.pdf#page=12 Oxford University Style Guide] 5 5 - [https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/Punctuation/faq0040.html#:~:text=A%20sentence%20that%20stands%20alone,have%20their%20respective%20marks!). Chicago Manual of Style]