Category talk:CS1 maint: postscript

Spurious detection of error

Wikipedia is detecting the error where it does not exist. For example:

Some wear masks, and some don't.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Luis Ferré-Sadurní |author2=Shawn Hubler |date=June 15, 2021 |title='A Momentous Day': New York and California Lift Most Virus Restrictions |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/nyregion/coronavirus-restrictions.html |postscript=. Article includes several pictures showing people with and without face masks.}}</ref></talk></nowiki> generates:

Some wear masks, and some don't.^[1]

References

^ Luis Ferré-Sadurní; Shawn Hubler (June 15, 2021). "'A Momentous Day': New York and California Lift Most Virus Restrictions". The New York Times. Article includes several pictures showing people with and without face masks.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

The error doesn't go away if |postscript= doesn't start with a period, as you can see by doing your own experiment. —Anomalocaris (talk) 22:31, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Category:CS1 maint: postscript is not an error category.

Here is a link to the |postscript= documentation. The parameter is intended to control the terminal punctuation of a cs1|2 template; it is not intended as a dumping ground for any and all text that editors want to place there. When the value assigned to |postscript= has more than one character, Module:Citation/CS1 emits this maintenance category because 'terminal punctuation' that is more than one character is considered to be extraneous text. Rewrite the citation this way:

{{cite news |author1=Luis Ferré-Sadurní |author2=Shawn Hubler |date=June 15, 2021 |title='A Momentous Day': New York and California Lift Most Virus Restrictions |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/nyregion/coronavirus-restrictions.html |url-access=subscription}} Article includes several pictures showing people with and without face masks.

Luis Ferré-Sadurní; Shawn Hubler (June 15, 2021). "'A Momentous Day': New York and California Lift Most Virus Restrictions". The New York Times. Article includes several pictures showing people with and without face masks.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 23:03, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Trappist the monk: Thank you for the explanation. —Anomalocaris (talk) 04:40, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Luis Ferré-Sadurní; Shawn Hubler (June 15, 2021). "'A Momentous Day': New York and California Lift Most Virus Restrictions". The New York Times. Article includes several pictures showing people with and without face masks.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

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