# Test thread. Ignore.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-ignore/971246>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [September 9, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-ignore/971246 "2022-09-09T01:36:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-ignore/971246/1 "2022-09-09T01:36:53Z")

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Title testing.

ETA: K. So you can’t end a thread’s title with a period. That’s just weird.

ETA2: Moving from ATMB to Site Feedback.

ETA3: Apparently, from a test on another board, even the mods don’t have period-adding capabilities.

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-ignore/971246/2 "2022-09-09T02:01:06Z")

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So that’s the end of this thread, period. .

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-ignore/971246/3 "2022-09-09T16:56:40Z")

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Do any of the usual workarounds like adding an invisible character work around this?

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-ignore/971246/4 "2022-09-09T16:58:35Z")

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I added the Alt-0160 character after the period and it seems to have worked well. @GreysonCarlisle

Very good suggestion @BigT

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-ignore/971246/5 "2022-09-09T17:03:19Z")

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Looks like Discourse scrubs the final period to avoid a rare bug.

Nice workaround!

ETA: Also, I notice that it’s now scrubbed the final non-breaking space.