User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Time Lord Academy/@comment-24451551-20150803183720

Please forgive me if this is the wrong place to post this. I checked the wiki's typography and punctuation guides but did not see it addressed. I notice that most pages seem to place the period before a citation that comes at the end of a sentence, leaving the parenthetical hanging. Perhaps this is a British convention of which I am not aware, but a Google search did not reveal it to me. Most systems of parenthetical citation I have encountered would have the period FOLLOW a citation at the end of a sentence, just as a comma or semi-colon might in the middle of one. It seems to me the citation is part of the sentence and should not be left hanging in the space between the end of one sentence and the beginning of the next. Please advise as to the reason, if any, it is being done this way here. Thank you.