Category talk:CS1 maint: postscript

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

generates:

Some wear masks, and some don't.

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)
 * 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:
 * Article includes several pictures showing people with and without face masks.
 * —Trappist the monk (talk) 23:03, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Trappist the monk: Thank you for the explanation. —Anomalocaris (talk) 04:40, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
 * —Trappist the monk (talk) 23:03, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Trappist the monk: Thank you for the explanation. —Anomalocaris (talk) 04:40, 21 June 2021 (UTC)