Add period after last keyword

[bshowell0]

In a thesis formatting review, I was told you need a period after your keywords (though I don't see that as a requirement in the Masters Thesis Formatting Guidelines pdf). This is a one character change.

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[ddmarshall]

Brandon, Thanks for pointing this out and submitting a patch. I'm going to reach out to grad. ed. to see what their actual requirements are for the keywords. As you observed their documentation of the keywords requirement are very ambiguous, and I'd like to get clarity on what other requirements they have on it. Here's what I've observed: I checked the copy of the latest thesis formatting guidelines pdf (AY 22-23) and word template (template says last Modified 8/21/2017 by Sarah Horne), and here is all that I can find about keywords: - pdf page 17 in template abstract:     Also, "keywords" may be added at the end of the abstract. -pdf page 17 on bottom of template abstract page:     Keywords: Select descriptive keywords and separate terms with a comma and a space. - doc page iv in abstract:     [The Abstract.... Also, "keywords" may be added at the end - doc page iv on bottom of abstract page:     Keywords: [Select descriptive keywords and separate terms wth a comma and a space.] Note that in the word template, there is no period outside of "[...]", but they do say that they want a comma and a space. I don't see any indication that the trailing period is required. They don't indicate whether they require an "and" (with or without the oxford comma?) before the last keyword. Do they want the first keyword capitalized even though the keywords don't form a complete sentence? If I've missed any ambiguity let me know. I've created an issue (#84 <#84>) to track this. --David

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On 6/11/26 11:26 PM, Brandon H wrote: In a thesis formatting review, I was told you need a period after your keywords (though I don't see that as a requirement in the Masters Thesis Formatting Guidelines pdf). This is a one character change. Before: Screenshot.2026-06-11.at.23.13.55.png (view on web) <https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/76b5230a-55f9-466b-906d-c2cc41e298c5> After: Screenshot.2026-06-11.at.23.11.39.png (view on web) <https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f098c952-5a48-4167-b99f-5c8a2c316b8e> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You can view, comment on, or merge this pull request online at: #83 Commit Summary * 9394531 <9394531> Add period after last keyword File Changes (1 file <https://github.com/CalPolyCSC/thesis-template/pull/83/files>) * *M* cpthesis.cls <https://github.com/CalPolyCSC/thesis-template/pull/83/files#diff-7752e8f4662e3ab44d32889099f88d8589de94b99d2156b9b58c1e11bf0555b2> (2) Patch Links: * https://github.com/CalPolyCSC/thesis-template/pull/83.patch * https://github.com/CalPolyCSC/thesis-template/pull/83.diff — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#83?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAY6O2OPFH4CWM365UXGOPL47OPC3A5CNFSNUABEM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2QOVWGYUTFOF2WK43UF4ZTQNJSGY3DGOBXGWTHEZLBONXW5KTTOVRHGY3SNFRGKZFFMV3GK3TUVRTG633UMVZF6Y3MNFRWW>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAY6O2IBZIMWFRJ4VU2WN2D47OPC3AVCNFSNUABEKJSXA33TNF2G64TZHMZDEOJSGI2TOMZ3JFZXG5LFHM2DMNBWHEYDMOJSGSQXMAQ>. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>