Align on a style in messages -- to end with '.', or not?

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Refactor
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Needs clarification
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r
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The issue does not identify files, tests, or specific messages. Start by locating the package's error-message definitions and compare their terminal punctuation; done means an agreed, consistent convention is applied and the relevant checks pass.

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beginner-task consistency Low translation

since "most" error messages dont end with ., but NIT

Originally posted by @ben-schwen in https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/pull/7562#discussion_r2658971444

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