From d125b9b3535750bc7d36764c14b9cb40445978ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rosa Trieu <rosa.trieu@datadoghq.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:35:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Create listpunctuation.yml

---
 styles/Datadog/listpunctuation.yml | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 styles/Datadog/listpunctuation.yml

diff --git a/styles/Datadog/listpunctuation.yml b/styles/Datadog/listpunctuation.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b8152e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/styles/Datadog/listpunctuation.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Rule 1: Detect list items without ending punctuation
+# This helps identify when list items might need periods for consistency
+extends: existence
+message: "List item without ending punctuation. Consider adding a period if other items in the list have periods."
+link: "https://github.com/DataDog/documentation/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#lists"
+level: suggestion
+scope: raw
+ignorecase: false
+tokens:
+  # Match bulleted list items that don't end with punctuation
+  - '^(?:\s*)(?:[\•\-\*\+])\s+[^.!?]*[a-zA-Z0-9)]\s*$'
+  # Match numbered list items that don't end with punctuation
+  - '^(?:\s*)(?:\d+\.)\s+[^.!?]*[a-zA-Z0-9)]\s*$'
+
+---
+# Rule 2: Detect list items with ending punctuation
+# This helps identify when list items might not need periods for consistency
+extends: existence
+message: "List item with ending punctuation. Consider removing the period if other items in the list don't have periods."
+link: "https://github.com/DataDog/documentation/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#lists"
+level: suggestion
+scope: raw
+ignorecase: false
+tokens:
+  # Match bulleted list items that end with punctuation
+  - '^(?:\s*)(?:[\•\-\*\+])\s+[^.!?]*[.!?]\s*$'
+  # Match numbered list items that end with punctuation
+  - '^(?:\s*)(?:\d+\.)\s+[^.!?]*[.!?]\s*$'
\ No newline at end of file

From 61f3bab1446170c83ccceaeec07d68850c77bf43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rosa Trieu <rosa.trieu@datadoghq.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:47:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] update rule

---
 .vale.ini                          |  3 ++-
 styles/Datadog/listpunctuation.yml | 31 +++++++-----------------------
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.vale.ini b/.vale.ini
index 922a5e0..7c4c6e6 100644
--- a/.vale.ini
+++ b/.vale.ini
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ Datadog.spaces = YES
 Datadog.tense = YES
 Datadog.words = YES
 Datadog.quotes = YES
-Datadog.aws = YES
\ No newline at end of file
+Datadog.aws = YES
+Datadog.listpunctuation = YES
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/styles/Datadog/listpunctuation.yml b/styles/Datadog/listpunctuation.yml
index 4b8152e..bcdd573 100644
--- a/styles/Datadog/listpunctuation.yml
+++ b/styles/Datadog/listpunctuation.yml
@@ -1,28 +1,11 @@
-# Rule 1: Detect list items without ending punctuation
-# This helps identify when list items might need periods for consistency
 extends: existence
-message: "List item without ending punctuation. Consider adding a period if other items in the list have periods."
+message: "List items should have consistent punctuation."
 link: "https://github.com/DataDog/documentation/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#lists"
-level: suggestion
+level: warning
 scope: raw
-ignorecase: false
+ignorecase: true
 tokens:
-  # Match bulleted list items that don't end with punctuation
-  - '^(?:\s*)(?:[\•\-\*\+])\s+[^.!?]*[a-zA-Z0-9)]\s*$'
-  # Match numbered list items that don't end with punctuation
-  - '^(?:\s*)(?:\d+\.)\s+[^.!?]*[a-zA-Z0-9)]\s*$'
-
----
-# Rule 2: Detect list items with ending punctuation
-# This helps identify when list items might not need periods for consistency
-extends: existence
-message: "List item with ending punctuation. Consider removing the period if other items in the list don't have periods."
-link: "https://github.com/DataDog/documentation/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#lists"
-level: suggestion
-scope: raw
-ignorecase: false
-tokens:
-  # Match bulleted list items that end with punctuation
-  - '^(?:\s*)(?:[\•\-\*\+])\s+[^.!?]*[.!?]\s*$'
-  # Match numbered list items that end with punctuation
-  - '^(?:\s*)(?:\d+\.)\s+[^.!?]*[.!?]\s*$'
\ No newline at end of file
+  # Match bulleted list items starting with -
+  - '^\s*-\s+.*$'
+  # Match numbered list items
+  - '^\s*\d+\.\s+.*$'
\ No newline at end of file