I was educated in US public schools. I was taught that if the quotation marks were to denote a title, the period belongs outside, but if the quotation marks were for dialogue, uinless followed by a clause such as he said, the period belongs inside the quotes, because it is the end of the spokenb sentence. - (Incidentally, I find all that very logical, so wonder why the author of the article felt the need to point out logic in punctuation as if it were something new.)
"There's only three tempos: slow, medium and fast. When you get between in the cracks, ain't nuthin' happenin'." Ben Webster
this is a porn site, damn you! quit trying to edjumacate us!
You can’t truly call yourself peaceful unless you are capable of violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless.
Different rules for different folks.
UK English has always made the most sense to me. It's logical.