Religions

(a Martian poem)

The Hindu takes a sacred vow,
And never, ever eats a cow.

The Muslim thinks a cow's too big,
And so he never eats a pig.

The Jew does like the Muslim, though
You mustn't ever tell them so.

Wafers'n'wine for Christian God,
Except on Fridays, when it's cod.

Religions are the same, I guess:
First you sin, and then confess

And then a holy man will bless,
Dressed up in a fancy dress.

~~
George J. Dance
from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015

George J. Dance wrote:
>
> Religions

> (a Martian poem)

> The Hindu takes a sacred vow,
> And never, ever eats a cow.

> The Muslim thinks a cow's too big,
> And so he never eats a pig.

> The Jew does like the Muslim, though
> You mustn't ever tell them so.

> Wafers'n'wine for Christian God,
> Except on Fridays, when it's cod.

> Religions are the same, I guess:
> First you sin, and then confess

> And then a holy man will bless,
> Dressed up in a fancy dress.

> ~~
> George J. Dance
> from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015

Nice one, sort of an Ogden Nash feel.

Still drawing a blank on the "Martian" catchphrase, though.

On 2022-09-23 6:14 a.m., W-Dockery wrote:
> George J. Dance wrote:
>>
>> Religions
>
>> (a Martian poem)
>
>
>> The Hindu takes a sacred vow,
>> And never, ever eats a cow.
>
>> The Muslim thinks a cow's too big,
>> And so he never eats a pig.
>
>> The Jew does like the Muslim, though
>> You mustn't ever tell them so.
>
>> Wafers'n'wine for Christian God,
>> Except on Fridays, when it's cod.
>
>> Religions are the same, I guess:
>> First you sin, and then confess
>
>> And then a holy man will bless,
>> Dressed up in a fancy dress.
>
>> ~~
>> George J. Dance
>> from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015
>
> Nice one, sort of an Ogden Nash feel.
>
> Still drawing a blank on the "Martian" catchphrase, though.

Martian poetry was a minor movement in British poetry in the late 1970s
and early 1980s, in which everyday things and human behaviour are
described in a strange way, as if by a visiting Martian who does not
understand them. Poets most closely associated with it are Craig Raine
and Christopher Reid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_poetry

I'll probably copy it onto PPP later today. I replaced one of their
articles yesterday, which gives me room to add another.

George J. Dance wrote:
>
> Religions

> (a Martian poem)

> The Hindu takes a sacred vow,
> And never, ever eats a cow.

> The Muslim thinks a cow's too big,
> And so he never eats a pig.

> The Jew does like the Muslim, though
> You mustn't ever tell them so.

> Wafers'n'wine for Christian God,
> Except on Fridays, when it's cod.

> Religions are the same, I guess:
> First you sin, and then confess

> And then a holy man will bless,
> Dressed up in a fancy dress.

> ~~
> George J. Dance
> from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015

Quite interesting, G.D.

George J. Dance wrote:

> On 2022-09-23 6:14 a.m., W-Dockery wrote:
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>
>>> Religions
>>
>>> (a Martian poem)
>>
>>
>>> The Hindu takes a sacred vow,
>>> And never, ever eats a cow.
>>
>>> The Muslim thinks a cow's too big,
>>> And so he never eats a pig.
>>
>>> The Jew does like the Muslim, though
>>> You mustn't ever tell them so.
>>
>>> Wafers'n'wine for Christian God,
>>> Except on Fridays, when it's cod.
>>
>>> Religions are the same, I guess:
>>> First you sin, and then confess
>>
>>> And then a holy man will bless,
>>> Dressed up in a fancy dress.
>>
>>> ~~
>>> George J. Dance
>>> from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015
>>
>> Nice one, sort of an Ogden Nash feel.
>>
>> Still drawing a blank on the "Martian" catchphrase, though.

> Martian poetry was a minor movement in British poetry in the late 1970s
> and early 1980s, in which everyday things and human behaviour are
> described in a strange way, as if by a visiting Martian who does not
> understand them. Poets most closely associated with it are Craig Raine
> and Christopher Reid.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_poetry

> I'll probably copy it onto PPP later today. I replaced one of their
> articles yesterday, which gives me room to add another.

You have a policy of limiting the importation of Wikipedia articles to the Penny Wiki now?

On 2022-09-23 9:18 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> George J. Dance wrote:
>
>> On 2022-09-23 6:14 a.m., W-Dockery wrote:
>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Religions
>>>
>>>> (a Martian poem)
>>>
>>>
>>>> The Hindu takes a sacred vow,
>>>> And never, ever eats a cow.
>>>
>>>> The Muslim thinks a cow's too big,
>>>> And so he never eats a pig.
>>>
>>>> The Jew does like the Muslim, though
>>>> You mustn't ever tell them so.
>>>
>>>> Wafers'n'wine for Christian God,
>>>> Except on Fridays, when it's cod.
>>>
>>>> Religions are the same, I guess:
>>>> First you sin, and then confess
>>>
>>>> And then a holy man will bless,
>>>> Dressed up in a fancy dress.
>>>
>>>> ~~
>>>> George J. Dance
>>>> from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015
>>>
>>> Nice one, sort of an Ogden Nash feel.
>>>
>>> Still drawing a blank on the "Martian" catchphrase, though.
>
>> Martian poetry was a minor movement in British poetry in the late
>> 1970s and early 1980s, in which everyday things and human behaviour
>> are described in a strange way, as if by a visiting Martian who does
>> not understand them. Poets most closely associated with it are Craig
>> Raine and Christopher Reid.
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_poetry
>
>> I'll probably copy it onto PPP later today. I replaced one of their
>> articles yesterday, which gives me room to add another.
>
> You have a policy of limiting the importation of Wikipedia articles to
> the Penny Wiki now?

Not a global policy. It's a personal policy. I've been looking for other
sources of licensed articles, so that we wouldn't be just a clone of
Wikipedia, and substituting those for Wikipedia when I can find them.
I actually started that back when we had 9,000 articles, of which more
than 7,000 were from Wikipedia, and it's worked. Now we're up to more
than 11,000, of which 6,500 are Wikipedia. But there's no limit on
anyone else importing Wikipedia articles; those are such a small
percentage of new articles that they don't make a big difference. (Not
to trivialize or disparage those contributions.)

Turns out I didn't have to import this one, as it turns out it's been on
the wiki, virtually word-for-word) for over a decade. I discovered that
when I tried to add it. One neat touch is the illustration I'd added
back then, of a Martian tripod from /War of the Worlds/. Another, which
I just added, is an embedded video of Raine reading "A Martian Sends a
Postcard Home".

George J. Dance wrote:

> On 2022-09-23 9:18 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>
>>> On 2022-09-23 6:14 a.m., W-Dockery wrote:
>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Religions
>>>>
>>>>> (a Martian poem)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The Hindu takes a sacred vow,
>>>>> And never, ever eats a cow.
>>>>
>>>>> The Muslim thinks a cow's too big,
>>>>> And so he never eats a pig.
>>>>
>>>>> The Jew does like the Muslim, though
>>>>> You mustn't ever tell them so.
>>>>
>>>>> Wafers'n'wine for Christian God,
>>>>> Except on Fridays, when it's cod.
>>>>
>>>>> Religions are the same, I guess:
>>>>> First you sin, and then confess
>>>>
>>>>> And then a holy man will bless,
>>>>> Dressed up in a fancy dress.
>>>>
>>>>> ~~
>>>>> George J. Dance
>>>>> from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015
>>>>
>>>> Nice one, sort of an Ogden Nash feel.
>>>>
>>>> Still drawing a blank on the "Martian" catchphrase, though.
>>
>>> Martian poetry was a minor movement in British poetry in the late
>>> 1970s and early 1980s, in which everyday things and human behaviour
>>> are described in a strange way, as if by a visiting Martian who does
>>> not understand them. Poets most closely associated with it are Craig
>>> Raine and Christopher Reid.
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_poetry
>>
>>> I'll probably copy it onto PPP later today. I replaced one of their
>>> articles yesterday, which gives me room to add another.
>>
>> You have a policy of limiting the importation of Wikipedia articles to
>> the Penny Wiki now?

> Not a global policy. It's a personal policy. I've been looking for other
> sources of licensed articles, so that we wouldn't be just a clone of
> Wikipedia, and substituting those for Wikipedia when I can find them.
> I actually started that back when we had 9,000 articles, of which more
> than 7,000 were from Wikipedia, and it's worked. Now we're up to more
> than 11,000, of which 6,500 are Wikipedia. But there's no limit on
> anyone else importing Wikipedia articles; those are such a small
> percentage of new articles that they don't make a big difference. (Not
> to trivialize or disparage those contributions.)

> Turns out I didn't have to import this one, as it turns out it's been on
> the wiki, virtually word-for-word) for over a decade. I discovered that
> when I tried to add it. One neat touch is the illustration I'd added
> back then, of a Martian tripod from /War of the Worlds/. Another, which
> I just added, is an embedded video of Raine reading "A Martian Sends a
> Postcard Home".

Okay, and Wikipedia articles can serve as place holders, eventually to be replaced by original material.

George J. Dance wrote:

> On 2022-09-23 9:18 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>
>>> On 2022-09-23 6:14 a.m., W-Dockery wrote:
>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Religions
>>>>
>>>>> (a Martian poem)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The Hindu takes a sacred vow,
>>>>> And never, ever eats a cow.
>>>>
>>>>> The Muslim thinks a cow's too big,
>>>>> And so he never eats a pig.
>>>>
>>>>> The Jew does like the Muslim, though
>>>>> You mustn't ever tell them so.
>>>>
>>>>> Wafers'n'wine for Christian God,
>>>>> Except on Fridays, when it's cod.
>>>>
>>>>> Religions are the same, I guess:
>>>>> First you sin, and then confess
>>>>
>>>>> And then a holy man will bless,
>>>>> Dressed up in a fancy dress.
>>>>
>>>>> ~~
>>>>> George J. Dance
>>>>> from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015
>>>>
>>>> Nice one, sort of an Ogden Nash feel.
>>>>
>>>> Still drawing a blank on the "Martian" catchphrase, though.
>>
>>> Martian poetry was a minor movement in British poetry in the late
>>> 1970s and early 1980s, in which everyday things and human behaviour
>>> are described in a strange way, as if by a visiting Martian who does
>>> not understand them. Poets most closely associated with it are Craig
>>> Raine and Christopher Reid.
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_poetry
>>
>>> I'll probably copy it onto PPP later today. I replaced one of their
>>> articles yesterday, which gives me room to add another.
>>
>> You have a policy of limiting the importation of Wikipedia articles to
>> the Penny Wiki now?

> Not a global policy. It's a personal policy. I've been looking for other
> sources of licensed articles, so that we wouldn't be just a clone of
> Wikipedia, and substituting those for Wikipedia when I can find them.
> I actually started that back when we had 9,000 articles, of which more
> than 7,000 were from Wikipedia, and it's worked. Now we're up to more
> than 11,000, of which 6,500 are Wikipedia. But there's no limit on
> anyone else importing Wikipedia articles; those are such a small
> percentage of new articles that they don't make a big difference. (Not
> to trivialize or disparage those contributions.)

> Turns out I didn't have to import this one, as it turns out it's been on
> the wiki, virtually word-for-word) for over a decade. I discovered that
> when I tried to add it. One neat touch is the illustration I'd added
> back then, of a Martian tripod from /War of the Worlds/. Another, which
> I just added, is an embedded video of Raine reading "A Martian Sends a
> Postcard Home".

Interesting back story, G.D....

On 2022-09-24 1:22 p.m., W-Dockery wrote:
> George J. Dance wrote:
>
>> On 2022-09-23 9:18 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2022-09-23 6:14 a.m., W-Dockery wrote:
>>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Religions
>>>>>
>>>>>> (a Martian poem)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> The Hindu takes a sacred vow,
>>>>>> And never, ever eats a cow.
>>>>>
>>>>>> The Muslim thinks a cow's too big,
>>>>>> And so he never eats a pig.
>>>>>
>>>>>> The Jew does like the Muslim, though
>>>>>> You mustn't ever tell them so.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Wafers'n'wine for Christian God,
>>>>>> Except on Fridays, when it's cod.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Religions are the same, I guess:
>>>>>> First you sin, and then confess
>>>>>
>>>>>> And then a holy man will bless,
>>>>>> Dressed up in a fancy dress.
>>>>>
>>>>>> ~~
>>>>>> George J. Dance
>>>>>> from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015
>>>>>
>>>>> Nice one, sort of an Ogden Nash feel.
>>>>>
>>>>> Still drawing a blank on the "Martian" catchphrase, though.
>>>
>>>> Martian poetry was a minor movement in British poetry in the late
>>>> 1970s and early 1980s, in which everyday things and human behaviour
>>>> are described in a strange way, as if by a visiting Martian who does
>>>> not understand them. Poets most closely associated with it are Craig
>>>> Raine and Christopher Reid.
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_poetry
>>>
>>>> I'll probably copy it onto PPP later today. I replaced one of their
>>>> articles yesterday, which gives me room to add another.
>>>
>>> You have a policy of limiting the importation of Wikipedia articles
>>> to the Penny Wiki now?
>
>> Not a global policy. It's a personal policy. I've been looking for
>> other sources of licensed articles, so that we wouldn't be just a
>> clone of Wikipedia, and substituting those for Wikipedia when I can
>> find them.
>> I actually started that back when we had 9,000 articles, of which more
>> than 7,000 were from Wikipedia, and it's worked. Now we're up to more
>> than 11,000, of which 6,500 are Wikipedia. But there's no limit on
>> anyone else importing Wikipedia articles; those are such a small
>> percentage of new articles that they don't make a big difference. (Not
>> to trivialize or disparage those contributions.)
>
>> Turns out I didn't have to import this one, as it turns out it's been
>> on the wiki, virtually word-for-word) for over a decade. I discovered
>> that when I tried to add it. One neat touch is the illustration I'd
>> added back then, of a Martian tripod from /War of the Worlds/.
>> Another, which I just added, is an embedded video of Raine reading "A
>> Martian Sends a Postcard Home".
>
>
> Okay, and Wikipedia articles can serve as place holders, eventually to
> be replaced by original material.

Yes, of course; and some will never be replaced. The articles on the top
poets, usually attract a group effort, are usually very good, and
there's no need to get rid of them.

I'd like to get the Wikipedia/non-Wikipedia ratio down to under 50%
eventually, so that people going to PPP don't expect they'll just be
getting the same info as Wikipedia; but I'm quietly working on that one
article at a time.

George J. Dance wrote:

> On 2022-09-24 1:22 p.m., W-Dockery wrote:
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>
>>> On 2022-09-23 9:18 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2022-09-23 6:14 a.m., W-Dockery wrote:
>>>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Religions
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (a Martian poem)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Hindu takes a sacred vow,
>>>>>>> And never, ever eats a cow.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Muslim thinks a cow's too big,
>>>>>>> And so he never eats a pig.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Jew does like the Muslim, though
>>>>>>> You mustn't ever tell them so.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wafers'n'wine for Christian God,
>>>>>>> Except on Fridays, when it's cod.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Religions are the same, I guess:
>>>>>>> First you sin, and then confess
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And then a holy man will bless,
>>>>>>> Dressed up in a fancy dress.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ~~
>>>>>>> George J. Dance
>>>>>>> from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nice one, sort of an Ogden Nash feel.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Still drawing a blank on the "Martian" catchphrase, though.
>>>>
>>>>> Martian poetry was a minor movement in British poetry in the late
>>>>> 1970s and early 1980s, in which everyday things and human behaviour
>>>>> are described in a strange way, as if by a visiting Martian who does
>>>>> not understand them. Poets most closely associated with it are Craig
>>>>> Raine and Christopher Reid.
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_poetry
>>>>
>>>>> I'll probably copy it onto PPP later today. I replaced one of their
>>>>> articles yesterday, which gives me room to add another.
>>>>
>>>> You have a policy of limiting the importation of Wikipedia articles
>>>> to the Penny Wiki now?
>>
>>> Not a global policy. It's a personal policy. I've been looking for
>>> other sources of licensed articles, so that we wouldn't be just a
>>> clone of Wikipedia, and substituting those for Wikipedia when I can
>>> find them.
>>> I actually started that back when we had 9,000 articles, of which more
>>> than 7,000 were from Wikipedia, and it's worked. Now we're up to more
>>> than 11,000, of which 6,500 are Wikipedia. But there's no limit on
>>> anyone else importing Wikipedia articles; those are such a small
>>> percentage of new articles that they don't make a big difference. (Not
>>> to trivialize or disparage those contributions.)
>>
>>> Turns out I didn't have to import this one, as it turns out it's been
>>> on the wiki, virtually word-for-word) for over a decade. I discovered
>>> that when I tried to add it. One neat touch is the illustration I'd
>>> added back then, of a Martian tripod from /War of the Worlds/.
>>> Another, which I just added, is an embedded video of Raine reading "A
>>> Martian Sends a Postcard Home".
>>
>>
>> Okay, and Wikipedia articles can serve as place holders, eventually to
>> be replaced by original material.

> Yes, of course; and some will never be replaced. The articles on the top
> poets, usually attract a group effort, are usually very good, and
> there's no need to get rid of them.

> I'd like to get the Wikipedia/non-Wikipedia ratio down to under 50%
> eventually, so that people going to PPP don't expect they'll just be
> getting the same info as Wikipedia; but I'm quietly working on that one
> article at a time.

Good show GD, and yo have plenty of articles never seen on Wikipedia....!

George J. Dance wrote:
>
> Religions

> (a Martian poem)

> The Hindu takes a sacred vow,
> And never, ever eats a cow.

> The Muslim thinks a cow's too big,
> And so he never eats a pig.

> The Jew does like the Muslim, though
> You mustn't ever tell them so.

> Wafers'n'wine for Christian God,
> Except on Fridays, when it's cod.

> Religions are the same, I guess:
> First you sin, and then confess

> And then a holy man will bless,
> Dressed up in a fancy dress.

> ~~
> George J. Dance
> from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015

Once more, an outstanding political statement...

George J. Dance wrote:

> On 2022-09-23 6:14 a.m., W-Dockery wrote:
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>
>>> Religions
>>
>>> (a Martian poem)
>>
>>
>>> The Hindu takes a sacred vow,
>>> And never, ever eats a cow.
>>
>>> The Muslim thinks a cow's too big,
>>> And so he never eats a pig.
>>
>>> The Jew does like the Muslim, though
>>> You mustn't ever tell them so.
>>
>>> Wafers'n'wine for Christian God,
>>> Except on Fridays, when it's cod.
>>
>>> Religions are the same, I guess:
>>> First you sin, and then confess
>>
>>> And then a holy man will bless,
>>> Dressed up in a fancy dress.
>>
>>> ~~
>>> George J. Dance
>>> from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015
>>
>> Nice one, sort of an Ogden Nash feel.
>>
>> Still drawing a blank on the "Martian" catchphrase, though.

> Martian poetry was a minor movement in British poetry in the late 1970s
> and early 1980s, in which everyday things and human behaviour are
> described in a strange way, as if by a visiting Martian who does not
> understand them. Poets most closely associated with it are Craig Raine
> and Christopher Reid.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_poetry

> I'll probably copy it onto PPP later today. I replaced one of their
> articles yesterday, which gives me room to add another.

I haven't had a chance to get back to the Wiki for a few days.

You've probably seen the more obscure Weird Tales poets I added last week, all of those need details added, but at least they are in the archives.

On 2022-09-30 6:41 a.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> George J. Dance wrote:
>
>> On 2022-09-23 6:14 a.m., W-Dockery wrote:
>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Religions
>>>
>>>> (a Martian poem)
>>>
>>>
>>>> The Hindu takes a sacred vow,
>>>> And never, ever eats a cow.
>>>
>>>> The Muslim thinks a cow's too big,
>>>> And so he never eats a pig.
>>>
>>>> The Jew does like the Muslim, though
>>>> You mustn't ever tell them so.
>>>
>>>> Wafers'n'wine for Christian God,
>>>> Except on Fridays, when it's cod.
>>>
>>>> Religions are the same, I guess:
>>>> First you sin, and then confess
>>>
>>>> And then a holy man will bless,
>>>> Dressed up in a fancy dress.
>>>
>>>> ~~
>>>> George J. Dance
>>>> from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015
>>>
>>> Nice one, sort of an Ogden Nash feel.
>>>
>>> Still drawing a blank on the "Martian" catchphrase, though.
>
>> Martian poetry was a minor movement in British poetry in the late
>> 1970s and early 1980s, in which everyday things and human behaviour
>> are described in a strange way, as if by a visiting Martian who does
>> not understand them. Poets most closely associated with it are Craig
>> Raine and Christopher Reid.
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_poetry
>
>> I'll probably copy it onto PPP later today. I replaced one of their
>> articles yesterday, which gives me room to add another.
>
> I haven't had a chance to get back to the Wiki for a few days.
>
> You've probably seen the more obscure Weird Tales poets I added last
> week, all of those need details added, but at least they are in the
> archives.

Actually, I hadn't seen those. The main screen for PPP just tells me
about the last two articles (or five, if I expand it) that got added or
modified, and I don't remember noticing anyone but me on it. (Except two
/Clockwork Orange/ articles, which are on-topic since Anthony Burgess is
on PPP.)

I can see who worked on what article at a special page, and review the
new ones. Are they all from Wikipedia? The reason I'm asking, is I'd
like to give each of them a couple of templates, {{2022}} and
{{Wikipedia}} if applicable, to assign them to the right categories.

George J. Dance wrote:

> On 2022-09-30 6:41 a.m., W.Dockery wrote:
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>
>>> On 2022-09-23 6:14 a.m., W-Dockery wrote:
>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Religions
>>>>
>>>>> (a Martian poem)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The Hindu takes a sacred vow,
>>>>> And never, ever eats a cow.
>>>>
>>>>> The Muslim thinks a cow's too big,
>>>>> And so he never eats a pig.
>>>>
>>>>> The Jew does like the Muslim, though
>>>>> You mustn't ever tell them so.
>>>>
>>>>> Wafers'n'wine for Christian God,
>>>>> Except on Fridays, when it's cod.
>>>>
>>>>> Religions are the same, I guess:
>>>>> First you sin, and then confess
>>>>
>>>>> And then a holy man will bless,
>>>>> Dressed up in a fancy dress.
>>>>
>>>>> ~~
>>>>> George J. Dance
>>>>> from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015
>>>>
>>>> Nice one, sort of an Ogden Nash feel.
>>>>
>>>> Still drawing a blank on the "Martian" catchphrase, though.
>>
>>> Martian poetry was a minor movement in British poetry in the late
>>> 1970s and early 1980s, in which everyday things and human behaviour
>>> are described in a strange way, as if by a visiting Martian who does
>>> not understand them. Poets most closely associated with it are Craig
>>> Raine and Christopher Reid.
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_poetry
>>
>>> I'll probably copy it onto PPP later today. I replaced one of their
>>> articles yesterday, which gives me room to add another.
>>
>> I haven't had a chance to get back to the Wiki for a few days.
>>
>> You've probably seen the more obscure Weird Tales poets I added last
>> week, all of those need details added, but at least they are in the
>> archives.

> Actually, I hadn't seen those. The main screen for PPP just tells me
> about the last two articles (or five, if I expand it) that got added or
> modified, and I don't remember noticing anyone but me on it. (Except two
> /Clockwork Orange/ articles, which are on-topic since Anthony Burgess is
> on PPP.)

> I can see who worked on what article at a special page, and review the
> new ones. Are they all from Wikipedia? The reason I'm asking, is I'd
> like to give each of them a couple of templates, {{2022}} and
> {{Wikipedia}} if applicable, to assign them to the right categories.

I think most are imported from Wikipedia.

George J. Dance wrote:

> On 2022-09-23 6:14 a.m., W-Dockery wrote:
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>
>>> Religions
>>
>>> (a Martian poem)
>>
>>
>>> The Hindu takes a sacred vow,
>>> And never, ever eats a cow.
>>
>>> The Muslim thinks a cow's too big,
>>> And so he never eats a pig.
>>
>>> The Jew does like the Muslim, though
>>> You mustn't ever tell them so.
>>
>>> Wafers'n'wine for Christian God,
>>> Except on Fridays, when it's cod.
>>
>>> Religions are the same, I guess:
>>> First you sin, and then confess
>>
>>> And then a holy man will bless,
>>> Dressed up in a fancy dress.
>>
>>> ~~
>>> George J. Dance
>>> from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015
>>
>> Nice one, sort of an Ogden Nash feel.
>>
>> Still drawing a blank on the "Martian" catchphrase, though.

> Martian poetry was a minor movement in British poetry in the late 1970s
> and early 1980s, in which everyday things and human behaviour are
> described in a strange way, as if by a visiting Martian who does not
> understand them. Poets most closely associated with it are Craig Raine
> and Christopher Reid.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_poetry

> I'll probably copy it onto PPP later today. I replaced one of their
> articles yesterday, which gives me room to add another.

Ah, so... cool....

George J. Dance wrote:

> On 2022-09-23 9:18 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>
>>> On 2022-09-23 6:14 a.m., W-Dockery wrote:
>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Religions
>>>>
>>>>> (a Martian poem)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The Hindu takes a sacred vow,
>>>>> And never, ever eats a cow.
>>>>
>>>>> The Muslim thinks a cow's too big,
>>>>> And so he never eats a pig.
>>>>
>>>>> The Jew does like the Muslim, though
>>>>> You mustn't ever tell them so.
>>>>
>>>>> Wafers'n'wine for Christian God,
>>>>> Except on Fridays, when it's cod.
>>>>
>>>>> Religions are the same, I guess:
>>>>> First you sin, and then confess
>>>>
>>>>> And then a holy man will bless,
>>>>> Dressed up in a fancy dress.
>>>>
>>>>> ~~
>>>>> George J. Dance
>>>>> from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015
>>>>
>>>> Nice one, sort of an Ogden Nash feel.
>>>>
>>>> Still drawing a blank on the "Martian" catchphrase, though.
>>
>>> Martian poetry was a minor movement in British poetry in the late
>>> 1970s and early 1980s, in which everyday things and human behaviour
>>> are described in a strange way, as if by a visiting Martian who does
>>> not understand them. Poets most closely associated with it are Craig
>>> Raine and Christopher Reid.
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_poetry
>>
>>> I'll probably copy it onto PPP later today. I replaced one of their
>>> articles yesterday, which gives me room to add another.
>>
>> You have a policy of limiting the importation of Wikipedia articles to
>> the Penny Wiki now?

> Not a global policy. It's a personal policy. I've been looking for other
> sources of licensed articles, so that we wouldn't be just a clone of
> Wikipedia, and substituting those for Wikipedia when I can find them.
> I actually started that back when we had 9,000 articles, of which more
> than 7,000 were from Wikipedia, and it's worked. Now we're up to more
> than 11,000, of which 6,500 are Wikipedia. But there's no limit on
> anyone else importing Wikipedia articles; those are such a small
> percentage of new articles that they don't make a big difference. (Not
> to trivialize or disparage those contributions.)

> Turns out I didn't have to import this one, as it turns out it's been on
> the wiki, virtually word-for-word) for over a decade. I discovered that
> when I tried to add it. One neat touch is the illustration I'd added
> back then, of a Martian tripod from /War of the Worlds/. Another, which
> I just added, is an embedded video of Raine reading "A Martian Sends a
> Postcard Home".

Interestin info....!