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 Pelican |build-status| |pypi-version| |repology|
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-Pelican is a static site generator, written in Python_, which allows you to create
+Pelican is a static site generator, written in Python_, that allows you to create
 web sites by composing text files in formats such as Markdown, reStructuredText, and HTML.
 
 With Pelican, you can create web sites without worrying about databases or server-side programming.