A MediaWiki bot that tracks Arbitration Committee member activity in ongoing proceedings and publishes summary reports.

• Pulls the authoritative list of ArbCom members (active & inactive) from Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Members
• Reads a bullet-list of ongoing matters from a configurable page
• Tracks first comment time, last comment time, and comment count per arbitrator
• Publishes wiki-tables per proceeding with activity statistics

1. Create a conda environment:

   conda create -n PendingMattersBot python=3.11
   conda activate PendingMattersBot
   pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Copy settings.json.example to settings.json and configure:

   cp settings.json.example settings.json
   # Edit settings.json with your credentials

1. Build the image:

   docker build -t pendingmattersbot .

2. Run the bot:

   docker run -e BOT_USER=your_username \
             -e BOT_PASSWORD=your_password \
             pendingmattersbot

The bot is configured to run on Railway with a cron schedule. Required environment variables:

• BOT_USER: Bot username
• BOT_PASSWORD: Bot password
• PROCEEDINGS_PAGE: Page containing the list of ongoing matters
• TARGET_PAGE: Where to publish the report

Optional environment variables:

• SITE: MediaWiki site (default: en.wikipedia.org)
• API_PATH: API path (default: /w/)
• USER_AGENT: Bot user agent
• COOKIE_PATH: Path for cookies
• RUN_INTERVAL: Run interval in seconds (default: 600)

MIT License