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+# -*- coding: utf-8  -*-
+
+# Manage wiki tasks from IRC, and check on thread status.
+
+import threading
+
+from irc.base_command import BaseCommand
+from wiki import task_manager
+from config.irc import *
+
+class ChanOps(BaseCommand):
+    def get_hooks(self):
+        return ["msg"]
+
+    def get_help(self, command):
+        return "Manage wiki tasks from IRC, and check on thread status."
+
+    def check(self, data):
+        if data.is_command and data.command in ["tasks", "threads", "tasklist"]:
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def process(self, data):
+        self.data = data
+        if data.host not in OWNERS:
+            self.connection.reply(data, "at this time, you must be a bot owner to use this command.")
+            return
+
+        if not data.args:
+            if data.command == "!tasklist":
+                self.do_list()
+            else:
+                self.connection.reply(data, "no arguments provided. Maybe you wanted '!{cmnd} list', '!{cmnd} start', or '!{cmnd} listall'?".format(cmnd=data.command))
+            return
+        
+        if data.args[0] == "list":
+            self.do_list()
+        
+        elif data.args[0] == "start":
+            self.do_start()
+        
+        elif data.args[0] == "listall":
+            self.do_listall()
+
+        else: # they asked us to do something we don't know
+            self.connection.reply(data, "unknown argument: \x0303{}\x0301.".format(data.args[0]))
+
+    def do_list(self):
+        threads = threading.enumerate()
+        for thread in threads:
+            self.connection.reply(data, thread.name)
+    
+    def do_listall(self):
+        tasks = task_manager.task_list.keys()
+        self.connection.reply(data, ', '.join(tasks))
+    
+    def do_start(self):
+        kwargs = {}
+        try:
+            task_manager.start_task(data.args[1], **kwargs)
+        except IndexError: # no task name given
+            self.connection.reply(data, "what task do you want me to start?")
+        else:
+            self.connection.reply(data, "task '{}' started.".format(data.args[1]))