diff --git a/wiki_cleanup.py b/wiki_cleanup.py
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+from os import listdir
+from os.path import isfile, join
+import os
+import sys
+import re
+import subprocess
+
+# argv[1] - wiki files directory
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+	print("Argument missing. Usage: python3 wiki_cleanup.py <wiki content dir>")
+else:
+	path = sys.argv[1]
+	if os.path.exists(path):
+		files = [ f for f in listdir(path) if isfile(join(path, f)) ]
+		for filename in files:
+			name, file_extension = os.path.splitext(filename)
+			if file_extension == ".txt":
+				print("Cleaning up %s/%s" % (path, filename))
+				#options = ['pandoc','-f','mediawiki', '-t', 'markdown', '-s', join(path,filename), '-o', join(path,name + ".md")]
+				with open(join(path,filename), "r+", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+					content = file.read()
+					content = re.sub("(\-{3,}\n(.*)[\n]*)$", "", content) # remove trailing categories list 
+					content = re.sub("#acl(.+)[\n]*", "", content) # remove acls
+					content = re.sub("#format(.+)[\n]*", "", content) # remove format metadata 
+					content = re.sub("#language(.+)[\n]*", "", content) # remove language metadata
+					content = re.sub("## page was renamed from(.+)[\n]*", "", content) # remove page name notice
+					file.seek(0)
+					file.truncate()
+					file.write(content)
+					file.close()
+	else:
+		print("Error: the path specified is invalid")
+