Wikipedia:Bacon WikiCup

WP:BACONCUP

The Bacon WikiCup is a bacon-themed variation of the regular Wikipedia WikiCup. It was created by 2009 Wikipedian Sky Attacker (known at the time as The Legendary Sky Attacker) as a component of an annual "Bacon Challenge" amongst several Wikipedians to add bacon-related content to Wikipedia. The Bacon WikiCup traditionally ends on the first day of March, National Pig Day. For Bacon Wikicup records see List of Wikicup records.

2010 season

The first season of the Bacon WikiCup was contested from December 2009 - March 2010. Fourteen participants contributed content. The event was started and co-organized by Sky Attacker in December 2009, and then by SuperHamster for the rest of the event. The overall winner was Spinningspark.

Contributions

The original season saw the creation of over forty new bacon-related articles, the uploading of more than sixty new bacon-related images, and the significant improvement of many more existing bacon-related articles. Several articles appeared on Wikipedia's main page in the "Did you know...?" section during and after the event's duration and other notable content such as a Wikipedia bacon article template and categories for bacon drinks and books about bacon were also introduced to the encyclopedia.

Positions

Placing	Participant	Points
1st	Spinningspark	109
2nd	Cirt	94
3rd	Glane23	73
4th	Drmies	64
5th	The Legendary Sky Attacker	40
6th	LadyofShalott	36
7th	ChildofMidnight	32
8th	WereSpielChequers	23
9th	SuperHamster	22
10th	Theleftorium	15
11th	Dylan620	7
12th	Jonathunder	4
13th (tied)	Giants27 Kelapstick	2

Awards

Trophy, awarded to Spinningspark
Medal, awarded to all other participants

2011 Season

2010 co-organizer SuperHamster opened a second season of the Bacon WikiCup to take place starting March 2, 2010 and finish a year later on March 1, 2011.

Positions

Position	Participant	Score
1st	Worm That Turned	451
2nd	Cirt	310
3rd	Acather96	53
4th	Spongie555	43
5th	Drmies	39
6th	Dylan620	37
7th	LadyofShalott	24
8th	SuperHamster	20
9th	Glane23 (Geoff)	8
10th	Caknuck	5

Awards

Trophy, awarded to Worm That Turned
Medal, awarded to all other participants

2012 Season

SuperHamster opened the third season of the Bacon WikiCup, which started June 14, 2011 and finished on March 1, 2012. Although content creation was a success, participation reached a new low, making this Bacon WikiCup the last one for now.