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Bacon Challenge 2011 March 2, 2010 - March 1, 2011

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The Bacon Challenge 2011 is an international celebration of bacon and bacon alternatives that is open to everyone. The Challenge was kicked off by ChildofMidnight on March 2, 2010 and will conclude in a gluttonous extravaganza of sizzling, smoking hot (and sometimes room temperature), salty, and sometimes saucy bounty on National Pig Day 2011.

The third annual Bacon Challenge event continues the Baconpallooza tradition on Wikipedia with the collaborative creation of bacon articles, bacon DYK noms and illustrious bacon photography. So strip down and get ready to sizzle!!!

Dedicated to The Legendary Sky Attacker A good friend and colleague who gave his all to the Bacon Challenge until his heart gave out.

The plan

As much bacon related content as possible. This is open to wide interpretation; restaurants that serve bacon, imitation bacon alternatives, authors writing about bacon, books and notable writings that discuss bacon, bacon oriented artists and artworks, non-food related bacon uses and products, companies involved with bacon, and of course bacon foods are all welcome (it is unclear whether people and places named Bacon qualify, but this event is pretty Ignore All the Rules friendly, so we'll see what happens...).

Rules

The really aren't many rules, except for...

• The focus of this challenge is to create, expand, and improve bacon related material.
• There are two options for creating articles.
  • New articles and DYK noms may be worked up in sandboxes and held until February 1 when they can be moved to mainspace en masse and put up at a special event DYK section. This allows the nominations and articles to go up all at once for a grand official bacon debut heading into their March 1, 2010 debut.
  • Articles may also be sent live for an immediate bacon rush. There will always be people ready to scoop up any bacon they come across, and when it comes to bacon, it can be hard to wait.

Bacon WikiCup 2011

The Bacon WikiCup 2011, modeled after the Wikipedia WikiCup, is a side event to the Bacon Challenge 2011 where all bacon-related contributions are recorded and scored in a competition to see who can create and expand the most content. The top contributor will walk away with the Bacon WikiCup 2011 Trophy, and all other participants will earn a spiffy medal.

Participants

Contributors

Users who are participating in the Challenge:

• Teh wiki needz moar bacon ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 03:54, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
• Sure, I'm in. LadyofShalott 16:44, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
• Already added myself, hope that was okay. :)--Once-An-IP (talk) 05:16, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
• Probably won't actually get around to much. I'm a WikiMercenary, hopping around the wiki looking for stuff to do. Rin tin tin 1996 (talk) 03:56, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
• Wow, this sure has come a long way since the original...I didn't get much in last time, I hope to be able to contribute more on this run. --kelapstick (talk) 04:02, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
• I should be making better use of my time... but I'm not. caknuck _° needs to be running more often 06:19, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
• I give it try. Bacon is awesome. Spongie555 (talk) 03:42, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
• Will endeavor to contribute some quality content. -- Cirt (talk) 10:02, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
• Yum. Acather96 (talk) 08:14, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
• Allrighty, then! I'm in. Geoff ^{Who, me?} 20:16, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
• This sounds like fun. Count me in. Silverseren^C 22:48, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
• Already been uploading photos, planning to help out some more. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c • r)} 00:58, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
• If it's not too late, I'm in! Worm 09:19, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Fans

Users who are going to sit back, relax, and eat bacon (or not) as they watch the Challenge take place:

• I like you guys. Sometimes, there's a need to be frivolous, silly and whimsical, even in a serious place like an encyclopedia. Thought you might enjoy this. --La comadreja _{formerly AFriedman} RESEARCH (talk) 19:44, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
• Hmmmm. Intresting. Special Cases ^{LOOK, A TALK PAGE!!!!} 10:07, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
• I'm not sure by knowledge of pork based products is strong enough to participate, so I'll remain Kosher/Halal for the duration. Good luck! Bennydigital (talk) 16:28, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Potential articles for creation & articles ripe for 5x expansion

These are existing articles ripe for 5v expansion and ideas for new article subjects that may be notable. Please feel free to add to list! Also be sure to visit Portal:Bacon/Things you can do for some more ideas!

Bacon related subjects for creation

Food

• Bacon chips
• Turbaconducken
• Foods of Elvis - Not sure on the title, but there are already articles on the "Elvis sandwich" (a.k.a. peanut butter and banana sandiwch with or without bacon), and the Fool's Gold Loaf (which definitely has bacon in it), and I believe there are a couple books and lots of articles on the subject. A bacon hook would be a slam dunk.
• Bacon rolls. An omnibus article with {{main}} links to articles such as Angels on horseback and Devils on horseback, but including other recipes such as Bacon and banana rolls, Bacon and cheese rolls Bacon and sausage rolls, Bacon Cinnamon Roll and so on.
• I don't know what this [1] is. But it looks important. "Norrköping Pork is a local specialty candy for Norrköping. It tastes the most vanilla and sugar, but it has an interesting texture." Shame it doesn't taste of bacon, can't have everything, I guess... Bd
• BLT (drink) - good luck with this one...
• Several redlinks at List of domestic pig breeds - and there are probably several other bacon breeds
• Kurobuta (currently just a redirect)

People

• Pierpont Bacon - founder of the Bacon Academy (not actually related to bacon, but he has a cool name)
• W M Wight - well known and historic purveyor of the bacon butty, but this is the only source I can find...

Bacon makers, distributors and companies

• Father’s Country Hams
• Flying Pigs Farm
• La Quercia
• Newsom’s Aged Kentucky Country Hams
• The Pork Shop
• Scott Country Hams
• The Pig Next Door
• Swiss Meat & Sausage Co.*May not be notable*
• Bacon Makers
• Das Foods - makers of maple bacon lollipops (see their website)
• Slater's 50/50 Place that makes half bacon burgers. But I can't find any legit sources (the Examiner fails the spam filter...).

• I found reviews on bacontoday.com and chowhound - not sure if either of those would pass muster (mustard?) though as RS. LadyofShalott 06:10, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

• • I had trouble finding sources for this one... ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:28, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
• Bacon is the New Black Some sort of consumer product line. May or may not be notable.

Other

• Bacon Apps
• Bacon bath salts

Bacon related article subjects needing adoption

• Peameal bacon - (currently a redirect to bacon) - something from Canada [2].
• Pig Candy - Might be worth expanding? Very short now.
• Animal (restaurant) - L.A. restaurant known for bacon dishes. EXPAND!
• Fläskpannkaka - Expand?
• Bacon in popular culture - (currently a redirect to bacon mania which isn't really the same thing) Everyone on Wikipedia loves "popular culture" articles and they're always embraced for their inherent encyclopedic quality![3]
• Rumaki - Might be ripe for 5x expansion? See [4] (Google Books) and [5] Google news.
• Bacon vodka
• List of bacon dishes
• Baconian theory
• Vegetarian bacon - Could use and expansion.

Articles that meet the 1,500 or 5x expansion criteria

Hooks

Make sure the # for the hook matches the # in the completed articles section

1. ... that

See also

Other ways to celebrate National Pig Day at About.com.