Wiki Sweepstakes

The Wiki Sweepstakes are giveaways held since July 2013. The sweepstakes are courtesy of Tappedout Cheats. As of January 2014, three sweepstakes have been held; all for donuts. All sweepstakes are held on The Simpsons: Tapped Out Wiki's official Facebook page. Each sweepstakes will require people to like, share or comment on a photo or status made by the wiki in order to get an entry into the draw. The sweepstakes will remain active for 24 hours, and when the time is up, the winner(s) will be announced. After the announcement, the winner(s) will have an additional 24 hours to get in contact with The Simpsons: Tapped Out Wiki by a Facebook private message. Failure to do so will result in the inability to take part in future sweepstakes.

About
The wiki sweepstakes was Titan98's idea; an administrator and bureaucrat on the wiki. He teamed up with Tappedout Cheats in July 2013 and they agreed to sponsor the sweepstakes. About a week later on July 24, 2013, Titan98 hosted The Simpsons: Tapped Out Wiki's first ever sweepstakes. Unfortunately, the winner of the 5000 donuts prize did not come forward and therefore the donuts were ultimately wasted. As the first sweepstakes turned out so badly, Titan98 decided to host another sweepstakes just weeks after on August 13, 2013. This was a success and resulted in all 3 winners coming forward and messaging the wiki on Facebook for their prize.

In between the two sweepstakes, several questions were asked on the Facebook page to find out what fans would like most regarding the next sweepstakes. The majority of people voted on having one winner with a big prize and two runner ups with smaller prizes of the same currency or object. In early August, the fans were once again asked a question, but this time it was regarding which prize they would like to see next. Unsurprisingly, nearly all people said they would like donuts to be given out as the prize. These preferences were then put into place for the August sweepstakes.

The Wiki Sweepstakes were abolished byt Titan98 in August 2013 after just 2 sweepstakes. There was initially a vote to see whether users on the wiki thought that the sweepstakes should continue, and it turned out that the majority of votes were for the sweepstakes to continue. Despite this, admins on the wiki through it would be best to abolish the sweesptakes anyway. As of December 2013, there has been no inquiries of the sweepstakes starting again.