Wikipedia:Why is BFDI not on Wikipedia?
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Battle for Dream Island (BFDI) is an animated web series on YouTube, created by the Huang brothers. With the series having at least 1 billion views, you might be surprised to learn that there is no Wikipedia article on it. This essay explains why those pages were deleted, along with its history. If you are new to Wikipedia, then this essay is for you. But if you are more experienced, you can also read this as a case study on some of Wikipedia's policies, like which articles are kept, the purpose of Wikipedia and what Wikipedia is not, and disruptive conduct.
One of the reasons BFDI articles are deleted is because there is a system that decides whether or not a topic should have an article. Being popular doesn't always mean an article about it should be made. What is important is whether BFDI has received a lot of coverage in reliable, independent sources, such as news articles. Without good sources, we wouldn't be able to make articles accurate and neutral.
Don't be mean to people for BFDI. The creators of BFDI even published a video titled "Let's keep BFDI casual" to remind viewers and fans to not take the series too seriously.
Background[edit]
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- The following is not intended to be reliable, encyclopedic information.
Battle for Dream Island (2010–present, abbreviated BFDI[a]) is an animated web series on YouTube created by jacknjellify, a channel owned by Cary and Michael Huang. The web series features anthropomorphic objects that compete in a series of contests for a prize. After each contest, viewers of this series can vote on which contestant would be eliminated in the next episode. The series inspired a genre of animated web series known as "object shows".
The creators of the series, Cary and Michael Huang, are best known for the interactive online visualization tool The Scale of the Universe, which has attracted coverage,[1][2][3] was featured on NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day[4] and inspired the Kurzgesagt app "Universe in a Nutshell".[5][6] This led to the International Astronomical Union naming minor planet 10003 Caryhuang after Cary Huang.[3] However, keep in mind that this essay is about BFDI, not its creators.
- You can watch the series using this playlist.
Policies and guidelines[edit]
Pages about BFDI were deleted for many reasons. Firstly, BFDI articles do not meet our criteria on whether we should have an article or not. Secondly, pages were being used as a webhost for content that is not related to Wikipedia. Lastly, many people have agreed to delete these types of pages.
Inclusion criteria and neutrality[edit]
Introduction[edit]
On Wikipedia, articles must have a neutral point of view. This is one of Wikipedia's fundamental five principles. Wikipedia's notability system is crafted around this concept. There should be enough sources for us to see what the significant points of view on a topic are. For example, if there is multiple reviews published about BFDI, we can talk about what the critics liked and what people thought of BFDI.
It is also important that the reviews/sources are reliable. Websites like Fandom, where anyone can post anything, are unreliable because you can abuse it. People who hate BFDI can just write negative reviews on the show, and its BFDI article would say "this show have been considered the worst by critics". Obviously, this would not be true. This is why sources need to be reliable. A reputable publication would see if the review came from a professional critic and if they are being honest.
However, there are no reliable articles or reviews talking about BFDI, and basing a Wikipedia article on unreliable sources is a bad idea since unreliable sources can be manipulated.
Specific criteria[edit]
On Wikipedia, the word notability is very different from how it is used by everybody else. Usually, notable is just another word for being important. However, on Wikipedia, when we say notable, we mean more like an article about the subject can be written such that it
- has a neutral point of view
- is verifiable with reliable sources
- gives detailed, encyclopedic coverage of the topic.
There have been many, many failed attempts to find sources which fit these criteria. Notability is an extension of Wikipedia's verifiability and neutrality policies. If no reliable sources can be found, then readers would have no reason to trust that the information within the article is correct and unbiased.
It is also important to notice the plural in reliable sources. In order to enforce a neutral point of view in articles, we need to discern the majority view on a topic. For example, flat earth is refuted by nearly all scholars and scientists, so we do not state it as fact. However, if there are only a few sources describing the topic, we have no idea what the majority view is, which means the article is unable to have a neutral point of view.
Common sources found in attempted BFDI articles are IMDb and Fandom citations. These websites are user-generated, meaning that anyone can change the information to their whim. Wikipedia holds articles to a much higher standard of reliability, where the facts are almost guaranteed to be correct, hence reliable. Other common sources are YouTube links to the web series itself. However, they do not contribute to notability because they are not independent from the subject. If sources are affiliated with the subject in hand, they may only highlight positive aspects of the subject and discard the rest, or they may even fabricate information to promote the subject. Since facts from articles can only be drawn from their sources, a lack of independent sources makes it difficult for an article about a subject to be unbiased.
A common misunderstanding is that notability exists purely to limit knowledge to only what is deemed "important". This is not true. Here is Wikipedia's founder on its purpose:
| “ | Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.—Jimmy Wales[7] | ” |
Our goal is to document knowledge in an organized fashion, no matter how mundane or important they are. If an unbiased, reliable article could be made about BFDI, we would have done that a long time ago.
To look at a similar case, let's examine SMG4, an Australian content creator dedicated to creating Machinima videos using Nintendo characters (e.g. Mario) as well as their original characters.[8] After extensive discussions and deletions primarily over notability, SMG4 has, by November 2023, become a redirect to Glitch Productions, an Australian-based animation company created by the creators of SMG4.[9] BFDI, however, does not have any articles or lists on Wikipedia that meaningfully dedicate a section to BFDI (see Special:Search/"Battle for Dream Island"). This means that unlike SMG4, a BFDI redirect cannot lead anywhere and thus cannot be created.
Reliability of specific sources[edit]
Wikipedia lists many well-known and/or commonly-used sources on Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources and rate them based on their reliability as well as how they are being used by editors. Some well-known sources like NPR are ranked "generally reliable", while some like Urban Dictionary are "generally unreliable". Some sources are deemed so problematic by consensus (e.g. blatant disinformation) that restrictions are added, ranging from deprecation (usually via edit filter 869 (hist · log) and auto-revert) to blacklisting (via a spam blacklist). Spam blacklisting is different from title blacklisting.
As mentioned, YouTube, Fandom, and IMDb are some of the most common sources found in pages about BFDI. All three sources are considered "generally unreliable" because they are user-generated and are self-published sources. Generally speaking, Fandom and IMDb can be edited by anyone with an account, whether or not they are "experts" on the subject matter. This means that there is little to no quality oversight on the edits being performed. YouTube videos can be considered reliable sources if it is published by a reputable agency, such as channels owned by ABC News, or by a subject-matter expert, such as a renowned professor with a PhD. However, most videos and Fandom wikis (including the unofficial BFDI Fandom wiki) are neither of these.
In the context of BFDI on Wikipedia, BFDI videos published by jacknjellify are considered primary sources. These videos do provide insight on what BFDI is for those unfamiliar with the show; however, any interpretation made by Wikipedia editors (e.g. character development, canonicity of BFDI media, and "theories" about BFDI) has to be backed with a secondary source. Not doing so would violate the no original research policy. Not only that, videos from the creator are limited to the creator's perspective.
Popular ≠ Notable[edit]
While a subject's popularity may suggest notability, it does not automatically guarantee notability in the sense that Wikipedia uses that word. Though the channel hosting BFDI has 2.07 million subscribers and over 1 billion views,[10][b] these numbers are not be-alls and end-alls for justifying the creation of a BFDI article on Wikipedia. Usually, when something is popular, many reliable sources report on the subject, making it notable. However, BFDI is an exception, with editors being unable to find any reliable sources that have reported on this show. BFDI's popularity can be seen through the existence of numerous Fandom pages,[11][12][13] but it cannot appear on Wikipedia without any indication of notability.
Drafts and user pages[edit]
Wikipedia has a type of pages called "drafts". They are used to develop new articles before being published as an actual article. It is then published and viewable on search engines. Since drafts and user pages are not usually found by casual readers, lack of notability and bad writing are not problems.
However, drafts on BFDI were often deleted through numerous miscellany for deletion discussions. This is because Wikipedia has no firm rules. These discussions found that those drafts had many bad edits, and used up editors' time. For example, one draft even got submitted for review and declined 13 times. Additionally, even if BFDI became notable, those drafts would have been very bad articles, so editors decided that it was not worth keeping BFDI drafts.
What Wikipedia is not[edit]
In order to compensate for the lack of critical reviews and analysis from reliable sources, many attempted BFDI articles often are plot-only summary of works. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Instead, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Entries only consisting of plot summaries are better suited for alternative wikis such as IMDb or Fandom. Remember that Wikipedia is for everyone, not just fans of a certain series, and that Wikipedia must abide by a neutral point of view–showing that people both like and dislike a certain piece of media.
Criteria for speedy deletion[edit]
Wikipedia has a system that allows administrators to perform uncontroversial deletions without any need for discussion. Editors will usually delete new BFDI articles under the criteria Unauthorized recreations (G4). In the past, Having no indication for the article's significance (A7) was also used, though the series now definitely shows a claim of significance.
Disruptive editing[edit]
Disruptive editing, or the abuse of editing privileges, is not allowed. In the case of BFDI, many editors have decided on a consensus that articles about BFDI do not belong on Wikipedia. However, as demonstrated in the list below, the pages have been re-created against consensus several times; this is considered disruptive and wastes editors' time.
As a result of tendentious recreations, pages that include in their title any variation of "Battle for Dream Island" or "BFDI" are blocked from recreation in a technical level (i.e. creation protection and TitleBlacklist). Do not create pages with lookalike characters to bypass this restriction.
Vandalism[edit]
In the context of Wikipedia in general, vandalism is the act of deliberately disrupting Wikipedia pages, such as trolling, spamming, and blanking an entire article, especially when trying to emphasize a point or promote a concept like BFDI.
Existing articles that bear a resemblance to anything related to BFDI (titles, characters, settings, etc.) are subject to vandalism. The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI, German: Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit), a government agency in Germany that deals with data privacy and freedom of information, was hit with occasional vandalism because its initialism merely resembles BFDI's (the web series) initialism. Similarly, Dream Island, an actual island off the coast of Antarctica, was also vandalized because a fictional place in BFDI has the same name. These acts of vandalism were often from unregistered or newly registered users who were at least somewhat familiar with BFDI.
Hoaxes[edit]
Other problems with having BFDI articles on Wikipedia were the inclusion of fanon content, or content created by fans not connected to the actual series, and hoax claims such as supposed films and production companies surrounding the series (e.g. Draft:The BFDI Movie and Draft:Yellow Face Ate My M&M's). Please do not create hoaxes on Wikipedia. Creating hoaxes on Wikipedia is a serious violation of Wikipedia’s policy on verifiability that negatively affects both Wikipedia’s reputation and your personal reputation. A hoax is basically disinformation, or false information deliberately spread to deceive people.
Adding hoaxes to Wikipedia is also a less obvious form of vandalism. If disinformation like false claims of a BFDI movie were spread on Wikipedia without getting removed, this could result in real-world errors and consequences, like books citing Wikipedia having to be reprinted, public embarrassment surrounding BFDI, and lost points on school assignments. The addition of hoaxes and fanon content also contravenes the purpose of Wikipedia–Wikipedia is a verifiable encyclopedia, not a crystal ball for fanon content and speculation. Wikipedia is not a webhost site like Fandom, so please do not add your fictional ideas here. Remember that you are here to build the encyclopedia that is Wikipedia.
As per Wikipedia’s policies, all information must be verified with a reliable secondary source. It is unlikely for a reliable source to promote hoax claims when the general public does not believe the hoax.
Gaming the system[edit]
On Wikipedia, "gaming the system" is the act of using the rules against their intended purpose to pursue unsolicited disruptions, such as circumvention of rules. Wikipedia is not a government where the rules are written in such a way that unintended consequences are allowed to occur. Likewise, Wikipedia is not a courtroom to discuss the wording of the rules. Instead, Wikipedia is governed by policies and guidelines with the pursuit of constructive contributions in mind. Additionally, if multiple articles with subtly different names or in different namespaces exist (especially if they are also indexed in search engines like Google or Bing), it would be hard to know which article is the actual one intended for the topic.
In the case of BFDI on Wikipedia, there is strong consensus against (re)creating articles about BFDI, leading to creation protection and TitleBlacklist. However, these protections only block the creation of the exact title (case sensitivity included). Due to their limited scope, there were attempts made by editors to go against consensus and use name and spelling variations of the web series. Some of the variations beside Battle for Dream Island include Battle For Dream Island, Battle for dream island, Battle for BFDI, and Jacknjellify.
Using user pages[edit]
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While editors are permitted to store drafts in their userspace with the possibility of becoming actual articles, editors may not use their userspace to indefinitely host pages that look like articles. These are often indexed on search engines and make Wikipedia look more like a webhost, which it is not. Wikipedia is a formal encyclopedia, not a dumping ground for trivial topics.
User pages are for collaboration and communication, with the ultimate purpose of maintaining one as part of a Wikipedia editor's efforts to build an encyclopedia. Therefore, user pages cannot have "fake articles" about topics that are not suitable for inclusion on Wikipedia, such as BFDI.
Plagiarism and copyright violation[edit]
- This section is not a substitute for advice from legal experts.
You might have learned in school that you may not pass off any work of others as your own (e.g. not crediting the original author of the work). This is the basic definition of plagiarism. Committing plagiarism can lead to real-life consequences, which includes facing harm to your reputation, disciplinary actions from your school or other authority figures, and legal liability for copyright infringement. It should be noted, however, that although there are numerous overlaps between plagiarism and copyright infringement, they are not exactly the same. For instance, you may freely use works that are not copyrighted (e.g. works of Shakespeare[c]), but you may not plagiarize these works.
Copyright infringement is the act of using others' copyrighted work without their permission. This includes, but is not limited to, republishing your favorite social media influencer's videos (including screenshots), music, and lyrics. In the case of Wikipedia, obvious copyright-infringing content is deleted on sight, as well as revisions that contain copyrighted content (see Wikipedia:Revision deletion). Yes, fair use (or other equivalence like fair dealing) allows for the use of copyrighted works under limited circumstances; however, for the most part, Wikipedia does not accept fair-use media as per the non-free content policy and guideline.
Plagiarism and copyright violations are not very prevalent in the case of BFDI on Wikipedia, but some editors have engaged in such behavior. One example involves a handful of editors copying materials from Fandom and publishing them on Wikipedia. This behavior becomes very obvious when the published content contains many red links to articles and templates that do not exist on Wikipedia. "{{Spoiler}}" is an actual template that is usable on Fandom, but not on Wikipedia (see Wikipedia:Spoiler for more information).
Uploading copyrighted content onto Wikipedia without any non-free use rationale is considered copyright infringement and is thus prohibited, as seen on File:Bfdi.jpeg. Wikimedia Commons does not allow copyrighted content under any circumstances; non-free use rationales do not exist on Commons.
Will an article on BFDI ever exist?[edit]
An article about BFDI is unlikely to exist in the near future, and attempts to create one now are simply too soon. If you can demonstratively prove that there is now significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of BFDI, then you are free to start a deletion review with new evidence and rationale included.
What can I do instead?[edit]
Feel free to contact your favorite reliable news/review site to cover BFDI. Some suggestions: keep your message brief, explain why you like it, what sets it apart from alternatives, and mention the attraction the series has garnered. Those are some indicators of the existence of a substantial fan base, which can be a factor in their decision on whether or not to cover it. Always stay polite, and if the answer is no, move on.
History[edit]
Overview[edit]
The first known attempt to create an article about BFDI occurred in December 2010, of which it was speedy deleted on the grounds of lacking indications of significance. Users have recreated the article multiple times, which ended up being speedy deleted repeatedly for the same reason. Different name variations on the same topic have been attempted, including pages with the name "Battle for BFDI" and "Jacknjellify". Users have also created draft pages about the web series, such as "Draft:Battle for Dream Island" and "Draft:Battle for BFDI". Articles, lists, and disambiguation pages like Dream Island and Ruby (given name) are subject to vandalism due to their page names being similar to the settings and characters from BFDI.
BFDI became increasingly popular by the late 2010s, especially with the release of the fourth season of the series (Battle for BFDI) in 2017. This led to pages on BFDI being recreated, deleted, and salted more frequently. Users nominated deletions on such pages, of which there were consensus to have most of the pages deleted and some salted indefinitely. In 2022, administrator Timwi was warned after restoring the Battle for Dream Island article. In the same year, a deletion review occured due to high amounts of recreations on pages related to BFDI. In September 2020, the term "Battle for Dream Island" was placed under TitleBlacklist in an attempt to curb recreations. In February 2023, "Battle for BFB", "Cary Huang", and "Michael Huang" became blacklisted as well.
Affected articles[edit]
Certain pre-existing articles have often been targets of BFDI-related editing. In the summer of 2023, information about BFDI was added to the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (abbreviated BfDI), then reverted, then readded, then reverted again, then readded again, and then reverted again. Later that summer, the page was hijacked to be about BFDI, then reverted, then hijacked again, and then reverted again; the two edits were copy-pasted from this Fandom page. As said above, the disambiguation pages Dream Island (disambiguation) and BFB have faced similar vandalism, where editors have added non-article entries into a disambiguation page. Per Wikipedia:Disambiguation, these organizational pages should not have non-article entries in them. The article Dream Island is also a frequent target for unhelpful additions. Editors who wish to help should place these pages into their watchlist.
List of deletion nominations[edit]
 | This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. |
| Date of nomination (UTC) |
Target page | Venue | Result | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 March 2019 | Draft:Battle for Dream Island | Miscellany | Delete | link |
| 27 April 2019 | [d] | Miscellany | Delete | link |
| 21 September 2020 | File:BFDI Recommended characters.png | Files | Delete | link |
| 2 February 2021 | [e] | Miscellany | Delete | link |
| 29 June 2021 | Draft:Battle for BFB | Miscellany | Keep | link |
| 30 June 2021 | Draft:Battle for BFDI | Miscellany | Redirect | link |
| 10 November 2021 | Draft:Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two | Miscellany | Keep | link |
| 30 January 2022 | Battle for Dream Island | Articles | Delete and salt | link |
| 17 February 2022 | Jacknjellify | Articles | Delete and salt | link |
| 27 May 2022 | BFDI (Franchise) | Articles | Speedy delete | link |
| 28 October 2022 | Firey | Articles | Delete | link |
| 20 November 2022 | Niall Burns | Articles | Delete | link |
| 7 February 2023 | Draft:Battle for BFB | Miscellany | Speedy delete | link |
| 8 February 2023 | User:KirbyOlimar/sandbox | Miscellany | Speedy delete and salt | link |
| 8 February 2023 | User:Ericallums2007/sandbox | Miscellany | Speedy delete and salt | link |
| 8 February 2023 | User:Ericallums15tetert/sandbox | Miscellany | Speedy delete | link |
| 8 February 2023 | Draft:Cary and Michael Huang | Miscellany | Speedy delete | link |
| 8 February 2023 | Draft:Object show | Miscellany | Speedy delete and salt | link |
| 19 February 2023 | Draft:Inanimate Insanity | Miscellany | Keep | link |
| 20 February 2023 | Draft:Carykh | Miscellany | Speedy delete | link |
| 6 June 2023 | Wikipedia:Battle for a Carl Plush | Miscellany | Delete | link |
List of publicly logged deletions[edit]
| This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. |
| Date of deletion (UTC) |
Target page (case-sensitive) |
Rationale | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 December 2010 | Battle for dream island | A7: Article about a web site, blog, web forum, webcomic, podcast, browser game, or similar web content, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject | link |
| 19 February 2011 | Battle for Dream Island | A1: Not enough context to identify article's subject (CSDH) | link |
| 30 May 2011 | Battle for dream island | A7: No explanation of the subject's significance (real person, animal, organization, or web content): G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion | link |
| 16 May 2012 | Battle for dream island | A7: No explanation of the subject's significance (real person, animal, organization, or web content) | link |
| 26 May 2013 | Battle for Dream Island | A7: Article about a website, blog, web forum, webcomic, podcast, browser game, or similar web content, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject | link |
| 9 August 2013 | Object Show | A7: Article about a website, blog, web forum, webcomic, podcast, browser game, or similar web content, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject | link |
| 13 August 2013 | Battle for dream island | A7: Article about an eligible subject, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject | link |
| 27 November 2013 | Battle For Dream Island | A7: Article about a web site, blog, web forum, webcomic, podcast, browser game, or similar web content, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject (CSDH) | link |
| 20 January 2014 | Battle For Dream Island | A7: No indication that the article may meet the guidelines for inclusion (CSDH) | link |
| 31 July 2014 | Bfdi | A7: Article about a company, corporation or organization, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject | link |
| 8 October 2014 | Object Show | A7: Article about a website, blog, web forum, webcomic, podcast, browser game, or similar web content, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject | link |
| 5 January 2015 | Battle For Dream Island | A7: No indication of importance (individuals, animals, organizations, web content, events) | link |
| 5 January 2015 | Battle For Dream Island | A7: No explanation of the subject's significance (web content) (TW) | link |
| 13 March 2015 | Battle for Dream Island:) | Multiple reasons: speedy deletion criteria A1, G1) | link |
| 14 March 2015 | Battle for Dream Island:) | Multiple reasons: speedy deletion criteria A1, G1) | link |
| 1 June 2015 | BFDI | Multiple reasons: speedy deletion criteria A7, G11, G5 | link |
| 5 May 2016 | Draft:Battle for Dream Island | G 13 (TW) | link |
| 1 July 2016 | BFDI | G7: One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page | link |
| 4 March 2017 | The Object Show Movie | A7: Article about a web site, blog, web forum, webcomic, podcast, browser game, or similar web content, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject (CSDH) | link |
| 8 May 2017 | Battle For Dream Island | G2: Test page (CSDH) | link |
| 8 February 2018 | Carykh | G7: One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page – If you wish to retrieve it, please see WP:REFUND | link |
| 3 March 2018 | Battle for BFDI | A7: Article about a website, blog, web forum, webcomic, podcast, browser game, or similar web content, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject | link |
| 12 March 2018 | Battle For Dream Island (series) | R2: Cross-namespace redirect from mainspace | link |
| 20 March 2018 | Draft:Battle for Dream Island | G8: Redirect to a deleted or non-existent page | link |
| 21 March 2018 | File:BFDI Logo.jpg | F4: File without a source (TW) | link |
| 21 March 2018 | Object Show Marker | G2: Test page: A1: Very short article lacking sufficient context to identify subject of article | link |
| 26 March 2018 | Battle for Dream Island (TV series) | A7: Article about a web site, blog, web forum, webcomic, podcast, browser game, or similar web content, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject (CSDH) | link |
| 9 April 2018 | Battle For Dream Island (series) | R2: Cross-namespace redirect from mainspace | link |
| 9 April 2018 | Draft:BFDI | G8: Redirect to a deleted or nonexistent page | link |
| 10 April 2018 | Jacknjellify | A7: Article about a website, blog, web forum, webcomic, podcast, browser game, or similar web content, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject | link |
| 5 May 2018 | List of Battle for Dream Island characters | R2: Cross-namespace redirect from mainspace | link |
| 29 May 2018 | Battle for BFDI | G1: Patent nonsense, meaningless, or incomprehensible | link |
| 27 August 2018 | Draft:Carykh | G13: Abandoned draft or AfC submission – If you wish to retrieve it, make your request here (TW) | link |
| 3 September 2018 | Draft:Battle for Dream Island Again | G13: Abandoned draft or AfC submission – If you wish to retrieve it, make your request here (TW) | link |
| 20 September 2018 | Draft:Marker (Battle for Dream Island character) | G13: Abandoned draft or AfC submission – If you wish to retrieve it, please see WP:REFUND/G13 | link |
| 14 October 2018 | Draft:Battle for Dream Island(BFDI) | G2: Test page | link |
| 16 October 2018 | Draft:Battle For Dream Island (series) | G13: Abandoned draft or AfC submission – If you wish to retrieve it, make your request here (TW) | link |
| 6 November 2018 | Draft:List of Battle for Dream Island characters | G13: Abandoned draft or AfC submission – If you wish to retrieve it, please see WP:REFUND/G13 | link |
| 7 November 2018 | Draft:List of Battle for Dream Island characters | G3: Vandalism | link |
| 7 November 2018 | Draft:List of Battle for Dream Island characters | G3: Vandalism | link |
| 7 November 2018 | Draft:Battle For Dream Island | G3: Vandalism | link |
| 17 March 2019 | Draft:Object Shows | TW | link |
| 23 March 2019 | Draft:Battle for Dream Island | Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island | link |
| 6 April 2019 | Draft:Battle For Dream island | G13: Abandoned draft or AfC submission – If you wish to retrieve it, make your request here (TW) | link |
| 24 April 2019 | Draft:Battle for Dream Island | Duplicate of Draft:Battle For Dream Island (BFDI) and appears to be a recreation of previously deleted material | link |
| 27 April 2019 | Draft:Battle for Dream Island | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island | link |
| 4 May 2019 | [d] | Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle For Dream Island (BFDI) (XFDcloser) | |
| 21 July 2019 | Battle for Dream Island (TV series) | Mass deletion of pages added by Roblox332 per g5 | link |
| 21 July 2019 | Draft:List of Battle for B.F.D.I. episodes | Mass deletion of pages added by Roblox332 per g5 | link |
| 29 July 2019 | Draft:Battle For Dream Island (BFDI) | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: Repeatedly recreated article, has been to afd as well see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle For Dream Island (BFDI) and Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island | link |
| 7 August 2019 | Draft:Object Show Fanonpedia | G13: Abandoned draft or Articles for Creation submission – to retrieve it, see WP:REFUND/G13 | link |
| 22 October 2019 | Draft:Firey (BFDI) | Mass deletion of pages added by BFBFan321093 per G5 | link |
| 26 October 2019 | Draft:Battle for Dream Island (series) | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island | link |
| 26 October 2019 | Draft:Battle for Dream Island/Elimination Table | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle For Dream Island (BFDI) | link |
| 26 October 2019 | Draft:Battle For Dream Island | G8: Redirect to a deleted or nonexistent page | link |
| 26 October 2019 | Draft:Battle For Dream Island (series) | G8: Broken redirect to Draft:Battle for Dream Island (series). If this bot is malfunctioning, please report it at User:AnomieBOT III/shutoff/BrokenRedirectDeleter | link |
| 13 November 2019 | Draft:Battle for Dream Island (series) | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island | link |
| 13 November 2019 | Draft:List of Battle for Dream Island episodes | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island | link |
| 13 November 2019 | Draft:Battle for Dream Island. | G8: Redirect to a deleted or nonexistent page | link |
| 3 December 2019 | File:BFDI Logo.png | Expired PROD, concern was: unused, low-res, no obvious use | link |
| 30 December 2019 | File:BFDI Cast.png | Expired PROD, concern was: unused, low-res, no obvious use | link |
| 12 February 2020 | File:Bfdi Cast Logo.png | Expired PROD, concern was: unused, low-res, no obvious use (TW) | link |
| 10 May 2020 | Draft:Battle for Dream Island (BFDI) | G6: Housekeeping and routine (non-controversial) cleanup | link |
| 10 May 2020 | Draft:BFDI (disambiguation) | G14: Unnecessary disambiguation page | link |
| 6 June 2020 | Draft:Battle for dream island | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion, WP:XFD | link |
| 12 June 2020 | Draft:BFDIA: The Movie | G3: Blatant hoax | link |
| 4 July 2020 | Cary Huang | G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion: A7: Article about a real person, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject | link |
| 24 August 2020 | Draft:Bfdi | G3: Vandalism | link |
| 16 September 2020 | Draft:Battle for dream island | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle For Dream Island (BFDI) | link |
| 16 September 2020 | Draft:Battle For Dream Island | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle For Dream Island (BFDI) | link |
| 16 September 2020 | Draft:Battle For Dream Island (season 1) | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle For Dream Island (BFDI) | link |
| 16 September 2020 | Draft:Battle for Dream Island (TV series) | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle For Dream Island (BFDI) | link |
| 16 September 2020 | Draft:BFDI | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle For Dream Island (BFDI) | link |
| 16 September 2020 | Draft:Object Show | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle For Dream Island (BFDI) | link |
| 6 November 2020 | B.F.D.I. | A7: Article about a web site, blog, web forum, webcomic, podcast, browser game, or similar web content, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject (CSDH) | link |
| 28 September 2020 | File:BFDI Recommended characters.png | Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2020 September 21#File:BFDI Recommended characters.png | link |
| 28 November 2020 | Draft:Jacknjellify | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle For Dream Island (BFDI) | link |
| 28 November 2020 | Draft:Some Stoopid Voting | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle For Dream Island (BFDI) | link |
| 12 February 2021 | [e] | Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Luz Nazario Velez | |
| 19 February 2021 | Draft:BFDI (Web Series) | G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion | link |
| 26 February 2021 | Draft:BFDI (Web Series) | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island | link |
| 2 March 2021 | Battle For B.F.D.I. | A7: Article about a website, blog, web forum, webcomic, podcast, browser game, or similar web content, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject | link |
| 5 March 2021 | Draft:BFDI | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island | link |
| 9 March 2021 | Draft:BFDI (Franchise) | G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion | link |
| 12 March 2021 | Draft:Jacknjellify | G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion | link |
| 5 May 2021 | Battle fo Dream Island (Series) | A7: No credible indication of importance (individuals, animals, organizations, web content, events) | link |
| 16 May 2021 | Draft:BFDI (Franchise) | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island | link |
| 25 June 2021 | BFDI (web series) | A7: Article about a website, blog, web forum, webcomic, podcast, browser game, or similar web content, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject | link |
| 21 July 2021 | BFDI | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: more at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle For Dream Island (BFDI), Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for Dream Island, and quite a few fan-army user talk pages | link |
| 27 July 2021 | BFDI | A1: Very short article lacking sufficient context to identify subject of article | link |
| 29 September 2021 | Draft:Object Show (Genre) | G8: Redirect to a deleted or nonexistent page | link |
| 29 January 2022 | File:Battle for Dream Island logo.webp | There’s already File:BFDI_LogoHQ.png | link |
| 1 February 2022 | Battle for Dream Island | Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle for Dream Island (XFDcloser) | link |
| 1 February 2022 | Draft:List of Battle for BFB episodes (Used in the other draft) | G5: Creation by a blocked or banned user in violation of block or ban | link |
| 1 February 2022 | Draft:List of Battle for BFDI episodes | G3: Vandalism | link |
| 1 February 2022 | Draft:List of Battle for BFDI episodes | G3: Vandalism | link |
| 1 February 2022 | Draft:Jacknjellify Productions | G3: Blatant hoax | link |
| 12 February 2022 | BFDI | G8: Redirect to a deleted or nonexistent page | link |
| 24 February 2022 | Jacknjellify | Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jacknjellify (XFDcloser) | link |
| 24 February 2022 | Draft:Jacknjellify (YouTube) | G8 (redirect): Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jacknjellify closed as delete (XFDcloser) | link |
| 18 March 2022 | Draft:Cary and Michael Huang | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle For Dream Island (BFDI) | link |
| 18 March 2022 | Draft:Michael Huang | G8: Redirect to a deleted or nonexistent page | link |
| 25 March 2022 | Draft:Object show | G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion: G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle For Dream Island (BFDI) | link |
| 25 March 2022 | Draft:Object Shows | G8: Redirect to a deleted or nonexistent page | link |
| 25 March 2022 | Draft:Object shows | G8: Redirect to a deleted or nonexistent page | link |
| 27 May 2022 | BFDI (Franchise) | G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Battle_for_Dream_Island | link |
| 27 May 2022 | Jacknjellify | A7: Article about a website, blog, web forum, webcomic, podcast, browser game, or similar web content, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject | link |
| 27 May 2022 | Jacknjellify | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jacknjellify | link |
| 27 May 2022 | BFDI (Franchise) | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle for Dream Island | link |
| 4 July 2022 | Draft:Object Show | Multiple reasons: speedy deletion criterion G4 | link |
| 26 August 2022 | Draft:List of BFDIA episodes | G13: Abandoned draft or AfC submission – If you wish to retrieve it, please see WP:REFUND/G13 | link |
| 11 September 2022 | Cary and Michael Huang | R2: Cross-namespace redirect from mainspace | link |
| 14 November 2022 | Draft:List of object shows by episode count | G13: Abandoned draft or AfC submission – If you wish to retrieve it, please see WP:REFUND/G13 | link |
| 11 February 2023 | Draft:Battle for BFB | Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for BFB (2nd nomination) (XFDcloser) | link |
| 11 February 2023 | Draft:Battle for BFB: The Power of Two | G8 (redirect): Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for BFB (2nd nomination) closed as speedy delete (XFDcloser) | link |
| 11 February 2023 | Draft:Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two | G8 (redirect): Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for BFB (2nd nomination) closed as speedy delete (XFDcloser) | link |
| 11 February 2023 | Draft:Battle for BFDI | G8 (redirect): Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for BFB (2nd nomination) closed as speedy delete (XFDcloser) | link |
| 11 February 2023 | Draft:List of BFDI:TPOT episodes | G8 (redirect): Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battle for BFB (2nd nomination) closed as speedy delete (XFDcloser) | link |
| 11 February 2023 | Draft:Cary and Michael Huang | Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Cary and Michael Huang (XFDcloser) | link |
| 11 February 2023 | Draft:Object show | Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Object show (XFDcloser) | link |
| 11 February 2023 | Draft:Object Shows | G8 (redirect): Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Object show closed as speedy delete (XFDcloser) | link |
| 11 February 2023 | Draft:Object shows | G8 (redirect): Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Object show closed as speedy delete (XFDcloser) | link |
| 20 February 2023 | Draft:Carykh | Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Carykh (XFDcloser) | link |
| 23 March 2023 | File:Bfdi.jpeg | Deleted old revision 20230323132452!Bfdi.jpeg: F9: Unambiguous copyright violation | link |
| 30 March 2023 | File:Bfdi.jpeg | F4: Lack of licensing information | link |
| 10 April 2023 | Draft:Battle for BFDI | G2: Test Page | link |
| 8 June 2023 | Draft:Object Shows | BFDI spam Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Object show | link |
| 15 June 2023 | Draft:Object shows | G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Object show | link |
| 1 August 2023 | Draft:Object Shows | G5: Created by a banned or blocked user (BFDI spam) in violation of ban or block | link |
| 2 August 2023 | Draft:Object Shows | G2: Test page | link |
| 9 September 2023 | Draft:Goiky | G1: Patent nonsense, meaningless, or incomprehensible. Also note Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Luz Nazario Velez | link |
| 31 March 2024 | Draft:Goiky | G1: Patent nonsense, meaningless, or incomprehensible | link |
Conclusion[edit]
While mainspace articles are subject to notability guidelines where significant and reliable secondary sources are required to stay up, drafts and user pages are not subject to such rules. However, these pages, along with other namespaces, are still subject to some other sets of rules (e.g. what Wikipedia is not). Although such scenario is rare, drafts can be subject to deletion by MfD. In order for a draft to become a proper article and not get declined, deleted, or salted, it should primarily use plenty of reliable sources, not YouTube, Fandom, self-published sources, etc.
Meanwhile, there are a myriad of alternate outlets for information about BFDI, where you can contribute. For example:
See also[edit]
- Wikipedia:Source assessment/Battle for Dream Island
- Wikipedia:Ultras
- Wikipedia:Zombie page
- User:NijikasDorito/Page1
- User:JzG/And the band played on...
Notes[edit]
- ^ Also went by different names per season:
- Battle for Dream Island (BFDI)
- Battle for Dream Island Again (BFDIA)
- dnalsI maerD roF elttaB (a.k.a Island Dream for Battle) (IDFB)
- Battle for BFDI (BFB)
- Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two (BFDI:TPOT or TPOT)
- ^ As of 31 December 2023
- ^ Modern adaptations, including translations, may be copyrighted by the author of such.
- ^ a b
- Draft:Battle For Dream Island (BFDI)
- Draft:Battle For Dream Island: The Movie
- Draft:Battle for B.F.D.I.
- Draft:Cary Huang
- Draft:Four (BFB)
- Draft:Jacknjellify
- Draft:Object Show
- User:Citationcreationstandingovation/sandbox
- User:Hjjarrett
- User:BFDIFanMovies/sandbox
- User:LucasNeon51/sandbox
- User:ChanKwanYuMoses1/sandbox
- User:Dannytrinh1806/sandbox
- User:Bfdiman/sandbox
- User:Goodatmath12/sandbox
- User:Chaseyboy428
- User:ChileMedel
- ^ a b
- Draft:Windows Vista (2021 film)
- Draft:Yellow Face Ate My M&M's
- Draft:The BFDI Movie
- Draft:Object Stuff: The Movie
- Draft:Object Stuff
References[edit]
- ^ "'The Scale of the Universe,' by Two Teenage Brothers". ABC News. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
- ^ Hill, David J. (2012-04-15). ""The Scale Of The Universe 2″ Animation Made By 14-Year-Olds Is Mind Blowing". Singularity Hub. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
- ^ a b "WGSBN Bulletin" (PDF). International Astronomical Union Bulletin. 1 (3): 7. June 16, 2021.
- ^ "APOD: 2018 October 7 - The Scale of the Universe Interactive". NASA. October 7, 2018. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
- ^ @carykh (October 4, 2020). Hey Kurzgesagt! Hello from Scale of the Universe's Creator. YouTube. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ VanderBorght, Mieke. "Universe in a Nutshell App Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ Roblimo (28 July 2004). "Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Responds". Slashdot. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ "About SMG4". YouTube.
- ^ Logs: SMG4 and SuperMarioGlitchy4
- ^ "About jacknjellify". YouTube.
- ^ "Home". Battle for Dream Island Wiki. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "jacknjellify". Wikitubia. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Battle for Dream Island". Object Show Fanonpedia. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
External links[edit]
- Wikidata: Battle for Dream Island (Q66121500)
Media related to Battle for Dream Island at Wikimedia Commons- BFDI playlist on YouTube
