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Battle for Dream Island (BFDI) is an animated web series on YouTube created by Chinese-American twin brothers Cary and Michael Huang. Despite the series having over 1.89 billion total views,[a] you may be surprised that Wikipedia does not have an article for this series. This is because of a lack of independent and reliable sources covering BFDI. Without them, there would be no other way for an article to follow Wikipedia's neutral point of view and verifiability policies. Despite many attempts to find such sources, none have been found; however, sources have been found for another project of the Huang brothers, The Scale of the Universe.

This essay explains why BFDI pages have been repeatedly deleted and why they are "protected from creation" so only administrators can create them. If you are new to Wikipedia, then this essay is for you. For experienced editors, this can also be a case study on Wikipedia's major policies like notability, what Wikipedia is and is not, and disruptive editing. In fact, several users have used the term "WP:BFDI" to broadly refer to any subject in general whose popularity does not translate to notability.

That said, Wikipedia's fundamental goal is to be a "sum of all human knowledge", and Wikipedia may be considered incomplete due to BFDI's exclusion. You might be able to contact reputable publications or people which specialize in Internet culture, and get them to cover the show. Meanwhile, feel free to contribute to other wikis that have purposes that are different from Wikipedia's; see the list below.

Background

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Logos for the series
Colored logo
Monochrome logo
This section's content is not part of the encyclopedia.

Battle for Dream Island (2010–present, abbreviated BFDI[b]) is an animated web series on YouTube created by jacknjellify, a channel owned by Cary and Michael Huang. The web series features anthropomorphic objects competing in a series of contests for a prize. After each contest, the viewers are invited to vote for or against someone being eliminated the next episode. The series inspired a genre of animated web series known as "object shows".

A popular interactive visualization tool by creators of the series that is on Wikipedia is The Scale of the Universe, which has attracted coverage[1][2][3] and 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 one of them.[3]

As of January 2021, there are five seasons, two of which (season 1 and season 4 in particular) have been properly completed; Battle for Dream Island, Battle for Dream Island Again, IDFB, Battle for BFDI/BFB, and Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two. You can watch the series on this playlist.

Policies and guidelines

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Inclusion criteria and neutrality

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See also: Wikipedia:Source assessment/Battle for Dream Island

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 are multiple reviews published about BFDI, we can talk about what the critics liked and what people thought of BFDI.

It is also important for sources to be reliable. Websites hosting self-published and/or user-generated content like Facebook and Fandom are unreliable because anyone there can publish anything, including false and/or biased information. People who disapprove of BFDI could write (or pay someone to write) unduly negative reviews about the show, which would not be representative of the true consensus of critics. 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 genuine.

Specific criteria

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On Wikipedia, the word notability is very different from how it is used by everybody else. Normally, notable is just another word for being important. However, on Wikipedia, notable means that an article about the subject can be written such that it

  1. has a neutral point of view
  2. is verifiable with reliable sources
  3. gives detailed, encyclopedic coverage of the topic.

There have been countless failed attempts to find sources which fit these criteria. Notability is an extension of Wikipedia's verifiability and neutrality policies.

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 be neutral.

Common sources found in attempted BFDI articles are IMDb and Fandom; these websites are user-generated since anyone can edit their content. 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 as they are primary sources not independent from the subject. Articles that predominantly base their information on primary sources are less objective, especially when interpretations of these sources come from, in this case, a huge BFDI fan.

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:

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, such an article would have been made a long time ago.

A similar case occurred with SMG4, an Australian-based YouTube channel that creates Machinima videos featuring characters from Super Mario and other Nintendo franchises.[8] After extensive discussions over notability, SMG4 ultimately became a redirect to Glitch Productions, an animation company run by SMG4's creators.[9] As for BFDI, however, there are no Wikipedia articles or lists 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
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Further information: Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources

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 self-published sources. Generally speaking, Fandom and IMDb can be edited by anyone with an account without editorial oversight. YouTube videos can be considered reliable sources if they are published by reputable agencies, such as Reuters, or by subject-matter experts, such as a renowned professor.

BFDI videos published by jacknjellify are considered primary sources. These videos do provide insight 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) must be backed with a secondary source. Not doing so would violate the no original research policy. Not only that, videos are limited to the creator's perspective, compromising the videos' objectivity.

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Further information: Wikipedia:Subjective importance
Even if your local restaurant is popular, it may not be considered notable unless it has been substantially covered by reliable sources.

While a subject's popularity may suggest notability, it does not automatically guarantee notability in the context of Wikipedia. Though the channel hosting BFDI has over 2.5 million subscribers and over 1.8 billion views,[10][a] these numbers do not justify 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 unless notability is demonstrated. It should be noted that other independent animated projects such as The Amazing Digital Circus and Lackadaisy have Wikipedia articles because of their notability, not necessarily because of their popularity.

Non-mainspace pages

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Drafts

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Further information: Wikipedia:Drafts and Wikipedia:Drafts are not checked for notability or sanity

Wikipedia has a page type called "drafts", on which new articles can be developed before being published as actual articles that would appear on search engines. Since drafts and user pages are not usually found by casual readers, they may not necessarily be deleted just because of poor sourcing or bad writing alone.

However, drafts on BFDI have often been deleted through numerous miscellany for deletion discussions. Editors in these discussions found that these drafts had many bad edits and used up editors' time. For example, one deleted draft was submitted for review and declined over ten times.

User pages

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Further information: Wikipedia:User pages and Wikipedia:User pages § User pages that look like articles

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.

What Wikipedia is not

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Further information: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not

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.

Disruptive editing

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Further information: Wikipedia:Disruptive editing and Wikipedia:Tendentious editing
Spamming is generally not welcome, especially if it results in pages that look like this menu. Do not add BFDI onto Wikipedia solely for the purpose of promotion.

Disruptive editing, even if trying to prove a point, is simply prohibited.

In many deletion discussions relating to BFDI, many editors reached a consensus that BFDI is not notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia. In spite of this, pages about BFDI were constantly recreated against consensus several times, wasting editors' time in the process. 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).

Gaming the system

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Further information: Wikipedia:Gaming the system
See also: Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy

On Wikipedia, "gaming the system" is the act of using the rules against their intended purpose to engage in unacceptable behavior. Wikipedia is not a government entity where the rules are written in such a way that unintended consequences are allowed to occur. Instead, rules are written with the goal of improving Wikipedia and can be ignored if they inhibit such improvements.

There is strong consensus against recreating articles about BFDI, leading to creation protection and TitleBlacklist. However, these protections only block the creation of the exact title, which may be case sensitive. Due to their limited scope, there were attempts to create pages against consensus using name and spelling variations of Battle for Dream Island, such as Battle For Dream Island, Battle for dream island, Battle for BFDI, and Jacknjellify. Having multiple articles with similar name variants and/or in different namespaces, especially if they are indexed in search engines, would create confusion with regard to which article is the actual one intended for the topic.

Will an article on BFDI ever exist?

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Currently, attempts to create a BFDI article are simply too soon. If you can show that there is now significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of BFDI, then you can start a deletion review with new evidence and rationale included.

In the meantime, you can contact reliable sources and ask them to cover BFDI. Here are some suggestions: keep your message brief, explain why you like/dislike the series, describe what sets it apart from other content, and mention the popularity it has garnered. These 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

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Overview

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The first known attempt to create an article about BFDI occurred in December 2010, of which the article was speedy deleted for having no claim of significance. The article was then recreated many times by multiple users, resulting in each one being speedily deleted and later creation-protected for the same reason. In one major case in 2022, administrator Timwi restored the Battle for Dream Island article and was reprimanded by the Arbitration Committee for doing that. Name variations on the same topic were used, including pages with the name "Battle for BFDI" and "Jacknjellify". Users have also created draft pages about this topic, such as "Draft:Battle for Dream Island" and "Draft:Battle for BFDI". Articles, lists, and disambiguation pages like Dream Island, Ruby (given name), and Woody (name) were vandalized due to their titles matching the names of settings and characters from BFDI.

BFDI became increasingly popular by the late 2010s, especially with the release of its fourth season, Battle for BFDI, in 2017. This led to BFDI pages being recreated, deleted, and creation-protected ("salted") more frequently. Users nominated these pages for deletions; there were consensus to have most of them deleted and some salted indefinitely. In September 2020, the term "Battle for Dream Island" was placed under TitleBlacklist in an attempt to curb recreations. In 2022, a deletion review was made as pages related to BFDI were constantly being recreated. "Battle for BFB", "Cary Huang", and "Michael Huang" became blacklisted in February 2023, followed by "object show" in March 2024.

Affected articles

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Certain articles often see BFDI-related vandalism. The article on the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (abbreviated BfDI) was vandalized and reverted multiple times (see its page history). Two of the edits, which happen to be article hijacks (1 and 2), were copy-pasted from this Fandom page. This article has since been indefinitely semi-protected to combat vandalism (3). The article Dream Island is also a frequent target.

Disambiguation pages like Dream Island (disambiguation) and BFB have faced similar issues as editors have added non-article entries in these pages. Per Wikipedia:Disambiguation, these pages should not have non-article entries.

Deletions

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There are a few ways for pages like BFDI to get deleted: opening a deletion discussion, proposing a deletion without any discussion, and speedy deletion. Administrators will usually speedy delete new BFDI articles as they are often recreations of deleted articles. In the past, these articles were speedy deleted for "not indicating the importance of significance of the subject", though the series now definitely shows a claim of significance.

List of deletion nominations

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Date of nomination
(UTC) 		Target page Venue Result Link
15 March 2019 Draft:Battle for Dream Island Miscellany Delete link
27 April 2019 [c] Miscellany Delete link
21 September 2020 File:BFDI Recommended characters.png Files Delete link
2 February 2021 [d] 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

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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 [c] 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 [d] 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
18 August 2024 Draft:Inanimate Insanity G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion link

Conclusion

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While articles are subject to notability guidelines where significant and reliable secondary sources are required, drafts and user pages are not subject to such rules. However, these pages, along with other namespaces, are still subject to other sets of rules like what Wikipedia is not. Drafts can be nominated for deletion, although this usually involves conduct like tendentious resubmissions. In order for a draft to not get declined after a review, it should have plenty of reliable sources, not YouTube, Fandom, other user-generated/self-published sources, etc.

Meanwhile, there are plenty of alternate outlets for information about BFDI where you can contribute. For example:

Remember, even these alternative outlets have their own rules. Before you contribute to a wiki, you should familiarize yourself with its rules. For example:

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b As of December 2024
  2. ^ Also went by different names per season:
    1. Battle for Dream Island (BFDI)
    2. Battle for Dream Island Again (BFDIA)
    3. dnalsI maerD roF elttaB (a.k.a Island Dream for Battle) (IDFB)
    4. Battle for BFDI (BFB)
    5. Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two (BFDI:TPOT or TPOT)
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Before reading the Namuwiki article, you should understand the wiki's inside jokes, such as the use of strikethroughs on some of the content that is considered humorous.

References

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  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "WGSBN Bulletin" (PDF). International Astronomical Union Bulletin. 1 (3): 7. June 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "APOD: 2018 October 7 - The Scale of the Universe Interactive". NASA. October 7, 2018. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  5. ^ @carykh (October 4, 2020). Hey Kurzgesagt! Hello from Scale of the Universe's Creator. YouTube. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  6. ^ VanderBorght, Mieke. "Universe in a Nutshell App Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  7. ^ Roblimo (28 July 2004). "Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Responds". Slashdot. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  8. ^ "About SMG4". YouTube.
  9. ^ SMG4 log and SuperMarioGlitchy4 log
  10. ^ "About jacknjellify". YouTube.
  11. ^ "Home". Battle for Dream Island Wiki. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  12. ^ "jacknjellify". Wikitubia. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Battle for Dream Island". Object Show Fanonpedia. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
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