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Battle for Dream Island (BFDI) is an animated web series on YouTube created by Cary and Michael Huang. For many years, it has been a target of excessive article creation attempts and associated disruption, detailed in Wikipedia:Why is BFDI not on Wikipedia?. It is also the only media series listed under Titleblacklist.

Source assessment table
Source Independent? Reliable? Significant coverage? Count source toward GNG?
"BFDIA 6 Well Rested, MAP Reanimated [BACKUPS OPEN]". pkbnews.in. 2023-09-03. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
 Yes No Poorly written, AI-generated content heavily paraphrased from Fandom Yes ✘ No
Hinatsu, Satomi; Huang, Cary (2019). Battle for Dream Island: Official Character Guide. Scholastic. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
 No Was written by the production team. Yes Yes ✘ No
"Battle for Dream Island (Web Animation)". TV Tropes. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
 Yes No TV Tropes is a wiki, anyone can add information to it, true or false. Yes ✘ No
Huang, Michael; Huang, Cary; Bryant, Kenzie (2010-01-01), Battle for Dream Island, Jacknjellify, retrieved 2023-12-04
 Yes No IMDb is a wiki Yes ✘ No
"Battle for Dream Island". www.wikidata.org. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
 Yes No Wikidata is a wiki! Yes ✘ No
Troitino, Christina (2016-10-05). "The Real Business Behind Fantasy Food". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
 Yes No Written by a Forbes contributor (WP:FORBESCON) No Mentioned in passing in the caption of an image. ✘ No
No The article disclaimer states, "This article is a paid publication". See also WP:NEWSORGINDIA. No Although Hindustan Times is one of the largest newspapers in India by circulation, the article disclaimer states, "This article [...] does not have journalistic/editorial involvement of Hindustan Times." Yes ✘ No
The Harvey School. The Pulse.
 ~ "I think that the source can still be independent, since [Taylor Grodin] didn't work in BFDI at the time that the review was published." – ObserveOwl No "without a clear reputation for fact-checking and made by a student without qualifications for film/TV reporting or criticism (not reliable for facts or due for opinions)"
– ObserveOwl 		Yes ✘ No
Yes No Powered by IMDb, a self-published source No "doesn't have enough information to be significant coverage"
– ObserveOwl 		✘ No
WordPress sites (1 2)
 Yes No WordPress sites are usually self-published ~ Varies ✘ No
newsnownigeria.ng (1 2)
 Yes No No authors listed, poorly designed

"It just has a lot of characteristics of a content mill that just wants ad revenue without regards to accuracy. If it is a small news source, it probably isn't reputable enough."
– ObserveOwl

(websites do not appear to exist anymore)

Yes ✘ No
MSN (1 2 3)
 No "[G]etting these created was a paid effort." – Flyinakite No Ditto Yes ✘ No
No Same as MSN No Ditto ~ Maybe? It goes into detail about JnJ's team. ✘ No
No Same as MSN No Ditto ~ Maybe? It goes into detail about JnJ's team. ✘ No
No Listed as an "impact feature" with no author (similar to the above entry), so likely to be a paid article. No Ditto ~ Goes into a decent amount of detail about a team member and in-person events the show has done. ✘ No
No Official listing for an event they did. No While The Miami Times may be reliable, anyone can create an event on their website. No Has almost no details about the show itself. ✘ No
Yes Appears to be independent. ~ ScienceFiction.com is cited in a decent number of places around Wikipedia, and while not a particularly established media outlet, appears to have an actual editorial team. No Only mentions the show in the context of a treat inspired by its content, in an article about treats from fantasy shows. No coverage on what Battle for Dream Island itself is. ✘ No
Yes Appears to be independent. Yes Local newspaper published by Black Press. No Only a passing mention in an article about someone else. ✘ No
Yes Yes While WP:BUSINESSINSIDER has no consensus in terms of general reliability, editors believe their culture-related articles to be reliable. Amanda Perelli, one of the co-writers, did go to the event herself. ~ Only mentions the show in the context of internet content creators meeting up in events. No coverage on what Battle for Dream Island itself is, but decent amount about the event ~ Partial
Yes Yes Published by a university press No Battle for Dream Island is only mentioned once when referring to the main subject of the paper, a video game. ✘ No
Close replica of an MSN article? (This article was, however, written by a different person) No "Under30CEO doesn't have a proper editorial structure hence failing WP:RS" – GSS (2019) ✘ No
Yes No Clearly AI-generated and entirely false. No ✘ No
Whateley, Dan; Bradley, Sydney; Perelli, Amanda; Weiss, Geoff (22 April 2025). "The trade war is coming for influencer plushies". Business Insider.
 Yes Business Insider's reliability is designated as no consensus. No Even with the article briefly mentioning Jacknjellify, the article primarily talks about the general impact of tariffs on the plush market. ✘ No
Yes No Other articles published under the same writer, and on Nerdbot in general, are blatant advertising and/or appear AI-generated. Yes ✘ No
Kaiser, Hein (19 June 2025). "'BFDI': Online series continues to soar". The Citizen. Archived from the original on 26 June 2025.
 Yes Non-interview portions of the article provide substantial and sufficient secondary coverage. Yes Yes ✔ Yes
This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{source assess table}}.

Press releases

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Although the following sources are from reputable news media, they do not count toward general notability guidelines because they are non-independent press releases from Peter Ruette, a member of Jacknjellify. Relevant discussions on the WP:BFDI talk page appear here:[a][b]

Source assessment table
Source Independent? Reliable? Significant coverage? Count source toward GNG?
No "Impact Feature" as the writer implies WP:PRSOURCE. No Ditto. ~ Somewhat goes into detail about Battle for Dream Island. ✘ No
"Jacknjellify Celebrates Over 16 Years of Animation Excellence and Online Influence" via EIN Presswire / pix11.com / 8 News Now
 No No "This content is not written by or endorsed by "c", its advertisers, or Nexstar Media Inc." ~ ✘ No
No No Per WLNS: "This content is not written by or endorsed by "WLNS", its advertisers, or Nexstar Media Inc." ~ Has a decent amount of detail about the event but few details on the show itself. ✘ No
No No Per KGET: "This content is not written by or endorsed by "KGET", its advertisers, or Nexstar Media Inc." ✘ No
"The Creative Lead Animator Behind Jacknjellify’s 'The Power of Two'" Associated Press / CBS4
 No No Ditto ~ ✘ No
This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{source assess table}}.

Notes

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  1. ^ Wikipedia talk:Why is BFDI not on Wikipedia?/Archive 2#Giving bfdi reliable sources
  2. ^ Wikipedia talk:Why is BFDI not on Wikipedia?/Archive 2#News coverage - New Sources
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