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
"Jacknjellify Celebrates Over 16 Years of Animation Excellence and Online Influence" via pix11.com / 8 News Now
No "As the URL name suggests, that is a press release. It's not independent." – ObserveOwl ~ ~ 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
No Press release (same agency as pix11 source above). 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
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
No "PRESS RELEASE: Paid Content from EIN Presswire | Newsmatics. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation." No Ditto ~ No
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