Wikipedia:Source assessment/Battle for Dream Island

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.		Poorly written, AI-generated content heavily paraphrased from Fandom		✘ No
Hinatsu, Satomi; Huang, Cary (2019). Battle for Dream Island: Official Character Guide. Scholastic. Retrieved 5 December 2023.	Was written by the production team.			✘ No
"Battle for Dream Island (Web Animation)". TV Tropes. Retrieved 2023-12-04.		TV Tropes is a wiki, anyone can add information to it, true or false.		✘ No
Huang, Michael; Huang, Cary; Bryant, Kenzie (2010-01-01), Battle for Dream Island, Jacknjellify, retrieved 2023-12-04		IMDb is a wiki		✘ No
"Battle for Dream Island". www.wikidata.org. Retrieved 2023-12-04.		Wikidata is a wiki!		✘ No
Troitino, Christina (2016-10-05). "The Real Business Behind Fantasy Food". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-12-06.		Written by a Forbes contributor (WP:FORBESCON)	Mentioned in passing in the caption of an image.	✘ No
"Battle for Dream Island - An Animated Series Making Waves in India". Hindustan Times. 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2024-04-16.	The article disclaimer states, "This article is a paid publication". See also WP:NEWSORGINDIA.	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."		✘ No
"Jacknjellify Celebrates Over 16 Years of Animation Excellence and Online Influence" via pix11.com / 8 News Now	"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	"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		✘ No
The A.V. Club (1 2)		Powered by IMDb, a self-published source	"doesn't have enough information to be significant coverage" – ObserveOwl	✘ No
WordPress sites (1 2)		WordPress sites are usually self-published	~ Varies	✘ No
newsnownigeria.ng (1 2)		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)		✘ No
MSN (1 2 3)	"[G]etting these created was a paid effort." – Flyinakite	Ditto		✘ No
Mid-Day (1 2)	Same as MSN	Ditto	~ Maybe? It goes into detail about JnJ's team.	✘ No
"Diving into Sound with Daniel Booth, an Unparalleled Audio Engineer in the Animation Industry" Business Today	Same as MSN	Ditto	~ Maybe? It goes into detail about JnJ's team.	✘ No
"Animation sensation: Battle for Dream Island goes viral in India" Business Today	Listed as an "impact feature" with no author (similar to the above entry), so likely to be a paid article.	Ditto	~ Goes into a decent amount of detail about a team member and in-person events the show has done.	✘ No
"BFDI X Inanimate Insanity 2024 Tour" The Miami Times	Official listing for an event they did.	While The Miami Times may be reliable, anyone can create an event on their website.	Has almost no details about the show itself.	✘ No
"Jacknjellify LLC and Adamation Inc. Host Sold-Out Screening Event in North Hollywood" WLNS / EIN Presswire	Press release (same agency as pix11 source above).	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
"NYCC 2016: The Fandom Fantasy Food Truck" ScienceFiction.com	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.	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
"Vernon teen expresses himself with first-rate cartoons" Summerland Review	Appears to be independent.	Local newspaper published by Black Press.	Only a passing mention in an article about someone else.	✘ No
"Influencers are shepherding their online followers to IRL events as they look to build communities and make money" Business Insider		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
"Dirbtinio Intelekto, Pagrįsto Elgsenų Medžiais, Diegimas „Doodad Castle“ Žaidime" Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas		Published by a university press	Battle for Dream Island is only mentioned once when referring to the main subject of the paper, a video game.	✘ No
"Crafting Engagement in the Digital Age: Samuel Thornbury’s Masterful Approach to Content Creation and Audience Engagement" Under30CEO	? Close replica of an MSN article? (This article was, however, written by a different person)	?	?	? Unknown
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