Wikipedia talk:Why is BFDI not on Wikipedia?
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Q1: If another web series has a Wikipedia article, then why doesn't BFDI have one?
A1: Citing other articles about similar subjects to justify notability is a common and generally hit-and-miss argument. While those articles exist, they might not be necessarily notable for inclusion on Wikipedia. Editors do not have the time to check every single article in existence and nominate non-notable subjects for deletion. Web series like Skibidi Toilet, Homestar Runner, and Homestuck have articles because they have coverage in reputable journalistic sources ([1][2]) and scholarly analysis. BFDI does not have this type of coverage, thus making it a non-notable topic for an article. Q2: Why are Wikipedia editors biased against BFDI and against creating an article for this series?
A2: Wikipedians are not "biased" against BFDI. The creation of a Battle for Dream Island article is simply not allowed because the topic lacks notability and overly enthusiastic fans have repeatedly recreated it despite consensus favoring its deletion. This behavior is disruptive and wastes the time of those who have to delete and salt (i.e. protect a page from creation) the pages created by these said enthusiasts, which is why it is blacklisted on Wikipedia. Q3: BFDI has over 1 billion views. It is as popular as those webseries you mentioned earlier! Why doesn't it have an article then?
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Eventually...
[edit]In the eventuality that an article on BFDI gets created after it has been proven worthy of creation (when enough independent, reliable, SIGCOV sources exist), what would we do with this Wikiessay? Ramkarlo82 (talk) 16:01, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
- As I've said here, it could probably be marked as {{historical}} or something similar. ObserveOwl (talk) 16:17, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
- I believe that if this ever happens, this page could be marked as {{historical}} and a whole different essay would be made, titled "Wikipedia:The BFDI situation". In addition to this, a hatnote on this page will lead readers to the new essay.
- Also, should it ever happen, the article about BFDI would be permanently/indefinitely 30/500'd[hyperbole] to prevent disruptive editing and the use of Wikipedia like Fandom. 176.223.186.176 (talk) 23:21, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
Page protection proposal
[edit]We've been talking to brick walls for months. Every once in a while, someone from the OSC who doesn't understand how Wikipedia works gets mad on Twitter (not calling it that) that BFDI has no Wikipedia article and point to this essay, which leads to a bunch of angry laypeople complain on this talkpage thinking the series doesn't have an article because we have a negative bias against it (which is obviously not true). When we explain the rules to them, they refuse to learn from their erroneous ways. Should we just enforce pending changes protection on this talkpage? — 💽 LunaEclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ (CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST) 14:38, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
Broken on mobile devices
[edit]As of this topic's posting, this page appears broken on mobile devices right now, because there is a huge spacing between the essay and nutshell templates, which is caused by the shortcut template. 176.223.186.176 (talk) 23:12, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
- Fixed now. There shouldn't be too many shortcut links per Wikipedia:Shortcut#Link boxes; Special:WhatLinksHere does the job. ObserveOwl (talk) 23:24, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
This page has been put on Wikipedia:Unusual articles#Comics and animation.
[edit]Does it fit there, or should we remove it? 67.209.128.30 (talk) 13:08, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- I don't think it fits there since thhis page is not an article Ca talk to me! 13:10, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- Maybe move it to Wikipedia:Unusual articles#Other pages then? It does seem unusual, but probably not in that category. 67.209.128.30 (talk) 16:17, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- I moved it yesterday to the Other pages section (which non-article pages are put), before I found out about this discussion. Xeroctic (talk) 09:57, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
- i checked recently, its linked on the box describing "enshittification" 159.48.95.69 (talk) 19:48, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
- I moved it yesterday to the Other pages section (which non-article pages are put), before I found out about this discussion. Xeroctic (talk) 09:57, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
- Maybe move it to Wikipedia:Unusual articles#Other pages then? It does seem unusual, but probably not in that category. 67.209.128.30 (talk) 16:17, 13 December 2024 (UTC)