User blog comment:SpiderRolling/Wiki Clean-Up?: Ex-Fangames, Inspired By, and Never Released Games/@comment-26366097-20171026182914

I have to agree. The wiki administration has become a bit too lenient towards certain “fangames” with no meaningful relation to Yume Nikki or the typical YNFG formula. I feel like some of the non traditional fangames are only called Yume Nikki fangames for advertisement purposes to catch the attention of the YN fandom. Coincidentally these types of games tend to have detailed articles despite having no released version, which goes against the rules of this wiki. There is even the category "Work-in-progress Fangames" for these games.

I’d suggest we make a page which lists ‘fangames in name only’ and/or ‘fangames that never made it past the concept stage’. The articles for these games can stay but should not have any categories reserved for actual fangames and should have only said list as the main reference pointing towards them. In the off chance these games do get a release which can be considered a genuine fangame they can be removed from the list and can get their relevant categories back.