Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-25037895-20150702091351

Anybody that sees this: (and this still happens all the time ), the reality category is for stories that challenge a notion of reality as we know it. Before adding the category, think to yourself which notion is being challenged. There is no reason to add it for a ghost (demon, being, monster, etc.) story that is somehow intertwined with reality.

This can be seen as a cheap attempt to make your story more lifelike, which the story should do that on its own. We see this type of thing all the time in the stories themselves. It's very cheap, it's on the cliché page, and it brings the story down. "The willing suspension of disbelief" has been established for over a century, and it is killed when directly addressed (also on the cliché page).

It only adds to mis-categorize pages and frustrate anyone looking for stories on the subject to no end. To give an example, if a story introduced the idea that trees could come to life, then that would challenge the notion that is held against that idea. Think of something tangible that challenges a pretense of reality before adding the category. 