Category talk:Stories about Iris Wildthyme

Unsure if this category has a clear subject
Sorry to be a buzzkill, but... aren't all Iris stories about Iris Wildthyme? A fair few, at least, approach being "metafictional". Looking at the pages in this category, only one of them (The Magrs Conundrum! (short story)) approaches actually being about the real world Iris Wildthyme franchise, but even then I think it's leaning more towards something generally metafictional rather than self-reflective. CoT    ?  15:58, October 24, 2020 (UTC)
 * Looking at category:Stories about Doctor Who, most of the stories placed in that category are ones that feature Doctor Who as a series, regardless if they're set in the DWU or not. Wildthyme at Large and The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society are two examples of stories that also feature in-universe series about Iris Wildthyme. They're not entirely meta-fictional, but I didn't think that it was an issue. Epsilon  (Contact me) 16:17, October 24, 2020 (UTC)
 * And The Magrs Conundrum! features a series about Iris, quite like the one in reality. Bafflement and Devotion shows that Iris knows that she is a parody of the Doctor, and that Paul Magrs writes about Iris. I only put stories in this category when the in-universe series was a plot point in the story. Epsilon  (Contact me) 16:19, October 24, 2020 (UTC)
 * Right, but I think that Category:Stories about Doctor Who is united by the fact that all its stories are about the real life Doctor Who franchise. It's a useful category to have! But I don't see the need for this category; I think all this stuff can be covered on the "As fiction" part of Iris Wildthyme, because its not necessarily connected. CoT     ?  16:27, October 24, 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, not all the stories in that category are about the real life franchise, but similar versions of it. Epsilon  (Contact me) 16:30, October 24, 2020 (UTC)
 * I mean, personally I would disagree with that. All pieces of fiction are merely similar to reality rather than perfect mirrors of it. Looking at the pages in the Doctor Who category, I really do think they're united by the way they are positioned with regards to the real media. CoT     ?  16:35, October 24, 2020 (UTC)
 * In fact, on further thought, it occurs to me that some of the in-universe Iris Wildthyme franchises are direct pastiches of the Dr Who franchise, perhaps meaning that stories like The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society (audio story), From Wildthyme with Love (novel), and Wildthyme Beyond! (novel) should actually go in Category:Stories about Doctor Who! o.0 CoT     ?  16:38, October 24, 2020 (UTC)

I think the stories that you mentioned are more like homages in the spirit of Doctor Who, as opposed to direct pastiches. Epsilon (Contact me) 16:45, October 24, 2020 (UTC)
 * The original category:Stories about Doctor Who was actually for non-valid stories about Doctor Who, not set in the Doctor Who universe. We're talking Fanboys and An Adventure in Space and Time, not stories relevant to The Doctor in popular culture and mythology. That category has since been misapplied and recategorised, but it should only belong to one branch of category:Floor 500. I'm not clear on how this category is being defined. 17:05, October 24, 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah, then I created this category on a misconception. Although, the validity issue of Fanboys is something else, as its invalid tag was placed there incorrectly. It was never meant to be set outside the DWU. See the talk page for more information. Epsilon</tt>  (Contact me</tt>) 17:16, October 24, 2020 (UTC)