I don’t really care one way or the other about whether crime posts are stuck in a weekly thread. But there needs to be a clear standard for what a post that “relates to crime” is. There will always be examples that are on the margins and require mods to use judgment. But it is not at all difficult to sketch out a basic standard, i.e., “articles whose main focus is a specific crime,” and illustrations of what is and is not an article that “relates to crime” for these purposes. If that isn’t done, then all crime posts should be allowed on the main sub.

Example: would a story about the guy who shot up the subway several months ago be relegated to the crime thread? If not, what’s the rationale? Just that the mods think it’s an “important” story? That’s not a great standard.