Editorial policy
The editorial policy is the rulebook behind the index: what gets in, what stays out and how mistakes are handled.
Selection
Relay Standard — Philadelphia is a focused reading index. Candidates are matched to the edition's topic or place, checked for a real publisher and a working source link, and filtered for usefulness. We favour material that explains a rule, a cost, a risk, a decision or a local change. Thin, duplicated or purely promotional pages are not the point of the edition.
Sourcing and attribution
Every article page names the source publisher and links to the original. We do not claim to have reported third-party stories. Where we add a short introduction or grouping, it is there to help readers navigate, not to replace the source.
Automation
The edition is assembled with software that organises source material by topic, place and publisher. Editorial rules decide what the software is allowed to surface. Automation helps with scale; it does not invent quotes, sources or reporting.
Quality checks
- Source links must resolve to a real publisher page.
- Articles must match the edition's focus closely enough to be useful.
- Duplicated and near-duplicated items are removed or consolidated.
- Pages that cannot meet the minimum content bar are not published.
Corrections
Substantive errors are corrected promptly. Send the URL and the proposed correction through the contact form or the corrections page.
Independence
Editorial selections are not for sale. Sponsored material, if it appears, is labelled as advertising and kept separate from the reading index. The site is operated by its publisher.
Contact
Editorial questions: use the contact form and choose “Editorial question”.
Last updated: November 15, 2026.