diff --git a/clients/emacs/bbj.el b/clients/emacs/bbj.el
index 07d05c9..2602ffe 100644
--- a/clients/emacs/bbj.el
+++ b/clients/emacs/bbj.el
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ passed to the server to check it for validity before the
 user is allowed to continue. Will recurse until the input
 is valid, then it is returned."
   (let* ((value (read-from-minibuffer prompt))
-         (response (bbj-request! 'db_sanity_check
+         (response (bbj-request! 'db_validate
                      'value value 'key key)))
     (if (alist-get 'bool response)
         value
diff --git a/clients/network_client.py b/clients/network_client.py
index 7b465aa..11fa228 100644
--- a/clients/network_client.py
+++ b/clients/network_client.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class BBJ(object):
 
     def validate(self, key, value, exception=AssertionError):
         """
-        Uses the server's db_sanity_check method to verify the validty
+        Uses the server's db_validate method to verify the validty
         of `value` by `key`. If it is invalid, kwarg exception (default
         AssertionError) is raised with the exception containing the
         attribute .description as the server's reason. Exception can
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class BBJ(object):
         is_okay = bbj.validate("title", "teacups and roses <3", exception=None)
         """
         response = self(
-            "db_sanity_check",
+            "db_validate",
             no_auth=True,
             key=key,
             value=value
diff --git a/documentation/VALIDATION.md b/documentation/VALIDATION.md
index 920171e..5f7ac56 100644
--- a/documentation/VALIDATION.md
+++ b/documentation/VALIDATION.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-The server has an endpoint called `db_sanity_check`. What this does is take
+The server has an endpoint called `db_validate`. What this does is take
 a `key` and a `value` and compares `value` to a set of rules specified by
 `key`. This is the same function used internally by the database to scan
 values before committing them to the database. By default it returns a
 descriptive object under `data`, but you can specify the key/value pair
 `"error": True` to get a standard error response back. A standard call
-to `db_sanity_check` will look like this.
+to `db_validate` will look like this.
 
 ```
 {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ passed to the server to check it for validity before the
 user is allowed to continue. Will recurse until the input
 is valid, then it is returned."
   (let* ((value (read-from-minibuffer prompt))
-         (response (bbj-request! 'db_sanity_check
+         (response (bbj-request! 'db_validate
                      'value value 'key key)))
     (if (alist-get 'bool response)
         value
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 7e652f8..69d295a 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -298,7 +298,23 @@ class API(object):
 
 
     @api_method
-    def db_sanity_check(self, args, database, user, **kwargs):
+    def set_thread_pin(self, args, database, user, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Requires the arguments `thread_id` and `pinned`. Pinned
+        must be a boolean of what the pinned status should be.
+        This method requires that the caller is logged in and
+        has admin status on their account.
+
+        Returns the same boolean you supply as `pinned`
+        """
+        validate(args, ["thread_id", "pinned"])
+        if not user["is_admin"]:
+            raise BBJUserError("Only admins can set thread pins")
+        return db.set_thread_pin(database, args["thread_id"], args["pinned"])
+
+
+    @api_method
+    def db_validate(self, args, database, user, **kwargs):
         """
         Requires the arguments `key` and `value`. Returns an object
         with information about the database sanity criteria for