# The Straight Dope used as a cite.

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**Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-used-as-a-cite/827739/13 "2019-01-17T18:55:56Z")

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> [@JohnT](#):
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> Towards the end of [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=359438) I digressed from the topic, noting all the citations to this board I kept finding.

Bringing this from that other thread…

> [@Origin of right = good / left = bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-right-good-left-bad/345071/10):
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> There really is no reason to bump this thread, other than noting that… for some reason… it got cited for a paper delivered at the 2012 International Communications Conference:
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> [Which Way Did He Go? Directionality of Film Character and Camera Movement and Subsequent Spectator Interpretation](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228448619_Which_Way_Did_He_Go_Directionality_of_Film_Character_and_Camera_Movement_and_Subsequent_Spectator_Interpretation). Page 18.

> [@Origin of right = good / left = bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-right-good-left-bad/345071/12):
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> I have no idea, but if so, my guess would be that one of the posters in this thread is a likely candidate for being responsible for the inclusion of the cite.
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> Googling further, I’m finding citations to the SDMB in a number of scholarly (for varying amounts of “scholarly”) sources, including named citations for **Sam Stone** , **CK Dexter Haven** , and **Gronk** in the book [Performance in a Militarized Culture](https://books.google.com/books?id=bGE1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT354&lpg=PT354&dq=johnt+sdmb&source=bl&ots=yKl3H0BB95&sig=F_XPcTigXdZCjCFvxVyJPAq1poA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC_O_Fuc3fAhVSHqwKHUjTBw0Q6AEwAnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=johnt%20sdmb&f=false). Also, citations to SDMB threads can be found at [the US Army](https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/military-review/Archives/English/MilitaryReview_20121031_art001.pdf) (PDF, pg51), someone who cited our research into [the nutritional value of rats](http://matthewgfrank.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/MAD-FEAST-copyedited-Sources.pdf) (Page 98), our discussion of [Waldorf Schools](https://sites.google.com/site/waldorfwatch/aid-and-comfort), a treatise on the [racism of Kant](http://www.academia.edu/1802951/Kants_Racism), and more, I’m sure.

> [@Origin of right = good / left = bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-right-good-left-bad/345071/13):
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> LOL, some school used a thread to help explain away [that them fucking up diplomas is a thing that, yes, does happen](https://delgadofreedolphin.wordpress.com/category/la-state-news/page/2/).

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