Is Kiwi Farms an academic source? - Could I cite it in a school research paper?

[Penis Drager]

This crossed my mind ever since that one journal cited us.

 

[Dyn]

Yes but it's a bad idea to write school research papers on furry pedophiles, deathfat women and white extinction theory.

 

[Cheerlead-in-Chief]

I'd like to think so, but I never used them as my last two subjects were math (no papers for that) and old classic artists not Chris-Chan, despite him being an outsider artist.

 

[Penis Drager]

I'd like to think so, but I never used them as my last two subjects were math (no papers for that) and old classic artists not Chris-Chan, despite him being an outsider artist.

Take a sexual psychology class next and tell us how it goes.

 

[Make Anime Illegal]

Yes but it's a bad idea to write school research papers on furry pedophiles, deathfat women....

Honestly, depends on your major.

 

[Cheerlead-in-Chief]

Take a sexual psychology class next and tell us how it goes.

But I give up on education.
Good idea however!

 

[Bastard_Call]

Is it a thesis on broadcasting your powerlevel to your entire school?

 

[Thomas Highway]

I would say yes, but it would be best to lie about your source.

 

[inception_state]

Yes but it's a bad idea to write school research papers on furry pedophiles, deathfat women and white extinction theory.

Some dude got published in Nature by writing a paper about self-improvement threads on /pol/, who knows what's next?

 

[Solid Snek]

I wrote a paper on ChrisChan once. I was already doing fine in the class and it was strictly optional extra credit, so nothing serious - but when an opportunity like that comes along, it's hard to pass up.

It really depends on the professor and how you're doing in the class overall. If you think you can get away with it, sure, go for it, why not?

 

[Madre Muerte]

Nobody reads sources anyway, I'd go with it.

 

[CivilianOfTheFandomWars]

It is if you're cool.

 

[Yidhra]

I'd like to think so, but I never used them as my last two subjects were math (no papers for that) and old classic artists not Chris-Chan, despite him being an outsider artist.

Which math fields/subjects did you see if you are comfortable with answering?

 

[Small-arms Supremacy]

Only for special needs schools.

 

[Trump's Chosen]

Some dude got published in Nature by writing a paper about self-improvement threads on /pol/, who knows what's next?

Ha ha ha whaat the fuck one of my shitposts was published!?

The reason you have to say /sig/ is political is because otherwise /pol/ moves you to /bant/ for not being political. I don't know if anyone believes it. And it probably gets moved anyways.

 

[Penis Drager]

one of my shitposts was published!?

You should file a copyright claim.

 

[Big Ruski]

"Academic" lol,

 

[Jeff Boomhauer]

Of course. Mention Kiwi Farms to your professor, and they'll give you a Winner Sticker on your paper.

 

[StraightShooter2]

This crossed my mind ever since that one journal cited us.

It's unpublished/self-published, so I don't think most academics would consider it "reliable", other than maybe for the links which are contained in the articles. I believe the bare basic standard is for the content to have gone through some type of publishing agency.

(Similar to how citing Wikipedia articles themselves aren't reliable, but using Wikipedia as a database for the citations and links included in the articles is).

 

[Cuntflaps]

It would just depend upon context and what you mean precisely. If you were researching internet subcultures in some capacity, for example, it might be appropriate to directly cite findings from the forum to support your thesis. However, if you're asking if Kiwi Farms can be considered a scholarly source, then no--by definition it is not. You would not use Kiwi Farms as a source of information if you were researching something like the impact of sunspots on telecommunications, even if an expert in that field discussed something relevant on the forum. You would need to find that information from that expert in an actual peer-reviewed journal or, as straightshooter mentioned, at the very least something which has gone through a major publishing agency.