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Re:Ask HN: Is there a search engine which excludes the world... by atlantique on Saturday May 16, 2020 @07:41PM (#23208140)
That sounds like the job of an encyclopedia. Maybe some sort of collaborative encyclopedia where people can edit pages and add references.
Re:Ask HN: Is there a search engine which excludes the world... by inopinatus on Saturday May 16, 2020 @07:49PM (#23208175)
I know you’re only half joking. In practice many, perhaps most of my DDG queries do end in !w - but there’s a wealth of information that is relevant, interesting, and useful, but wouldn’t be considered encyclopaedic, or that is merely summarised in Wikipedia; in addition, their references are included as supporting citations, very far from a comprehensive index of currently accessible information.