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== How can I replace Wikipedia with Conservapedia? ==
== How can I replace Wikipedia with Conservapedia? ==
Whenever I type a search query in any browser I can think of, I get a result from Wikipedia as the top result and even put out on the side, being highlighted to stand out as if it is the one true answer to my question. Is there a plugin that I can use that will compare both Wikipedia and Conservapedia answers? If not then I would settle for one that filters out Wikipedia altogether and is also compatible with duckduckgo. My goal is to educate myself and the people I interact with. I would like to be able to make accurate comparisons between two opposite opinions in order to form a sound argument without the possibility of my argument being gas-lighted as unbiased. This is hard to do when Internet corporations are making it hard to find either, non-bias information sources or at least an accurate comparison between polarized opinions.
Whenever I type a search query in any browser I can think of, I get a result from Wikipedia as the top result and even put out on the side, being highlighted to stand out as if it is the one true answer to my question. Is there a plugin that I can use that will compare both Wikipedia and Conservapedia answers? If not then I would settle for one that filters out Wikipedia altogether and is also compatible with duckduckgo. My goal is to educate myself and the people I interact with. I would like to be able to make accurate comparisons between two opposite opinions in order to form a sound argument without the possibility of my argument being gas-lighted as unbiased. This is hard to do when Internet corporations are making it hard to find either, non-bias information sources or at least an accurate comparison between polarized opinions. {{unsigned|MisterMoogle}}<br />
:I am not aware of any way to do that...This is the search engine providing the results. The search engines are doing this because Wikipedia is very popular (#5 most popular website in the world, according to Alexa)<ref>https://www.alexa.com/topsites</ref> A plugin would have substantial difficulty tampering with these results, since most search engines use [[HTTPS]]. If you really wanted wikipedia gone from results, I suppose you could add "-wikipedia.org" to the end of every search term. However, I don't know of a good way to make this permanent or replace such entries.
:As for a side-by-side comparison, I would just open two browser windows, and use one for each wiki. I don't know of a plugin, but it wouldn't surprise me if some side-by-side websites plugin existed.
:I know this is not really the answer you were looking for, but hopefully it helps a little. One last thing, this is probably not particularly useful for your purposes, but some browsers allow you to add custom search engines. Firefox already includes Wikipedia as a search option (but not the default), and you can add others, including Conservapedia ([[User:DavidB4/search_conservapedia|some directions for doing that are located here]]). You could add Conservapedia as a secondary search engine, so you could enter a search term, then select which Wiki to search right from the search bar, rather than going through DuckDuckGo. It's an option, just maybe not a great one.
:Does this help at all? --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">DavidB4</font>]] <sup>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</sup> 20:48, 25 June 2019 (EDT)