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You have to remember that anyone can write (maybe not write well, but can write). Not too many people can use AutoCAD and ever fewer have enough knowledge to be pumping out one a day like this guy.



Imagine if wiki spent their money on building tools to allow people to create multimedia content for the site.

AutoCAD models are an extreme case, but how about a tool to make quick vector drawings, or a tool to make flow charts to explain complex concepts. All right there in the wiki interface. All super easy to use. 10x-ing content creation.


Your Anime example presents a problem. Anime can't be whipped up quickly with such tools, or it would be low quality.

And to get past the rights issues with including fine examples of Anime on Wikipedia, would be an uphill battle.

I sort of understand what you're saying, but Wikipedia is only part of the puzzle of information. That's why we have the "Internet"!

It's perfectly fine to link out to Youtube videos or channels from a Wikipedia page about mechanical systems or CAD specific topics.




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