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		jopsen on April 23, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why it took a long time to build the tiny link pre... > We couldn’t expect every single article to be edited to designate a thumbnail. It wouldn't surprise me if they could. Not to say that automation isn't great, and for this purpose probably ideal. But, selecting a thumbnail for every Wikipedia article seems like something the community could easily have done.

anc84 on April 23, 2018 [–]

And what a completely senseless thing it would be. Reminds me of all the random stockphotos in articles wasting bandwidth and attention for no gain.

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