Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-18095-20151007212617/@comment-168424-20151007222122

Being curated makes it special. Not having to specially request access to its images and files makes it special.

Also, you can request many options from staff, but that doesn't mean the request will be granted. It makes a huge difference.

Community Central could already be used as a central repository, but Wikia doesn't want to open it up, likely because they would feel obligated to manage it, but have it not interfere with the current purpose of CC.