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Iirc it's possible to edit Wikipedia articles without an account. In this case they publish your IP instead of a username.
Some user information is necessary for many users. E.g. email for password resets and notifications (discussions, ...).
I do agree that all personal information should be optional, but I don't know whether that's the case atm. Logging IP's is probably important for preventing spam and misuse. E.g. a german politician made the news a few years back because the IP who edited their article came from their office.
It's difficult balancing act. But if Wikipedia has the information it can be extracted from them. Zero knowledge hosting is a interesting field, it intersects with user accounts difficultly