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Just call then out on it in talk by mentioning why you would add it.
Alternatively make an upgraded English-only wiki alternative with way larger article max sizes so we can finally evolve it past 2005. And start using YouTube links and not (just) a native video player. And start quoting/including entire chapters from relevant books.
The problem with using YT videos is that they are transitory. Also, you're then subjecting your reader to somebody else's advertisements for their gain.
Also YT follows the same rules as Wikipedia for being a source.
You don't cite it, you find what it's citing and cite that if you decide what those sources have to say are relevant to your intended argument.