Initially, this is just a learning experience. I really want an Echo Dot so I can intercom with my daughter. :-)
Long term, this skill could be a much more engaging and fun way to dive into topics. Would be great to ask Alexa for info about a historical topic like the Spanish-American war, and not just get the boring encyclopedia like entry. I want a good story!
The data exists, but we just need to edit Wikipedia articles to embed "conversational trees". The skill would look up that meta-data, and use it to give the User a quick summary, and drill down.
The user doesn't need to do anything right now to make that happen.