[Tagging] Link to stream of webcam

[bkil]

"contact" can mean one-way contact, as in "on what channel does this POI
broadcast information for us?" Note that except contact:email, most
other links are also used oneway in 99% of the time.

On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 9:34 PM Paul Allen <pla16021 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 20:13, bkil <bkil.hu+Aq at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I also raised this question some years ago on the talk page but went with
>> the flow and continued to tag webcams with contact:webcam=*. I think it
>> makes more sense if you see a static gallery of a venue specified under
>> contact:flickr=*, prerecorded videos under contact:youtube=* and you can
>> also check out the traffic in real time under contact:webcam=* (for example
>> on a beach or a pub to decide whether it would be a suitable time to give a
>> visit).
>>
>
> None of those come under what I would consider "contact"  Some youtube
> channels permit comments on videos but they may be ignored by the
> creator.
>
> I think the contact namespace is entirely without justification in the
> first place.  Adding things that aren't mechanisms for contacting
> somebody merely compounds the stupidity.
>
> There are reasons for having the addr: namespace.  It groups together
> elements which may not be meaningful unless considered as a group.
> Knowing the house number is not much good without knowing the
> street and town (in the UK the postcode and house number suffice,
> but you need both).
>
> Are you unable to look at somebody's facebook page unless you also
> know the twitter account?  Do you need the instagram as well?  No,
> because they're independent.
>
> I've yet to see any valid reason for having a contact: namespace and
> using it for surveillance cams is the least valid reason I've seen
> yet.
>
> --
> Paul
>
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