Sabine von Mering
Hi, I am User:S.v.Mering, also known as Sabine von Mering. I am a data scientist with a background in botany and live in Berlin, Germany. For several years I have been contributing to the Wikiverse, especially Wikidata. I am involved in several WikiProjects linked to biodiversity, natural history collections, and women in science and research expeditions.
My ORCID profile can be found here: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2982-7792
Session
The Women Genera project is an international collaboration between botanists, data analysts and Wikidatians to create a dynamic dataset in Wikidata linking flowering plant genera to women in whose honour those genera were named. The enrichment of data in Wikidata during the project’s research phase ensured that multiple institutions including the International Plant Names Index, Tropicos and the Biodiversity Heritage Library benefited prior to the publication of the research publication based on the research. The presentation will show how the methodology used can be replicated to create future datasets celebrating and amplifying the contributions of marginalised groups.