User:Daniel Mietchen/Talks/SOL 2012/Working on botany articles in the German Wikipedia

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A short introduction to the work on botany articles as seen by de:Benutzer:Carstor.

Redaktion Biologie[edit]

2009 meet-up of members of the Redaktion Biologie
  • de:Wikipedia:Redaktion Biologie: starting and coordination point for working on biology topics in the German Wikipedia.
  • Topics covered include taxa, institutions, scientific tools and methods, persons ...
  • Members: everyone from young pupils to biologists with PhDs
  • lots of new personal contacts and friends over the time
  • regular meetups

Sources of information[edit]

Freely available literature[edit]

Literature stipend[edit]

  • Started in 2007 for some areas (including biology), since september 2011 free for all Wikipedians
  • Books I got from this programm:
  • D.M. Spooner, L. Bohs, J. Giovannoni, R.G. Olmstead, D. Shibata: "VI International Solanaceae Conference : Genomics Meets Biodiversity", ISHS Acta Horticulturae Nummer 745, ISBN 978-90-66054-27-1
  • Bohs, L.: Revision of Solanum section Cyphomandropsis, 2001. Systematic Botany Monographs. Vol 61. ISBN 0-912861-61-4.
  • Spooner, D. M., et al.: Wild potatoes (Solanum sect. Petota) of North and Central America, 2004. Systematic Botany Monographs. Vol. 68. ISBN 0-912861-68-1.
  • Peralta, I. E, et al.: Taxonomy of wild tomatoes and their relatives (Solanum sect. Lycopersicoides, sect. Juglandifolia, sect. Lycopersicon), 2008. Systematic Botany Monographs. Vol. 84. ISBN 978-0-912861-84-5.
  • eLitStip: Group Access for certain electronic publications:
  • 100 accounts for BioOne from 2009 to 2013

Problems[edit]

  • Not accessible literature
  • Different taxonomic concepts over the time. Which one should be used?
  • Lack of images

"nearly live" demo[edit]

de:Nicotiana attenuata

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Automatically linked in other language version (12:51 pm today)
Google search (4:28 pm today)


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