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 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you.
 * Everything in the article seemed relevant, but the classification section did seem to distract me. I Felt like there are so many subunits that possibly do not need to be listed in the article.


 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * It seems to be neutral. There are no claims to something being the best or really personal opinions.


 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * I feel like the classifications are overrepresented and the structure and selectivity are underrepresented.
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * The ones I did check the links worked and the source seemed to support what the writer was writing.
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * No, one section does not have any sources and another has only one source cited at the beginning of the section but not the end. The sources I looked at though did seem credible.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * There is a citation missing for the animal reserach section. Also, I feel like an image of the voltage gate open close mechanism would really aid with understanding of the material.


 * Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * Discussions in the talk page discuss uncertainty about something that is posted. There are only two different discussion post but each one is discussing whether they agree of disagree to a something said or a general question about whether something should be covered in this article.


 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * It is rated B-class in four different wikiprojects.


 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * The topic has not really been discussed in class, but it brings up things like Animal research but not any other type of research. I feel like this is an interesting section to have sense so much research is already done on animals, really wondering about the necessity to have this separate section.

= Initial Thoughts on Janet Taylor Page = ** Need to add reliable sources of person into the talk page and here still after Thursdays class.
 * First thing I noticed is there is no picture to go along with the biography.
 * The second sentence discusses how various works have been published in her name, but only one is noted in the works section.
 * There are stated awards in the paragraph, but there could be an awards section that goes into a bit of detail of the type of honor that is and why she was awarded it.
 * "Mariner's Calculator" could have a supporting picture, most likely in the patent.
 * Many things written in the paragraph about her can be split up into sections discussing, early life, her career, publications, awards, and legacy. The information is there and stated, but a lot more detail can be written in following sections.

Current Janet Taylor Page
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL WORK WRITTNEN

"Janet Taylor (13 May 1804 – 25 January 1870) born Jane Ann Ionn, was an English astronomer and navigation expert. During an active and highly successful life, she published various works on astronomy and navigation, founded an academy for the teaching of these subjects, and ran a warehouse focused on the distribution, production and repair of navigational instruments. Her Academy was highly regarded and recommended by the East India Company, Trinity House, and the Admiralty. In recognition of her work, she was awarded medals by the kings of Prussia and Netherlands, and her rule for calculating latitude from altitudes was described as "ingenious".

Taylor was one of the very few women working as a scientific instrument maker in London in the 19th century. Her "Mariner's Calculator", patented in 1834, was dismissed by the Admiralty. However, she was awarded a Civil List pension in 1860 "In consideration of her benevolent labours among the seafaring population of London"."

Edited Janet Taylor Lead
Janet Taylor (13 May 1804 – 25 January 1870) born Jane Ann Ionn, was an English astronomer and navigation expert. She published various works on astronomy and navigation, founded an academy for the teaching on these subjects, and ran a warehouse focused on the distribution, production and repair of navigational instruments. Her Academy was highly regarded and recommended by the East India Company, Trinity House, and the Admiralty. In recognition of her work, she was awarded medals by the Kings of Prussia and the Kings of the Netherlands, and her rule for calculating latitude from altitudes was described as "ingenious". Taylor was one of the very few women working as a scientific instrument maker in London in the 19th century. Her "Mariner's Calculator", patented in 1834, was dismissed by the Admiralty. However, she was awarded a Civil List pension in 1860 "In consideration of her benevolent labours among the seafaring population of London".

Biography
Taylor was born in Wolsingham to Reverend Peter Ionn and Jane Deighton, being the fourth born of the family of eight. Her father was master of the Free Grammar School, which was one of the few north county schools that included navigation in its curriculum, and he allowed Jane Ann to attend both the basic grammar school and theoretical navigation tuition. After her fathers death, Jane Ann continued her education with theoretical navigation studies, which included acquiring a knowledge in mathematics. Her father's passing left her with a good fortune that had been split between her siblings and herself. Which she invested heavily in the competitive life she choose of pursuing nautical education, a male dominated field, and is reportedly known as the first English lady to join this field.

When she married George Taylor, a widower with three children, in 1831, she became a stepmother and changed her name to Janet. They moved north of Theobald's Road and this is where Janet decided to start her first nautical academy in 1833. This academy was strictly made for merchant service officers. During this time period she published "Luni-Solar and Horary Tables," which discussed calculations that were able to "reduce the lunar distance" that used a formula she derived herself. She continued her path in navigation and in 1834 received a patent for her invention of a Mariner's Calculator. The invention did not get approved by Admiralty, deeming it unworthy for the Lordships Patronage. Not long after this setback, she published a second book, that had used Table of Latitude and Longitude that was inherently copied from a well known navigator J.W. Norie who threatened legal action unless she withdrew the book. She then published a second edition of the book, "Principles of Navigation Simplified." Though, the cost of creating the second edition of this book and the Mariner's Calculator put her in a place where she was slowly draining her capital.

Afterwards, she spent some time working on the formula she derived for her first published book to improve it. At this time, mid-1835, she has had a child and based on financial struggles was really hoping this improved formula would lead to some fortune. After the success of her third edition of the "Luni-Solar and Horary Tables," which was made possible by the donations of the Admiralty, Trinity House, and the Honorable East India Company, to all of whom she dedicated the book too. She owed much of this success to Captain Beaufort, who helped push for the acceptance of her work to the previously mentioned groups. Since the increase in fortune from the bookselling, allowed the Taylor's to move to No 103 Minories, this is where they set up a "navigational warehouse." At this stage in Janet's life, she has begun to be recognized as someone who is credible for her work in entrepreneurship and mathematical ability. At her academy in the Minories she partook in sharing the tuition with the appointed headmaster Mr. Griffin. During this time period, she continued to edit her book, later renamed to "Lunar-Solar and Horary Tables" selling a total of seven editions. The last print appeared in 1854. Also, she completed twelve editions of an "Epitome of Navigation," with the last edition appearing in 1859. George Taylor ended up taking up the publishing parts of the enterprise in order for Janet to devote time to raising the children and continuing her writing.

In 1843, Mrs. Taylor decided to change her focus on compasses in Iron ships. She worked specifically with Professor Airy, who later would recommend her name to anyone who would be able to utilize her efforts. In 1845, she appointed William Reynolds to develop a nautical instrument factory in her name, resulting in instruments being entered in the Great Exhibition 1851 and the International Exhibition of 1862. A series of unfortunate events fell upon her, first starting with her husband George Taylor' death in 1853, and then both of her senior employees leaving her to start their businesses. Then 1855 Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort retired, with his successor not being as suitable companion who she entrusted confidence in. In 1860, it is recorded that Mrs. Janet Taylor received a Civil List Pension of ₤50 per year, and around this year is when there is report that nautical academy had changed its name to Mrs Janet Taylor and Co, meaning that it had turned into a company. There is record of hey paying land tax for her company up until 1986, and then in 1870 Mrs. Taylor became ill. During this time she was with her sister Joyce and her husband the Rev. Matthew Chester. On the 26th of January in 1870, Mrs. Janet Taylor passed away of bronchitis. On her death certificate, her occupation is state as "Teacher of Navigation."

She received two gold medals, one in 1836 and one in 1838 from the King of Prussia.

WORKS COMPLTED: "Lunar-Solar and Horary Tables" Epitome of Navigation,

A planisphere of the fixed stars and directions for use (produced in 1846) - recommended by Captain Leck in a textbook he published in 1881 "as one of the best of its kind"

Sources:
 * 1) Alger, K. R. "Mrs. Janet Taylor. "Authoress and Instructruess in Navigation and Nautical Astronomy" (1804-1870)." L L R Publications. 1982.

Peer Review: Emily Najacht
The last sentence of the first paragraph of the biography sentence needs to be reworded. I don't know what you are saying here, plus, it seems like a continuation of the sentence before. The first sentence of the third paragraph uses a weird tense ("she has had"). I think it would be okay as just "she had". also, i think the rest of that sentence is kind of speculative, unless you found that in the book somewhere. You might want to reword that. The next sentence doesn't have a proper ending. You say after the success of the third edition, but you don't say what happened after, just that it was made possible by these groups. Remove the comma after "bookselling". Make sure you use past tense ( a lot of switching back and forth between had and has, is and was). The sentence that begins with "Then 1855 Admiral Sir..." needs to be reworded. My main recommendation is to make sure you stick with past tense. Other then that, I don't really see any bias.