User:Islandbeauty20

About me
I am an aviation enthusiastic and love to promote and encourage more women to join the Aviation field. Women only make up 7 percent of the certificate pilots worldwide. I also volunteer in the community through various organisations. I assist in teaching elementary kids after school STEM projects for 2 hours a week, 10 weeks/quarter, Mathfest Day, Challenge Air Day, Women in Aviation and Girls on the Run to name a few. Other things about me: I also maintain interest in the upkeep of our National Parks. In summer I volunteer with the Washington State Park Volunteer Program assisting the National Park attendants in carrying out maintenance on the parks and trails, making them safe for public use.Taking time out to do a few outdoor activities like hiking, water rafting, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, kayaking or camping can be rejuvenating.

My Wikipedia interest
I will be using Wikipedia in the future to complete my writing assignment, and also to start collecting pages and articles on other Women in Aviation enthusiastic.Women involvement in aviation dates back to as early as 1906 with the likes of E.Lillian Todd who designed and built aircraft to Helen Richey, who became the first woman pilot for the U.S commercial airline in 1934, Eillen Collins the first female space shuttle commander in 1999.

Article Evaluation
Rugby is considered religion where I come from (Fiji) mainly because it is a sport that is deeply rooted in everyday culture and more importantly our history. Fiji is currently the World champions and defending Olympic gold medalists in seven’s rugby. Seven’s rugby is an exciting, shorter and more fast paced off-spring of the internationally renowned version of the game known as 15s rugby or Rugby union as it is more commonly known. I want Wikipedia’s coverage of this game to be the best representation of rugby. So, I visited the Rugby Sevens page on Wikipedia and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: global rugby, up to date information and the evolution of sevens rugby.

Global rugby
When reading through Wikipedia’s page on rugby sevens I could not help but notice the lack of coverage and information given about the contribution of Fiji sevens rugby to the world stage. I might be biased seeing that I am from there, but if I were to speak objectively, when one mentions Sevens rugby the first three things that come to mind are speed, excitement and Fiji. Since the inception of sevens rugby in the late 1970’s the name “Fiji” has been synonymous with the game, no other country has won more international tournaments since. Considering the fact that Fiji has a population of just under a million people, its global rise to stardom came about through the flare, flamboyance and tenacity shown by Fijian rugby players on the world sevens stage. Wikipedia should definitely look at this point carefully.

Up to date information
The article mentions the changes that have been made more recently to the sevens code to help players and officials alike cope with the high speed and fast paced rate at which the game is played. The points mentioned in the page is spot on. From the shortening of the time span for each half from 10 minutes to 7 minutes and the transition of more conventional kicking tee’s during a conversion attempt to a drop goal format were on the money. Due to the high rate of concussions suffered by many players another amendment to the sevens code was the compulsory dawning of protective gear i.e. mouth guards, this was not emphasized much in the past.

Evolution of sevens rugby
Due to its vast popularity, the game of sevens rugby has evolved dramatically over the past 10 years. This style of rugby is now played on different surfaces and has adopted unique rules to suit the conditions. It is now played in snow, on the beach, on inflatable fields and now even in mud. Surprisingly though there was little or no mention of this in the page, most of the emphasis was placed on the already popular events like the Hong Kong Sevens tournament and what not.

Summary
All in all, I believe that this page paints a clear and up to date picture of the game of rugby sevens. The page cites from highly reliable and respected sources, which is a clear indication of the prosperity of the game on the global arena. There was a link to “Rugby outreach” which had only a small article of the program initiated by World rugby(governing body of rugby world wide) which I felt did not fully encompass the work of this program and how it has helped under privileged kids find inspiration through rugby. In my opinion it was underdeveloped and poorly represented the scope and impact of this initiative. Although this page clearly has been vetted by experienced and well-versed scholars of rugby, it does not however articulate the real affect that rugby has on people which is comradery, humility and perseverance.