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Welcome to CAPipedia

CAPipedia's purpose is to benefit members by acting as an encyclopedia and index to eServices, WMIRS and everything CAP. It is a work in progress.

To add or edit pages, you will need to create an account or log in to your existing account and be a member of Civil Air Patrol. For access to edit, click Request Account and fill out the request. In the Other Information section, enter your CAPID, Region, Wing and Unit. The account will be approved as soon as possible.

If you have any issues, please submit a Contact Form.

Active Projects / Help Needed

Reviewing migrated content from the CAP Knowledgebase. See the discussion page for CAP Knowledgebase cleanup for more information.
Adding best practices content to pages in the functional areas category.
Adding descriptions and external links to specialty track pages.

Quick Links

Getting Started

Latest Updates

Migrated FAQs from the CAP Knowledgebase
Created specialty track and functional area info pages
Added {{Pub}} and {{Form}} templates to hyperlink to the correct page where the pub/form is listed

How to Use CAPipedia

The search box in the upper right hand corner is your avenue to finding information. Use keywords to search. If too many options come back, then you can add more search words. All the pages that match have a link to click on.

TIPS Avoid short and common words This is the most likely cause of an unexpected failed search. If your search terms include a common "stop word" (such as "the", "one", "your", "more", "right", "while", "when", "who", "which", "such", "every", "about", "onto"), then your search will fail without any results. Short numbers, and words that appear in half of all pages, will also not be found. In this case, drop those words and rerun the search. Search is case-insensitive The searches for "fortran", "Fortran" and "FORTRAN" all return the same results.

Search Examples: How do I change my password? You want to type change password in the search box.

See a list of all pages in the Wiki

The search results are always listed below an option to create a page. Don't create a page unless the results you are looking for is not found.

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+CAPipedia's purpose is to benefit members by acting as an encyclopedia and index to [[eServices]], [[WMIRS]] and everything CAP. It is a work in progress.
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+To add or edit pages, you will need to create an account or log in to your existing account and be a member of Civil Air Patrol. For access to edit, click [[Special:RequestAccount|Request Account]] and fill out the request. In the '''Other Information''' section, enter your CAPID, Region, Wing and Unit. The account will be approved as soon as possible.
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+* Reviewing migrated content from the CAP Knowledgebase. See the [[Category talk:CAP Knowledgebase cleanup|discussion page for CAP Knowledgebase cleanup]] for more information.
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+* [https://www.capnhq.gov/WMIRS/Default.aspx WMIRS]
+* [https://staging.capnhq.gov Staging (Test) eServices]
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+The search box in the upper right hand corner is your avenue to finding information.  Use keywords to search.  If too many options come back, then you can add more search words. All the pages that match have a link to click on.
+TIPS Avoid short and common words This is the most likely cause of an unexpected failed search. If your search terms include a common "stop word" (such as "the", "one", "your", "more", "right", "while", "when", "who", "which", "such", "every", "about", "onto"), then your search will fail without any results. Short numbers, and words that appear in half of all pages, will also not be found. In this case, drop those words and rerun the search.
+Search is case-insensitive The searches for "fortran", "Fortran" and "FORTRAN" all return the same results.
+Search Examples:  How do I change my password?   You want to type change password in the search box.
+[[Special:AllPages|See a list of all pages in the Wiki]]
+The search results are always listed below an option to create a page. Don't create a page unless the results you are looking for is not found.
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