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Welcome to CAPipedia Sandbox

CAPipedia Sandbox's purpose is to benefit members by acting as an encyclopedia and index to Civil Air Patrol's technologies and everything else. It is and will always continue to be a work in progress.

To add or edit pages, you will need to log in with your Civil Air Patrol eServices account. Please note: if your first and/or last name changes in eServices after your first login to CAPipedia Sandbox, please submit a Contact Form with your old and new name and CAPID number before attempting to log in. Failure to have the username changed by an administrator will result in a new user account being created during login.

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 Sandbox

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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+{{SITENAME}}'s purpose is to benefit members by acting as an encyclopedia and index to Civil Air Patrol's technologies and everything else. It is and will always continue to be a work in progress.
-<h1><font color="blue">Welcome to the Civil Air Patrol Wiki -- '''CAPipedia''', your interactive knowledge base. </font></h1>
+To add or edit pages, you will need to [[Special:UserLogin|log in]] with your Civil Air Patrol eServices account.  '''Please note:''' if your first and/or last name changes in eServices after your first login to {{SITENAME}}, please submit a [https://forms.office.com/r/k5XJL4KCTy Contact Form] with your old and new name and CAPID number before attempting to log in. Failure to have the username changed by an administrator will result in a new user account being created during login.
-<BIG>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 you account and be a member of Civil Air Patrol.
-<br><big> For access to edit (after you create an account): email your username, email and CAPID to [mailto:ddlugiewicz@cap.gov Lt Col David Dlugiewicz, National IT Manager].</big><br><br>
-'''CAP Quick Links:''' &nbsp;
-[https://www.capnhq.gov eServices] &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;  [https://www.capnhq.gov/WMIRS/Default.aspx WMIRS]  &nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;[https://staging.capnhq.gov Staging (Test) eServices]  &nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com Go Civil Air Patrol]
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+If you have any issues, please submit a [https://forms.office.com/r/k5XJL4KCTy Contact Form].
-Check out these latest updated pages:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[CAP_Innovation_Hub]]&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Reports]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; '''[[COVID-19 Remote_Operations]]  ''' (includes new Phishing Attacks)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  [[CAP Badges]] &nbsp;&nbsp;[[Wing IT]] <br>Also check [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]] on the left</p>
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-information.&nbsp; Use keywords to search.&nbsp; If too many options come back,
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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.
-<big>TIPS</big>
+* Adding best practices content to pages in the [[:Category:Functional areas|functional areas category]].
-'''Avoid short and common words'''
+* Adding descriptions and external links to [[:Category:Specialty tracks|specialty track pages]].
-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. <BR>
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-'''Search is case-insensitive'''
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-The searches for "fortran", "Fortran" and "FORTRAN" all return the same results.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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+* [https://www.capnhq.gov eServices]
+* [[:Category:FAQ|FAQs]] (formerly CAP Knowledgebase)
+* [https://www.capnhq.gov/WMIRS/Default.aspx WMIRS]
+* [https://staging.capnhq.gov Staging (Test) eServices]
+* [https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com Go Civil Air Patrol]
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+* [[CAPipedia Style Guide]]
+* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page Starting a New Page]
+* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
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+* Migrated [[:Category:FAQ|FAQs]] from the CAP Knowledgebase
+* Created [[:Category:Specialty tracks|specialty track]] and [[:Category:Functional areas|functional area]] info pages
+* Added [[Template:Pub/doc|{{code|<nowiki>{{Pub}}</nowiki>}}]] and [[Template:Form/doc|{{code|<nowiki>{{Form}}</nowiki>}}]] templates to hyperlink to the correct page where the pub/form is listed
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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.
-<big>To see a list of all pages in the Wiki</big> [[Special:AllPages|https://sandbox.capmembers.wiki/index.php?title=Special:AllPages]]
+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.
-</big><br>
+Search is case-insensitive The searches for "fortran", "Fortran" and "FORTRAN" all return the same results.
-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.  Here is an example from a search for "HELPDESK".
-<p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#287EC7; padding: 1em;">Create the page <font color="red">"Helpdesk" </font> on this wiki! See also the search results found. <BR>
+Search Examples:  How do I change my password?   You want to type change password in the search box.
-Page title matches <BR>
+[[Special:AllPages|See a list of all pages in the Wiki]]
-HelpDesk<BR>
-== eServices HelpDesk == CAP's eServices HelpDesk can be found at this link <BR>https://capnhq.crmdesk.com/home.aspx or
-KB (325 words) - 16:49, 1 August 2018
-</p>
-Want to learn more about magic behind CAPipedia.cap.gov?  Consult the [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
-== Getting started ==
+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.
-* [[CAPipedia Style Guide]]
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-* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page Starting Starting a New Page]
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