Talk:Awards and decorations of the Civil Air Patrol

message: Just wondering something: none of the ribbons match up with the names of the awards. Wouldn't it make more sense to put the ribbon referenced next to its name, instead of the way it is currently?
Sorry about not signing that last one.
RedNovember 22:44, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it would. Perhaps a nice table would make it better... Linuxbeak (drop me a line) 20:21, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old stuff 

message: Evil Merlin, when you say "As the documented M39-1 update is in effect till at least 01/10/2008 Reverting back to as documented," can you explain what you mean? Unless there's something different (and newer) than we've discussed above, I'm missing where you see the expiration date of 01/10/2008. Where, other than the letters we have above-referenced, is the change updated? I'm asking because I could have missed something somewhere, but unless there's something other than the so-called Interim Change Letters (which were not published as ICL's), there's nothing unexpired. Because the letters themselves are (as we've discussed above) arguable, we've decided that we should keep the reference here intentionally vague until there is an official, CAPR5-4-compliant change to the regulation. VigilancePrime 04:43, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "As documented" 

message: : Help! Where can I find anything formal (even one of those change letters!) about the following four ribbons?
* Air Force Association Award to Unit Cadet of the Year
* Air Force Sergeants Association Award to Unit Cadet NCO of the Year
* VFW Award for Unit Cadet Officer of the Year
* VFW Award for Unit Cadet NCO of the Year
: I'm on the NHQ website as I type this and the only letter change to R39-3 is for the National Commander star to a Commander's Commendation (no comment). CAPR 39-3 only lists these awards in Section G: Special Awards and Honors, but nowhere in that section is a ribbon referenced. Further, the VFW awards are not listed in the precedence list (the AFA and AFSA ones are - attachment one).
: Lastly, does anyone know where images of the medals to accompany these awards are? Many, many of the CAP awards have actual medals associated with them (think mess dress uniforms).
: Many thanks and Semper Vi! VigilancePrime (talk) 20:38, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I was awarded the AFA award for Unit Cadet of the Year and wore the ribbon. I'll find the exact regs on it (and the Air Force Sergeants Association) later tonight, I'm actually getting ready for my CAP meeting right now. I'll see if I can upload a picture of my AFA medal as well, though at least when I was given it I was told that it actually was just for show, not authorized for Mess Dress (further supported by the fact that cadets can't wear Mess Dress, and it isn't a ribbon/medal that carries over when you go Senior Member and actually CAN wear mess dress). --OuroborosCobra (talk) 21:39, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unfindable ribbons 

message: I feel that the information in this section is disproportionally large compared to the information in the other sections of this article.  It might be enough for the Medal of Valor to merit its own page. scetoaux (talk) 03:30, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: AGREE. I have thought this for awhile. We should have a Medal of Valor (Civil Air Patrol) page, and both the Bronze and Silver sections of this page should use the  tag to link to it. VigilancePrime (talk) 03:53, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hmm.  Personally I have never created a new article, and I don't have much in the way of time or patience to do so.  Maybe somebody bold and enterprising could do it? scetoaux (talk) 22:51, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Wilco. Give me about five minutes. VigilancePrime (talk) 02:58, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Done. VigilancePrime (talk) 03:11, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks aplenty. scetoaux (talk) 04:38, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rational for [[Template:Splitsection]] on Silver Medal of Valor and Bronze Medal of Valor 

message: I've done some major reconstruction on this article tonight. I think all the old sections are there; will check later. Fightin' Phillie (talk) 01:34, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm trying to limit the number of items appearing in the Table of Contents. However, I still think that each award should have it's own header. I'm trying to use , but it's not working. Items with 4 equals signs are still appearing. See the Medals of Valor for what I mean. I'd appreciate any help if someone knows how to do this. Fightin' Phillie (talk) 05:44, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I've fixed it. Remember to always nest your subheaders properly...always go two, three, four; not two, four as you had. I've limited to showing just the top level headers. Also, please do not place external links in the prose of the article...limit all external links to the bottom...if those existing external links are being used as sources, then create a References section with  and use <ref> tags to have them show up there. I would strongly suggest finding sources for each section, and each separate idea if at all possible. — Huntster (t • @ • c) 09:26, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The external links were already there. I didn't actually add anything to the article, only moved it around. I plan to keep working on the article tonight. Fightin' Phillie (talk) 21:04, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

text: I've once'd over the article, adjusting the images and adding a few links here and there. When I get a chance I'm going to remove all the links to Cadet Captain and other links that are redirects to Cadet grades and insignia of the Civil Air Patrol; right now the two articles are highly coupled, and it's just not good. There are many blind redirects and it's really hurting the representation of this information. We should really sit down and look at how this information is best presented - and it's not by retyping the information in a manual :^/ Fightin' Phillie (talk) 04:18, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

text: I'm restructuring the article. Most of Wikipedia's reader's aren't interested in a laundry list of ribbons that CAP members can earn. I'm trying to bring it closer to a normal Wikipedia article by creating sections and will soon be rewording most of the content. If you really want to know how ribbons are earned, you should be reading the appropriate manual - not looking at Wikipedia (I'll be referencing the manual as well). Fightin' Phillie (talk) 03:07, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

text: Hey Dave, looks good so far. I should raise two points though. First, the images on the page will soon be deleted, as it was determined that Civil Air Patrol-produced images are not public domain. Second, check out how the references at University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility#References are set up, which will help with the clutter of having the exact same references appear multiple times. — Huntster (t @ c) 08:36, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks a lot. I'll cross the deletion bridge when I get to it. Surely, it won't be a problem to create my own PD versions of the ribbons and medals. I'll look at the clutter free references this evening.--dave-- 11:56, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Mmm, since the design is Civil Air Patrols, even a derivative may be copyrighted, but it definitely depends on the simplicity of the design, of which most of them are very simple. You might be able to get away with designs that omit the grey stripes that represent the fabric. The old ones with designs on the front may not be salvageable, though since they date from WWII, I could probably claim they are PD-USGov-Military-Army (or Army Air Force). I'll look in to it. — Huntster (t @ c) 12:27, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major Edits 

message: Just throwing in my ideas: I think there should be a section on badges of the Civil Air Patrol, too.  72.74.113.120 (talk) 19:15, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed! I'll get to work on that ASAP.--99.17.106.242 (talk) 00:13, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Badges

message: With a simple, paint-rendered version of the BMV ribbon like this, would we be able to get around the fact that these are not PD US Military awards? It seems that any design so simple that a few boxes on MSPaint can reproduce it should not be copyrightable, but I'm certainly no expert.--dave-- 13:58, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: While considering the Public Domain-ness of CAP insignia, ribbons, etc., I came across this page. It states that "CAP’s aeronautical badges, sleeve insignias, buttons and lapel attachments along with awards from January 1942 until June 1964, was Designed by the Heraldic Branch, Office of the Quartermasters General, Washington DC, this office is the official designer of all United States Military Decorations, Seals, and Awards." The Heraldic Branch is the predecessor of today's Institute of Heraldry. It seems that anything they designed from 1942 to 1964 would be PD--whether it was designed for the Army or for a private organization like the CAP. Is that a reasonable assumption to make? So as long as we can figure out when each item was created, we can still use the  permission tag.--dave-- 20:12, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Precisely, the biggest problem will be determining which ones are from that era. Your assumption is definitely correct. You know, I'm going to have to look into things a little bit more, but if each image was hand-made by someone, and not uploaded from a CAP source, they may *all* be okay as-is. Hmm. By the way, make sure you save as a PNG, not JPG, since those scale better (that is, if I determine that new images are necessary). SVG would be even better, since they will scale perfectly, if you have any experience with that format, and I may be able to figure that out at some point myself. — Huntster (t @ c) 12:28, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

text: Ooh, and thank you for using the CC0 license, much better than PD-self and similar! — Huntster (t @ c) 12:30, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: If I had to guess, a prior to 1964 limit would knock out most of the cadet achievements and awards. Technically I'm not certain on that, but the bulk of the current cadet achievement system was created with the program realignment in 1964, that's when the milestone system with Mitchell and Spaatz and most of the other achievements came into being. Some of them are even later, I think Eaker wasn't created until the early 1990s, Armstrong in 1999 iirc, and Feik even later on (2004?). --OuroborosCobra (talk) 13:31, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

text: FYI...you can see my progress in CAP awards on the page I've created at the Commons. I'm adding them to my sandbox and they'll be included when I transfer that over to the main page. Let me know what you think!--dave-- 21:10, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Award ribbons

message: Well...I've made a bold edit to cleanup several sections of this article. I have been working on it in my sandbox, but thought I'd at least get the decorations, senior PD, and aerospace ed awards put in the article before I finished cleaning up the rest. Let me know what you think.--dave-- 14:28, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
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message: Is there any reference anymore to the 1970s era Civil Defense ribbon? 75.57.23.134 (talk) 13:37, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  CAP Civil Defense Ribbon