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This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on July 12, 2005.

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Date	Process	Result
May 1, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
May 7, 2005	Featured article candidate	Promoted
March 15, 2008	Featured article review	Demoted
May 15, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
May 24, 2008	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
September 5, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed
September 5, 2024	Good article reassessment	Delisted
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on December 1, 2014, December 1, 2021, and December 1, 2022.
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A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion

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Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 15:10, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal

I propose merging National Blue Beret (which is marked with "{{notability}}") into Civil Air Patrol. I think the content in "National Blue Beret" can easily be explained in the context of "Civil Air Patrol", and a merger would not cause any article-size or weighting problems in "Civil Air Patrol".MarcRic::Ruby (talk) 13:40, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the (very) late response, but I would suggest that if it were merged anywhere the target should be National Cadet Special Activities rather than the main CAP article. It doesn't really have a place here. — Huntster (t @ c) 20:46, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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You can see the reason for deletion at the file description page linked above. —Community Tech bot (talk) 21:08, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Why does a topic about an American institution use dmy dates?

These are not standard in America. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:04, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

Civil Air Patrol

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Result: Delisted. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:10, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like an old GA that hasn't stood the test of time, unfortunately. Large number of uncited sentences and paragraphs, some from as far back as 2010. The article also overwhelmingly cites the CAP itself, which is a violation of WP:RS's requirement that articles be based on independent sources. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 21:02, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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