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{{information page|WP:ETMP}}
{{Main Page toolbox}}
The [[Main Page]] is usually updated by editing a number of pages in the Template namespace that are [[Wikipedia:Transclusion|transcluded]] onto the main page. The only section that is currently hard-coded directly on page is the top "Welcome to Wikipedia"
The Main Page and all the templates used on it have been protected for many years, and can only be edited by [[Wikipedia:administrators|administrators]]. Images and templates are also temporarily protected while they are featured on the Main Page via [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-01-15/Cascading protection|cascading protection]]. Changes can be suggested on [[Talk:Main Page]] if you do not have administrator access.
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Each section has its own guidelines that you should follow before editing it. These guidelines will be found on that section's talk pages, on [[Talk:Main Page]], or on other guidelines pages.
[[Wikipedia:Today's featured article|Today's featured article]], [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day|Today's featured picture]], and the [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries|On This Day]] sections automatically update every midnight [[Coordinated Universal Time]] (UTC). The [[Wikipedia:Today's featured list|Today's featured list]] section currently only appears on Mondays and Fridays. The [[Template:Did you know|Did you know]] section is updated every twelve hours (
Click the [{{fullurl:Main Page|action=purge}} Main Page cache purge] whenever a change has been made to any of the template pages displayed on the Main Page. This clears the Main Page's [[Web cache|cache]] (located on the [[meta:Wikimedia servers|Wikimedia servers]]) so that non-logged-in users can see the update.
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<div style="text-align: right;margin:0.4em 0" class="noprint">'''[[n:Main Page|Wikinews]]''' – '''[[Deaths in 2006|Recent deaths]]''' – '''[[Portal:Current events|More current events...]]'''</div>
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