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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" and [[Portal:Contents/Portals|portal list]] banner.
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.
Alternatively, you can edit the [[Wikipedia:Main Page alternatives/(simple layout)|table-free version]] of the main page. Also see [[Wikipedia:Main Page alternatives]] for more editable main pages.
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 (approximately 00:00 and 12:00 UTC), while the [[Template:In the news|In the news]] section is usually updated in real time as needed.
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.
The guidelines that were written for the old main page can be found at [[Wikipedia:Selected Articles on the Main Page]].
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* [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article|Guidelines]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article|Discussion]]
* [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests|Suggest a new entry]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Did you know|Guidelines]]
*[[Wikipedia talk:Did you know|Discussion]]
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<div style="text-align: right;" class="noprint">'''[[Wikipedia:Recent additions|Archive]]''' – '''[[Help:Starting an article|Start a new article...]]'''</div>
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* [[Wikipedia:In the news|Guidelines]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:In the news|Discussion]]
* [[Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates|Make a suggestion]]
<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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*[[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries|Guidelines]]
*[[Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries|Discussion]]
*[[Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries|Make a suggestion]]
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! <div style="margin:0; background:#f2cedd; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #bfa3af; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Today's featured list ''(Mondays and Fridays only)''</div>
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* [[Wikipedia:Today's featured list|Guidelines]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Today's featured list|Discussion]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day|Guidelines]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day|Discussion]]
* [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates|Suggest a new entry]]
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