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The [[Main Page]] is usually updated by editing a number of pages 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" banner. |
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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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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. |
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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. |
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[[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 (at 00:00 and 12:00 UTC) or twenty four hours (at 00:00 UTC). The [[Template:In the news|In the news]] section is usually updated in real time as needed. |
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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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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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! Today's featured article [{{fullurl:Wikipedia:Today's featured article/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}|action=edit}} '''edit'''] |
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* [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article|Guidelines]] |
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* [[Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article|Discussion]] |
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* [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests|Suggest a new entry]] |
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'''[[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 2006|Archive]]''' – '''[[mail:daily-article-l|By email]]''' – '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|More featured articles...]]''' |
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! Did you know... [{{fullurl:Template:Did you know|action=edit}} '''edit'''] |
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*[[Wikipedia:Did you know|Guidelines]] |
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! In the news [{{fullurl:Template:In the news|action=edit}} '''Edit'''] |
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* [[Wikipedia:In the news|Guidelines]] |
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* [[Wikipedia talk:In the news|Discussion]] |
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* [[Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates|Make a suggestion]] |
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! On this day...[{{fullurl:Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}|action=edit}} '''edit'''] |
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*[[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries|Guidelines]] |
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*[[Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries|Discussion]] |
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! Today's featured list ''(Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only)'' |
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* [[Wikipedia:Today's featured list|Guidelines]] |
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* [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day|Guidelines]] |
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* [[Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day|Discussion]] |
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* [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates|Suggest a new entry]] |
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