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GitHub about your profile

Documents customizable public profile elements, control over what profile information users include, public visibility risks, private profile behavior, profile README, personal info, activity, pinned items, status, and profile visibility options.

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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports

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Create user profile Choose create user profile when the user is defining visible identity information that other people or public surfaces will see. The form states which profile fields are required, optional, managed, hidden, or public before users save. GitHub supports user-controlled public profile information and documents public visibility risks.
Profile setup Choose profile setup when an existing profile is usable but incomplete, stale, or missing recommended details that improve collaboration, discovery, trust, or public presentation. Opening profile setup loads the current saved profile and clearly distinguishes already-complete, missing, recommended, optional, managed, and visibility-sensitive fields. GitHub supports user control over public profile information, profile README, pinned items, status, and visibility options.

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