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Wikipedia is not a [[social networking service]] like [[Facebook]], X (formerly [[Twitter]]) or [[Instagram]], nor a [[social-network game]]. It is not a place to host your own [[website]], [[blog]], [[wiki]], [[résumé]], or [[File hosting service|cloud]]. Wikipedia pages, '''including those in [[Wikipedia:User pages|user space]]''', are not:
# {{policy shortcut|WP:NOTCV|WP:NOTRESUME}}'''Personal web pages'''. [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedians]] have individual user pages, but they should be used primarily to present information relevant to work on the encyclopedia. [[WP:UPYES|Limited autobiographical information]] is allowed, but user pages do not serve as personal webpages, blogs, or repositories for large amounts of material irrelevant to collaborating on Wikipedia. If you want to post your résumé or make a personal webpage, please use one of the many free providers on the Internet or any hosting included with your [[Internet service provider]]. The focus of user pages <em>should not</em> be [[social networking service|social networking]] or [[WP:UP#GAMES|amusement]], but rather providing a foundation for effective [[collaboration]]. [[:Category:Wikipedia humor|Humorous pages]] that refer to Wikipedia in some way may be created in an appropriate [[WP:Namespace|namespace]]. Personal web pages are often [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedily deleted]] under criterion [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#U5|U5]]. Wikipedia articles use formal English and are [[Wikipedia:Writing better articles#Tone|not written in Internet posting style]].
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