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|+ <big>'''{{smallcaps|Nguyễn}} Xuân Minh'''</big>
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| Residence
| [[San Jose, California]], [[United States]]
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| Born
| March 1987<br /><small>[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], United States</small>
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| Gender
| Male
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! colspan="2" bgcolor="#dddddd" | Wikipedia
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| Joined
| class="plainlinks" | May 6, 2003 [{{fullurle:United States presidential line of succession|diff=896140&oldid=896113}}]<br /><small>{{Time ago|2003-05-06}}</small>
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| Local pages created
| title="06:56, 14 September 2022 (UTC)" | 195 ([[Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by article count|3,914<sup>th</sup>]])
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| title="06:56, 14 September 2022 (UTC)" | 36,800 ([[Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits|2,808<sup>st</sup>]])
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| [[Special:CentralAuth/Mxn|Global edits]]
| title="06:56, 14 September 2022 (UTC)" | 328,094
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Hi, I’m '''Minh {{smallcaps|Nguyễn}}''' ({{langx|en|[[Mojibake|Minh Nguyá»…n]]}}), a software developer in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] and [[Stanford University|Stanford]] [[Computer science|Computer Science]] alumnus<ref name="Stanford">{{cite web|url=https://cs.stanford.edu/directory/undergraduate-alumni|title=Undergraduate Alumni|publisher=Department of Computer Science, Stanford University}}</ref> originally from [[Loveland, Ohio]], United States.

I volunteer as a [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]] at the [[Vietnamese Wikipedia]] and [[wikt:vi:Trang Chính|Vietnamese Wiktionary]], as well as an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] at the [[b:vi:Trang Chính|Vietnamese Wikibooks]], and [[s:vi:Trang Chính|Vietnamese Wikisource]]&nbsp;– and formerly the [[m:Main Page|Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]], [[OldWikisource:Main Page|Multilingual Wikisource]], and [[TenWiki:Main Page|Wikipedia 10]] planning wiki. I’m also one of the people who keep the [http://www.wikipedia.org/ main Wikipedia portal] up-to-date. (If you know [[HyperText Markup Language|HTML]], [[m:Talk:Www.wikipedia.org template/temp|you can too]]!)

Outside of Wikipedia, I volunteer contributions to [[OpenStreetMap]]. I worked for [[Mapbox]] from 2015 to 2023 and have been affiliated with the [[OpenStreetMap Foundation]] since April 2025.

For those not using a [[Unicode]]-capable browser, you can call me '''Minh Nguyen'''. But I'm not related to [[Minh Nguyen|''that'' Minh Nguyen]]. Or [[Nguyễn Xuân Minh|this one]]. Or probably [[Minh Nguyen (disambiguation)|any other Minh Nguyen]] you come across.

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==Concentrations==
Although I copyedit articles of all topics as I come across them, I typically write detailed, rigorously sourced prose on the following topics:

*[[Cincinnati]] [[Little Miami Scenic Trail|geography]], [[St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati)|schools]], [[The Cincinnati Post|media]], and [[Cincinnati–Blue Ash Airport|history]]
*Ohio [[Barn advertisement|culture]], [[Flag of Ohio|symbols]], and [[County roads in Ohio|roads]]
*[[Santa Clara Valley]] [[The Mercury News|media]], [[San Jose City Hall|architecture]], and [[Lee's Sandwiches|businesses]]
*Vietnamese [[B with flourish|language]] and [[Pho|cuisine]]

If you’re writing articles about any of these topics and have questions, feel free to [[User talk:Mxn|send them my way]] and I’ll do my best to help.

==Contributions==
My first contribution to Wikipedia was a minor, anonymous edit at [[United States presidential line of succession]] that was later [[Talk:United States presidential line of succession/Archive 1#Todays line of succession|shown to be incorrect]].

Most of my contributions occur at the Vietnamese Wikipedia and Wiktionary, where I serve as a bureaucrat, kind of like a forum’s “super-administrator”, but less dictatorial. I made many of the first contributions to the Vietnamese Wikipedia in late 2003 and started the Vietnamese Wiktionary not long after. In high school, my marathon editing sessions would offer an effective form of procrastination, as well as an outlet to learn Vietnamese. These days, I’m no longer quite as active on these wikis but continue to play a supporting role.

Being an administrator at a Wikimedia wiki is tons of work, but it allows you to actively collaborate with countless people and visibly shape an important project. Participating in smaller projects, like the Vietnamese-language wikis, is like working for a startup: you work day and night, handling numerous poorly-defined roles, and recognize just about everyone you encounter. You make real, lasting decisions that aren’t so much influenced by written policies or guidelines as by common sense and intuition. On the other hand, if you tell your [[meatspace]] friends you’re working on the Vietnamese Wiktionary, you get a blank stare.

So working for the English Wikipedia is like working for a huge conglomerate whose logos appear on the sides of buses: even if you get a lot done, your contributions aren’t going to stand out too much. Nevertheless, you’re part of something big. I turned down an [[User talk:Mxn/2007#Admin|offer to run for administrator]] here in 2007. Most of my contributions here come in the form of typo corrections and [[Help:InterWikimedia links|interwiki link]]s (see [[Wikipedia:WikiGnome]]). But I’ve also contributed some original content here, too. My first [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good Article]] was "[[Flag of Ohio]]".

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===[[/Files|Files]]===
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===Licensing===
After much thought and consideration on the topic&nbsp;– about three seconds’ worth&nbsp;– I’ve decided to be generous with my pittance of contributions here, especially to [[User:Rambot#Free the Rambot Articles project|free the Rambot articles]]:

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<small>With respect to the permission granted below, I specifically add [[User:Anthony DiPierro|Anthony DiPierro]] in addition to the Wikimedia Foundation for any contributions automatically generated and added by the rambot from the public domain census bureau statistics.  The above exclusions still apply.</small>
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(I typically license my original work under the [[Creative Commons licenses|Attribution]] license anyhow.)

==Tasks==
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File:Peace Barnstar Hires.png|[[User talk:Mxn/2011#A barnstar for you!|The Barnstar of Diplomacy]] <small style="font-weight: normal;">(awarded by [[User:Drmies|Drmies]] in 2011)</small>
File:Graphic Designer Barnstar Hires.png|[[User talk:Mxn#A barnstar for you!|The Graphic Designer's Barnstar]] <small style="font-weight: normal;">(awarded by [[User:Veggies|Veggies]] in 2020)</small>
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*Write some more articles:
**[[Metrobot]] [https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/arts/2014/09/10/nam-june-paik-metrobot-relocated-to-cincinnati-contemporary-arts-center/15350139/]
**[[Girls' Town of America]] [http://www.forgottenoh.com/News/gsarticle.html]

==Notes and references==
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==Subpages==
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==External links==
*[http://notes.1ec5.org/ Minh’s Notes], my personal weblog

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