User:Tysto
Tysto [TISS toe] is Derek Jensen, a professional writer, training and communication consultant, frequent business traveler, and avid amateur photographer with an interest in architecture. I am the operator of Tysto.com, a web magazine where my articles and photos can be found, including those I freely upload to Wikimedia Commons.
Although I feel my primary value to Wikipedia is in providing high-quality, high-resolution photographs of interesting places, I also like helping to keep Wikipedia concise, relevant, and encyclopedic in tone. I frequently edit articles for spelling, tone, flow, and point of view rather than to add information.
I am a devoted enemy of fan zeal, television minutia, band vanity, lists for the sake of lists, infotisements, transportation nerdery, and all ephemera. I am a card-carrying member of the Association of Deletionist Wikipedians. I believe that the purpose of an encyclopedia is to document everything that is notable, not everything that is true. I believe that non-notable articles hurt Wikipedia's performance, confuse casual users, and make it harder for people to find genuinely valuable information.
- Check out the photos I've taken and contributed to Wikimedia Commons: Category:Tysto
- I have documented many cities and towns in Indiana and Ohio from the air. Check out my progress.
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Some of my photos on Wikimedia Commons [edit]
My home town of Bremen, Indiana [edit]
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Bremen from the east; you can see my house from here!
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Old Bremen water tower
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Bremen town hall
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Typical extended US Midwestern family
South Bend area [edit]
Cincinnati [edit]
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Fifth Third Bank building
New Jersey [edit]
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Newark Broad Street
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Jersey City Chase Bank building
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Exchange Place subway platform
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News media outside Prudential Financial headquarters
Liberty Park [edit]
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Statue of Liberty from below, front
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Statue from her front left
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Liberty Park main building
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Ellis Island main building
New York City [edit]
Miami [edit]
Miscellaneous [edit]
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Doric columns
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Ionic columns
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Corinthian columns
Some Wikipedia articles where my pictures appear [edit]
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Roebling Suspension Bridge and Tyler Davidson Fountain
- Paul Brown Stadium and Great American Ball Park
- Fifth Third Bank and Procter and Gamble
- Macy's and Federated Department Stores
- flying pig
- World Trade Center and September 11 attacks
- Rent (musical)
- Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
- Newark, New Jersey
- Port Authority Trans-Hudson
- South Bend, Indiana
- Coveleski Stadium
- Studebaker National Museum
- College Football Hall of Fame
- Notre Dame
- Mishawaka, Indiana
- Bremen, Indiana
- A number of other small towns in Indiana
- Vermilion, Ohio
- Elyria, Ohio
- digital clock
- Conner Prairie
- powered parachute
- Hopkins International Airport
- pottery
- Home cinema
- Longaberger Company
Wikipedia articles I've started or made substantial contributions to [edit]
- Tyler Davidson Fountain (started)
- Flying pig (started)
- Coveleski Stadium (started)
- Bremen, Indiana (contributed Commerce and History sections)
- Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia (wrote based on discussion)
- Missing white woman syndrome (contributed News Cycle section)
- Mini-bar (started)
- Studebaker National Museum (started)
- Conner Prairie living history museum (started)
- Digital clock (started)
- Wyatt, Indiana (started)
- Split-rail fence (started)
- Great Hanshin earthquake (expanded)
- Rule of three (writing) (started)
- Novelty architecture (started)
- Jaws (film) (revised and expanded synopsis)
- Sam Walton (revised and expanded early career)
- Sequel (added section on titling of sequels)
- Media franchise (started)
- Novelty architecture (started)
- Bear in the woods (started)
- Morning in America (started)
- Caster (started)
- Feiler Faster Thesis (started)
