User:Tysto

Tysto [TISS toe] is Derek Jensen, a professional writer and avid amateur photographer with an interest in genealogy and architecture. I am the operator of Tysto.com.

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.

Some of my photos on Wikimedia Commons

My home town of Bremen, Indiana

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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

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  College Football Hall of Fame
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  South Bend Regional Airport
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  Coveleski Stadium
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  University of Notre Dame

Cincinnati

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  Tyler Davidson Fountain, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  Roebling Suspension Bridge
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  Paul Brown Stadium
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  Fifth Third Bank building

New Jersey

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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

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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

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  WTC 2004 memorial
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  WTC post-9/11 train station
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  David Nederlander Theatre
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  Chinatown

Other

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  Miami downtown, day
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  Miami downtown, night
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  Doric columns
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  Ionic columns
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  Corinthian columns
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  Fire escapes

Some Wikipedia articles where my pictures appear

• 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

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• World Trade Center and September 11 attacks
• Rent (musical)
• Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
• Newark, New Jersey
• Port Authority Trans-Hudson

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• 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

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• digital clock
• Conner Prairie
• powered parachute
• Hopkins International Airport
• pottery
• Home cinema
• Longaberger Company

Wikipedia articles I've started or made substantial contributions to

• 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)