User talk:Ekj2987

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March 2010
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Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia. While objective prose about products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Beyond My Ken (talk) 21:26, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Cape Cod, you will be blocked from editing. ~Super Hamster  Talk Contribs 21:42, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Flex Bus
Hello- The Flex Bus runs between Harwich and Provincetown. Please don't change content on Wikipedia when you have not checked your facts. Thanks. Eric talk 03:15, 2 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Hello Eric, if you click on the link that you provided, you will see that the Flex bus system begins in Hyannis and travels all the way to Provincetown. I've checked my facts. Thanks.
 * Ekj, I don't know where you are seeing that. Nothing in the CCRTA article says that the Flex runs in Hyannis. The CCRTA websitehas the route info for the Flex. Please look at that site (and the front of any Flex bus) and revert your revert. Thanks. Eric talk 21:56, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Ekj, I reverted it for you. Eric talk 20:27, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Eric, as you must know, you have the ability to connect from Hyannis to the Flex bus. I wanted to make sure readers were aware that they could access the Flex from this location. Clicking on the link you provided will show a schedule explaining how this is done. One can also use the Flex bus to get to Hyannis. Thanks.
 * Well, I can see you really want the word "Hyannis" in there, maybe more than you care how the article reads. But since you changed to the topic of the sentence from the Flex to the CCRTA in general, the sentence now excludes much of what the CCRTA covers. I don't care enough about the article enough to go back and forth for days fixing little details that people don't think through. Some advice, if you really do care about improving Wikipedia: it isn't helpful when editors just keep reverting back and forth in a thoughtless effort to get their way--the idea here is to collaborate to make articles better. Another thing: when you make an edit, please provide an edit summary. Eric talk 03:43, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Actually Eric, I just wanted readers to know that they have the ability to get from Outer Cape places such as Wellfleet-Provincetown to Hyannis through the Flex bus services which is run by the CCRTA. While some riders may find it useful to get from Wellfleet to Harwich, there is most likely a number of people who find it helpful (as well as necessary) to know that there is a form of public transportation that will get you to Hyannis without necessarily taking the P&B. These actions were not a "thoughtless effort" to get my way. I cannot tell you how many people that I have come across, especially in the summer, who are unaware that they can travel to Hyannis without using the P&B. This information is especially useful for younger readers who may not have their own modes of transportation.
 * Well, why don't you change the sentence to say all the areas the CCRTA actually covers, and what its different buses are called? Eric talk 15:08, 4 March 2010 (UTC)