User talk:Ahmedpsych408

 Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because of the following problems: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

You may request a change of username and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must: Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks, you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page. Alexf(talk) 00:26, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the Paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

So you are not affiliated with the Assocmedpsych website you linked to? 331dot (talk) 00:39, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, that's correct. I have no position with the makers of the assocmedpsych website. The Association is the organization that represents combined doctors (in the same way that the American Medical Association represents doctors in general) and as such its FAQ section is useful as a citable source for basic information about the medicine-psychiatry training process (e.g. the fact that it's five years, etc.) I only cited them because they are an established and relevant source for the content of this article, not to promote them at all.


 * I was wondering if you had any comments on this. Thanks in advance. 331dot (talk) 10:49, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * If the user requests a name change to a more suitable name (i.e. not connected to the postings), and declares a conflict of interest in said postings, I would not have an issue with unblocking. -- Alexf(talk) 13:04, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I concur. 331dot (talk) 13:06, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, I requested a change in username (to ahmedpsych408). However, I am not sure what to do about declaring a conflict of interest. If I don't have any professional relationship with the field or any of its organizations, why would I need to report a conflict of interest? I would appreciate guidance on how to proceed; I'm still new to Wikipedia editing. Ahmedpsych408 (talk) 19:16, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Are you editing about areas that your medical studies relate to? 331dot (talk) 23:20, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * In medical school we're taught about medicine and psychiatry, and through the course of my studies and clinical rotations I've learned about combined specialties and looked into them on my own out of professional interest. In that sense it "relates" to my studies. But I was frustrated by the relative lack of information about it on Wikipedia (compared to, say, the Wikipedia entries of Internal Medicine or Psychiatry) and sought to correct this with information I'd gathered through my investigations. If that constitutes a conflict of interest, I'm happy to report it as such. What would you advise? Ahmedpsych408 (talk) 03:48, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, I would say that would be a conflict of interest. This does not mean that you could not contribute about the topic, just that you would need to be familiar with WP:COI and declare such, and if your edits would be at all controversial(even slightly) to make an edit request instead(or use Articles for Creation to create a draft article, which is a good idea even without a COI). 331dot (talk) 08:03, 23 February 2022 (UTC)