User:PressgirlV
For the record I do not use Wiki for paid work.
I have not ever received any payment from Bukky Leo or Carla Marie Williams, they are both friends who I have helped out.
Carla Marie Williams' Wiki page was already created by a former colleague at the BBC, Carla needed some help adding her discography, which I did as a favour to her.
In the case of Bukky Leo, he is a lovely old man, who has paid his dues and contributed greatly to Afrobeat and music overall, he was very much in need and deserving of a Wiki page. He asked me for a favour and I did it for him, I don't charge for this, he is an old man, he doesn't have much money, I didn't ask or expect any, as he needed my help.
I am a PR consultant by trade, and I sometimes help people, I do quite a bit for people pro bono. I think of it as paying it forward.
I now understand that as their friends I have a COI and should not edit directly but propose edits, which I will do going forward.
I'm not very familiar with Wiki and I honestly was previously unaware of these issues or policies.