*I have made further comments in the AfD page which may answer some of your questions. In response to your other queries, I would say that at present, there is no easy way of stopping frivilous postings due to the open nature of modifications to certain articles. There is also no way to stop an article from being put under the deletion spotlight: AfD is one of the checks and balances of the system. Wikipedia's greatest strength is the open collaboration structure, but this is also the source of its major weakness because anybody can post anything they want. In the case of AfD, the best way is to ensure that your article "survives" is to make sure it is well-written, and properly sourced from reliable independent sources such as major news organisations. In the case of vandalism, Your first course of action would be to put the article on your watch page, and revert any vandal edits you may detect as a result. If vandalism is frequent (ie occur at least on a daily basis), you may request for semi protection of the page. This will at least stop edits from unregistered editors, which usually is the bulk of vandalism. If further persistent vandalism is still occuring from the same registered user, you may then request he/she be blocked. Happy editing