` :I find articles that need attention largely by reading things and following links, and when I see things that need fixing I try to fix them. I also look at the ``Recent Changes`` page sometimes to see what's happening, and help with things that way - it's at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges and there's a link in the Tools section at the left of pages. And yes, as the creator of the article you can indeed contribute to the AFD discussion.   `