Template:Draft/preload

Skeleton loaded into every new openjournal draft. The same as Template:Article/preload bar the last paragraph, which has to say what saving a draft does rather than what publishing an article does.Write your draft here, then delete this.

Markdown works as you type:

• **bold** or __bold__, *italics* or _italics_,

 `code` and ~~strikethrough~~ format themselves once you close them

• # to ###### at the start of a line make headings
• - or * starts a bullet list, 1. a numbered one
• > quotes, ``` opens a code block, --- draws a rule

These are typing shortcuts, so they only apply in the visual editor — the one this button opened. Under "Edit source" you are writing wikitext, where bold is '''three quotes''' and Markdown characters stay as you typed them.

Saving keeps this out of your journal, off the front page and out of search — it appears only on your drafts page. When you are ready, Publish moves it into your journal, where it becomes an ordinary article anyone can read and reply to.