Wikipedia:Tip of the day/September 7

Starting an article offline

There are Wikipedia editors who prefer to begin writing a new article "offline" using a text editor on their own local device prior to posting the content to Wikipedia.

In a nutshell, the article construction stages would follow this path:
 * Write new article content offline.
 * Post article into Userspace draft and improve.
 * If you need help, ask at the Teahouse or Help desk.
 * Submit your work to Articles for creation where your userspace draft is moved into draftspace for further review.
 * Continue improving the draft article until it can be moved to Wikipedia's mainspace.