If I leave an article's page without adding any information into the dropdown menus, those menus are gone when I return to the page.
If I leave an article's page after adding SOME information into the dropdown menus but not everything, only what I have entered is there when I return to the page - anything that was empty is gone.
This has been seen in a variety of article types, so it is specific to articles but not to any particular article type.
This is not a bug, these are some recommended prompts after initial creation, you can find them on +prompts toolbar in the bottom middle of the article edit page