Template:Severity

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Goal

This template can be used to highlight the level of urgency/severity/importance/priority/need in a table.

Usage

{{severity|level of severity|alternative text|attributes}}

All parameters are optional.

level of severity

Level of severity as the numbers 0-5 where 5 is the highest level of severity. Leave empty if a level of severity is not yet decided.

alternative text

Alternative text to show instead of the level of severity.

attributes

XHTML attributes. Note that an equal sign = will break the template and {{=}} will have to be used. For example rowspan{{=}}"3".

Examples

Usage	Result
{{severity|5|Fix yesterday!}}	Fix yesterday!
{{severity|5}}	5
{{severity|4}}	4
{{severity|3}}	3
{{severity|2}}	2
{{severity|1}}	1
{{severity}}	N/A
{{severity|2=-}}	-
{{severity|3=rowspan{{=}}"2"}}	N/A
-

Using attributes

{| class="wikitable"
! Items !! Importance
| These are... |
| {{severity|5||rowspan{{=}}"2"}}
|-
| ...both important
|-
| But not this one |
| {{severity|1}}
|}

Items	Importance
These are...	5
...both important
But not this one	1

Known issues

For now the second and third parameter cannot be used if the first is empty, unless they are used as numbered parameters. See examples below:

Usage	Result
{{severity||-}}
{{severity|||rowspan{{=}}"2"}}
{{severity|2=-}}	-
{{severity|3=rowspan{{=}}"2"}}	N/A
-

Related templates

• {{yes}}
• {{no}}
• {{n/a}}
• {{partial}}

• {{priority}}