Template:Risk/doc

This template is designed to be used in a table to make a cell with text in that cell, with an appropriately colored background. It can be used in comparison tables with descriptions of risk, hazard, criticality, threat or severity level.

There are many risk assessment systems using a varying number of risk categories. See risk matrix for typical criteria. Begin with values from low to high and only adopt other levels if it makes sense. Levels beyond high may be considered hyperbole (WP:WBA). The level of risk is usually not absolute, it is usually relative to the matrix in which it appears, producing a useful gradation.

Avoid using this template for transient situations. The colors are chosen to intuitively reflect situations generally considered negative and undesirable. Do not use this template to describe desirable situations.

The text in the cell is taken from the first parameter; {{Risk|Average}} would output "Average" otherwise it displays the default text. Most templates allow authors to override the default text in this way.

 Important: If you want to use other attributes for the table cells, e.g. colspan or rowspan, they need to be put before the template call and there must be no vertical bar | in between them:

Eliminated	Impossible	Very low	Low	Medium	High	Very high	Critical	Fatal
Unknown	Under investigation	?

...
|{{Risk |level=eliminated}}
|{{Risk |level=eliminated |align=ml |Impossible}}
|{{Risk |level=verylow}}
|{{Risk |level=low}}
|{{Risk |level=medium}}
|{{Risk |level=high}}
|{{Risk |level=veryhigh}}
|{{Risk |level=critical}}
|{{Risk |level=absolute |Fatal}}
|-
|{{Risk |level=unknown}}
|{{Risk |Under investigation}}
|{{Risk}}
|colspan=6 {{Risk |}}
...

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A template for styling individual table cells with standard contents and colors.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
text	1	text shown instead of autogenerated text Default ?	Content	optional
level	level	predefined risk level, either 'eliminated', 'verylow', 'low', 'medium', 'high', 'veryhigh', 'critical' or 'absolute'; avoid hyperbole (WP:WBA), use levels beyond 'high' only if necessary, assess the risk in the context of the table, see Risk matrix Default	Line	suggested
sort value	sortvalue	code for ordering instead of autogenerated code in the format 'knowledge-level', where 'knowledge' is an alphabetic code with values 'U' (unknown) or 'K' (known) and 'level' is a numeric code for the various risk levels, from 0 for 'eliminated' to 8 for 'absolute' Default U0	Line	optional
alignment	align	text alignment inside the cell, either 'tl' (top left), 'tc' (top center), 'tr' (top right), 'ml' (middle left), 'mc' (middle center), 'mr' (middle right), 'bl' (bottom left), 'bc' (bottom center) or 'br' (bottom right) Default mc	Line	optional
style	style	semicolon separated list of CSS rules applied to the table cell Default	Line	optional

See also

• Unified table cell templates
• Risk matrix