Template:Decrease

Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

This template is used on approximately 40,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Icons to show fluctuation

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Decrease in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Decrease

This is one of a series of templates to display an increase or decrease arrow icon.

{{Increase}} = {{IncreasePositive}} = {{Up}} = {{Gain}} = {{Profit}} is a green up arrow.

{{Decrease}} = {{DecreaseNegative}} = {{Down}} = {{Loss}} is a red down arrow.

{{Steady}} = {{Nochange}} = {{Same}} is a flat line for no change. Examples of situations where the use of

{{Increase}} is appropriate include: (a) the quantity involved is an entity's rank in a performance aspect where minimizing the quantity is desirable (e.g. a country's HDI rank), is always non-negative by definition and has encouragingly improved, and (b) the quantity involved should be maximized (e.g. annual income for a business), may generally be positive, negative or zero by definition, is currently a positive number (indicating a profit, justifying the green color) and has thankfully improved (a profit which follows either a loss or a lower profit, justifying the up arrow). Examples of situations where the use of

{{Decrease}} is appropriate include: (a) the quantity involved is an entity's rank in a performance aspect where minimizing the quantity is desirable (e.g. a country's HDI rank), is always non-negative by definition and has unfortunately worsened, and (b) the quantity involved should be maximized (e.g. annual income for a business), may generally be positive, negative or zero by definition, and has undesirably deteriorated (reduced income—resulting from a reduced profit or an increased loss or a loss following a profit—justifying the red color and the down arrow), (c) the quantity involved should be minimized (e.g. a country's net carbon emission), may generally be positive, negative or zero by definition, is currently a positive number (indicating net positive emission, justifying the red color) and has encouragingly improved (reduction in net carbon emission, justifying the down arrow).

Use

{{IncreaseNegative}} or

{{DecreasePositive}} to flip the color. Examples of situations where the use of

{{IncreaseNegative}} is appropriate include: (a) the quantity involved should be minimized (e.g. road accidents), is not an entity's rank in a performance aspect where minimizing the quantity is desirable, is always non-negative by definition and has unfortunately worsened, and (b) the quantity involved should be maximized (e.g. annual income for a business), may generally be positive, negative or zero by definition, is currently a negative number (indicating a loss, i.e., a negative income, justifying the red color) and has encouragingly improved (reduction in loss, i.e., rise in income, justifying the up arrow), (c) the quantity involved should be minimized (e.g. a country's net carbon emission), may generally be positive, negative or zero by definition and has undesirably deteriorated (rise in net carbon emission, justifying the up red arrow). Examples of situations where the use of

{{DecreasePositive}} is appropriate include: (a) the quantity involved should be minimized (e.g. road accidents), is not an entity's rank in a performance aspect where minimizing the quantity is desirable, is always non-negative by definition and has thankfully improved, and (b) the quantity involved should be minimized (e.g. a country's net carbon emission), may generally be positive, negative or zero by definition, is currently a negative number (indicating net negative emission, justifying the green color) and has encouragingly gotten better (reduction in net carbon emission, justifying the down arrow).

Where the quantity involved is neither color, use

{{IncreaseNeutral}} and

{{DecreaseNeutral}}.

To automatically display the appropriate symbol along with a value, use {{Fluctuation formatter}}.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Tooltip text	`1`	Changes the text displayed on hover. Default Defaults to something appropriate to the chosen template, such as "Increase". Example −5%	String	optional
size	`size`	Changes the size of the icon. Use when adjacent to small/large text. Default 11px	Unknown	optional

This is one of a series of templates to display an increase or decrease arrow icon. {{Increase}} = {{IncreasePositive}} = {{Up}} = {{Gain}} = {{Profit}} is a green up arrow. {{Decrease}} = {{DecreaseNegative}} = {{Down}} = {{Loss}} is a red down arrow. {{Steady}} = {{Nochange}} = {{Same}} is a flat line for no change. Examples of situations where the use of {{Increase}} is appropriate include: (a) the quantity involved is an entity's rank in a performance aspect where minimizing the quantity is desirable (e.g. a country's HDI rank), is always non-negative by definition and has encouragingly improved, and (b) the quantity involved should be maximized (e.g. annual income for a business), may generally be positive, negative or zero by definition, is currently a positive number (indicating a profit, justifying the green color) and has thankfully improved (a profit which follows either a loss or a lower profit, justifying the up arrow). Examples of situations where the use of {{Decrease}} is appropriate include: (a) the quantity involved is an entity's rank in a performance aspect where minimizing the quantity is desirable (e.g. a country's HDI rank), is always non-negative by definition and has unfortunately worsened, and (b) the quantity involved should be maximized (e.g. annual income for a business), may generally be positive, negative or zero by definition, and has undesirably deteriorated (reduced income—resulting from a reduced profit or an increased loss or a loss following a profit—justifying the red color and the down arrow), (c) the quantity involved should be minimized (e.g. a country's net carbon emission), may generally be positive, negative or zero by definition, is currently a positive number (indicating net positive emission, justifying the red color) and has encouragingly improved (reduction in net carbon emission, justifying the down arrow).

Use {{IncreaseNegative}} or {{DecreasePositive}} to flip the color. Examples of situations where the use of {{IncreaseNegative}} is appropriate include: (a) the quantity involved should be minimized (e.g. road accidents), is not an entity's rank in a performance aspect where minimizing the quantity is desirable, is always non-negative by definition and has unfortunately worsened, and (b) the quantity involved should be maximized (e.g. annual income for a business), may generally be positive, negative or zero by definition, is currently a negative number (indicating a loss, i.e., a negative income, justifying the red color) and has encouragingly improved (reduction in loss, i.e., rise in income, justifying the up arrow), (c) the quantity involved should be minimized (e.g. a country's net carbon emission), may generally be positive, negative or zero by definition and has undesirably deteriorated (rise in net carbon emission, justifying the up red arrow). Examples of situations where the use of {{DecreasePositive}} is appropriate include: (a) the quantity involved should be minimized (e.g. road accidents), is not an entity's rank in a performance aspect where minimizing the quantity is desirable, is always non-negative by definition and has thankfully improved, and (b) the quantity involved should be minimized (e.g. a country's net carbon emission), may generally be positive, negative or zero by definition, is currently a negative number (indicating net negative emission, justifying the green color) and has encouragingly gotten better (reduction in net carbon emission, justifying the down arrow).

Where the quantity involved is neither color, use {{IncreaseNeutral}} and {{DecreaseNeutral}}.

To automatically display the appropriate symbol along with a value, use {{Fluctuation formatter}}.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Tooltip text	`1`	Changes the text displayed on hover. Default Defaults to something appropriate to the chosen template, such as "Increase". Example −5%	String	optional
size	`size`	Changes the size of the icon. Use when adjacent to small/large text. Default 11px	Unknown	optional

Icons to show fluctuation

See also