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For further information, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia"><b>WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia</b></a>. </p><p>The rationale behind the request is: "Important". </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Wiki_Education_assignment:_The_Impact_of_Cancer" data-mw-thread-id="h-Wiki_Education_assignment:_The_Impact_of_Cancer-20240322185800"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wiki_Education_assignment:_The_Impact_of_Cancer-20240322185800"></span>Wiki Education assignment: The Impact of Cancer<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wiki_Education_assignment:_The_Impact_of_Cancer-20240322185800"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Colorectal_cancer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Wiki Education assignment: The Impact of Cancer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-0psychstudent0-20240322185800-Wiki_Education_assignment:_The_Impact_of_Cancer"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sciences_humaines.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Sciences_humaines.svg/40px-Sciences_humaines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Sciences_humaines.svg/60px-Sciences_humaines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Sciences_humaines.svg/80px-Sciences_humaines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256"/></a></span> This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2024-01-08">8 January 2024</span> and <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2024-05-04">4 May 2024</span>. Further details are available <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Loyola_Marymount_University/The_Impact_of_Cancer_(Spring_2024)" title="Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Loyola Marymount University/The Impact of Cancer (Spring 2024)">on the course page</a>. Student editor(s): <a href="/wiki/User:0psychstudent0" title="User:0psychstudent0">0psychstudent0</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://xtools.wmflabs.org/topedits/en.wikipedia.org/0psychstudent0/0/Colorectal+cancer">article contribs</a>). </p><p><span class="wikied-assignment" style="font-size:85%;">— Assignment last updated by <a href="/wiki/User:0psychstudent0" title="User:0psychstudent0">0psychstudent0</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:0psychstudent0" title="User talk:0psychstudent0">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Colorectal_cancer#c-0psychstudent0-20240322185800-Wiki_Education_assignment:_The_Impact_of_Cancer" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">18:58, 22 March 2024 (UTC)</a></span><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-0psychstudent0-20240322185800-Wiki_Education_assignment:_The_Impact_of_Cancer"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-0psychstudent0-20240322185800-Wiki_Education_assignment:_The_Impact_of_Cancer"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Racist_message_when_hovering_over_"Quality_of_Life"" data-mw-thread-id="h-Racist_message_when_hovering_over_"Quality_of_Life"-20240324025800"><span id="Racist_message_when_hovering_over_.22Quality_of_Life.22"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Racist_message_when_hovering_over_"Quality_of_Life"-20240324025800"></span>Racist message when hovering over "Quality of Life"<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Racist_message_when_hovering_over_"Quality_of_Life"-20240324025800"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Colorectal_cancer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Racist message when hovering over "Quality of Life""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Unknowndust-20240324025800-Racist_message_when_hovering_over_"Quality_of_Life""></span>I'm new so I am not exactly sure how to fix this, but as the title states, hovering over "Quality of Life" mentioned several times in this article displays a racist text but only while hovering. Hopefully someone with more knowledge can fix it, and if possible let me know how to do it myself for the future! <a href="/wiki/User:Unknowndust" title="User:Unknowndust">Unknowndust</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Unknowndust&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:Unknowndust (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Colorectal_cancer#c-Unknowndust-20240324025800-Racist_message_when_hovering_over_"Quality_of_Life"" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">02:58, 24 March 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Unknowndust-20240324025800-Racist_message_when_hovering_over_"Quality_of_Life""><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Unknowndust-20240324025800-Racist_message_when_hovering_over_"Quality_of_Life""></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Squeakachu-20240324030200-Unknowndust-20240324025800"></span>It looks like the quality of life article was vandalized, but it's been cleaned up. <a href="/wiki/User:Squeakachu" title="User:Squeakachu">Squeakachu</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Squeakachu" title="User talk:Squeakachu">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Colorectal_cancer#c-Squeakachu-20240324030200-Unknowndust-20240324025800" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">03:02, 24 March 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Squeakachu-20240324030200-Unknowndust-20240324025800"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Squeakachu-20240324030200-Unknowndust-20240324025800"></span></dd></dl>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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