A fact from Francesca Coppa appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 February 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Francesca Coppa, a professor of English, compiled "the first anthology of fan fiction for use in the classroom"?
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women writers, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of women writers on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Women writersWikipedia:WikiProject Women writersTemplate:WikiProject Women writersWomen writers articles
Latest comment: 3 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that Francesca Coppa, a professor of English, compiled "the first anthology of fan fiction for use in the classroom"? Source: English professor per [1] "Professor, Department of English". Quotation is from Henry Jenkins' site: "Henry Jenkins: You have edited the first anthology of fan fiction for use in the classroom." [2] (it's a blog, but he's widely acknowledged as the founder of the fan studies field)
ALT1:... that Henry Jenkins praises Francesca Coppa for having the courage to publish "the first anthology of fan fiction for use in the classroom"? "I admire Coppa and her publishers for the courage they showed in challenging those taboos." [3]; quotation as above, same source
.jpg){kind=small}
Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:04, 10 February 2021 (UTC)